Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-03-22
MEXICO AND ITS SIGHTS.
Its Style Of Cookery and Its Famous
Puioue

T. r tsuFAauu mas udu d most INTEREST,"
ing letter from his daughter, MISS Minnie
Of Boston, who wrote in Havana harbor
while waiting for her boat to start for New
York as she was returning from a months
trip through Mexico and Cuba. Her im-
pressions OF the unusual scenes presented
ia the journey are pleasant reading and
are herewith reproduced IN a somew hat
condensed form.
mexico city Is fine old place and we
reached it after railway ride Of 265 miles or
so through the mountainsir N Vera Cruz.
There is nothing in the White mountains
70 compare with the way ia which our
train wound up, and back and forth along
the mountain sides, over trestles thous-
ands Of feet from the valleys and through
tunnels, until we came to Esperanto,
which is about the highest point-sone
5000 feet above sea level.
AT every station along the way, the
lndians-men, women and children
swarmed around the train with baskets
and trays Of things to eat. They had fruit
OF all kinds, such as we never find in our
markets, and the queeTest cakes that one
has no desire to taste; for, though the
people are picturesque, they live for the
most part in rough shaeks not so good as
are provided for our pigs, and filth IS evil
dent everywhere.
"Whue in Mexico city we took trip in
the gondola so calledl up La Niga canal
to hut village named Santa Anita, where
are the famous floating gardens. In stroll
ing about we stopped at the door Of a hut
in which an Indian woman was preparing
dinner. She sat on the earth tioor and
one side had fire over which was a kettle
Of strange looking stuff that might have
been meat. In another dish, a large,
round plaque-shaped platter Of some
woody substance, she was cooking the
tortilias, OF corn cakes, that she prepared
while we watched. In a wooden tray was
the co soiking in water. This she
ground 10 meal bY rolling it with a 81 me
cylinder on a stone table, or stool, on low
legs. When he got the meal 70 the right
consistency, she made it into cakes like
tritters, only very thin, rolled and patted
them into shape with hes hands and put
them over the fire TO cook as fast as she
made them. They really looked tempting
but We had no desire TO taste anything
vs. hich those people had touched. There
was hardly a piece Of furniture in the hut.
ssOn the wall hung square OF straw
mating which they spread on the ground
to slesp on. Al the clothes they have
they wear. Occasionally they take OF
their apparel and have bath in the river,
In which they also wash their clothing
and dishes. They have no tables, no
chairs, the crudest kind OF pottery and
wooden spoons; no knives, no forks, no
plates TO eat from. The fire is built on
the floor, few loose stones being used TO
set the kettle on. This woman was using
cornstalkf for fuel, laid full length on the
floor with the ends stuck in the flames,
and as fast as they burned away she would
push them into the fire. They appear to
be contented, happy people but they
live like animals.
.sOi course we saw very many fine
haciendas. or big farms, where ansimmense
amount Of labor is done, there are hosts
1 of people who seem TO have no ambition
beyond living day after day IN the easiest,
most shiftless way imaginable.
"It was interesting to notice the dit-
ference in crops as We went from the hot
climate to the temperate. At first We saw
acres OF banana. coffee, tobacco and cotton
plantations, but the latter part OF the
route lay through the pulque district.
This is a kind OF century plant from
which is made the Mexican drink pulque
pronounced pul-ky). TO satisfy our
curiosity we bought glass OF u IN vera
Cruz and were quite content with one SIP.
II l. white, Shiny fluid and tastes like
yelst
ave went to Guadalupe, visiting the
old cathedral, the Chapel OF the Well and
the old church on the hill. While there
we saw a funeral procession headed by
President Diaz, bearing the remains OF
a senator, Trinidad Garcia, to the GENE
terv, Another trip was trolley ride
through several towns famous in history.
sAll the buildings, old and new, public
and private, are built of stone or some
other indestructible material and are
ALWAYS around an open court yaro, OF
patio. from which are entrances to the
rooms, all of them being unconnected
with each other. The ceilings are about
I twice as high as ours, but the bulldlngs
L ftrp. Gfnripg in bpiu nt
The Havana houses are OF the same style
awe have been anchored IN Havana
Z harbor since Yesterday morning whue the
steamer is loading up, ana last hlght
counted II schoomers around our boat
with loads to come aboard. we are
carving $4,000 worth OF Mexican SILVER
TO be shipped to London and, BESIDES
tobacco, hemp, etc, are taxing lVo'O ~
bags OF crude sugar. This IS sara TO ~
the most beautiful harbor in the world
and at night with its thousands OF lights
Z il is certainly lovely sight"
BiokneII Young on Christian Science.
Riclneu Young OF Chicago, a we'll
known meunbe Of the Christian Science
/ Board II Lectureship, spoke IN Dubois q
GAYS hall Monday evening before yer /,
attentive audience and one that was on
4 GOOD size considering the severity OF the
+
( from out of town and among them were
I Mrs Herman Boutelle and son, Harry, OF
Rochester. Francis Sargent OF Bethei'
+ Misses FarIie and Lille Chase of Barnard
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Shipman ana daug p
4 Ter. Mrs. Mary Warren and three daugn-
fers OF Montpelier, Mr.. and Mrs. +. A.
4 Walker of Barre.
Hon Y. /. Spear introduced the lecturer
In an excellent speech. and Mr.. Young
proceeded to set forth his views IN
4 forcible and decidedly interesting address
"Christian Science" he said, "deciale'
the omnipotence, omniscienee and omnl
presence of God as do all other denomlna
lions, and upon that basis shows that eyl
has no power, knowledge nor presencei II
other words, that ii is unreal. Salvatlol
~ Christian Science. however, include
exemption from sickness, want ana woe
a. well as from sin. IL is not contingen
upon death, but is a way OF life, a way
righteousness. The CHRISTIAN ocieno