The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-09-11

seemed quito interested Immediately,
sud Piled u.s.. or the favored ono who
sat next him, with numerous inquiries
respecting tho fabulous accounts Of last
sioter's cold. 1n fact I think he con.
sidered Us objects Of miraculous pres
ervation ; a sort Of icebergs, as it were,
drifted somehow into these tropical re.
gione whole for he stared at Us sep..
rately, and then swept us all three with
one, glance, then separately again, as
though he rather expected to see =
speedy dissolution from our solid into
= fluid state al the while his tongue
running on in pleasant, voluble way,
and making himself, leaving staring
q out Of the ,qusstion, quite agreeable
AZ IT, to conpensate; fors any undue
amount Of curioeitys on his part: he
communicated to as the isct, under the
head Of what might be called .dones.
tic news" that his wife was at present
visiting friends "East''- (Which term, a.
we'll as "The States," embraces, as We
have since learned, the entire Union,
with the exception cf Calitornis-and
that his home was in Oakland. which
city he pronounced tho "prettiest place
out Of doors.''
Next morning we were reminded of
dear old Minnesota, as We shivered
through basty toilet, but upon throw
ing open the shutters. and looking out
on vegetation, 80 far in advance of what
We had left ten days before, we began
to realize that We were. very far from
home-even farther than California, as
would seem from the strange tropic.
a trees growing right under our win.
dow.
F, While awaiting the filing Of our Or
doris At breakfast We glanced over the
columns Of the San Jose Mercury, ably
edited BY MI. j. J. Owen, and in .
short time afterwards boy handed us
tho card Of Mi. Oven, who had pub.
lished our names among the arrivals
tho previou. night. and had kindly
called thus early to sec us. We found
him !. pleasant gestlen.o, and should
hsys known him anywhere, By those Bug
Dlae .yes, u he brother Of on, friend
NJ. John Oven, ot 81. Cloud. He j,
thoroughly Sin Jos,s..in, and endorse,
This eity, earthquakes, dust, and Ill
Affirming that III. sarthquakes are moi
q bid d tho thunder storms, and the
dust il iar preferable 10 tho oonstsn,
snow Of winter in the, States. We
don't blame him for his attachment "a
San Jose, for it is. / beautiful place ;
but from our experience Of the dust
thus far, and from the horror We enter.
tain of even a. infant earthquake, we
are not willing to place these two dis.
oour.ging elements Of California against
our refreshing thunder showers and
pure clear snow, and call it even ; not
We. Previous education and linger.
ing fondness for the Old Oaken Buck.
ct, Forbid Scarcely had MI. Owen
left when Dr.. Luckey, Principal Of th.
State Normal School, called upon us,
He gave us r. cordial welcome, and
from the extreme sauvity and polish ol
his manners We inferred, what We If:
rterward found to- be the fact, that be
H. q Southern gentleman. He is also 4
ID Of the 'sMethodist Church South, -
they call il here, that denomination
bsing hgely represented. MI. owen
eallsd sgain, with y his wife j and
daug ughtsr, aud took us to ride. Had /
room / should like very much to de.
scribe that ride. III ... " =. - -
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