1892 
'•vf* ^■~~ r 
inner ia 
(Colima) 
tvhile wai ting at the depot or shed for the train at Cuyutlan, I 
saw gather ther^ as is a common custom, nearly the entire population 
Feb. 23 
to 
Feb, 29 
of the place to see the train arrive. 
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W© had to wait long, and I noticed a scene that was characteris¬ 
tic of the country,- three women of the common class were seated on 
the platform with several children under 8 years of age. Two of the 
women were mothers of the children and the other a girl of about 18. 
The latter spent more than an hour teaohing a boy about 4 years old 
a string of vile epithets. She whispered in his ear and he would 
shout the names at the other children at which the 3 women would 
shriek with laughter. She also taught him several obscene actions 
at all of which the child*s mother seemed greatly amused, as were 
the children. 
The people about secased to not give the matter the least notice, 
though it must have been apparent to all. 
The language abounds in a swarm of vile terms and names, to which 
the English cannot compare. 
A notice on the wall of the Cuyutlan hotel announces a grand 
ball for May 5, 1890, to wind up the celebration of the national 
holiday, and winds up its flamboyant periods with the statement in 
large type that "the best decency consistent with a good education 
will be preserved." - A good comment on the state of society when it 
is known that this is a resort of the best society of Colima, the 
state capital. 
The almost universal courtesy observed among the people is al¬ 
most exactly that of the middle ages when everyone went armed and 
was ready to resent an insult, real or fancied. 
Although my host at Armeria is worth quite a sum of money, he 
lives in a wattled house with but slightly better surroundings than 
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