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Life Among the Dicxicnus,
5OM1:TRUN0 ABOUT THE OLDEST MY IN
AMERICA -BANTA FE.
.)pe ail correspondence of the _New Era.
But to pass from a description of places to
enu of the people. They are made typ of
three distinct classes -Mexicans, Indiana and
Americans (including Jews), holding prece-
dence as to numbers, in the order named.
In Santa Fe, out of a population of about
7,000, fully 5,000 are Mexipans, ao, of course,
Mexican manners, outdoing and religion pre.
vat/. it strikes the stranger as very odd. to
see the Mexican women promenading the
streets iu black costumes, and with black
earl were shawls covering their beads ---this
lie fell artiulo of apparel answering the triple
purpose of hat, head -gear and wrap. I at
first sup; osed these were all nuns, Lut soon
found that this custom was universal among
their woolen. Women plasterers are also no
uncommon eight, though novel to rno-mud
being their mortar or plaster, and their hands
their ugly trowel. Yet 1 saw ono of thein
w.,tk with a proficiency surprisit,g, when ono
aousiiets their tools. I could not help eon-
trastin;g the condition of, these pour creatures
with that et the American or Canadian wo-
man, and Ow saying that a nation is civilized
;n ptul:ortiun as it exults its women is no -
whew more strikingly vet Wed than here.
Though coming at cartt'et with the Anglo•
Saxon race duil3, yet tht:.e people adhere to
the customs ,rti•i mottled,. of tiwir grandfa.
there with a prrsisteney truly wonderful.
For, example, take their mode of threshing,
which was quite a curiosity to me, when first
I saw it. It consists simply of a threshing
floor -bare, Bard ground --on which goats -
from a hundred or two hundred up, according
to the size of the floor -are oonitantaly driven
about over the loose straw, by shouting na-
tives, who urge them by means of whips and
sticks, and prevent thorn from straying out-
side of the circular bounds of the floor. Then
on wooden forks they seperate the straw from
the grain, running the latter through a serve
on a windy day, so that the chaff is separated
while falling from the &rive
from the grain g ,
which is held several feet from the ground.
They spurn with a haughty disdain all euoh
innovations as reapers and mowers, and still
eat their grain with a siokle, as did Boaz
when Reith first smote him. Is it mnoli won-
der that this race is daily giving way to the
more thrifty Saxon -and rapidly assuiniug
the position of the colored man in the south.
There are clever and industrious exceptions,
however, and many of them are men of first-
class business ability, as well ea high. personal
qualities. But to wy mind, one of tlae moat
peculiar customs of the country is a Mexican
funeral. it was my fortune to witness one
of these ---funerals are dire in this country -
and a strangely weird procession it was. A
young girl had died, a general favorite among
her pooph,, whose wailiugs and sobs could be
heard no small distance from the house, and
notices in Spanish,h surmountedsurmonnted with th a heavy
black cross, having been distributed through.
out the city in the morning, the funeral ser-
vices commenced at four o'clock in the after-
noon. First came a Mesioau hand, playing
airs, whose combined discordance and woeful
chanting, were certain to be productive of a
saddening influence. Thou followed a white•
robed priest, bareheaded, having suspended
from his hand a brazen mortar and p fetal,
and accompanied by boys, also in white, Oar.
rying similar .trumpery. The hearse came
next, followed immediately by young girls
dressed in white -seemingly the pall bearers.
Then followed a long company of girls dressed
in black, then more girls in white, then men
-members of the scoret society of Mexicans,
two abreast, and numbering fully a hundred,
and lastly -an American innovation-citizons
in carriages. On the sidewalks of the narrow
street scores of Mexican women kept pace
with and accompanied tho procession, ming.
ling ever and anon their discordant cries and
gatteral sobs with the funereal strains of the
band. Ono of these olid hags approached my
companion and self, as we wore quietly tak-
ing in the perfornttiaeo" from a seat on the
sidewalk, and muttering an imprecation in
Spanish, hissed out to us to take off our hats.
