San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-04-23

OF the Sierra Nevada mountains *
quiet and grand, envcloped nearl.
always in a semi-transparont blu'
haze, and here they. keep eterna
guard over tho fertile valleys Mt theil
base-that the frost king shall nevel
smito the luxuriant vegetation spring
ing from the bosom of mother earth
Returning we drove back through
the canon and through tho miles anG
miles ofbeautiful avenues of Pasadena
And what shall l say Of "lovely Pasa
dona" as it is now designated by
nearly all. Imagine if you can, O
country settlement of five miles
square, all cut up into small homes Of
from one to forty acres each in O
state of thorough cultivation and or
namonted with all kinds of trees and
shrubbery, grassy lawns and chiefly
without fences, which l think mar
tho beauty of any landscape or coun-
try, while nearly every tract has q
tasty dwelling and outbuildings, many
elaborate and costly. Some of tho
avenues arc lined with tho graceful
pepper and other shade trees, max
ing a drive through them delight
and pleasure.
All too soon we returned to the
city of the angels-somo af them
fallen of course-and to our quiet
homes. We are more than ever
pleased with our new location and
have as fine health as we ever expect
to this side the river. Without
hyperbole it really seems to me that
the Almighty never made more gen-
erous soil or genial climate for his
children, and that if anywhere on the
! footstool the hue of health might
DO brought back to the faded check,
and elasticity to the feeble step it
would be in this favored section of
California. 1 cannot now make COM
PARSONS with other portions of the
state, but will say this much:. Near
ly every other point has one or more
obiections-conceded by their inhab-
itants-while they find little or no
fault with this section of the state.
I have been trying to decide in my
own mind ever since l came here how
this could be q country in which to
recuperate when the people never
have tho tonic effect of winter Per
haps you Us we'll as 1 have always
been told that the cold of winter was
necessary to rebuild the system after
the enervating heat of the summer
season. | think this is true, and after
such summers as you have in Texas,
you need something to tone up the
body, but whether it be such q winter
as you have just past through, de-
ponent saith not.
/ have about come to the conclu,
sion that we do not need any winter
here, because we have this law of
(have been reading
Emerson, you see), in climate in force
every day. To explain what mean
by this I state that our days are not
oppressively. hot at any time, especial
ly in the shade, and the nights are al
ways cold. Understand I do not
mean that you can sleep comfortably
after ten or eleven o'clock without
cover, but that before night you have
TO put on your wooden coats. Can al
ways sleep under blankets, and such
sleep as 1 never had any
where else.
I was amused last September in
coming here to see ladies on the street
wearing suits of heavy velvets and
voolen goods, and the mon wearing
,he regulation heavy weight winter
I had just come out of
climate hot as pepper, and you had
,wo months more Of it after left
Texas.
Lawn dresses arc at q discount
mong the ladies, and can never be
worm all day, and such thing as
ight weight summer clothing is rare !
Y if ever offered for sale by the {
lothing dealers here. il
There are many other things Of
which 1 might write but time and
pace will not permit now, and as / ,
bserve you have a penchant for :
aking notes Of what / hurriedly d
rite, sand faith will print en- / I
estate a little-not that / have any ,
biection to others reading what i I
lay crudely prepare, but 1 Icannot
Ike the time to elaborate OF even q
Jrect what lido send you 1 do not Z
.ish to misload any one, and unless / b
yuld explain each statement fully y
81 that some nay hastily arrive at I