The Springdale news., 1899-01-06
A Visit to Mexico.

ter a few days ago from his son Charles, who is Q mem ber of Battery K, Light Artillery, sta toned al Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. In this letter Charles tells of his eX perience while on a visit to the City of Mexico, and THE NEWS is permitted to publish them which will no doubt prove interesting reading to all. The letter is dated January |. and reads as follows:-
 ''There was an excursion to Laredo, Mexico, to the bull fight and also to the capitol, City of Mexico. Tate and I concluded to take the trip, Knowing 1t would be the best chance of our lives to see a true Mexican bull fight and al So go down to the capitol We obtained ten days pass from Sergeant Harp. The fare from here to Mexico City and return is $32, pnt the excursion rates made it S13 We took the train on December IS and ar rived in Laredo the following morning We spent the day on the Rio Grande River De cember 2l We went 10 the bull fight and saw a beautiful Mex ican woman run dagger into furious bulls neck killing him instantly. The arena was we'll crowded with MeXicans and Americans who were along on the same excursion.
 The evening of this day We spent iu visiting the cock pits and seeing the cocks fight 10 death. Itis nothing uncommon to see cock fights here in San AntonIo, for San Antonio is a gambling city.
 The 22nd we took the train to Mexico. We welt through some ancient ruins which are visited by all interes ted in an tiqnity We arrived in MeXi co City ln the evening of the 24th, and in the Hotel Monte Carlo on the Main Plaza l N spent my Christmas eve, while you, l suppose, went to the Christmas tree at the church, where 1 should have been. Christmas day was spent m visiting all things of interest. If l could have read or spoken Mexican l could tell you what things 1 saw and heard All | could see was little donkeys loaded down with fruits, driven by little sun burned children. while, at the same ti e, the father was gambling the hard earned cents at the table or at the cock pits and also smoking his cigarettes.
 In front of Q saloon we saw a group of MeXicans standing. We went close but could not understand what they were saying. All at Cnce a Mexican woman pulled a dagger from her shirt and plunged it into the heart of a Mexican stand ing near. is soon as this was done all these ierked daggels and struck at the woman, but the woman ran into a house near by Then ~ Mexican hit at one of our crowd, a 4th rex as volunteer. He drew his knife aud cut him in the arm, then came all the MeXS. after us, but Tate and were sO bad " scared that when we stopped running we were at our hotel and glad indeed we were
 Christmas evening we met Corporal Jones who had won two hundred dollars at tbe cock pits, so we had no further use for our money for he insisted on us to help spend his, and So we came near spending 1t. We saved forty dollars for fire works that night, and we en- |ioyed ourselves once if never again. The MeXicans made us take our fire works off the ksma Plasa and go back in a small park. Monday evening we took the train for Laredo We stayed there until Wednes day night and arrived here Saturday morning worn out. No more Mexico for me, nor South or Central America
 Peter Graham, road overseer M hnr ,n., dn h i,,