The Irish standard., 1901-05-04

instills life with every ray. The eli
mate is something to rave about at
present. 1t is Just warm enough sit
ting in the sun to do nothing but get
well. In the center of the town is
the plaza or park, with numerous
benches that are always occupied,
either by health-seekers or natives, the
latter industriously putting away at
their brown cigarettes. The business
of the town is all transacted by Amer
leans; but even an American may find
it difficult to keep busy here. The in
veterate "manana"-tomorrow- the
natives is the key to the whole situa-
ton. Everything is put off until to-
morrow.
Pioneers Of Minnesota and Mime
apolis will hear with pleasure that
Judge Emmett, one of the first terri
tofial judges of Minnesota on the SUI
preme bench. is still hale and hearty.
He is the father-in-law of the present
governor of the territory of New Mex
leo. met him on the street last
week and after talking over old-time
Minnesota, he gave the following evil
dence of his good health. Said he:
''If / wasn't afraid of the trip back
to Minneapolis 1 would go back lust
to give Judge Atwater and Judge
Flandreau spin, and to remind them
of old times. 1t is a strange fact, that
every member of the bench with me
is still alive and in good health" Judge
Emmett was great friend and adn,irer
of Judge Graham, my father-in-law,
and spent very pleasant hour with
him, listening to him recount anecdotes
and witticisms of the Judge.
At the present time we have quite a
colony of Minneapolis people here.
Postmaster Lovejoy left on the Goth
of April, with many wishing that he
did not have to go. "Steve'' was the
most popular man in town, and be-
sides gaining greatly in health, he
gained many friends. The present
Minneapolis colony consists of DR..
Dunsmoor, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Stuart,
Mrs. La Due, Miss J. A. Mcfarland,
DIR. Malloy and James McCabe. The
last named was formerly connected
with the Tribune, and is now in the
furniture and undertaking business.
All are in very good health and enjoy
ing themselves visiting the sights and
taking advantage Of the weather.
The town of Santa Fe is situated 18
miles off the main line of the Santa Re
railroad and on branch line of the
Denver & Rio Grande, and is by no
means an American town. The one
story 'dobe buildings erected by the
early Spaniards either remain or have
been copied by later inhabitants. There
are few brick blocks, and they are
so scarce as to be noticeable Very
few Of the residences are built of
modern brick, although since the
prisoners at the penitentiary began
making brick the modern pressed
brick is cheaper than the 'dobe, which
is simply mud that the dry climate
hardens and causes to last for many
years.
On all sides is heard the Spanish
tongue, and in great many ways the
natives Of the present day have not
improved any since the Spanish rule.
A great number of them are wood
cutters, and make their living by driv-
ing one or two burros into town every
morning with load of wood on their
backs. The burro is species of don
key, although smaller, and very use
full little animal. He can carry with
ease a pack Of wood that is larger
than himself, and nothing can disturb
his calm serenity. If he falls with his
load, which is seldom, he simply waits
until he is assisted to his feet; and the
club welded by the hand of the ex-
citable Mexican fails utterly to make
him accelerate his pace. A wonderful
institution is the burro, and he adds
not little local color to the town.
Occasionally an exceptionally enter
prising Mexican gets four wheels to-
gether, and constructs rather abject
apology for wagon to which, by a
system of straps and ropes, he attach
es two burros, and by this means man.
ages to bring dollars worth of wood
to the city. This is considered a rather
risky venture, however, and is not well
thought Of.
In spite of the fact that it is an an
cient town and thoroughly unprogress-
i've, no traveller can well afford to miss
it; and for the health-seeker it is q
paradise.
The object Of greatest interest to
the visitor to Santa Fe, irrespective of
creed or nationality, is the church of
San Miguel, the oldest church in the
United States. The exact date of the
erection Of this venerable edifice is not
certain, as the frequent raids of the
Indians during the days of Spanish
supremacy resulted in the gradual but
almost complete destruction Of the
records. There is abundant evidence,
however, to show that the church was
erected not later than 1882, and there
are many who maintain that it was
built in 1915.