The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-08-03

The door every morning from which ~
leci oar ainncr supply. To ssy that they
arr delicious seems superfnons, and Y. 7.
uha occasionally brigh,cns this tent wiih
bis presence ever Sunday, says the house
or rather The teni vile kgoss how 10 cook
them. There are ten small boys Who go
fishing sometimes aud re,urn triumphant
/ viih a Founder 90 tao, but the hrcwD cid
fisher. snan is making his fortune out Of us
cam pcrs wish | could put some shells
into my letter, would give every genila
reader Of the Journal an Abalone shell
lined With pearl and iris hned thing Of
beauty indeed
Aud po~ the good. industrious, eiemp.
larry. Vermont matfon will ask how We
spend our time. Well, in the hrst place
provide my hungry household with three
square meals" and abundant. lunches be.
tween, for the sea side appetite is some
thing phenomenal especially in the youth.
full masculine human being Then We set
our tent 10 rights several times day for
this living in two rooms has its draw backs,
everything has to be kept in place or one
couldn't walk around. Finally We all
belong 10 society know as 1.-THE Gadare-
mes. and we can't even go to the hydrant
for pail Of water without dropping into
neighbors tent TO seel how her MOSES
are drying, what shells she has found,
what is her latest invention in the way OF
shelf or candle stick. or possibly what she
thinks Of that story or poem in the last
Century or Atlantic. We go down atlnoon
TO see the bathers or. perhaps join the
festive throng and turn mermaids for half
an hour. In the afternoon we go strolling
along the beach by twos and threes, sit
down in little sheltered coves and watch
the surf breaking at our feet, or from some
beetling cliff look on at the grand turmoil
and strife of the mighty sea, There is
fue light house ont on the point at the
entrance OF Monterey bay, about mile
from our camp and this is'a fayorite resort.
There are also beautiful neighboring
beaches, each famous for some particular
reason, and excursion parties are constant
~ formed TO visit them The ruins OF the
old Carmel mission church, built just
hundred years ago by the Roman Catholic
missionaries, is five or SIX miles away, and
is frequently visited. Roads are perfect in
every direction owing to the excellent care
Of the II. II. Co.. while beautiful paths
lead one on and on as into al enchanted
wood, where nothing can be heard save
the whistle OF quails, the hammer OF the
woodpecker, the cLirp of squirrel, or
other sylvan sounds; yet always above and
under all is heard the roar Of old ocean TO
which the pines respond with their soft
murmur, like an old antiphonai
chorus, beautiful, mysterious eter-
nal
We have been here month and very
soon we shall fold our tents and be of,
carrying with us world of pleasant mem.
cries, such sense OF rest and refreshment
as only complete change of scene and
employment and atmosphere can afford.
The first two weeks Of our stay here were
occupied with our Chatauqua Assembly.
DO yon all know about the famous q. l..
| s. c., which holds its annual reunion at
Chatauqua Lake in western New York;
Wo have branch organization here and
hold our annual me eting at Monterey. 1t
is delightful time, sort OF summer
SC hool Of science after the Penikese OF
Concord plan. Our best scientists, teach.
ers and literary men and W omen gather
in large numbers here, and by lectures,
essays, walks and talks by the sea. and
other helps to their grown up
scholars, make fortnight very entertain
ing and profitable. Three fine micro.
scopes one magnifying ten thousand times,
havJbeen at the service OF the association.
Fancy the wonders OF the sea inspected
under such lenses as these! We had
among other pleasures five lectures upon
the senses, with microscope illustrations,
from DIR. Wythe OF San Francisco which
we're worth going any distance to hear. !
mustn't foget to.say few words about old
Monterey, queer, old, town, stranded
here upon the bay, full of.old curiosities.
adobe houses, streets paved with the YER
tebre of whales where there is any pave
ment ut all great whale ribs set mp for
arches over gates, old cannon planted deep
" for hitchiDg posts, (the best use cannon
we i, ,Nepnt toll an old cross that marks
the spot where the.Spaniards first landed,
a tumble down rookery which was once
the barracks of Fremont aud his officers
an ancient Il. g., church with hideous,
time stained pictures, and worse modern
art in the way OF images and shrines deck
ed with tawdry lace and artificial flowers.
all this is old Monterey, aud now right
through it rushes the railway train, q
modern hotel invites the traveller, fashion.
able tourists go gazing around, the dry
goods merchant offers his attractive wares,
and the modern milliner almost persuades
the dark eyes OF Spanish senoritas to lay
aside their graceful mantillas and don
hideous fashionable bonnets In short the
yankee has taken possession But must
close my long letter with a thousand greet
ings and good byes to all who still remem.
Der and care for US. M.H.r.
The Dog Nuisance.