Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-05-05

of an earthquake made il 1868, and this wave
can be traced for miles along the road. few
miles more brings US face to face with the San
Gabriel mountains, and after running down
through the Santa Clara valley we come i'll sight
of the far-famed city of Los Angeles.
April 1--WE have now spent nine days in
Los Angeles and surrounding country, and are
somewhat prepared to descant on this delightful
and interesting country.
The CITY was founded by the Spaniards in l7Sl;
is situated on Los Angeles river thirty miles
from its mouth and in a large valley when
fronts Oh the Pacific ocean. The area Oh the
city embraces six square miles and contains
population of some 10000 inhabitants, ana from
every point of the city the panorama Is grand,
especially when the Sierra Madre mountains are
in the background. 1t is the railroad center OF
Southern California, and has already roads eX-
tending in five different directions. IL IS the
seat of a Roman Catholic bishop and has q me
cathedral which we were told is the nhest
church building outside of San Francisco.
The Protestant denominations are also Wen
! represented. The city has many imposing
and costly edlfices and blocks OF buildings
MANY of which would do no discredlt TO our
own Chicago" The press is also we'll represent
ed here, having four daily and seven week.!
newspapers which are circulated all over South-
ern California. The city presents beauulul
appearance as one stands GA some of the many
hills about the city and takes a so-called bros
owe view OF it. We had the pleasure of meeting
Mrs Crombie, daughter of our old friend A. K.
| Glider but was sorry indeed, to find MI. CroIl-
bic very low, and probably in the last stages OF
~ ;fC ia has
enjoyed great prosperity, and Los Angeles as
pires to be the capital of new state.
We have made several excursions to the loVeLS
| valleys and watering places contiguous TO Los
| Angeles. none of which can come quite up 70
| San Gabriel in our estimation, and if this Is not
the original habitation of our primeval progen-
| itors. it is lovely enough to be SO. WITHIN
| radirs of txoa and one-half miles from the village
| of san Gabriel are some very interesting places
| At San Gabriel we gained admission to the Old
| est mission house in California, built OF aoooe
brick in 1902. In the belfry are five bells wnlch
| call the worshpers together, whilst INSIDE we
| see paintings and portraits of probably all the
apostles and saints, from the christian era down
to. but not including, saint Grover Cleveland
We made raid on grist-mill, built IN lHo,
but now used as wine cellar
Pasadena, village nesting of the base oil the
San Madre mountains. is lovely beyond my
powers of description and as Messrs. SllaS ana
| Jonas Sleeper were there two weeks before u.s.
would call Oil them for their opinion and de-
scripton of this village and immediate neighbor-
hood The Raymond hotel, some two miles
west of Pasadena, is a magnificent structure
and said to cost round quarter OF million.
Near San Gabriel we winery, which we
were told was the largest in the world For
several miles all round Pasadena it is almost
a continuous vineyard and orchard of semi
tropical fruit trees, and the climate here must
be very mild, as we see the tenderest varieties
of roses growing in hedges and even on the
| roofs of houses and flowers of nearly every de-
scripton and variety bloom in the richest pro-
fusion. We see very few plants and flowers here
with which we are familiar, but are nearly all
| foreigners to us. Since we came here, we have
seen so much of orange and lemon trees covered
with golden fruit that we have got almost tired
| of looking at them, and lnstinctively long for
glimpse of WATERFOWL in her almost eternal
winter gaTb.
We leave the ''city of the lost angels" to-mor-
row, heading northward, and you may hear
| from us at our next resting place.
J. @. FORD.