St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-03-27

On bright sunny day and on Sunday
Tour only opportunity we attended a
bull fight, where were assembled $4,000
to $4,000 people in wooden amphi-
theatre-like structure, guarded by bat
talon of soldiers, although a more
orderly throng never witnessed. But
it was bloody and most repulsive as FIVE
horses were brutally gored, and one OF
the picadores badly injured by fall
from his horse. Of course the six bulls
were all dispatched, and dressed after
wards for consumption and presume
the horses the same-good peon meat.
A distinguished educator, Mr.. Brewer OF
our party, remarked that it was not
nearly as bad in it's results as our ma
tional football game, for the reason
that it did not involve any sucn expendi-
ture of values to the world as the killing
or manning for life Of our most promis-
ing young men ian opinion that most
heartily endorse.)
The Mexicans are a most musical
people. All along our route coming and
going, bands of Mexicans and Indians
with harps, guitar and mandolins, etc,
| would regale us at the stations with
| their plaintive and weird like ditties.
Bands in the city of Mexico are famous
the world over. ] attended an opera,
| Verde's "Rigoletto" and the singers were
frst-class. The opera only opened at 9
p. m. with halfhour intermissions.
When l left at II it was only half
rendered and it must have lasted until l
a. m. The carriage parades at shutdown
are immense, especially along lndepen-
dencia Avenue and out over the boule-
ward to Chepultepec and return. Hun
dreds and hundreds of splendid turnouts
filled with seniors and seinorettas in full
evening dress can be seen, to me more
magnificent than any scene in Central
Park.
Education in the arts and trades is
becoming most excellent very rapidly.
Primary education is compulsory. The
Spanish tongue is spoken though
English is now obligatory in all the
public schools. In total population of
100000, $50 different languages and
dialects are spoken by the various
Indian tribes. The government main
tains many institutions of learning
annually expanding 100000 to $5,-
100000. Were it practicable, would
| ike W SDGcth VI liz vast lNoOhANNS III IiiS
mines and agriculture and even also in
manufacturing.
One more incident and | will close. In
the $50 miles ride from Gnanajuato to
the city of Mexico, at Quretaro we pas
sed by the little chapel erected by the
emperor of Austria over the spot where
, poor Maxamillian fell 1t is just over
. the hill from Quretaro, all alone in a
most lonely spot, where, far, far away,
stretches vast plain, so common to the
table lands in this part of the republic
, to the foothills of some giant mount
aims. To me this was great place foI
reflection upon the yanities of this life
Having read some Ia large octave vols
} prescott, Bancroft, ct al.) in closing
| can but add this country by far exceed:
5 anything that l ever conceived of II
r beauty and resources, with great
promise, as Cecil Rhodes one said
: Whose Cousin Francis Rhodes, ESQ.,
met and was entertained mos
sumptously at the American Club, City
1 of Mexico). at is my opinion that the
{ richest mining countries in the world ar,
: Mexico, Peru and Bolivia, especially
Y Mexico; and while Providence has cas-
t my lot in an opposite section of tn
c globe, am not blind to the unison O
4 opinion as expressed by scientists ant
: experts, that Mexico will one day fur
) nish the gold, silver and copper of tn
/ world; that from her hidden vaults, he
t subterranean treasure houses, will com
t the gold, silver, copper and preciou
t stones that will build the empires of to
e morrow and make the future cities @
r this world veritable New Jerusalems.
: JULIUS A. MORRILL,.
}, Bridgeport, Conn, March 10, 1907.