Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-24

with solid wooden slabs for wheels
Identical with the design which was
used ut the time Of the Spanish con-
quest is tho subject OF bulletin is
sued by the National Geographic So
ciety from its headquarters in Wash
| inEton today.
Passing down n prominent street in
almost any OF the large Mexican cities,
ed gentlemen, who look very much as
| though they were Just as much at
home on Piccadilly, the Champs
| o Elysees or Fifth Avenue, following
or proceeding them, however. will be
/ a sandalled peon clad in linen trous-
I thrown over his shoulder and his head
protected by a widc-brimmed SOM
brero and his entire worldly posses
sions upon his back.
! In the next block one may meet an
Indian woman, barefoot and with IN
covered head, a child slunE in the
| 'rebosa' over her shoulders. About
her there Is suggestion OF garlic,
onions and 'pulque'. while passing
along the same street comfortably en-
lsconsed in her victoria, dressed IN 4
latest Partisan creation, rolls milady,
also OF the same nation
| a gOrgcously appointed funeral
car bearing the remains OF one whose
family can afford this expense, may
arrive at the burial place simultane-
ously with three or four poems. pack
ing on their shoulders the body OF q
cCmrade in a plainly painted coffin
the use OF which is rented and which
will be returned after the body /.
given interuent-
a speeding automobile diverts tt
, course to avoid n drove OF sleepy
burros laden, with lumber. feed. ol
pottery, or a great motor truck may
move side by side with 1.-the carga'
dOrcs' carrying. mountain high, or
their backs household goods OF ever
| description.
"One-siory and possibly single.
room adobe houses plastered IN col
ors adioin large structures OF elab'
arate architecture and the poor peor
p passing along to his humble abode
Z may catch n glimpse through n spuCi
| Gus doorway Of n beautiful patti,
adorned with flowers and fountains
e Later when he sits down to his tor
tillas and frij0les, his ncNt-door neigh
G Dor is probably being served with tn
g richest viands and the rarest wines
= Pack in the country districts tn
- whIrr Of n sewing machine may b
4 heard coming from a cane or a muu
!. hut while the head Of the house ma,
J. be seen scratching the ground with
r crude plow OF essentially the same de
: sign as those used In AIesopornmia 4
{ the time or NebuchndnezZar, or thrsh
ing his grain by driving animals owe
h IL.
y In the ugar-Erowing countr!
!. wooden stone. or copper rolls oper
n ated by animal power extract the sac
h charine matter from the cane and eN
II >ess molasses is absorbed by a wad q
y mid. although a few miles distant a
e hacienda with the highest type {
= roller mills, vacuum pans. and centri
d fugals, produces larger quantities {
IS sugar. OF a superior quality.
= The climate too has It's extreme
Il anr in the highlands the nights al
IS cold while the sunny side OF the sire,
e At noon is too warm for comfort. tt
lowlands have days Of intense tori
= heat. proceeding others when a stron
y, 'n.rther' chills to the bone. Months
= drought. during which little II ar
II rain falls. are succeeded by interva
IS when rain may be expected for a pa
d T every day. OF such contrasts
IT Mexico once called The Treasul
so House OF the World"