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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1884-11-07, Page 6Life Among the zV][ex.e ns, saber Pet in an appearance. Atter rester•. tug in a book kept for the purJyiotte, and de. SOMETHING ABOUT TES OLDEST !nee IN poaitfng my +'fare/' 1 was initiated into the AMB1urL seNTA Fu. tnyeterica of the old church, Most 'modal. fleet 01 all stands the altar -the ono built by Speei,;d eorrespeedence of ehc Net' !'ire. the founders of the Pleul'ch. Over t;bls,bunps Bail 1 ancient city of "a ho] faith,'" an old peio ting of ' St. 1klieheel qnd thy •Dra- Whuse annals span o'er thrice a century's years goo," and on 0011' 1414'011 ,fralutings. pi the Hai!! try,tiug place of battles lost and Won 4nnunciation, '•!'hese were inenigbt from lb. triple cunquest-valoofhopes andfears. Spain and piaoed in the church, and are Here, the Puutllos reared --mysterious rack- . even older than the church itself, the age of Long ages back, their quaint adobe homes,. 'Ahloh is said o •y 'Twist barbarous and civilized their pian- t be about three hundred sate, 0f Aztec ancestry their lineage conies. Thi' beams lveilae) supporting the roof are Hero next the Spaniards, lured by fabled wealth handsomely carved, and the names of the Of hill and stream -with military show fortnders and, builders inscribed ott. them, Seek them a home-displaco Penhicee race. There ie also a bell of pure 'copper, ou which And name and faith on Santa Fe bestow, the date, 1358,is: still quite diPtirlot makin g And last, 'math march of sturdy Saxon race, it over 000 f I years old. Indtnn and Spaniard back recede. y Till Free America counts this fair land "New Mexico," from double fetters hoed! Santa Fe is not only the oldest, but pro- bably the oddest city in America. It ie said that visiting Santa Fe -•'the city of the holy . faith„ -rs the nexlrbesG thing to a journey to Spain, an,l I believe that were Spain itself taken up bodily from the map of Europo, and, set down in Old anti New Mexico, is wattle not strike the tourist as beim; auy iuoie out of place. 'If one 'aonot see Spain without crossing the "•pond" -to use westorri phrase- ology-ho hrase- - in canCertainly enough the olog;y 1 carts y see a u„ of t o manners and customs of the peoplo lt.haliiting that almost obsolete peninsula, to satisfy the most morbid eurioeity. A centre of Roman Catholicisar-wi me• Quebec' is to -Oet terioreNewe Mexico is' to Colorado, and, carrying the aimili still further, what Quebec city is to Quebec province, Santa Fe rs to w Mexico, at least from a religious standpoint, Reaching the most sonthern point on the. Denver it Rio Grande railway-Elponola-it was necessary to stop over night there, in order to connect with the stage to Santa Fe, the next morning. Hero I had wy first ex- perience of what sleeping in a canvas tent was, and I can't say that I desire to repeat the ex- periment -particularly when both climate and hospitality are 60 much below freezing point as they were there. Our landlord emu: °ceded admirably iu driving us to the deter- mination to see him later, so much later that I fear our futurt patronage will never be of much service in relieving, his temporal neces- sides. Like the two Dutchmen, "he hae the money, and we have the experience." After being ferried across the Rio Grand"e-rivereand- relieving