Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-15
eEN. E. NJ. ROGERS II Mrxrco.
His Thrilling Description OF the Recent
Earthquake - Music, Birds. Luxuriant
Foliage, the Sublime. the Grand and
the MajSSiie are Admired.

Gen. E nj. Rogers, who with Mrs.
Rogers are enjoying winters scipurn
among the high caste Mtxicans in a
metropolis with surroundings probably
IN extravaganza TO that which nature has
SO luxuriantly layished upon the sunny
climes of southern seas, writes informa-
ton of general interest respecting his
visit to the Mexican capital that will
be of interest to all From his observa-
tions of our contiguous sister republic
one can readily see that the general ia
animated with the beauty that nature
provides for those who are born sus-
ceptible to it's inspiration, thus caus-
ing him. in his familiar way, to describe
that which he So admires. His thrilling
experiences d1ring the recent earth
quake will also give the reader an idea
OF the varied extremes nature is provid-
ing the general in it's dis, lay from the
sublime, the grand and the majestic to
the awful. We append herewith por-
ton OF his letter, under date i Febru-
airy LIST:
Senior and Senorig Degallords have
planned for us several trirs of interest
eff the main travelled road, where we will
revel and drink pulque amidst the
unique, the sublime, the grand, the
majestic and the awful! We will go to
the south aud admire the wealth of
nature the beautiful, the poetry, the
music of the birds, the prattle of the
monkey, the magnificent growth Of
vegetable life, and upon the Aztec in his
simplicity.
Yesterday afternoon, few hours
after arriving in the city, wandered
out upon the street for short walk. /
was aimlessly pursuing my way when
a strange sensation came over me. It
was o'clock and 56 minutes; I was
dizzy, reeled, staggered; my head was
wrong; my vision waning; / saw the
houses swinging as it to fall; the arc
lights and wires swayed and sang in
sympathy wit the forests in storm
Men on bicycles fell to the ground; car
riages stopped for reason the horses
could not stand; birds in the air fell
wrong side up upon the street before
they could right themselves. The en-
tire population ran out OF their homes;
men, women and children fell upon their
knees facing the cathedral. Every per-
son was in great excitement and the
thoroughfare was packed. Misery likes
company and [ was alone in this molly
gathering, on the verge of eternity, ex
pacting the earth to open and swallow
the valley, the buildings to tumble and
go down down somewhere, knew not!
Those two minutes of strange feelings,
limpless and Keeling body, we're to me
GAINESVILLE, Bull Run, Antietsm, and, I
TiA add, Gettysburg, The Wilderness,
Spl ttsy lgania, Petersburg aud Hat Il So
Run. All those wears swept by me in
one minute and hfty-six seconds.
"When the seismic wave had passed /
was still limp and weak. lost my d.
rection and for time my compass didn't
work. After regaining my normal self
made my way to Senior Dega!lards,
where found Mrs. Rogers and her Sis
ter in great fear and trepidation. The
house. had been shaken until all the wall
pictures turned toward the wall, lamps
were thrown to the floor and the pend.
ants from the chandeliers lay shattered
and broken around the chairs which had
been thrown from the sides to the cen
ter of the room. Doors aud transoms
we're thrown open and the garden wall
leveled. I did not like the sensation
ard had L possessed our tickets last
night, am inclined to think We would
have taken the train to return where
the snow falls and the earth is more
tran qull. The night passed with much
nervousness, but the morning opened
with bright sun and all nature egain
smiling serenely after the internal pains
had passed away. You will see by the
inclosed map from the governments OBJ
servatory that the instrument swung to
As ,, the very verge, in an eruption, Of
utter ruin and desolation The hang
ing clouds over the distant mountains
that seemed to roll from right to left
during the disturbance, are now being
painted by the RAYS of the morning sum-"