The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-19
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
Peculiar scenes and Incl
dents.
ELPAso, Texas.

ELPAso, Texas.
Seated on the large gallery Of the
Hotel Vendome, overlooking the
plaza can scarcely write for gaz-
ing; il is all so new and strange.
While plaza does not differ ma
terially from our small parks, this
looks as tho it were used and APP
! prcclated. Men are sauntering,
children skipping and running, no
doubt on their way TO school, rs IL
IS $40 Denver time. There are
( three times used st. Louis,
Denver and Mountain times. AS !
still have st. Louis time, my watch
/ indicates twenty minutes to ten,
which is one hour faster than the
clock in the dining room.
TO return to the plaza-it has u
large number of trees, all deciduous,
J trees unknown 10 me by sight. Some
of the trees are budding. In the
centre is fountain, tho not play
ing at present. Dozens of benches
are scattered throughout. A band
stand and several little houses, very
fancy, whose use | cannot conceive.
Many OF the men wear the tall Mex
lean hat. The roads are very good
but look like hard beaten roads
rather than paved streets. The
sidewalks look like asphalt; the dust
is SO thick, however, that can
scarcely tell.
a tiny building fronts the plaza,
very low and very white, on which
appears PLAZA Dining Rooms.
am told the town only has two
squares, or blocks, but | see three
blocks looking east and west, this
hotel being in the central block and
occupying a whole square.
! The street cars are very small, no
/ larger than Il good sized bus, and
drawn by tiny mules, with bell on
the top of the bus and the words,
"Tramvias de Cuidad de Juarez =
railway to the city of Juarez.
| Having written this far, / became
quite chilly, as had on no wrap. II
is cold here. when not in the sun
shine. took my letters and went
To the postoifice, which is IA very fine
! building, handsomely equipped, and
somewhat larger than the new Office
in Lansing. Have not inquired as
TO the population, so ! would Judge
! il is about the same size as Lansing.
Leaving the postotlice, went into IL
Mexican curiO store where ] pur-
chased a carved Mexican belt after.
wards mailing it back to Detroit.
On the street were numbers of
men in uniform, which at first
thought were mail carriers, but a
closer look revealed soldier uni
form remembered that fort is
located about four miles out. but as
! it is small and does not differ much
from other forts decided not to 90.
/ One Of these soldiers had on long
Spanish cloak reaching nearly to the
ground, black, with large hood
| lined with black satin The cloak
was very full, indeed. being what
fashion calls Il ripple cloak. Fur
Their down the street | met "a MeXi-
/ can with his zerape gracefully
thrown over his left shoulder. One
Mexican woman had "a shawl draped
over her head, The zerape is IA
scarf or shawl about a yard and
half long, and nearly yard
wide, very brilliant in color. 1t
is worn in three folds, usually over
the left shoulder. These with the
tall Mexican hats make the Mexican
look what the average American
man does not--picturesque.
Returning to the plaza, ] got a
very pretty picture of the fountain,
in the basin of which are aligators
Just as ! was about to close the
spring Il Chinaman Sauntercd by.
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