El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-15

permits US to travel with such ease an
conf fort from the extreme north to the
extreme south in three and one-half
days. There are no coal bills here, and
| the thought occurs to me that 1t would
be cheaper for many in Oswego to take
the money that it requires to keep one
warm and come south and spend the
winter in this land OF sunshine and
honey, for both are to be had here in
abundance-the first bestowed by the
bounty of heaven and the wild honey
for few cents per pound, gathered by
the natives over the Rio Grande and
struggled across the river.
AN INTERESTING TOWN.
teresting that have ever visited, and
every day 1 meet people from the
north, tourists returning from or going
into Mexico, or those, like myself,
seeking life and health 10 the warm,
balmy climate. just across the river
ia old Mexico, the land of sunshine and
flowers, and one of the most pictures
que towns in that republic, where
there are still to be found many pure
blOoded Indians, to say nothing OF
the hundred of mestizces, many of
whom, particularly the women, are re-
markable handsome, if not as careful
of their personal appearance E.s they
might be. But L am drawing away
from Ell PssO. The town across the
river in Mexican territory Is known
officially as Ell Paso del Norte. The
former is q progressive wide-awake
city. There are daily papers that give
US all the news, manufacturing insti-
buttons galore, clubs, lodge-rooms, card
games for the spectators: billiard
parlors and everything conducive
to the enjoyment and comfort of all
classes upon whose hands time hangs
b eavily.
THE PARADISE FOR SPORTS.
But with all the excitement of this
town, it Is not to be compared with
that of Ell Paso del Norte. There every
Sunday hundreds of visitors congregate
that are pulled off publicly. 1 wit
messed my first bull fight on Sunday,
January 18th, and I found it exciting |
But the gala day for the |
sporting fraternity in this section was |
New Years. At daylight there was q |
prize fight, in the morning q cock |
light, and in the afternoon a base ball |
game and bull fight. Thousands OF |
Visitors were in the old town that day |
we're left behind for the refreshments |
md amusement obtained.
MEXICANS POLITE
The MeXicans are very polite, and |
Meeting them upon the sidewalk or up
N the paths or in cOnvsyauces In the
districts, they always doff their
ON breros. L took q trip for q few
niles into the interior of Mexico few
lays ago and [ never spent more
,leasant afternoon in my life. The
arm life is simplicity to degree, but
was informed that those whom we
net and visited were all we'll off-rich.
would never have believed it had not
ny friends assured me tbatit WAS true.
The people here seem to care nothing
or the material comforts of life as
LEVIED from the standpoint of q New
Yorker. Their fields seem to be we'll
and they raise large quaint
les OF wheat, maize and othe cereals,
Thile dotted in between are gardens
nd orchards which yield luxuriant
upply of fruits and garden truck.
THOUGHT WELL OF THE WINE.
Some of the finest wine that 1 ever
rank we obtained at one OF the houses ,
here we stopped. Grapes are raised s
ere In great quantity and variety and !
ne wiue made from them is said to (
g the Fl nest obtain able in the repub- ,
C., In every way equal to the best of
parish importation, l am told. The
ines were brought here many years
go by the monks, who carefully Guilt
ated the vine yards and who gave to ]
ne Inhabitants the shoots that now s