The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25
n PHEASANT place..
That % the DcsIanation Invariably
Gives Farminaton go Vinitor's
Opinion.

Gives Parminaton sss Vinitor's
opinion.
The pretty town OF Pennington never
fails Of receiving metaphorical basket
Of bouquets r., ~ visitors, no matter VINO /
the visitors may happen to be- The Du-
range Herald representative. "Bluebolle.n
evidently fell victim 10 the charma Of
the endless orchurdf and the pretty
homes OF cur sister city, as witness the
following ono OF a series of sketches
treating Of San Juan county's resources,
its towss and lie people Her article
descriptive Of Aztec appeared in these
columns last week:
Have you ever been to FarmingtonY
Nef o, you ought TO 60"
"Yesg You meet have had nice
time, When did you get backT
Indeed we dill We came back yes
terday.r Then with plying smile she
said 70 Coae over and IN tell you
about it,"
That always was the way. A conver-
saiiOn similar to the above, IL il occurred
once took place at least "A dOzea times,
unul finally 1 grew tired when fall came
OF being pilied because ! had never been
to Farmingtoh. Iii rather Hggrsvsting
to be told, 90 many times OF all the nice
things you've missed.
To be- honest, however as people say
between you aud me" since / have
been there, the desire 70 impress upuu
others the value Of their lost OppUrtunl-
Ties has beeu irresistible TO me likewise.
Que simply can't help telling ones
friends about it-in fact telling isn't
enough, one wants to rub it 10.
liked Pennington becauss-well, be-
cause hen say that wOman's reason.
II il IS the sex ought to be proud OF t..
lta certainly short, there isn't any pre-
tsEse about it.and its every bit az lucid
IS sum edsOus (genersly POLITICAL that
/ require Two or three paragraphs to say
/ uUlhing. We have certainly no need to
be ashamed OF because" But il that
ism sufficient ia this case let it be- un-
/ derslood that there are other reasOns
just as good
AS previously stated, the country 10
very pretty around Pennington. The
laud slopes gently to the water courses,
| the toWn Leiug situated near the June
tion OF three rivers, the La Plata, the
AnimasHnd the San Juan. There seems
to be miles Of orchard, aud for oncs one
can have all the trees that be can possi-
oily desire to gaze upon. All bitches,
too, for that matter, if ones taste ruue
that way The writer Of this articls
Decent happen TO appreciate that form
OF lovelines. Still. even it they are not
pretty, and are apt to disturb ones
equilibrium while driving, they are use
fni, aud that's more than We can say Ol
everything. There are some thiags ihai
are neither useful nor ornamental.
About half miis out Of Farmingtor
there is an avenue Of weeping willow,
and tall pop'ars that exciled my admira
tiOu Leaving that tho r1sd Uindl
their boughB over the road until We
reach the end Of our journey aud can
gaze down the length Of quiet street
10 a quiet town" I SAW Photograph Of
this same street, by the waY--it was
lovely.
Nest Of tho buildings are brick-thers
are very few udobe houses, but the red
contrastsC pretlily with the green Of
lagn and trees. From one Of the hills
around the town / got a magnificent
view Of the famous Ship Rock What
color the stone composing it was, no one
present could tell That afternoon il
gleamed blue white through the delicate
mist surrounding it, The suns rays
we're reelected brilliantly from the deli
cate tracery OF mast and spar. Lower
down the sails and hull were not 50
clearly defined. The whole rock was in
describably beautiful, the upper portion
all glitter and aParkle, the lower, all
light subdu0d.
Farmington Is a delightful place to
visit. rhereis such q spirit Of kindness
and good feeling existing. Every one
seemB, not only ready and willing but
eager to help another should occasion
arise. Coming from q town like Durango
notorious for its c!iquea, the unity OF
feeling between the people is very notice.
able. No one, either maD or woman, acis
on the principle that he or she is better
than any one else. The democratic spirit
prevails throughout the community. /
have never known a locality where this
principal Of which the United States is
so justly proud, was better exemplidsd.
No, Pennington isn't large city; but
a IOwn doaen't need a population in the
hundred thousands or grand buildings
10 make II pretty. The people arc aot
extensively wealthy kindness Of heart
isn't exclusive to millionsiFes.
During my stay, visited the Reading
room, an institution started within the
/ last year II was at hrst an experiment
but is easilv beyond that stage now. IL
/ is kept open ali day aud through the
evening, both winter and summer, and
is we'll supplied with magazines and
papera donated by the various citizens
Of the town. There is small library Of
we'll chosen volumes which the ladies
Of Farmington hope to add 10 from time
TO time az means may permit.