1895 
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Pachuca 
(Hidalgo) 
in the mountains, This is the centre of another but smaller ©roup of 
mines and is very interesting from the remarkably picturesque character 
of its streets and houses. Their sharp sloping roofs with far over- 
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hanging eaves, projecting balconies, and most 'wonderfully erratic 
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streets zig-zagging up and down the steep slopes were an interesting 
spectacle, 
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Here, as at Pachuca, the people have more life and purpose in their 
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movements than is usual in Mexican towns, I was fortunate in visiting 
this town on a day when I had the opportunity to witness a spectacle 
that Is rather characteristic of the country, 
When I reached the place in the midst of a fog, at 10 a.m., I notic¬ 
ed a display of small banners along the main street and in front of 
the local customs and tax offices, I saw them setting up a row of small 
green bushes along the border of the sidewalk and several ropes of 
colored papers were hung across the street. Turning to one of the offi¬ 
cials who was overseeing the progress of this ornamentation, X inquired 
want saint day they vr®re celebrating, ”Ch, no” he replied, ”it is not a 
saint day, but the Governor passes through her© today on his way to 
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Pachuca,” Further inquiry revet led the fact that the Governor had been 
out far a few days at a hacienda h© owns a few miles beyond It, del Monte 
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and to celebrate his return this decoration of the town enroute was pre¬ 
pared, Wishing to see this joyful event, I stood about the entrance to 
the official building for an hour longer, Gradually a little crowd 
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gathered and 1 recognized among them the Secretary of State and ten car 
a dozen of the principal officials from Pachuca, Presently someone 
announced that the Governor was coming up a road to the loft and all 
walked down this way headed by a band of music. They had been gone some 
five minutes in the drizzling rain and muddy road when someone rushed up 
breathlessly to say that the Governor was coming by another road,- and 
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