ourselves, by giving the aforesaid landlord a "parting blessing," we tumbled on. board tho stage, and were headed for Santa Fe. Our road was a peculiar one, fo'lloteing a dry river bed of sand and soil, here and there taking a short cut across a narrow Heel[ or isthmus. What they do when the waters are high 1 didn't learn, •but presume they go in skiff's. To me, however, the road was the least interesting object. On either side, and for miles iu either direction, lay a country so riob that to scratch it megaly, with the rude implements of the natives, is to make it "bad and blossom as the rose." .Fruits of all kinds, peaches, grapes, apples, pears, ete., in in wild abundance, grow and thrive here in these valleys, almost without any attention. But the moat striking peculiarity about this country is probably the structure of the houses or huts of the Mexicans and Indians-. the former evidently copied from the latter. They are uniformlycomposed of arlotres-pro- nouneed "adobays," An adobe' is a brink made of mudand straw, mixed by puddling with the feet, and afterwards moulded into an ('long form and sun-dried. I wondered, when '`test I a'Tatar e tramping in a heap of mad, what ne was 'trying to "celebrate," and thought of my boyhood days, . whew 1 used to manufacture. .inch delicious niud pies' -but aeon found that he was a "brick maker. " My interest increased when I learned, upon inquiry, that these adobes were the aamo,as, and practically identical with those" which the Children of Israel were compelled to make in Egypt, and about which they cern. plained when forced to find their own straw. I bavo,eince learned that this is the universal bnildiug matetiul of hot countries, where there is Iittle or no rainfall. Those asides are much Larger than -ouriirici:, being gener- ally 18 x 9 x 4 inches, and are laid in a mortar of mud, making, when complete, a solid wall,! These walls are generally plastered over with a layer of the same material, which is some-: times whitewashed, but oftener' left a "pure rand color." The walls are ordinarily four or five foot thick, and but one storey high, and the roof supported by round or square' timbers; called "vegas," which generally ex- tend a short distance beyond the walls, forme lag eaves. On these vogue is Laid a matting of mud, which is patted solid, and left to dry by th4 heat of the sun. Chimneys -which are a searcearticle-fireplaces-always in the corner of the room -fences,; ovens, etc, are built of the Bente mnteeisl,.in fact, in this re- spect, they may be said to live by " working the soil," though they don't amount to a hill peens as farmers. Still these adobe housee, which 'at first I was thoroughly dieguatell with, are, while rude and uncouth to an ex- treme degree, both warmer in winter and. eeele, ;s seheeene ti. -n 1.:.y modern Mansion you can mention. Arriving at Santa Fe, and putting up at a "grand" adobe hotel, I was struck at once with the narrowness of the alleys constituting the main thoroughfares of the cite -;called• by eonrteey "streets," Bet even thie_featere would have been endurable, were these streets' not to erratio in their meanderings. It cer- tainly seemed ail though some pathway or winding creek had been made the guldiug ]ine in laying sone of them -out. Piot only ie the general direction tortuous, but every hero