Knowin;; tale prajuclices of tho race, we com-
plied, which seemed to please her immensely,
sts she ,sallied forth after more hats. 1 after-
wards learned that she was running a side-.
show of her owl), tinct formed no part of the
procession. -
Tho second principal division of inhabi-
t'-nts-the, Pueblo Iudiaus-are au interest-
i:g and tiyste it '.18 Mee. Their haughty,
though courteous bearing, combined with a
manner that implies conscious superiority,
and yet humiliated pride ---at once drew my
attention. Though called Indians, they are
a peculiar and distinctpooplo-descended,
it is thought, from the Azees, and styled by
a pamphlet published here, concerniug them,
"The Modern Babylonians." It is certain
that they have never been entirely barbarous,
but rather in a condition of semi-oivilization,
building bonus of adotia, with doors opening
through the roofs -for purposes of defence-
hundreds of years' before the Spaniards land.
ed in America, and as many, almost, before
Europeans knew of such a landing, as "Ply.
mouth Rook." These are the descendants of
the aborigines whom Corley encountered and
whose towns he discovered during his ex-
ploration of the Mexia's. Their costumes
are quite peculiar. The men never wear hate,
and with the exception of a bright colored
band sometimes worn around the head -no
head gear of any kind. Their hair -a coarse
black think mass -hangs loosely over their
shoulders, about a third being tied up in a sort
of queue at the back of the head. Their
blouses are loose, extending below the waist,
and resembling a loose skirt. Their buck -
akin leggings are supported at thewaist by a
bright -colored sash, which hangs down be -
rd, forming a sort of apron, extending to
the pits of she knees. Mecums, and a red
bla-iket thrown over the shoulders, complete
tho costume, which is at once unique and
fantastic. The Pueblos are not a nomadic
people, profetking to live in settlements rather
than portable wigwams or tents, and showing
unmistakeable signs of a pre -historic civiliza-
tion. The mystery that enshrouds their hie -
.tory, but adds to the .interott one feels on a
firet sight of them as they daily visit the city,
driving the burros -or email donkeys -before
them, on whose backs are packed different
kinds of produce, firewood, fruits, hay, grain,
Eco., whiob they dispose of and return to their
reservation, to repeat the operation on the
following day. They are quiet and inoffen.
sive, and certainly more industrious, than the
"greasers," -the lowest class of Mexicans.
In the American population are found the
enterprising business men, and the elves to
Whom this country looks for its advancement.
As long as the Mexioa'ne have the majority of
votes, and are under the control of Romanistn
--so long will this beautiful denntry-the
vineyard of the west -possessing a climate
finer in some respects than Colorado -present
a barrier to progress of every typo and inno,
vatioas of ;very nature.
There is one contribution, however, that
the Mexicans have made to science and art-
though at best a crude ono, which is worthy
of mention. I refer to the "Mexican' fillagroq
je7vril,n ti,' which nonsints of the weaving of
the finest threads of gold and silver into the
mostexquieite and beautiful ,• patterns. Ori-
ginally there were only a few rade patterns
k-tawn to the Mexicans, but lotted r Since
the. American 1}ss been, t oto, the
ni yetories of fillagree work, be )1 s gbt re.
le�dltitioup and
thie class of work among, th Ines charm.
g and artistic of the world. 'Through"
"the
courtesy of one of the leading manufacturers
of these goods in Santa Pe, l sm enabled CO
give you the following eleseriptioM of the
"modus operandi" of their roanufaotore. The.
orudo metal -gold or silver --is list obtained
from mines near here, after which it is refined,
for no impurity or alloy can be used, and run
intdsmall, square wotilde. These are drawn
or hammered out into strips, wbinh are cut.
into still narrower ones by means of large.
shears. These strips are then run through
wire moulds, until drawn out into fine. wire:;
Those are then, by means of a lathe, wound
or twisted together, after which the double
strand is ruu through rollers, which flattens
them into one strand with a beautiful and
uniform serated or tooth.like edge. Itis this
latter peculiarity that gives this work such a
rich appearance. This etraad is then wrought
into countless designs by the workman, who
holds in his left baud a small blook of wood,
in which are small pins of Metal, preventing
a saw -like surface. Around and among these,
be winds the prepared wire, until therequired
design is completed. • .fie then fits the design
into a small and previously prepared 'metal
frame of the shape required,and on a lump
of charcoal, with. a blow.pipe, solders the.
fillagree, burnishes it, and it is..complete.
