Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-04-18
LETTER FROM NEW MEXICO.
How They Live Out There.-And What
They Pay.

GEORGETOWN, N. NJ, March 90, '94.
Seeing my other letter in print, has
encouraged me to try to write another.
We have quite late spring this year;
only few of the peach trees are in
bloom here here; but ten miles farther
South of here, the fruit trees have been
In full bloom for more than two weeks
and the cold "snap" did much in
jury to the apricots, plums, &c. We
have had lovely winter-more snow
and rain, than since 81; which of
course we all appreciate, because it is
benefit to ranchers, cattlemen and
miners. The mesas table lands have
disrobed themselves of their mantle of
brown, for that of beautiful coat of
green; also, the trees along the river
are beginning TO look green. We only
have here along the river the cotton
wood, specie of the poplar, box alder,
willow, and few shamrocks, which
are beautiful. While on the mountains
and hills, we have the juniper, a specie
OF cedar, scrub oak, which doesn t grow
larger than peach tree, and the pinion,
a specie of the pine; it has burr like
the pine, which is full of little brown
nuts, about the size of bean, and
quite palatable. The young folks
think it quite treat to get out on the
mountains and gather bushel or two
OF the tiny nuts, for which they can
get $40 per bushel. Twill quote here
few of our home productions, which
may be of interest to some. | will say,
wheat is not grown very intensely here
yet, but it yields well, and very fine,
but they all have grand fathers" style
of cutting their wheat-that "old reap
hook" | believe thereis one cradle on
the Mimbres River. But instead of
horses tramping 1t out, they have quite
a large place cleaned off and a fence
put around the wheat, then they turn
herd of goats in on it and keep them
moving till it is all tramped out. Well
after all this work, and more too-it
sells for II cents per lb., corn 1, Irish
potatoes 94, sweet potatoes 5, onions 5,
beans 8, chile, (red pepper 49, dried.
cabbage fresh, 5, sour krout 12l, good
butter 40, chickens, grown 90, (frys
20 and 30, eggs, fresh, 20 cents per doz.
The cheapest ever known here, gener-
ally sell for 80 and 40 cents per dozen.
We get in exchange for this, good flour
at S2.25 per 100 lbs, coffee 25 to 81 cents
per h., sugar 10 lbs for 81, or 100 for
$500 (granulated, rice 12 lbs. for 81,
soap 100 lbs. for IS, coal oil, gallons
for SL5O. These are our hard times
prices. But when silver takes a raise,
then times will be better. Only think
of the millions of souls, that have been
made to suffer, by this great financial
depression; and, if it were only those
who voted for Mr.. Grover, | should
certainly say amen. Let me tell you
how the Mexicans makes their tortellas
(corn cakes): They soak their corn in
lime water day or two; they have
two rocks, one flat and scooped little:
the other one is small, and which they
hold in their hand and mash and rub
the corn which they put on-a handful
at time-the big rock; this is kept up
till sufficiently fine for their bread;
they bake them over a bed of Goals, on
pieces of tin-this the poorer class
while those who can afford a stove,
bake them on the top of the stove, the
pans &C., being useless. Many of them
take little bit of cake and form a spoon
to eat their chile red pepper) and fire.
lolies beans) which is put in the mid
die of their casa (house. They all get
down on their sheep skins, around the
kettle of beans and red pepper and 20
to eating. Certainly this is the way
many of them live, while the better
class live little different. With sue
cess to the Herald and Tribune l will
close. 'r E. T. G.