The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-17
LETTER FROM NENICo.
Dr. y. u. r~sey Writes al toods-
sions ard Customs of That
Country

toms. etc, that It would take all my
/ time to - so, therefore. / adopt this
method OF informing them touching
a few things here.
! left Waxahachia August 2sth
| on the Katy Flyer and after forty
| four hours Of constant travel step
/ ped off the train al Durango, the
/ capital Of the state By the same
name. This is one Of the Oldest cit
/ les in the republic and has perhaps
| 50 geo inhabitants. or more. II Is
/ beautifully located with mountains
on every side. although the city it
/ self is in a valley of considerable
area. The elevation OF Durango Is
| about I ,oo0 feet above sea level,
4 and has the finest climate | have
ever known. The temperature in
summer rarely gets above 10 degrees
Fahrenheit and in winter Is never
| below so degrees Fahrenheit. The
nights In summer are always cool
enough for heavy cover as the mer-
| curry falls after sundown.
/ As TO health, there can be no
healthier place anywhere. The PEG
| pie are simple in their habits. cloth
ing and living and all seem perfectly
| happy and contented. The buildings
| here are of the ancient Mexican
| type, largely, and some houses of
note in this city are said TO be over
| 800 years old and still intact, al
| though built OF mud or adobe. Such
a thing as a fire in the houses 10
keep warm is practically unknown,
and houses are built without any
place for stove or fire except per-
! haps. the kitchen. Durango has no
! fire department and / am told that
nothing in the way of house burn
| ing has occurred in this city of Co.
600 inhabitants for a hundred years,
! and perhaps longer, for no one here
can remember longer than that.
There is no waterworks or sewer
age system here but there is a street
car system The street car track
| runs along one side of the street,
near the sidewalk, and is a narrow
guage. The cars are pulled by mules,
one mule to the car, and like every
thing else here, has plenty of time
to make the trips. The driver is arm
ed with a horn which he blows, max
ing hideous sound, when he ap
; proaches n crossing street.
Two evenings of each week tn
government furnishes band music OF
the main plaza in the center of thu
city. Here people congregate by
hundreds to hear the music, prone
made. meet friends and court. The
courtship differs here somewhat from
Ellis county The women and men
do not walk together but walk
alone, that is, after they congresate
at the plaza all the women and
| Young girls begin prOmenading
three abfeast in one direction
around the plaza on the outside of
the wide pavement, the men ana
! bows three or tots abreast going in
. the other direction, on the inside of
the pavement, meeting the women,
( and their sWcethearts as they go
! round Not word Is spoken to the
! opposite sex but eyes are made
and Smiles are -mu.c" az each sue
1 cecdius meet, until the music dis
1 continues and every one goes home.
boat To %. W. When % young man
sees Il Young lady on the plaza that
. be likes. OBJ would IiE, FEB meet. he
! smiles at heI The ueNt round. when
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