Leaves, buds,. insects, and almost every con-
ceivable thing -with some inconceivable -are
constructed by this beautiful net work of
gold and silver, and the wonder/is, how so Ia.
borious an operatiou•4or it is all hard. work
=can produce such :reasonable-prieedr=-and1
yet so accurate, results.
1 have given yon -though ; somewhat at
random -some of my impressions of New
Mexico. Its climate is Italian, its population
and language, Spanish and a mixture of In-
dian and Spanish, with a sprinkling of Eng,
Bah and American; its .physicalfeatures,.
rolling prairie, with meso and mountain.inter-
vened and its future, far less bright than that
of Colorado. An inviting field to the touriet
hunter and invalid, cattleman and sheep.
herder. It is, nevertheless, a country of .1
Blow growth, and not without •many 'draw•'
backs for the intending settler.'
FRED. 11. FISHER,
Don't go barking around to the discomfort
of yourself and everybody. For 25c. get ` i
bottle of "Hun" COUGH Cana, which will .re•
lieve in a few Minutes.
Cabinet ,Parlor
Furniture laroroms,
U 1 DEll AKINII
CASKETS subscriber keeps :the finest'•
C �.SKETS 'c and COFFINS
Always on hand. Funerals furniehed of
the shortest notice and lowest prices.
A CALL .SOLICIT.uD
I Rahn; '11.141deriaker-
iEnEMt}Eli ,TUE PLACE,.
OiPosrrr .THE'a,ow
THOS.
FARRAN &' I'ISDALL.
BANKERS
RATTENEURY. ST., CLINTON.,
IJ\It0NSAcT A GENERAL BANIaNGTVSIgESS.
- 8Soneyieddaneed on itortaages and Noteeofhand
Drafts issuedpeynbleatpar,at ailtheofoex ot'thoe
Merchant's Bank of Canada. Now York ezehsnge
bought and sold.. PROMPT ATxsrrrox rare ro toL.
Lacrroxatiiroeghont Canada and the United Stites.
SALE NOTES SOUGHT at close rates, 'sad looney
advanced to farmers on thelro.wn noteu,tor nnyiength
oftims to Reit the 'bm otcor. All marketable sonar :.
tioebonghtand sold.
P.,t!a5/.l:e IN New YOUR.- Atrli+tT6. OP :L'11$
Mnacnatia''8 BArs OS CANADA.
IN7'ERES`1"ALLo WED .0147 .DI,"P0iSfT,S
W. W. FARRAN. ' J. i':`1.'1SDALL!
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Was the manic f`orMe ry giIi,4ute liCr•attt 8.
became of anger dt edV*i 1:14 it itQ', ; ,:'
cured 'by a tinr'1 tau,;U ,.o''i ` 3
wiser now,•aud+iinuivhEtta:.:_ •
1$C 1.10 lJ LA
can only ile cured by a thorough 1 rt, tu•
tion of the blood. If.thi,, to lie k•^•x d.
the disease perlletttatei its taint ,l,i•N"i''ll
generation after generation. .An,o'i its
kearjler symptomatic development, are
Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions, Tu-
mors Bolls Carbuncles, Eryhipelas,
Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and T'hy-
meal Collapse,. etc. If allowed to con -
Unites Rheumatism, Scrofulous Co..
tarrh, Kidneyy. and Liver Diseases,
Tubercular Consumption, and vari-
ous other dangerous or fatal maladies, are
produced by it.
Ayers Sc rsa�par Ua
lathe only powerful' and always reliable
blood -purifying medicine. It is so effect
ual an .alterative that it- eradicates from
the system Hereditary Scrofula, and.
the kindred poisons of contagious diseases
and mercury. At the saute time it en-
riches and vitalizes the blood. restoring
healthful action to the vital organs ;tuft
rejuvenating the enth'e system. This great
Regenerative Medicine
Is; composed of the g,entilue TT'iiat Teta
Sarsaparilla, with Yellow D 6', e141-
lingia, the Iodides of .Pala ,• ,.' ,m,1
Iron, and other ingredients of
tency carefully and rrieutiti •'v.,i-
pounited. Its formula is genet-
"to
ert to file .medical profession, ant '.,tr. t
phyeioians constantly prese rho .t
SARSAPARILLA as an
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BRICK BLOCK,: Atottr 'STkE$Tr.,CLINTOiti ,
To furnish a /louse` with Os,Le and care,,
Requires some tholi lit and clecision ;
The Kitchen, Bedroom, aid' Parlor fair,
Must all be planned, with `precision.