and there a house or piazza will project out. into the roadway, almost blocking tt up .en- tirely, and several times did I wander down streets whish I supp6aed were' oliop , e'd ;off suddenly at the other end, but wiliblf atter- warde found were only twisted iota twine other direction. But the glory of alI Mexican cities, and pi's -eminently of .Santa Fe, if the plaza, or public: square. When at school I remember seeing 'a cat in•eur' geo- graphy of the old Santa' Fe plata-IMO think- ing that I should so soon see the original. It ie a place of great antiquity and historical interest. In tt are a. public fotititaiu, a monument. erected in honor of the aeldiers ..uriug the rebellion, and shade trete. .eats conveniently arranged. It is plant- - ., lant-.., ith Alfalfa, which gives it a cool appear• ance. On one aide of the square ate situated the "palace" and principal- state officer, On the other three, the prinofpal places of busi- ness. The palace is builtbf adobe, one. storey high, with walls about.five feet thiok,'and is said to ppoedees more historical interest, than any othhr edifice in the United States, cer- tainly greater in quantity, whatever may be said concerning the quality. Every reotti has' its history, and a book could be Written on the Oconee of revelry and sufferinglenaoted within its walla. It is occupied as State Capitol, and includes the governor's residence. r..^l,^hto the moat remarkable of Mello old adobe buildings is the San Mogul (Sae Me - gill) church -the oldest in Amoriea. 1 had heard so much of this old relic, that I lost no time in visiting it. Approaching the front of the building the visitor is confronted with a placard, on whieh is printed. the following " The usher is signalled .1y pulling the bell - rope thrice," Seeing a repo near by 1 pulled it "thrice" and a good deal (Amid, before the The new Cathedral now betng erected was begun over fifteen years ago, and, when ecu}- ploted will be by far the largest and moot ex. pensive cburob in the territory. I attended a service in this•. building, and was struck with the povertyetriukeu appearauce of the crowd of 111exioaasmato swanned there. The entire aervioe was in Spanish, and so I ahall attempt . UR oritiam of the remarks of the• priests. I will say, however, that here Ro- man Catholicism reigns supreme, and even = common schools, supported by ett►te tax, are strictly sectarian schools, making it ire - possible for a protestant to send !tie children to a non -Sectarian suh0ol,unless he patronizes. some private academy, or send them away from home:- suppose this is.what-yew-might3 Roman Catholic tolerauce-u tolerance that "tolerates" where it is compelled to give way, and that is intolerable where it isn't. Ip the north-east' part of "the city is the fort of the famous Port iriarcc,-the..cuiunaud- ing military position of the city, named after Rim. S. Marcy, at one time secretary of war at ;Washington, ot. x hnml a story is told, wh'iah will bear repeating: --It is said that during his secretaryship, his attendant, whose duty it was tQ receive callerson th e, seere- tary, and introduce ;them, was oneday un- able to find him. A 'searching m f ter" in vain foraorne tune, he rushed excitedly up to a mutual acquaintance, whom,, he euppdeed knew of his (Marcy's) 'Wherpttbod e. exclaim- ing, "That Marcy 'I Co others