Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-04-25
An Interesting Letter.

Albuquerque, N. M, Apr. IS, '96.
The item in the TINES in regard to our
coming home was a little ahead of time.
We expect to leave here on Monday,
April 81, and after visiting few weeks in
Minnesota to return to our home.
The seasons here, although in warmer
climate, are no earlier | think than at
home. We have had week or two of
warm weather when the thermometer reg
istered above so degrees. This caused the
peach and other early fruit trees to start
and when the fruit was just setting there
came cold spell SO that, for several
nights, ice formed from one quarter to one
half inch in thickness this, OF course, de-
stroyed the early fruit. Just now when
the later fruit is just right to spoil we are
having another cold spell so that last night
ice formed three eighths of an inch and
froze the water pipes in one house SO hot
water was obliged to be used to start them.
Because of these late frosts it is rather dis
couraging to fruit growers. suppose peo-
pie who think of this as tropical climate
would expect very little change in the tenn
perature but all the time, unless in the
very warm weather, there is difference
between morning and noon Of from 20 to
40 degrees and often we have a change of
from so to 60 degrees in "a hours SO that
one day one could be on the street without
any wrap and the next would want win
ter wrap There is this difference in the
changes, the atmosphere is SO dry one does
not realize the change is so great unless
they consult a thermometer At home |
think we would call it quite dry time,
there has been no rain or snow since last
November There have been both rain
and snow in sight, the mountains u miles
away being covered with snow for days at
a time but nothing here. All our storms
have been wind and dirt. On the other
hand we have weeks at time of beautiful
sunshine when the days are Just as near
perfect as possible at these times one for
gets the storms and the unpleasantness and
sees only the bright and beautiful After
all, if we only look on the bright side there
is more sunshine than storm wherever we
are.
A few days ago we visited Isleta, an
Indian Pueblo, twelve miles down the
river. There we saw the Indians at work
Ill tuelT VIE dIuS, edhiiS Ol Tue WlUteI
covering of earth which prevents the vines
from starting with the first warm weather
only to be destroyed by frost, and trim
ming the vines with pruning shears leaving
only three buds from the root. 1t is a
queer little town of adobe houses with its
church and Estufa, or council house, where
the braves hold their councils, which is
entered through the top by climbing up
one ladder and down another, and which
no woman or white man is ever allowed to
enter Here we saw many of the ovens,
made of adobe, like what the Children oil
Israel used while in Egypt, and into which
the frogs could easily enter during the
plague Of the frogs. On driving past one
oven good sized dog got up and poked
his head out of the opening looking at us
with the same curiosity as did the Indians,
then going back to his rest We are very
glad of being able to spend time in this
old new country among scenes which we
never expected to visit, but after all we
shall be glad to come back to New Eng
land and home.
Very truly,
Mrs. GEORGE BACON.