Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-15
CYNTHIA ANN on HER TRAY.
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SANTA CLARA, CAL, July 1:

ult SAME dHdl SIS as tnOSe VI tne
famed Saratoga Springs of New
York, and hence though the title
seems somewhat ambitious is not al.
together out of place. The house is
well kept, and with its addition OF
cottages, accommodates quite num-
Der of guests. The roads are dusty
and to make excursions at this sea-
son, one must put up with some dis
comfort, and bear with patience; con-
sequently the temptation to seek
pleasure by visiting outside of the
ravine in which the hotel is situated,
is not very tempting.
DRINKING THE WATERS
Impregnate' with the fumes of the
diabolical regions, in which sulphur
is presumed to predominant, is one
attraction, while bathing is another,
somewhat more luxurious. "Pour
passe lie temps" during the week
days, must be somewhat of an exer-
ton to the blase female devotee of
fashion while the gentlemen are
mostly absent. But prospect of
renewing health, and beauty through
the ardorous bathing of the sulphur
regions, is probably sufficient COM
pensation, especially as the Sunday
brings down the bevy of the beau
monde to elevate the spirits, and pro-
mote Irritation. The location of the
springs is romantic, beyond that
there is but little to recommend them
to popular favor.
San Jose has custom of camping
it seems in summer, and is some of
the churches services are to closed
till they return for this reason. One
society has made departure from
ordinary customs, and during the
summer, once a month, holds wor-
ship in a grove upon the Alameda,
where the gospel is dispensed in the
primitive manner amid the singing
of birds, the rustling of leaves and
the very breath of nature. 1t is not
bad thing to do Of pleasant Sun
day morning to take the horse cars,
or ones own carriage, as the case
may be, and drive few miles from
town where the
CARES OF THE WORLD
Are forgotten, to be reminded of the
old times when Christ and his Apos-
ties sought the mountains or wan
.dered among the corn fields to talk of
the spiritual, and sometimes we Won
der how it is so little of the good
things of Christ's sayings in regard
to the Sabbath, are forgotten and
only the retreat of the old Jewish
Church is held up to remembrance
and enjoyment, especially when the
service is over, and the pastor and
the people gather round each other
for little social intercourse, and for
an hour or two longer of open air en-
joyment, do we see the sense of the
thing, and wonder why more open
air religion cannot be had in this shut
up world, and why so much of reli-
gion must be enclosed within
churches.
THE DRIVE TO SAN JOSE
from Santa Clara is delightful. Ma
pie and willow trees of goodly di-
mansions make the road shady, and
the freedom from dust of a we'll wa
tered road is surely luxury.
The population of San Jose is rap
idly increasing, and the beautiful
houses and grounds of the many
wealthy citizens are of more than
merely passing notice. In no town
in this State is met such a wealth of
foliage. In some parts, whole streets
are thickly planted, and the sad
want of them in San Francisco seems
sadder in contrast. The stages go
still loaded and overloaded to Santa
Cruz, the reckless American disre-
gard for life being a prominent fea-
ture, as the stage drives along pro-
PEELED by six horses and loaded as
only a Concord coach can be loaded
to 60 over the mountains, where
yawning, deep abysses and lofty
peaks are the chief
BEAUTIES OF THE SCENERY.
1t may be delightful, no doubt it is,
to be whirled around a ragged cor
ner, foot of road on one side, down
which you can look into fathom-
less chasm, filled with all kinds of
beautiful verdure, and upon the other
being walled in by mountains, with
verdure equally luxuriant, especially
when the FESTIVE bell or the horses of
a lumber wagon notify you that in a
moment you will on this narrow road
be obliged to pass one Of those mon-
ster vehicles. One of our clergymen
tells a story of