Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07
LETTER FROM NEW MEXICO,
Roswell, N. NJ, October 26, 1900.

The place for the man in search O
adventure on the American continent
is tho Rocky Mountains. On tie bare
and blazing plateaus and wild, rugged
mountains in New Mexico, the mar
who likes to rough 1t can have all the
adventure he wants. Nature seems to
have intended that he should never
become too familiar with this region
of terri DRY. Things that are not
friendly to man have been in the NJ
jorlty, and many Lave suffered trying
to prove to themselves that theG could
get the best of them.
Beginning with the simple pastimes
Of trout and bass fshin and duck
hunting, and winding up with the
completely of the hug of bear, or
freezing to death on high mountain.
adventure is everywhere. Yon can't
tell your folks with any honest assuri
ance tfat you will come back. You
will do well to say goodbye before you
leave, or to axe an accident pol cy.
You will fnd much to amuse you
Try to circulate among the buried
cities of the plauteaus; you may find
that you might as well be sleeping on
the uuwaterei kopje, with the Beers,
O. in the bottom Of the sea calling for
help.
No matter where a man may 60 or
what may befall him, he will never
feel the slme thr b as when he first
ears the ''whin" of ratt,esnake, fol. |
lowed by the blood-curtiling hiss. The |
ratllesnake gives warning whea it is
ready for bushes but it happens tat
is W rning is seldom ii en- until the
man Is quite ose-ofter too close to
9seape the deadly fangs. Unless a
nan is familiar with the SCUM be will |
perhaps not be able to locate it. I'm
SIS medical aid is at hand vecy shortly
teath is cure to 70 low. The Indians
ay 1T is the most awful death a man
an die.
Poisonous insects ard reptiles are
Verlwhere. 1rantulas, centipedes
nd deadly lizards are common. Thew
'equent mostly the adobe houses
1oRgh arc ften seer in the stree of
10 town.
Prairie dogs, animals resembling
lulrrels, live in holes, which thew
lrrow in the dry plains, AMI thous-
Ids of them inhab this vast desert
+nerally thev-a~e not timid. and can
found IN great numbers arouhd the
wn.
Re swell, the county seat of Chaves
unity, IS town of about 5000 in-
bltants, and is the largest IN the
'tneastern part of New Mexico. It'll {
maps ranks fourth in size 10 the s
rrlsory' This town lies in the SOUTH
stern corner of the vast desert .
ano EStacado) or staked plains of IL @
'thweSt. For hundreds of miles not S
rec could be seen,-nothing grows
this vast plain but wild grasses and :,
lcus species of century plant and "
tus. All trees in the town were 81
lted and have to be cultivated lust II
lowers and plants are cultivated at II
Re: Cottonwood and willow are -,
KINDS planted, which is by reason
heir quick growth and hardness
who have always lived IN a region SIX
re natures gifts are numeronsly in
owed' perhaps never realize what re
st desert is.
be town Is mostly built of one.
7 houses, many of them beng m a
.e houses Cmade of mud bricks SUI
IN the sum- It is live and an
porous town, but the surrounding an
try is sparsely settled. an
le New Mexico Military Institute C 1n'
tuated here, which is a similar ~
Oh to the Virginia Military Insti its "a :
at Lexington, aud is undoubtedly
largest and best school 10 this
tory. The commandant of the =
tute is Rockbridge gentleman, q FIVE
. L. graduate, and much credit is for al
Inn for the way he has conducted cured
Tb;S - 1t " ene lnsu but I
:, 10 oniy Tue tnlri session, lars,
1t has a roster of one hundred the &C
3, 1t viii
3 town 10 91o toot nearly
q a., 'ee' aooV9 tne it he '
- 'ne sea' ana the atmosphere is addref
I'd is very beneficial to any one Drum
has lung or throat troubles. Wante'
6 the day the heat is almost in ~
d /; at night an oYercoat is nee. ~ :
Such a sudden change seems ~
htabls, bat il true. EY
only railroad in this section of = ,
Pecos Valley and .SS
astern Railro ad--has its head w
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