My stock is complete with all in my line -
And handsome as handsome can be
:From kitchen chair to sofa fine,
Tt's worth your while to call and see.
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t i; r Stock lot' - U 1W�1 r U ,hull' .
lV es o Toronto, from a 50c. Chair to $150 Parlor Suite,
Parlor States all/ L cages in AMISS varjety, all our . owe Me:
'A FIRST CLASS U:l't1OTLSTEilEItt FROM DETROIT ALWAYS ON Ii.AND.
Absolute Ct
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For all diseases' caused by the i ' "• i of
the blood. It is concentrated to ;1•,• 1 i-
est practicable . degree, far beyond any
like 'flas
other pi•ep oration for which vhich ti c
aro claimed, and is therefore the clrc'nln tt.
as well as the bt:st; blood purifying ittedi.
clne,'in the World. • • '
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
PREPARED BY •
Or J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
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[Analytical Chemists.]
•Fold by all Druggists: price $1; ala
bottles for $6:...
SALE OF'LAND$ FOR :TAXES
pROVINQE OF ONTARIO, Illy. virtue of awatrant under
• County.olHuron o
to •lt: '�22� the hand of the: Warden.and
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tho sex/ of the Corporation of the bounty of Hamn, ated
the Sixteenth day of Anglia, A.D., 1884, commanding me to'
levy upon. the undermentioned lands in the said County ,of
Huron, for the arreara.os taxes'due,tbereon and coati, as
hereinafter set forth, I. hereby q^�iva notice that 1 shell,, on
WEDNESDAY, 3 n . A 884
WED n ,DAY OF; DECEMBER, 1 at the
hoar of ten o'clock ia'the. for'enoon, at the Court 'House,in
the Town of Goderich; proceed to sell the said lands by Pub-
lic Auction, or such pertione thereof as shall be necessary to
pay ouch arrears, together n9tii all charges thereon, .unless
• the ',mope snout paid. . -
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TowNSrliP cit COLBORNE. '
Part.ofblocbO'..Maitlan.lville' 214 • Pat. 22 13 1 30 • 22 49
TOWNSHIP OF HAY. •
•32" ,.: T,. road-west'.100--•Pat -25-54-41-.31-26-9/7
'rowa6HIP OF HOWICS.
1... it100 Tap. 5 20 "0 88 6 08
VIet, rg 014'Ponuwion. IN oh nowi
Sotth port or 8 Albert St. h . Pat. 3 15 0 83 399
West part a12 Lonisa St. 8 It Pat. 1 11 0,78 1 89
/fast part of 3.,..Loaiaa'St. 6 Il Pat :12'.74 'I 2 -14 00 `
' TOWNSHIP OF HULLETT.
N E part of 10..4 33 'Pat. 6 91 0.92 7 83
VILLAGE --OF MANCHESTER 1N HULLETT,
J ...,, Exarveyp. Pat. 213 .080•.293;
TOWNSHIP' Olt MORRIS.
outh part of 23 3 • 4 Pat, 3 28-, 0 02 4 10
boutl:eastkof, 6 50 rat.. 7012 150 3162
VILLAGE OF,BLUEVAr.L' IN MORRIS,
Gardner'ssun 1 Pitt. - 5 38 0 88• 6 20
VILLAGE OF BELORAVE I"1• MORRIS ,•
4.5 .Mc:teasar � 11;.. Pat.'• 5.;51 '0 88 • 6.39 •
46.. rt...McCrea'sur. 1.5. Pat.5 51...0 88 672/
TOWNSHIP OF-MoKILLOP.
a;Eout. of28,.,.Nppart14..._'30 'Pat. • 1661 115 17
.0 WNSIITP f STEPHEN. • 44 '.
