The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-10-03
From Cincinnati 90 San Francisco.
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churches, asked for preaching. So. when
breakfast was over and the porter had his
room (,he palace carr in order, ! got my
bible q being the one selected to preach)
and took my seat facing the audience,
and read the 18th chapter Of st. John,
and took Christ's solicitude tor his church
as my theme. and preached the longest
sermon OF my life. Church being over,
we prepared for dinner. Two ofthe ladies
(the two unmarried ones OF course) San
Francisco gentleman and myself Joined
together for "home" dinner in the car.
We had prepared for it at Ogden, Utah.
My contribution was a baked hen-the
most natural thing for Methodist preach
err. paid seventy~five cents for my hen,
good round price; but the day of small
things, at least small prices, has not yet
reached this country. When we had our
several lunch boxes emptied, we had a
good table spread, and was called upon
TO offer prayer and thanks; which, being
done, we ate over thirty>fve miles OF sand
and rail.
Salt Lake was one of the sights to be
remembered, as it is the headquarters OF
Mormondom. Brigham Young; the great
polygamist priest, died few days after
we passed, leaving nineteen widows to
mourn or rejoice-which? And as his adj
illustrators report has not yet been
made, we don'tknow how many orphans
were made fatherless by the death of the
Prophet. But, as Brigham was fruit
full tree, the list is long one.
We are now in the Sierra, Nevada,
Mountains, and such beautiful scenery IS
is spread out before us my eyes never saw
before. The rugged mountain peaks
covered with tall pines, and now a deep
canon, and now towering rock rising for
hundreds of feet over our heads. need
not attempt a description.
We pass through the gold mining re-
gions, and see the earth torn up for miles
in search ofthe root of all evil" When
| was boy, in the bend" above Hart>
ford, used to dig for roots (''sang") on
small scale. But mere, the root Of all
evil, gold, lies deep under all the surface
of the earth. The methods Of hydraulic
mining would be of interest to your read
ers; but. for want of space, pass on to
California, where We stop to eat break
fast, and feast upon mountain trout and
California fruit. We now pass through
Sacramento Valley, the region OF wheat,
where some farms have fifty thousand
acres in wheat. There has been no rain
here for six months, and the wheat gets ripe
and stands for weeks without damage, and
the reaper is also II rasher, and is driven
through the field and takes off the heads
of the wheat and thrashes out the grain,
which is rolled off to be picked up, al
ready bagged and ready for shipping Mil
lions ofsurplus wheat is ordinarily raised
in California, but this year the crop is
short. But as l was at the Pacific Coast
Exposition or Mechanics Fair, at San
Francisco, where the products Of this
wonderful State were collected. will
leave the railroad and pass on to the city.
We came to the bay and run out two miles
on trestle bridge, and were told to dis
mount and ship across the bay. l had
some regrets at leaving the old car in
which we had travelled so long aid so far
but this is a world ofchange, and we move
on with the crowd through q gate two
miles from the shore, into large trans
fer boat to take US across the bay. Friends
by the dozens had come out on the way
to meet loved ones; and l observed to q
lady who came TO meet her husband, my
travelling friend, that had no one to kiss
me welcome; but she would not take the
hint, but said, wait until you return tC
Cincinnati or the girl you left behind
you," and then will be your time.
went to the Buss House, a hotel tha
covers one solid block, and registered anC
took bath, a shave and warm supper
and then felt like new man. For shaw.
ing and shampooing handed the barbel
fifty cents. and he said 1.-TWO bits NOR,
please" told him he was the eheekies
man had met in the way of charges, bu
|. felt that he had done me a dollar
worth of good,
When morning came, l saw that m,
ship, The City Of Pekin, which was 4
have left on the let inst, was not in yet
and would not leave until the 9Th. So
set to work to "do" the city. The frs
day, rambled about the streets and wrot
letters to friends. Thesecond day, wen
to the Cliff House, hotel five miles abov
the city on the beach, on a steep bluff
the foot of which is dashed by the wave
Of the sea. Here, for the first time,
beheld the Pacific ocean, and need no
attempt description, nor to define m,
feelings on beholding the magnifcsnce o
the view before me. By the aid OF nau
teal glass. brought in a ship at sea
which seemed mere atom floating in tn
sky when viewed by the unaided eye
Seal Rock" an island, a short distanc
, from the shore, is an interesting feature
as it is covered with sea-birds-pelicaus
gulls and ducks, and with huge sea lion
or barking seals. These animals, SO un
Oomely and awkward on the land, ar,
when in water, remarkably active an
playful The air would fairly trembl
with their bowling, half between th
heavy bark ofths bull dog and the roa
of the lion.
The next day ] went to Woodward
garden, not exactly beer garden but
, natural history garden. He has a mu
scum Of birds, the finest have ever seen
: Thousands Of specimens including a.
: the known varieties of the world, an
/, one ia surprised at the vast numher an