show -that Mem show to me 1" AYER'S • er}y• Pectoral.. Ifo 'other eornpiaint8 are so intidione in their attack ea. theseau'eoting the throat arrd lunge: naneso trifled }with by the majority of suffer., era. The ordinary Dough or gold. resulting. .perhaps from a..trifting or unconscious ex, posuro,is often but the beginning of a fatal elelttseee. .0.YEze'S'Qnax.ttx. I'x.TonaL bas. wolkprovept its etlicaey in alorty years' eget with throat and meg iilaeases, and should be taloa in all cases 5without delay, A Terrible Cough Cured. "In 19::71 tont( a sover° unit', which oleo -ed. raybw.A. I hail a terrible cough, ,at.yl l red nt 1, t.lor it,g•. 1 f ilstout sleep.•1'he r .. t;ra p1.5t1r,n, 111 1 t,.411 AirEfeaCngerltt i•4:1- 71 n %4, , a .1 r, L' ved my lungs, induced else.,•. ;eel ,ufor,:ed' rte the rest ucoessare fur 1,t, t rvery of my etrengtb. By this 00111 I11 nu, Of the PECTORAL a perma, nom t • "x 4 4,t.4.•.-40. 1 lite l 11W c1 years. • 01.1 • t l ht "",.i tx,. n,nl. dirt k tt.3:ted your Gu,...., ttlt''1 Cl011lu, 1. t)ltALM i'•. itinp.071.1En."' T.'it :,itryl:stn, ]'tq ,luly 13, prig., I:r>t:p,--R >sTotlior s Trir.l+ate. 11.1.3.1! to inthe cn,u try let n'• t ,• 11 : little 14 r3 oil, \4111 1 I1 t 3,1‘. • t t :,pi 11 K t az 11 11: w+tt i tae t'"t' f•Cr:titgA, t , t tt:,4 ( u .' (4114,1 l: N use ,eeeeeeeeeee, t epee :'tleyeereee r , u'bettlt' of - um. wee i::weeelleprenertfef ewitfeer.ereir. w 1 . I t u "n. .t1 Paul fretguent doses, anti 100 t .1. tesa; Orin half nn ht.ur the 1,14;3 r• bi t a b g.;t t g • fly. 'Pia- doe,.to: a.�i�t ,. li'u tt . l.t V 11 t't oa.t.r. hard so re. t r. , y 1,(•'. Can t Wonder at • tors-: l:nu t t ,.ttxxy.t, • 159 esti„ .iii ;'t., fret(' CIA, ANY 11:,-18111. "I l:atvo'::•^,t Ail n'a Crime( 1'rt'SnnAG. • • iFt Xitr f'•nnt• I'•t• 3,0%4. L:-1 }4 LF 't, a:Fd-do nnl hent( tto to i 'tit , it 411e est erfertra'i :,ran• ly for tea:.,c mai eclat;ttu have til t.. A J. CRANE." Lane Cryotel;.Mltn1.,March 11, 1182, • 4.1;411;.%1'tyetirs ftem.rntchtls, and aft 11 last,( tit t Ftty t1tt tis n0 at'.-. ce4.8i +,t , n .:d by the use of At rrn'S Carat- , ,1 ,• iost.i '1t WALDEN." .8...t:;,, "(firs., April 0, 1182, • +' 1 , t nt nt R 1Y o iongh in "praise of Aran's Ctn • l t roltA7,, believing as I do that (Conolnded in our next) `hut L r bat tv.. I should long since have died' frog. tr .•111re. I' 7ineorenr." T ex s, April -22,1882. else of an affection: of the throat or fuer exists which cannot be greetlyrelieveit b$ t'.ie tit', ot. Aviut'3 (homey ?zeros -az,, and it will abseils cure when the disease ie not already beyond the control'of medioinq. PR$PAREn BY .Dr. J. C. Ayer &Co., Lowell, Mau. Sold by all. Druggists. ' A•""Bleibins to all Mankind.. In these times when our Newepairers. are needed with patent" medicine advertisement!, it is gratifying to know what to procure that Will certainly cure yeu. • If you are Billions, blood out of order, Liver inaobive, or generally debilitated, thereis nothing in the world that will cure yon so quickly as Electric Bitters. They are a blessing to all mankind, and Can be had for only fifty cents a bottle by Watts & Co. Cabinet Parlor Fijrni. .\Varer�ms; 0_N DERTAk1\G • The subtoiber keeps the finest G.A.SKETS and OOFFINS Always on band. Funerals fnrnishod at the shortest notice and lowest Prtees'° A CAI,( S.c1LTOITID .: ' • Lemdtiii; Vudortnl[er.. 