12 38 • 100 Pat. 87 60 225 53 85
13 18 100 Pat. '.37. 50 2.25 '59,85
VILLAGE OF HAYFIELD.-
East, part of 5.. Rangge.N 31i Pat 2. 23 0 80- 3 03
.Wertbslf of 5 .Bayael4 con. '45 Pat. 54 14 210 56 24
' TOWN of WINGIIAM 1N'TURNBERR'Y
107 'i Pal 3 54 :.,0-84 .:I 3e
170•
West 3,51 7 4 Pat 569.0.86 Se
11 Pat 082090 6T24" 10 Pat. 0 66
0 ,6 1 •0
175 4„ :1
'Pak.. 5 67 0.89 -.8
178 `• ' ' ' 1u.' Pat. ' " 3 82 0 90 6-72
.233 ............
y Pat 078 0'92 • ` 70
2523y. • Pat 1 46 0 79.• 2 25
233 1.• Pt 1 46 • U70 • 2 23
'a Pat• 6 55: 0 2 7 47..
278' ,''; _1;. Pat 624 091 715
302 ... - is Pat 1.18 0 83 '4 01
Park lot 77 4 Pat. 19'09 1 25' 20 34
VILLAGE OF MANCHESTER -TN WAIVANOSU WEST
I03 r 1.5 Pat. 1 52 080 2.32
VILLAGE OF BLYTH,
553 McDonald sur. 3t. Pat 6 33 0 90„ 7 28
83 .....McDonald ant. 74 l'at 2 79 n 83 3 02
Block 0 10 .,.'..Mr,ConAell s. IS Pat, 5.35' 0 90 6 23.
'VILLAGE OF BRr1SSELS.
321 11' Pat, 8 21. 0 95 9 16
332 ... ' ;± 14 Pat.. -17 93 1.27 19 20
59k Pat, 16 02 1 20 1.7 82
VILLAGE OF WRGXETP.R.
8,.. , ....... Centre.8t.west 1t . Pat. 22 42 1 30 23 72
t.` Mill St. south' 1.5 Pat, 37 39 '1 70 39.29
County Treasurer's office, 1 • NM: HOLMES.
Caderich, Ang.:l8, 1884, i at, Trealnrer.
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VALUABLE. PROPERTY FOR SALE.
The undersigned offers for sale the uroporty shown its the above diagram
being' composed oe tho oast pant of Lot 35, on .the 16th concession C•iodorith
Township, containing 26 acres and it park lot abjoiniug, contaning 10 acres, being
part of the east part of Lob 35 above mentioned, and about 3• netts of it is inside
the corporation of Clinton. Will bo sold :together or separately, to suit purchaser.
For further particulars apply to
.A Mq PAI
Clinton, Sept, 18, 1884..
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TI3E
TERTIEN
1211TICIT
Is now very complete.
Having taken the pains
to inform myself respect:.
ing the latest styles of
Trimming and Furniah.
in;;.and at considerable
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with h best matgral
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1 will continueto'give
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this department. my •
attention., loin meet assiduous care andatte
n , t _ball irk my to accommodate every 'class Of ,the community suitably, and •
onto most reasonable terms conssatent with thorough efficiency in every detail. TUE Ant
Si 1'1 , hit11ALur'its FI,Ur7i; for preserving the dead. notice and every'recluisite always reedy
A. A. BENNETT, CLINTON,
UNDERTAKER, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EBIBAI,M, ;il.
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TOIJ.r I, DEQI.ISIrEt, of th e latest ngapiifactures of the world._ Enysr;IANS PR.EBOI3IPTIONS
and FAMILY REixras filled with care and.dcapatch. •,DISSENFECTANTIS ofall kinds' kept, •
JA?'V1 FS I3: GUMS.,'
UFLIaMIST AND DRUGGIST, - CLINTON, ONT.
reat Clearing pale
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As we are. going out - of business- - all'mist :ibe
"sold, .:
the :lit Ofto January..•
Wo sold out a large , stock of Goods :in font, months owe :before, and can:
do if •ngain, as we do' just what we advertise, and ao nob have any ahanili:
sales, which. are so , eotnnaml in this. town..
Dry Goods: at: Wholes` 1e.. Pricers,
Clothing at Wholesale Prices.
Hats & Caps at Wholesale Prices,
Boots & Shoes at Wholesale Prices
Groceries at Wholesale prices.
(tomo at 011(70 and get all the new goods you waist! at wholesale prions.. MI6 sale
tt'Yll contiitttr. until all is sold. •
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