Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-04
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PRIMITIVE CUSTOMS THESE
Marriage and Housekeeping
Easy and inexpensive
10 the Groom.

hNN hNNlNf SUM- taNNNNttAi july aAs
My slumicrs were fudoly disturbed
this morning by the dlscordaut
acreechlnE OF a brightly Colored ma
cav perched on a lime tree near my
window TAGS la pala7 lshako my
foo), he cried. unil sleep was no
longer possible, so I stepped out in
the patio OF tAe hotel 90 view an opal.
tinted morning. The air was sweet
with the scent Of orange blossoms it
was dellclously cool and pleasant, and
I eApoctautly awaited the coming Of
the mogo with conco and sweet cakes
before dressing for breakfast
It's remarkable now quickly you be.
come accustomed 10 the fashions here
Al home In che states I'm usually pee.
Wish until breakfast is served bat
down here / hnd e most enjoyable 20
b. awakened by my servant who
brings me a cItp OF coffee and "a couple
OF cakes Wncn these are dispatched
ira pleasant 90 turn over for another
snoozo until the call for breakfast
is sounded.
have spent several days here
not entirely owing Co inclination, bus
because no one hurrios Ia monann
land. ! had many purchases 90 make.
There we're saddle and pack mules 20
buy, n servant, or mozoi 20 hire, aud
many details 20 arrange before start
ing on inc long trip into the interior.
During intervals the little capital OF
tho state Of Cortes has been thor
ouKhly explored II Is earning
place. admirably situated nc the foot
OF tho lofty Camhro range Of noun.
lains. which rise 5000 or 5000 feet
above tnc plain. IS is the principal
city OF suia Valley. one of tho garden
spots OF a land OF tropical luXuriance.
The area OF this great valley u LOCO
square niles and Il was once The seat
OF much larger population than u az
present contains.
Nearly 400 Years Old.
San Pedro Is long on nistory. i
was founded IN 1886 by Pedro 90 Al
vnrado. one Of COriez's lieutenanis
and Il was O fiOurishing city before
the pioneers settled In jamestown
Va. There Is little here, however, 20
Indicate antiquity No ruined church,
es. 80 common an over Central Am
erica, no diEmantlod towers or forli
acationa: nothing is leit sava the ever
lasting hills OF God which have looked
down on this village through the pass
/ ing centuries.
In 1864 san Pedro, tnen a rich aad
hourshlug town, was visited by one
of those tenderhoarted rovers of the
Spanish main, LOionnls by name
whose love for the Spaniards was
such that he never overlooked an OF
p0rtunitv Of sending them on the way
TO Heaven. lio met a stout resistance
and the place Ola not fall INTO M.
hands until he had suffered the los.
Of several companions.
The gentle IfOlOnnis, whose deeds
fern a most interesting chapter IN the
history OF the Bucoaneer, is reported
TO have become much wrOth thercal
and Ia said 20 have cut the hearts oui
OF several OF his victims for a spocla
feast. shaking his thirst meanwhile II
the blood that dripped from MIS- sword
/ said there were no traces Of ihs
past remaining, but / found two; clos'
10 the foot OF the mountains discoy
cred a street paved with brick anl
followed Il for nearly a clock. Ever
brick IN that street was brought from
Spain, as none was ever burned here
On the summit Of the range towarl
/ 0hAWA NANAM - m MNAN' NANHN AWAHNNH NAi
made Of heWn marble and granite
which was made by Aivarado.
Tho Spanish iunrncylng FROM Mex
leo southwark always followed ~
mountain tops IN order 20 avoid ih
swamps. ~ course tho spanish mere
ly bossed that JOB Of road making, Oh
natives ala the work san PEDRO !
given % boasilnE, and we'll Il mas
IL has more frame houses than al
other cities nf the republic put q
goiher II paHsegaea one OF the tw
sawmilla. and & has The only foul
wheeled wagon in the country. II ha
a simple system oi water works. III
waters of a mountain brook arr pipe
10 several public and private -four
tainB
Women a the Fountain.
AT the public fountain one meets th
hot pol0i in the early morning, q
lpeoially the feminine gender. ] Etoo
Cor al hour beside the BIG fountain q
dag watching che women lilling the
large stone ollng. Some uf these iug
easily mold eve on six gallons, y,
these small women, some OF ihei
mere girls, lifted them wlthout a
EFFORT 10 their heads and walked ava
This habit OF loading everything O
tho head d. often carried % a rldicl
lOua extreme. Recently one Of 81
servants az the hotel came into Oh
room with a pair Of cQitou glnygs res
I. ing on her heed The practice. hos
! ever. has resulted IN giving every w
/. man sou meet a carriage that Is Oh
|, poetry OF motion They seem % e'id
/ along With an funaHrf4dahla muiInik.
|. tho hips, swaylns ever so little.
But the lot Qi the women cf "a
peon class Is a most miserable one. .
they are bat little better than slave
Standing AZ the fountain today the
presented a picture aa unlike nuythln
ln the north as you could Imagine. no
difference Or Hnliktnoas was not al0n
in the matters 80 dress Or color lh
former q negligible quantity and th
latter dark brown. ii lg in che lac
LOT animation. ia the air Of aadRcs
I which envelopes thom. There WASH
Bic % nosslplng, and 10 lhughie
"a brief HalHiat'on az "huQnaa diaa
: and "adloe" "a parties aummed %
The conversation.
Imagine a doz1cu or more OF on
; American housewives a. founini
r nkn thlai wouldn't the society eGlto
. have q gold mina3 They would haY
made shredded bieCait % fha Cha
} aciers "a haif their n0lghhora, al
; fheif chatter would have driven lh
} pnivoi9 into tho WDoda. But igaAin
lover the brink u ihe fountain. whic