The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-12-22
Sent Unique
Chairs From
Old Mexico
Miss Florence Perkinson, of
Albuquerque. N. M, Sent
Them to Parents
ARE ON DISPLAY IN CITY
Were Gathered On Visits
Made to Various Sections
of the Country

Mrs. Flossie Parkinson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Parkinson
of this city, superintendent of the
Girls Welfare Home at Albuque-
que, N. M, spends much of her
leisure time while enjoying restful
vacations, touring Old Mexico.
Miss Parkinson has been at AL
buquerque for several yers. She
last visited her parents in this city
in the summer of 1881.
"a year ago she sent her mother
a marvellous Spanish shawl which
she had purchased in Old Mexico.
A few days ago three chairs of
unique and interesting design ar
rived. A letter from Miss Perkin-
son indicates that these chairs rep
resent various sections of Mexico
and three distinct types of the
people of the country.
These chairs and the shawl are
on display in the south front win
dow of the Parkinson feed store,
east of Main, between Third and
Fourth streets, and are well worthy
of careful study. :..-.
The Herald has been permitted
to publish a portion of Miss Perk-
inson's letter describing these
chairs herewith: -
"ear Folks: .~'>-s
Sent chairs up today. Hope
they get there OK. The big one
comes from the center of Old
Mexico. It is covered with pig
skin. You see the Mexicans skin
their pigs and use the skin for
wearing apparel, etc. The wood is
mesquite that grows wild there and
is supposed to be very strong. L
1.-The other one tied together
with skins made in the northwest
part of Mexico by the Indians.
They are the widest Indians in N.
A. YaquD pronounced (Yakkee).
They eat raw snakes, entrals of the
cattle, etc. -
1.-The chairs are made most like
their war drums. If the back were
left off and steer hide put on the
other end of the round part of the
chair you would have a war drum.
Just pick the chair up and pound
on it and you will produce sound
that strikes fear to the hearts of
the whole Mexican army. You see
the Yaquis live up in the noun
tains and the Mexicans are poor
soldiers and when the army comes
after them they HE themselves up
in the hills and hide. They have
always caused trouble and still do.
Last month I went down to the
west coast in Old Mexico again for
few days sleep and when I got
my passports, etc and was board
ing the train I spied a whole army
clearinghouse to find out they
were expecting an outbreak Of
the Indians and each train carries
soldiers. ...,-
"Well that sounded exciting. Wish
Brother could see the Mexican
army. The soldiers are about #.
5 in. high-uniforms misfit and they
are most as black as negroes. I
would rather have been permitted
to carry a pistol than have the
soldiers on the train.
"A few years ago the Indians
held up the train was on and took
all the Mexicans captive, Obregan
was on the train too president Of
Mexico). They left all the Amer
leans, said they were their friends.
Even now they pull all the cur
tains down at dark because the In
dams shoot arrows through the
windows.
Nothing exciting happened al
though they said was in the same
coach that Obregon was in and
they say 1t is haunted so the port
er won't sleep there; say a head
less porter walks all night long. I
didn't see him and was the only
woman in the coach.
1.-THE other chair comes from
Agura Caliente-that is near the
southern California line-made by
the poems or poor people of Mex
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