The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-02-20

lagos ON the way with splendid school
buildings and churches-,owns OF rapid
growth teaming with industry. The pass
engers in our car turn their seats together
and discuss various toprs ina free ana
easy wav. A young man so full OF music
TINT he could not keep still any Longer
commences 10 sipg my Country 'tis OF
Thee, Swee, Land Of Liberty" and we all
join in singing "Let music swell the breeze
and ring from all thu trees sweet freedoms
song" A little boy running along The
aisle is initiating a steam engine; he passes
under full steam shouting "lo"k out l
will burst" He attracts the attention OF
a little three-year-old girl with laughing
eyes and long chestnut curls, rare ana
radiant Jewel of childhood, that her
mother calls Gertrude. The train stops
twenty minutes fer dinner there is gen
eral rush lor the dining hall. Josh Bill
ines said dinner hell was the sweetest
music he ever heard; there is nothing that
will carry the crowd by storm like good
dinner; 1t knocks out every Other argu-
men,. We may differ for the sake OF ar
yument tor few hours, but when the
dinner bell rings we agree and accept tue
invitation.
A day was spent at El Paso and across
the river in quaint, queer old Mexico
This is the leading port of entry and point
of departure ior trade or war between the
limited States and Mexico The Mexlcnns
are black, treacherous.looking people
with ewes that pierce one through and
hutton on the other side. There are
large number living in "ad"be' houses
(houses built of clay sods baked In the
sum in the outskirts of El Paso (althouen
This town does not wear skirts much). ln
Mexico we SAW chuich 3O8 years ol"
Near this is large ampathe"ter Tor onl
fights. On the other corner Is i"f'
manned with slouchy looking lot OF Mexi
can "solgers," and near by is the Mnrke
Piazza, very interesting place to V'si'ors
A souare court with shops and stores OF
MI sides, In the center well as ancient u
,nnearance as the one Rbecca sat by II
the olden time. Everything about j
srikinply foreign in its design and an
rearance Every person In town is nnm
bered and when they 60 to the postoihc'
instead Of asking II there are any letter
u for Eva Egeleston" or Miss May MAI
: lev" they ash for No. 83 or No, ls. Tn
J. people are coarse, but the climate is In
u and scenery lovely. Palms, palamettoel
and tropical plants everywhere Blrc
= singing ami swinging TO and fro on IN
u waving branches, the air fragrant
= spring and genial as May, the br'lliu
u sunshine filling every heart with gladne
y y and every soul with song.
" From Chr window one has belt
view than can be had from At
nalacs window in the world, panorau
: Of pictures from the open pages of natuI
- !, varied and attractive. In the olden tim
=, a days journey was 33 miles now it is ov
!. three hundred miles. | have rode on y
=, hack II an elephant through geologic
:. gardens, and although our progress "
slow the view from the elevated posi'i
:. was exhileraiing The train passes arou'
- - the foot-hils into a valley station, comii
20 suddenly upon a party of men witho
- hats. know moi who they we're, hui
:. know they are no friends Of ours, Tn
=, would have looked better with hats, st
=. we did not argue with them. As the ira
=, moved away from what might have beer
:, scene of carnage my hair resumed
o natural position. was not scared, oh
only surprised at their dress, and the W
700 they were painted was enough TO disg
90 even the ladies, but no one hurt their fe
.no ings by saying anything This remir
=. me Of an incident that occurred the otl
49, day. A tramp was coming N at the fr'
49, gate when a big Newfoundland
a. a. bounded out after him. He jumped ba
:" " closed the gate, and with his knees kno
We ing together said, There go and lay do
will not hurt you"