The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-03-19
GREAT TRAVELLERS.
Mexican HIdalgos Care Nothing
for Expense.

Mexican HIdalgos Care Nothing
for Expense.
Reau Campbell OF the Mexican Central
railroad and doc" Bamford were
comparing notes about travellers from
the land of the Monte zumas at the Grand
Pacific recently. Il tell yen they're the
greatest travellers in the world" said
Reau Campbell, who is the author of
pleasing romance, entitled "A Trip
Through Mexico" land they care moth
ing for money. If a rich Mexican is
travelling alone he takes d section in a
sleeping car. If his wife is with him
they take the drawing room if they can
get it, and when there is party of five
or six they just charter a sleeping car all
for themselves. Not long since, rich
hidalgo came up here. In the party were
himself, his wife, two children who were
not charged fare, his brother ia-law and
three servants. He had a sleeping car
chartered for his private use all the way
from the City of Mexico TO New York.
To have the CIR hauled By the railroads
he had 10 buy fifteen frs class tickets
from Mexico TO New York. although
there were but six persons in his party
Besides this, he had to pay s35 day for
the use of the car. Then he had cook
and a butler on the car, and had a big
stock of delicacies for use en- route.
When he came to me he said he would
stay over two or three werks. told him
he need not ket p the sleeping-cAr stand
ing in the railroad yard all that time at
an expense of s35 day. He conld save
that amount by giving up the car and
taking another when he resumed II is trip
He replied that he liked that
car and guessed he would keep it.
Aud so he did, paying s35 day for it
for two weeks. Then he changed his
mind about his trip, threw away his
fifteen tickets to New York and bought
fifteen more to New Orleans. Monte
Cristo isn't in it with those Mexican
hidalgOs."
That's so" corroboratingly remarked
Clerk Bamtord. when l was at the
Barnett House in Cincinnati, one of these
same chaps came there on his way to
Europe, where he aud.hls ia mily intended
to remain five years. The party com
prised the old man himself, his wife
eight children, twelve servants, i pa, 81
clan and priest. There was a servant
for each OF the children, two for the lady
and two for the lead of the family.
They couldn't get anything good enough
for them. They rented the entire parlor
floor of the Burnett House and had
special service, table and CUISINE. They
had two carriages made to order at
enormous cost to take to Europe with
them and they bought four splendid
horses to use with the carriages They
bought piano to take with them and
chartered special train to take them to
New York. They came from New
Orleans to Cincinnati on the steamboat
Guiding Star, then the finest craft plying
the Mississippi and Ohio. The captain
told me that at New Orleans the Mexican
tried to arrange it so that the boat wonld
carry no passengers but himself ard
party. TO provide for both physical,and
family confessor were taken with the
party. | have seen royalty of almost all
degrees on its travels, but | never saw
anything to equal that Mexican in utter
disregard of expense.
Sometimes these same Mexicans are
quite comical in their ideas of modern
travel" said Reau Campbell, again
talking up the story. IN what one
might call the back counties OF Mexico
the mode OF travel is exceedingly print
tive. The ouly method of transportation
is by diligence or clumsy stage, with no
conveuiences. There are no hotels and
travellers must provide for themselves
with mattresses, blankets aud othe r
things pretty niue as steerage passenger
on a steamer do. One day one Of these
rural wayfarers, a miner whose income
was possibly $4,000 day, but who had
never been far away from home before
came into my office at Mexico, fresh from
the mountains, ami bought a ticket to
New York. He had with him his bed
and bedding, cooking utensils and the
whole paraphernalia II a traveller by
diligence. | explained to him as well as
could the workings of sleeping car,
but he insisted on taking his bed on the
car with him. | was told afterwards
that when he discovered the Injuries of
sleeping cars and hotels he threw his
impeachment Oft the car and enjoyed him
self with the new found pleasures like a
child with new toy. He wanted to buy
the whole business and take it back to
the mines with him. Chicago Post