'F.El11LrL)lillER TIIE PLACER .• O'PPOBITE .THE TOWN IHALl. THOS. STEVENSON. • •FAR RA:N 't TISDALL BA'NKE'RS, P ATTIC NBURY ST.,. CLINTON, rlItANSACT A •ftENERAL BANICIiv'(tBitSIRES4. Moneyadvanoed on mortgages end. Notesothand' Drafts ieased payable a't'par,at all the ornate of the Merchant's Dank of Canada. New York exchange. bought and sold.. PROMPT ATSESTxON PAID 20 001.•iEOTlotisthroughout Canada and the United,Stat ea. SALE NOTES Rot)GHT.at close rates, and money advanced to range's on their own notes,fer anylhngth - of time to snit the borrower. All marketable seeur,? ttoaboughtand sold. 1ILLAGE OF WROYmTEa. I .82 8' Centre St west 1.4 Pal.. 22.42 1'30' 23 7.2 BAREERa IN 111.18S1; YORK AOSNTe OF TUE 1 - 21I11 St. south 15_...Vat. 37 59 170 3929. County Treasurer's Cate, 12 • vt'M.• HOLMES. DtLEBoneNT sI3eN8 or CANADA. Qaderic><; ASIC, 18, 1884. •S .-Ce.:Trett.arer: I rEREST'ALY ALLOWED ON DEP. 0;51278' - W.; W. FA.RRAN. J. P. TISDA.ILL'r i• } • SALE OF LANDS FOR TAXES PROVINOE OP ONTARIO, 2 By video of a warrant under. County of Huron, to wit: 1 the band of the Warden and .eel the Corporation theCounty the of n of Go ut . of Baron dated 'day p a 8 r the Sixteenth of at A.D. 1 a4 'eommandln � me 40 levy upon tke undermentioned lands .in the said County of Baron, lot the arrears or taxea'due thereon and -costs, as. hereinafter sot: forth, I •hereby giranotice .tiiat•1'shell, on WEDNESDAY. San DAY OF DECEMBER,.1884 at the hoer of ten o'clock in the :forenoon, at the Court House, in the Town of Go4erioh, proceed to sell the said lands by Pub- lic Auction, or shah portions thereof as shall be neeeseary to pay auch arrears, together with all *bargee thereon, unless the same bo sooner Lalli. 6 ' NF .1 $.a Q,u, a.�.. Lot er rt' y uflot.paa.o m'no a yi-: ooa TOWNSIfIP OF COLBORNE. Part of block0:51aitlandville 24- Pat. 22'13 1,30 23 43 • TOWNSHIP' WNSHIP OP GAY. 32 - L.: roadwest 100 Pat. 85 54 ' 137.. 26 91 'towxs111P of HOWICS. 1 1L 109 Unp. 530 .0 88;:6'08 VILL,At3E OF•PORDWICH IN AOWICR South' part of 8 Albertst - _ 34• _Pat 3 15 0 83 . 3 98 West part :of 2 Leniaa St S .R Pat. • 1 11 0 78 1 99 Best part of 3..,,Leuisa St S la ..Pat. 12 77 123" 14 00 TO W rean1P. Or IIULLETT. NE.part of 10..4• 33 Pat. 691 092 753 • . VILLAGE OF MANOIIESTER IN HlJlL1:TT. 9 ' - 'E surrey " It Pat. 2 13 0.80: 2 93 • TOWNSHIP OP MORRIS. South part of 23.3 4 Pat. 3.28 0 82 4 10 Southeast1 of7 ".G 50 ^Pat.• 30 12 .1 50 3163 VILLAGE OF BLUEVALR IN 31011618, • 122• Gardner'aser: 1. Pat. 5 38 0138 6 26 VILLi1Cr8 OP. BELGRAVE IN MORRIS. -315, Pat. 1i" Pat. 5 51"0 8n 6 39 40 •McCrea aur. 1.5 Pat. a 51 0 e9�•'"6 i:.) TOWNSHIP OP ifcltILLO?, ' S E part of 28.:N set 14 10 Pat. 16' 61 1. 15 '77 7e • p 7SHIP •OF'STEPIIEN. • 12..,, 11 •100 Pat. 57.. G0 2 23 59 85 13 Ps' 100 Pat. 57 60.2 15 513 85 VILLAGE OF BAIFIELD. -• East part of S ..:1tangrte N 33i. Pat. 2 23 0 80-'3 03• West half of 5Bay8old con. 43 Pak 541.4 2 10 56.24 TOWN OP WINGHAM IN TURNBERRY. 1• Pat. . 354 0 84 4' S8 .170 ..... 35. Par. 5 69 0 89 6 58 171 "'. 3s. Pat - 5 82 0 90 672 west N 174: i4' Pat, . 0 63 0 76 I 39 173 Pat, at, 5 67' 0 89 ' it 56 3d. Pak 582" • 0.90 672: 3: Pat 6 78 0 92 ' 7.70 , 3» Pat 1.46 0 79 .225 35 Pat 1.46 0.9 2'25 Yat 6 53 092• '7 47 14Pat 6 14- 0 91 7 15 233 • 223 253 217 278 • Park lot 37 4 Pat:. 19 09 1 25 20 34 VILLAGE OF MANOJBBBTE"A 8c WAWANOSII WEST I05. 