The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-23
ITo DE Continued
PROveRss OE IAlAPA
wings Which Have arisen From Char
acteristics OF the Place.

wings which Have arisen From Char
acterist,cs OF the Place.
JU!upa means place of water and
ihhus TWAS an Indian town at the time
of the conquest and because of its posi-
ton on what for long while was the main
road between Vera Cruz and the CITY of
Mexico II carly became a place of impor.
tance After the establishment of the re.
pubic 1t was made the capital of the state
oil vera Cruz Between the years 1920 and
100 "a great annual fair was held here for
the sale OF goods brought for years by the
neeG from Cadiz, whence il derived Inc
name OF .Jalapa de la Feria, frequently ap.
Piled to the city in documents of the last
century
The city is famous throughout Mexico
Tor the exceeding beauty of its women and
OF It's situation. From these its pleasing
characteristics arise the saying that .Jalapa
Is part of heaven let down to earth. and
the proverb, Las Jalapenas son dialogue.
mas (bewitching, alluring are the women
OF Jalapa). less pleasing characteristic.
Its frequent days of mist and rain at once
The cause of and "A very serious drawback
upon the enjoyment of It's green loneliness.
has given rise TO yet another saving in In.
lapa During these melancholy days the
Jalapeno, mutlied i'm his zarape and smok
Ing, dismally mutters, ave Maria purisi.
ma, pue venga al soil" holy Virgin let
the sun shineD
The city is curious, old fashioned
place-curious even in Mexico. where
everything seems odd TO the tuurist-with
narrow, crooked streets, lined with tile
rooted houses, whose pitched roofs project
their caves so far that they seem TO cover
the sidewalks like a shed, and pendino
from these are spouts to carry the rainfall
from the roof to the center of the roadway.
Inc city has a perfect drainage system.
pased upon and indeed consisting almost
entirely OF the facilities so lavishly bestow.
eu by nature in the shape Of rain and
Craze. The streets slope gently from the
SIDEWALK ON either side TO the center of the
roadway, thus practically forming high
troughs or cutters, and all dirt or refuse
matter is immediately washed beyond the
Guy units by the rains, which fall, at least
ior snort time, almost daily throughout
one ehtlre year. This accounts for the
scrupuiously clean appearance of the CITY.
WHICH I'M presses those who have visited
V,ner Mexican cities not so adyantageously
,ooa,eo IN respect to drainage as Jalapa.
% abrupt Is the descent of the streets down |
.ne sioe OF the bill that no attempt is made |
~ use carts or carriages for transportation |
Oh goods or persons. tramway which |
provides means of transportation TO |
Coatepec runs through portion of the |
main thoroughfare and is the only wheel. |
ca vehicle to be found within the city lin.
hs he, anu even this requires six mules to
nau, ~ up the steep grades from the rail
road station to the hotels. All mercban.
use Is carried from one part of the CITY to
another by cargadores and pack mules
which latter are utilized extensively and
the horse. WIZ '"''o anu
walk through the streets NJ tho o,.,, q,
,epa,d oy many interesting sights. The
'avanaeras' or washerwomen, pursue their
vocation In the public streets at large bas,ns
OF .roughs, which have been placed In All
R %Ss OF the city for their accommodate
no churches are open all through the
nay. and at all hours worshinars re-, 10
found. -" Modern Mexicon ''