The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-07-18
Our Mexican Letter..
BY EMMA L. REED.

seven thousand feet, and it's position in the
tropics, blend heat and cold so perfectly as
to give an almost even temperature sum-
mer and winter (so-called), night and day
There are none of the cold nights and
intense heat of the middle of the day that
we usually associate uncomfortably with
/ our northern mountain retreats.
The buzz of the mosquito is not heard
here, the house-hy has not found us out
and tleas only come to us occasionally
with the workmens dogs.
We are truly justified in pronouncing
our mountain-side climatic paradise.
The mine is in sight from our cottage
but is hard ten minutes climb up the
mountains.
There is a mine on nearly every noun
tain-side in our vicinity, and beneficial
ing" plant, for extracting the metal from
the rock, at San Nicolas del Ora. This To-
ca'ity was evidently one of the gold-felds
of the Spaniards, but the majority of the
present mines in. operation ARE in new
veins. Our nearest neighbor, the San
Felipe mine, one hours ride fro our San
Louis, ana only six months old, is produ c.
ing from seven to ten ounces of gold to the
ton. We are treadlng constantly on tbs
precious metals, as almost any chance
rock picked up shows both gold and silver
in the "tintadura," but silver at this dis
lance from market excites little interest
unless the output promises to be very
great.
This fresh, pure mountain air gives us
appetites that make us look in dismay at
the diminishing store of canned goods
hams and coffee we brought from the city
OF Mexico. We have, however, the market
of San Nicolas del Ora, which furnishes
every Sunday fresh beef, eggs, chickens,
vegetables, fruits and pan dulce"
The beef is kept sweet during the week
by hanging it out in the sun, so pure
the air. Neither dry-goods, except for,
poems neutrality-suspicious. can be OBJ
tanned this side of the city of Mexico. Our
houses came from the mountain sides, the
walls of logs plastered with mud plaster
Ine roofs of tim bers covered with palmetto
palms This roof is made entirely without
nails, is so high and heavily timbered, the
frame being bound securely together with
strong but flexible vines, the cane Is tied
to the timbers. and the palms to the canes,
" it'll palmetto ribbons, SO that every tim
Der looks like May-pole and the whole
elaborate structure is beautiful and artis-
| tic.
These roofs are impervious to both rain
and sun, and would be most desirable but
for the danger of fire and the harbor they
make for insects during the dry season
For more substantial house in process of
erection we are having tiles for the roof
brought up the mountain side on the
backs of mules, ,and boards hand-sawed
from the pine trees about us.
In this house we will have an American
kitchen the stove for which rode all the
way from Mexico city on the back of a
weary mule. Our cook and kitchen at
present are purely and vilely Mexican
the "matata' grinds tortillos and the
'frijole" pot boils all day, furnishing a
| foundation for daintier dishes of English
nomenclature, prepared from good old
Georgia recipes.
If "health is better than wealth." our
summer in the Sierras of Mexico will, in
any event, not be proftless.
If you need shoes and want to save
money go to Ell. E. Taylor & Co.