1.5 , Pat. 1 52 0.80 2 32' 'VILLAGE OF SIXTH. 6 Xi 0 80.7 22 83 •,••••••••McDonaldant. Al Pat. 279 083 362' Block McConnell e: • 'it Pat. 5 33 0 90 625 VILLAGE OF•BRIISSELS.• • ' >i Pat 8 21 0 05 0 16 44r1i .Pat. 17 93 '127 19 20 'I P t IG 02 1.20 7 321 '. 322 59 iia Meld roan AR, -r io 2 0 VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR .- SALAN. N The undersigned offers for sale the property .shown in the above diagram being composed of the east part oaf .Lot 35, on the 10th concoaoion Godoricli Township, containing 20 acres and a park lob abjoinitg, contaning 10 acres, being .• part of the east part of Lot 35 above mentioned, dud about 3. acres of it is inside the eot'poraticll of Clinton. Will be sold together of separately, to suit purohaset.' rob further particulars apply to JAMES liA.Ilt. THS RED fiOCIiER STORE, Kam ,1,OCK, Af.131+.itl' STREET, CLINTON, To furnish a 1iout,c 1,4 t i ti,to and care, j.Requiros some thought 1411(1 decision ; Tlie'Kitelic'n. I c'til'OOlXI, and Parlor fair, Must alt be pIal:llli: d with precision. My stock is complete Nathan in ]lit- line - And 1ian(1sOre its 1lfindsc too can bo ; I'rolxi kitchen chair to Ofil fine, It's lvort11 your while to call and see. ,P kQt ;lhtu�{art;'la.;iidh :kir -1 IVE1,7 r 1' I�ee tltt :t ,tl�efit S1D(t T3est �.� �,,. , .., :,� � ...� ..� ....�,>.,.... •�,,..".FIT ,}a}���� IN eat of 'I frolp ;t ,icgl . C1',air to :'1;10 Tailor .Saito. 1 ' rt . , 1 ," ' Parlor Sulto aid s �s i aatlla' �� at all Our h � �, own aka.. A'FIItST CLASS UPHOLSTERER. FROM I)ET1101T.. ALWS'Ayi; ON HAND. - Is now very complete.. Rlavfug taken the pains tot interne rm m self reaped lug the -latest styles of Tiimniing and Furnish- ing, and ateionsiderable, expenso'supplied myself • with the best material, • I will continue to giro \t( this,: deyartnlent. my '-,••^^••••-� motassltinoua care and attention, doing ail in wy pewee 10 accommodate cif; r7 clew of the community suitably( and' on the moat reasonable terms concealed with tb,ri'''ul[ig-tlicieticy in'ever : detail-- Tin ANTI Shrrm 1t,31Ber.en ti'F FLvrD, fcir preserving the doe:. 'Ilolu•F4 and every iefj i6ito always nadir A. A. BENNETT, OLIPtiTCON, UNDERTAKER, FUNERAL DIFIiOTO'lt AND IiIMDALiy1;Elt. Cllr" XR,J.A..L Dom, J G SriCaRZEle JUST `T0 HAND. • Pears' Soaip , JltT'rene11<."„ - aitrr Etria !beet Elooper'a and LL t:vander, eat guilts tOoio 'ne. • TOILET REQTISITES"of the latest.manufactnres of the world, ' Pin8(01ANS;PRz s00ri'PIeits and Feeirtr r IIEOIres : filled with care and desliateb, : DISL+'l1i I4'EG'r t as' of all kinds kept, J.A1FS C'4?3 F, . CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST,. • ; CLINTON', ONT. - eat Clearingsa E WHO LE. TOCK - '1'O BE 108 weare going out; f business all muss t be sold by be • ,.1..o .. We Hold out a large stook, of Goods.' in four.litoaths: once before,, and can 40 it again, . as . WI) .f10 just 'Plat we advertise, and do not have .any ahem saleii, Which are so • Cmutton in this town, • • Dry • G¢ods - at : Wholesale Prices. Clothing °at Wholesale Prices.: Hats & Gaps at Wholesale Prices,. Boots & Shoes at -Wholesale. Prices Groceries at Wholesale prices. Conte at once tuul got all the .now goods you %Valitr a6 wholesale prices, Tho sale will continue until all is Holl!. • ' Clinton, ...Sept, 18, 1884. EL & COi