San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-11
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.

Rain-snow - Excursionlsts - Rail-
roads isd-Personals.
MONTEREY, Mex, March 4, '95.
Daily LIGHT:
On the night Of the 9th and
2Sth, this section was visited by
good soaking rains, the first in four
months. March set in cool, decid-
eddy so on the afternoon of the first
day, when the tops Of the noun
tains were hidden by the clouds.
On the morning Of the second the
Saddle mountain, for two-thirds OF
the way down, was covered with
snow. The mountains south Of
the city, which are much taller,
had none on them.
THE ENCURsIoNIsTs.
Early Sunday morning a large
number of the Texas Legislature,
and their wives and a number Of
friends, arrived in this city, and
put up at the Hotel Hidalgo. Soon
after breakfast a number of them
boarded Major Jules A. Randle's
street cars and went to the Hot
springs and took a bath; while
others took in every place of inter-
est in the city, including a trip to
the Bishops palace on the noun
tain.
In the afternoon Gen. Bernardo
Reyes sent the 18th military band
to play on the Zaragoza plaza, and
at night he sent the 9TH military
band. AS this was the most at
tractive place in the city the ladies
and gentlemen Of the party enjoyed
it very much. The bands played
the national hymns and popular
pieces of the two republics. Two
Of the most popular pieces that
they played and which
took the best were Dixie
and the Star Spangled Ban
ner. Whenever these pieces
were played the "boys" would
cheer and throw their hats in the
air.
There was band of music sta
toned in the patio Of the Hidalgo
hotel from 9 a. m. until 3 p. m.
and again at night from to 9 p. m.
AS this was the first time that
many of them crossed the Rio
Grande, or ever saw mountains,
they enjoyed the scenery very
much. And as it was Sunday also
a number Of them went to church.
The most prominent Of those
were the speaker of the house,
Hon. 7. S. Smith, d. w. Phillips,
doOrkeeper of the Senate. Hon.
f. r. Tarver, and HOn.W. p. Sebas-
tian.
Captain Tarver is a dyed in the
wool Presbyterian, and Phillips an
EpisCopalian. Soon after they
came out of the cathedral they
commenced to discuss the merits
Of their respective churches. Maj.
Phillips contended that his was
the true church. Captain Tarver
hooted at! the idea, and to prove
that he did not know
anything about the scrip
lures, he bet the drinks for all
hands that he Phillips) could not
recite the Lords prayer. Phillips
took the bet and commenced to re-
cite it in this way: GAS lay me
down to sleep, l pray the Lord my
soul to keep, and if l should die
bef-." Hold on there Major, l
lost, lost. l didn't have the re-
motest idea that you could remem-
Der word OF it, much less recite
it," and off they went and liquorcd.
The most conspicuous man
among the party was the Speaker
Of the House. Many of the Next
cans took him to be a "Padre"
(priest), and they were surprised to
see one among them. 1t is the GUS
tom of the Padres in this country
to shove the hair on the top Of the
head so that they may be known
of all men that they have
separated themselves from the
world, and are now devot.
ing themselves to the saving
Of souls. Every time he would
take his hat off the Mexicans
would point him out and say:
mira, Mira, ell padre~ Iook, look
at the pries0 and talk about him.
But as he does not understand a
word of Spanish, he did not know
what they were saying about him,
so he called on his friend w. F.
Sebastian, who is not only Span
ish, sbut a Chinese scholar, to