El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-11
THE TWO DONs
AND 4 FAST
FRIENDSHIP
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80 ss model. and she did most
- The household duties herself, even
srter She had become old and Feeble
Mrs. Abbfe G. Vaughan, known IN
Mexico as "'Dona Abbie, Is one o. me
nos extensively known women ~
ATerico especially along the lines OF
Her youth was spent near Pittsburg,
.. where as Abbie c. StrubeI she nao
the honor OF being enc OF three sHL
w-bo wore the first to receive telegraph
messages by sound; her sister Mause'
was another. ..-o-o,,.a 70
+ba va and men were scarce at home,
sl4l,ie was appointed postmaster ana
So held also the important offices OF
4e1egraDh operator and freight anu
es~s-e+ agent at one Of the Important
,soipts on the Baltimore and Ohio ran
road. , 10
Married in 1866 10 J. L. Vaughan sLie
moved 10 west Texas in 1887, ana 70
Mexico IN 1882. z =.
aroctezuma. on the Mexican Central.
Much Of the planning for the gar oeh
that has become famous for It's beauty
was done by her -
From a pair of fawnS caught on me
nrairie. she soon had a flock OF tame
5aar and these. with the pretty gar
den we're a source of pleasure TO the
weary passengers during their 20 min
,,tes' STAY for dinner Little boquets OF
flouers were nearly always given 10
tba passengers; many of these found
fbei, way To homes in other countries
and held as mementos OF the pleast@He
stop at Moctezumas In sunny NleAi0o-
Hers was pleasant home Where heI
children grandchildren and two little
great grandchildren loved to visit, Tor
II was truly "grandma's house.
Here were two lives that had start
81 one in Mexico and one in Pennsyl-
vania. brought close together bona
Ahbie was also a member OF the Con
Rregational church Of Chihuahua Sne
was a good reader, but it was ali IN
English.
and English Bibles and hymn bSoks
the two grandmothers would meet III
the station building and a prayer meet
ing was held, one would pray and sing
in Spanish and other pray and READ IN
English. -, So
few wears ago Don Bartolito' died
ana Dona Higinia would sing no more
The lives of the two grandmothers
became nost closely united and little
dainties from the kitchen OF the one
and presents of fruits and flowers from
the garden Of the other were almoSt
daily occurrences; the little grand
children acting as messengers. Many
uleasant evenings were spent by the
aged women in the pretty garden,
where arm in arm, they would walk
among the flowers or sit under the
shade of the trees.
Neither learned very much or the IAN
euage OF the other. but love had
q language they both could understand
and they never seemed 10 grow weary
of each others company The parungs
of these meetings were almost pathetic
The guest would accompany the visit
ing one. with their arms around eacn
other like two school girls
With a loving kiss and a Mexican
rabrazar' (embrace) they would sep
arate. one watching the other till she
had reached her home, When with
wave of handerchiefs, they gave a
final farewell for the night.
Al one OF these meetings compact
was made that if Dona Higin5a should
die first, Dona Abbie would sing a Ia
vorite hymn while she was passing
away About the first Of October, 1910.
grandma Orozco became very i'll, and
called for her friend, but she, too was
very i'll al the station house.
DR. Howard Eaton came up on the
morning of October and informed the
Borrowing friends that Dona Higinia
had but q short time TO live She asked
for Dona Abbie and bona Abbie was
carried over hut she could not fill her
part of the compact, as she could not
sing.
While DR.. Eaton and two of her
grandsons sang, Dona Abbie held Dona
Higinia's hand and peacefully as little
child falling TO sleep. grandmother
Orozco passed away, grandmother
Vaughan was left so weak that all
thought she would soon follow. The
grandmothers were separated at last
but it looked as if it would not be for
long.
They brought grandmother Vaughan
to FL Paso, where at the home of her
son, H L Vaughan. 1910 Boulevard, she
Is slowly recovering.
Things have greatly changed at Moe
tezuma- The pet deer are in Washing
ton park; war has almost destroyed the
little town and the people are scatter
ed. but the pretty garden is not mo-
Tested. Perhaps the insurgents could
not damage the spot made sacred BY
the friendship Of the grandmother OF
their leader, and her friend, Dona Alb