The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-13
AN OLD TIMK GRIsT MILL

insture as makes the Interior pressibly
dfsry to one not raised in such place.
thG,lways need cleaning. and the little mud
! wall built to hold the water on certain patch
essa,,ertain times. seem to have been trans
ter One needs only to place one-handled
wdpsn plough where the modern one is found
on % hank OF tho Rio Grande two centuries
| aga He has only to watch the women in tho
shaa.f the house gripdinG boiled corn on the
| ine'Nt tor tortilds ii he would make u study
! In oic Mexican domestic, economy; The old
TTonsa are round and fat and dark skinned.
Tho Yong men are slender and fraii looking.
oobtrJstlya,zsome people ,here say steaithiIy.
teresftt but, II a man, he will want most Of
al 70 ksthe young women.the sehoritas He
Ss hsy as r6sse %h h9f
low. 81 es voices. and q firm belief that love
knows bs,in; They, cook ani eat and sleep and
dance ehd tiirt with no thought beyond tho
presentel save Tor feast day or a wedding.
3nst as wy ancestors have done ever since
sne t6 ee{ @ aG99 gave
IN mnslf chronological studies among this
,hs int IT sh se esf ahsn Ss
town wokspp and bulgod. The awakening
and buigfswere as interesting and exciting
rionce and aaginatlon OF tho old townsreople
t a. 70 s Se oWSeigh incomprehensi6le to them.
the euect II aese doings on the old town prop
er VIII NOV perccptible to a tourist. They
stu have tesr PROFESSIONS there at Easter,
ana az ShfBtGas they gather about IL plpier-
mache Chrpt-a doll-which they kiss ccstlti-
ff or }ia anI priest all they can AFFORD to
VIII tire OF t1smrt of the town much sooner
thnn ne thinks he will when he first enters 1t,
aad ' into hs re! urn to TIE new part and
IL
2l9,roh Dea'H Alley. for instance.
When one cI@es to look up the origin Of the
development These desert min ng regions ho
Is pretty APT y Ind that the Father ol Lies was
ut ihe b9tt9la d the movement, Some one
toid s0me;Douyaaory OF the great wealth to
pc !ounu IN he9d Spanish mine abandoned
because OF UP Indians way OIL somewhere.
somebody beinfyea the lie. and loading his
burros with nfut beans. bacon. and water.
away ne went aetoss the desert, The spanish
mine Of fabulout wealth was never found. but
the lilo served kOoi purpose after all. That
seems 10 DC .slAnge thing to say. but what
can one say IN me lace Of the fact that many
good mines nave yeen discovered by prospect
ors VINO went out Ieeause they believed a lie?
Inc .pfoSpeEtoffo got up on Strawberry
Mountain Dack o. o9corro and they found ore:
lhey got over PR Of tho range and found
ore. ,They got thitty miles over west end
o dSsnd for more carried wa" very desirable
twelve years ago; Silver was then bringing
such q price that no one was caring a cent
whether II hah been lenonetized or not. The
Capitalist ioIioWeu ths prospector and tho
orected-mills. IN fact, Ono was for ore and
the rest, for gin. bg smelter followed. boz
cause other mines In The regions not far dis
tant roundabout were found.
Whilo the Mexicahs we're still wondering
what Ii all meant and what the effect on their
saints would be- there came such men as John
slaughter from IeSas looking for pasture for
the herds that were being crowded out OF
the Lone Star State; 1t happene ed that rains
had fallen and continG4d 70 fall for several
Seasons on what Is NATURALLY an arid region A
region OF lava anu snhd' The plains and the
hllisldss seemed TO wave and dance and al
most sparkle as tho vino swept ovur the rich
groen grass that grew avervwhero Why a !
pair OF horns to the acre va, scnrce too much
for such grass. and thoreupOn the herds came |
IN py mo Thousand neaQ, and cowboys came |
with them by the dozeh aud the score.
inc rhttle OF hamuo[ and lumber was an |
sWered by the suck OF the hoo in the mud for !
sunburned brick, and echoed hack. no 10 speak, |
from tho mountain slide bytha ring Of sfedVe |
and steel and the roar OF explodin9 dynamite. |
Inc Nhoop OF INC CONVOY gave distinctive |
ban shanty made OF railroad ties. wonld bring |
$40 n month. while well'situHted business |
properties wore worth from S5Ull Ia 81 600 for |
Tho same period. A vacant l0t anywhere on |
the sweet to tho railroad sold for Al 300 or |
more bfics lloek5 Ioso up whore desert
saw ''"' 80 r'Nihe'c'p nt for u Newer