The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-16
More From Durango.
Durango, Mexico, April 4, 90
SUNDAY EVENING.

SUNDAY EVENING.
When | wrote you this morning |
thought it would be the last until we
returned from the timber, but SO many
things of interest have come under my
observation during the day that | can
not refrain from continuing my morn.
ing letter.
On our way to church, which by the
way was an NJ. L. church, we strayed
through the market, which covers one
whole large block. Business goes on
the same sundays as other days of the
week. You can recall something of
the Chicago exhibition, more especially
midway and the streets of Caro-. This
will give you some slight idea of Dur
ango market. but that was a small af-
fair compared with what we saw this
morning. We could scarcely get thru
the throng of natives with their wares,
meats, cookery of all kinds, fruits and
vegetables, millinery, fancy work of
every description, curios and old relics
in fact every conceivable thing one
could think of seemed to be here. You
know something of the noise those for
eigners make when they are selling
goods. 1t was great show. We final
ly reached the church a little late. 1t
is nice little edifice, with pipe organ,
quartette choir, very fair singing, young
preacher, fairly good, services conduct
ed same as at home. At close of SER
vice the preacher made his way to the
door and shook hands with us all.
There were three gentlemen there
whom we met last evening. The one
at whose home we visited last evening,
invited us for drive out in the
country about six miles TO one of his
ranches of $40 acres, for which she paid
$4,000 a short time ago.
We returned to our hotel, did Justice
to dinner of wild turkey and plum.
pudding. Shortly after dinner the
gentleman mentioned called for us.
He had one four-horse carriage and his
own private carriage, drawn by a nice
pair of black horses. We soon got
away for the ranch. Everything along
the way was very interesting. We met
many people and pack trains and the
large two wheel carts l told you of this
morning. In one l counted seven per-
sons and dog. 1t was drawn by a
small burro. On the ranch there was
many buildings, some of them over
two hundred years old. l cannot give
you any idea of their magnitude, but
they are built on much the same plan
as the hotel which | tried to describe
to you this morning.
On the grounds were to be seen
many varieties of cactus. flowers and
shrubbery of all kinds in profusion.
The ranch is under irrigation and is
located on the bank of small river.
Alters thoroughly enjoyable afternoon
we returned TO the hotel, had supper
and then spent couple of hours i'm
the park which covers block, with
large band stand in the center, sur
rounded with shade trees, shrubbery
and flowers. There was large crowd
in the park and fine band of forty
pieces.
The system of water works here is
somewhat peculiar. The water runs
along the cutters in a stone trench,
covered at the corners with flat stone.
When water is wanted this stone is
raised and the water dipped up with a
pail or jug which the natives carry on
their heads. 1t would take too long to
tell the peculiar and interesting things
we have seen.