The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-03-25
MEXICO AND THE MEXIC ANS.
Prettier Than the PicturesThat We Are
Accustomed to See.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRoHICLE.l

Especial Cor STATE CHRoHICLEl
CITY OF MEXICO, March 16-I left
Houston, Texas, early in the morning
and travelled 400 miles that day over the
cotton belt, sugar belt aud mesquite
trees and grass Heard good deal of
talk about the Germans cultiyating cot
ton. They are from Eastern Austria
Women work as hard as the men do
carrying their babies to the field on their
backs, and plough barefooted all day.
They say the difference between them
and their neighbOrs Americans is
that they eat what they cannot sell,
While the American sells what he cannot
eat. They spend but little, and aceumu-
late money.
We passed into Mexico at Pedro
Negro, which you Can translate, and
next morning at breakfast the altitude
Was 1000 feeF. The growth Was cactus,
aioes, al ugly palm and the mesquite.
The houses and populace constantly re
mind you Of the East. a man dressing
himself eXpends one half Of his money
IN tall hat, three-eights in a bright
blanket for bis shoulders, and the other
eighth in pantaloons and sandals 1t is
said there is an ordinance in some Of
these towns requiring that the men shall
| cover their lower limbs with some sort Of
a garment.
Beasts Of burden are, first, men, sec
! Ond, bourrOS, and last mules There are
excellent country roads and the cal IS
are very large, carrying at least two
| tons-two mules in the double shafts,
two in front and outside of these, sepa
rated wide apart, and il front OF these
four more. hitchel by fifth chain.
Eating houses are rough, but good.
We get for a $40 gold piece 26 Mexican
dollars. The Mexican dollar has more
1 silver than the nited States dollar and
intrinsically is worth more. The railroads
are excellent, good service and good
speed. The sce1es at the stations are
very interesting. The costumes bright,
the fruit venuers are numerous with
baskets Of fruit and plenty Of strawber-
ries, and they cry their wares with al
the expiosiyeness Of tie Italian. As YOU
come this way the land improves
They cultivate 1t with two oxen yokeo
by the horns, q wooden plough with one
handle, a sort CT iron bull tongue to it
and they cultivate possibly three ilch9:
deep, and that three inches is well pul
veriz2d. This land has been in cultiya
ton for 1 900 years, with little or no ma
nure. The stalks seem to be small
They get three crops a year and they
look very well Any one locking ou
the car windows would say that was ricE
land
We have now reached our objecjiv,
point 2, 800 miles from home, AID ab2u
six days actual travail, and think VI
have never had more enjoyable trip
The guide books have not overs ate
the case, and it certainly is as foreign il
appearance Is Egypt
Our altitude has been from 1000 t.
5000 feet and now we are resting at Z, so
Here is quite cold, but they never hay
frost. They have street cars in ali theo
: towns. One mule, frst-class car, 81.
cents, secondolass. which goes quartz
; Of mile behind, three cents This las
looks John Cooner style The up
per classes Of the mexican people are
: very handsome, black haired race au,
r well dressed. There is q policeman o
} the corner OF eva,y street. He is th
pic. IRE CT neatness; wears dark gree
uniform, q jaunty fatigue cap, q hand
5 some pistol on his hip and neat sma
club III his hand. The horsenau al
his horse are as handsome as tie pictur
r books have portrayed them. PEe street
are clean but narrow aud the .ideWalh
| only three or four feet wide
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