The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-07-25

| meXlcanS. but tney all eat pepper.
The pepper is put on the table as
picked from the plant, and they
take pod each and lay il by the
plate. At intervals during the
meal a bite is taken from the pod.
A Mexican viii sometimes eat two
or three pods of red pepper at one
meal, ahd those who set no table,
but gather around the calavassa
pot will have the pepper too. 1t is
a remarkable fact thai the Mexican
women go on the street when the
thermometer is as high as it ever
gets in this latitude, with shawls on
their hea ls-heavy WOODEN shGwIs
tucked under their chins.
The people are mostly Catholics,
and celebrate great many Saints
Gays. st. Johns day is the oath
day o. June, and | had the pleasure
| of witnessing some OF their sports.
One in particular seems to- delight
all classes-the running Of the gal
los. Gallo is pronounced gah-yo,
and means a rooster. In this game
Mexican takes a live rooster in
his hand and mounts horse. 9th
Iers take after him, the object being
to get the rooster or piece of him,
and in the struggle and confusion
which follows the rooster is pulled
to pieces. Another sport is called
failing the bull. In this sport a
number of bulls are put in pea
some distance from the herd. At
a given signal bull is let out and
started at a full gallop. The sports
men mounted dash after him and
some one will take the bull by the
tail, and by quick forward move
ment throws the animal heels over
head. The bull rises usually un-
hurt and shakes his head, as if to
say, you had better not try that
again" But the yaquero is by this
time galloping back amid the music
and cheers. If he fails to upset the
bull, the band will play a dead
march and the crowd laugh and jeer.
1t would amuse the teamsters of
Lawrence county to see the ox-drIy-
er of this section with his team.
The oxen have the yoke tied on just
back ofthe horns, the raw Hide strap
passing around the horns and head.
/ can not see how an OK can pull, so
yokcd. The vehicle. Is usually a
cart. / have seen teams driven
through the streets thus yoked and
having bells on, the driver walking,
sometimes before them, with a long
stick having steel point secured
at its end. The soil here is rich, but
not well adapted to farming. 1t is
subject to long "dry SPELLS" there
being no rain, sometimes for space
of eight months. The people here
are mostly, engaged in raising stock,
and the country is occupied by large
ranches-some single pastures con-
taining 1900 acres. The owners
themselves do not know how many
head of cattle are in these pastures.
The heat is not oppressive here, al
though at times the, thermometer
rises to over 100 degrees. There is
always a breeze from the gulf. San
Diego is on the Mexican National
railway, and the country is beauti-
full around the town. | spent the
4th of July ia Corpus Christi last
year and greatly enjoyed a few hours
sailing on the Gulf. From Corpus
to San Antonio as far as the eye can
see on either side of the Arkansas
Pass railway are fine prairie lands,
which in some future time will sup
port millions Of farmers. But the
large ranches must first have their
day in this region +.
San. Antonio. is beautiful city
| and contains many interesting rel
les, among which are the Alamo and
near the city the old missions San
Jose and San Refugio. The com
try here and in fact for miles around
the largest cities of Texas is 'thickly
settled, aud the lands valuable.
At Austin | was annoyed with the
smell of burning cedar and on in
/ quiry learned that cedar was the
! usual frewood in that locality. !.
1 Since school closed this year ]
have made a trip to Northwest Tex
as and in passing visited Dallas,
/ Fort Worth, Denison, &C. That re-
4 gion is rapidly filling up, and in a
4 few years cheap homes for farmers
/ will he scarce. There are $4,000
/ 600 acres of land in the State now
4 available for settlers on very easy
terms. Three million acres can be
1 homes.eaded; title perfected in TIRES
\ ears, and the remainder can be
bought, in quantities to suit farm,
I ers, at 81 an acre en- 40 years time
low rate of interest. Butevery one
must decide for himself " ether he
Y will break Up his Kentucky home
and, leaving relatives and friends
come 20 this country. Ifhe shoulc
!. come and meet with no reyerser
within q iem years. time he.woulC
, be doing we'll. But thesa indus
try ard attention TO guinness reaui
! site to Success here viii be reward
!. ed by success in Lawrence county
The News ,hito the nail ON th,
head in ar editorial in last week
isslle urging the necessity of taking
action 10 secure immigration t,
Kentucky. Let every discontentes
! spirit read that editorial and begil
anew at his own home. But if h
: is detcrnined to leave Kentucky
Texas is the finest country Yves
! ofthe Mississippi FOR homes.
Since coming 10 Marshall | har