The Opelousas courier., 1895-06-15
Mexico,

recent traveller truly saws v"' "'ma III
call mexico Egypt's youneer Sista" a, ~
say she's the elder, or. that thoe ,"1 VI
.Hwn- for if there's Cheons tharo a.'
.neIes a Cholula here, and MANY h;e
.oslypnic craven stone and ohel;sL =,
prove IL. The argument cannot ha 49, !.
mere, and the decision is imnossihia M aoe
aoUosn anr Jug rs across the seas. the other inst
t.aa a.ross tne border, where noddins naIm
tha Ties wave wave their plumage leaves across
nno une pans. and Palestine cities are set
opTh .ne nils and cannot be bid.
anna ne HISTORY OF Mexico reads like a ro-
hnon,os a., auu were the story told without
pes, pad ns -, the author of it would be count
rus readers would doubt if snch fasc;nat anu
ing scenes could in reality have anv
lo1naatl0n in fact. The story of Cortayy
anu the Conquest comes back from TN %
| memory. "' ''V'oS
- tcompany with some forty or more
55;Hutnerhers, 5; including number of la
9Ies and Confederate Veterans. We left
houston, lex, at the close of the m CV
reunion on the night of the cath of Nav
oound Tor the city of Mexico. Those ar :,
ccompanylng the party besides onrseIf
ron Louisiana, were Capt. V. Mnnrin
u Donaidsonyllle, and Messrs. A. and
F. Moresl, OF Jeanerette The VOYAGE
1s Bn maze 10 about 69 hours over the s. p,
M IN. via Eagle Pass, and the Mexican
oGntrai from there to the city of Mexico
-hpo.n hoan n1st- CLASS roads and equipments
whose omcers and trainmen we found
10 oe uniformly courteous and efficient
We found most of the meal 1n. stat;nns
on the route much better than We bod
expected and their charges moderate
Inc temperature was simply sunerb
anu We were assured that such ia the
case all the year round. - viz
: AS the route between Houston and
San Antonla was traversed during the
night we had little opportunity of view
ing the country. From San Antonio to
Eagle Pass, where we cross the Rio
Grande into Mexico, much of the coun-
try is very poor and thinly settled,
Ihe hrst city we reach in Mexico is
Ciudad POrfrio Diaz, called the "Gate
CITY, OF the Mexican International RR,.
where we first get a glimpse of true Mex
lcan customs, costumes and peculiari-
Ties; AS our stop here permitted of a
walk through the city we prevailed upon
our rotund friend, the Captain, the
heavy weight OF the party, to take in
the town on half hour 3 cruise; and
actiy suited to the Captains taste-or
build-he nevertheless manifested a
Keen appreciation Of the novel sights,
and the queer appearance of chose
ducks" as he termed the natives, for we
had struck typical Mexican town and
there was no denying that the sight was
both novel and interesting.
Here our baggage was inspected by
the Mexican customhOuse officials and
the government stamp affixed, when we
proceeded on to Mexico.
While there are many beautiful towns
and cities on the route, including Sabi-
mas, HermaDas, Monclava, Trevino, Sal
tillo. Parras, HorDos, Torreon, Pedrice-
ma, Durango and others, there are also
long stretches of bleak and barren coun-
try devoid of vegetation of any kind
and without water, with nothing but
rocks in view for many miles on a
stretch. and tue barren rocky mountains
on each side as back ground. At times
we travelled for hours at a steady 80
gle living animal, bird or insect and no |
sign of vegetation except an occasional |
cactus bush at long intervals. Much of |
this country has had no rain for several
years as the numerous dry river beds |
attest, and the water needed to supply |
is obtained from wells |
dug by the railroad Company along side |
the track.
1t was our intention to give short |
synopsis of some Of the noted places we |
passed on our journey to the City of
Mexico in this article, and to give
short description of the Capital City |
next week but we fiud our space limi-
ted, and will therefore defer resume of |
our impressions en- route to another ar
ticle and will endeavor tn make it as
brief as possible, although the subject is
Dne that would require columns to do
Justice to or to adequately describe the
many wonderful and magnificent sights
every where to be encountered in this
country.