Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-11
NOTES OF TRAVEL.
People One May Meet on
the Way.
SOME coNTRARIENT VIEWS.

SOME cONTRARIENT VIEWS.
Pair From St. Louis do not Like
California--An Ohio Man Does
Wanted Baked Beans.
Thers IL NO better combination OF cir
sumstanoes within which to study hui
man nature in its best and worst TRAITS
than those which surround party VINO
are fortaitously brought together IN
travelling. The ''true inwardness OF
the man is pretty sure to come out thus
happe ming among strangers who do not
know him and who he does not expect
will ever meet him again. Here Is
where the character Of the cautious man
shines strong. He knows he may mee'
these haphazard acqaintsnoes again.
He knows it is i'm apostolic to forecast
where, when, or in what Important TO
lations W here their good opinion may Ds
OF great value to him. Hence he Is As
guarded among strangers as he is IN 'ne
company Of intimate friends-moro So
for he expects the latter to make some
allowance for any little lapse he may Dc
guilty of. the allowance to be based on
their general good opinion oil him'
sur rHERK ARE YEw CAUTIOUS MEN,
Hence nearly all men "show their
hand" pretty freely. A couple OF timid
beinqs Of the softer sex-the softer sex
IL aivays Of timid, retiring disposition
NAV be seen crowded into small seat
for a 10 urney Of 500 miles. while big.
aosble. listed fellow will turn over the
next seat to him and monoPolize the two
while he is on the train. This ia another
proposition, arule without an exception,
that mans meanness, selfishness and
tendency to have his own way Is In
direct ratio to his size. You never see
q big man who is generous, nor small
one who has the slightest disposition to
be bully.
Ry the way, the writer learned the
other day--from big man, of course,
and a selfish one as certainly--how to
turn a seat which the accommodating ~
brakeman has locked. just knock hard
on the end frame work OF the seat and
pull hard ON the back at the same time.
The seat will come over sure.
On train bound for Gan Francisco
few days ago there were couple from
st. Louis, well advanced in years, pros
porous, had made all their wealth in
business and real estate In st. Louis.
They, therefore, naturally enough had q
strong love for the city. They were
Hebrews, and had been born in some
part Of Prussia. Being of social
turn Of mind they were soon engaged in
conversation with other passengers, and
as they, In common with others. did not
take q Pullman car, there was plenty u
opportunity for talk. All went well
until something called out an expression
of opinion as to the State OF California
from the visitors. With all their shrewd
strong sense it must appear strange that
their Judgment was dead against us on
ali possible propositions. The climate
was granted, with some very considera-
BILE notifications. Missouri and her sis
ter states in the valleys of the big lakes
and rivers were attacked by the Califor-
mia crowd at all points. The st. Louis
people were serene in their all but
impregnable position until one wsg in
the party who had not heretofore said
much Clipped in under the disguise Of
Chicagoan, and said he had been sent
out by the citizens Of the great lake RI
val OF the great city on the river. The
St. Louis people became interested and
wished TO know his mission. Visions of
q dspopulation of Chicago by q general
exodus to the Pacific shores rose before
their mind. Their Joy was Of short du-
ration when the alleged Chicago man
said be was on the way to sacramento
to ship fever and agus and mosquitoes
by the train load to ruin st. Louis.
"Well," said the ingenious old
lady. there are certainly
come mosquitoes and . httts
fever and ague in st. Louis" This
''unkind cut" caused q good deal of sill
eHce, of that positive kind which may
be felt, and the social all eyed askance
the unfortunate who had put q wet
blanket on the crowd. 1t was not for
long; the old lady, like Banquo's ghost,
WOulu nus uOWns uc 8tt8th was 80
we're upon the pretensions OF California
and her many dement's were sung rapidly
down minuendo scale. Here the false
lnork packer Clipped in again with an
Attempt to relate how farmers on the
western prairies csrefully measure dis
tances from their door steps to point sit
uste eGuidistant from each house wherea
cave is dug to take shelter in from the
cyclones that sweep the country like the
bsesom of destruction. This was posi-
lively distraeting TO the good visitors.
A dozen several times the attempt was
made to describe the scene Of the 60
pliers, badgers, wolverines, grasshoppers
j and other denizens of the breezy
West as they went at bresk-
neck pace to their holes Of
refuge with o black storm scowling
In the face Of heaven and the woods be-
hind them swaying and groaning in the
throes Of collapse. Each attempt called
out the full vocal powers Of the duet,
ard the voice Of the story teller was lit
orally drowned in the volubIe food Of
j denials. As the conversation Jagged
thereafter. all that was necessary 10 set
the wheels In motion was to refer to the
gopher holes where cyclones could not
Break through and twist your neck off.
Very different was the case of an Ohio
man in the next seat who had spent the
winter in California. He struck up q
conversation with an old Angelefo, and
discussed the situation Ia the queen city
OF the sunny south. After the Califor-
nian had expressed his confidence in the
country, in, of course. . modest and
moderate way, when he had finished
the Ohio man said: "You have lived
here for years, yet in three months
have learned more than you have in
twenty years. Let me tell you few
facts, comparing things in Los Angeles
with what obtains at my home. / live
In town short distance
from the city of Columbus, Ohio. Ny
town numbers 1900 people. II has
not increased by one Thousand in i've
years. / do not see what there ia to
make II grow much in the next ten. II
has reached its growth. Your city to-
day has population nearly three times
a. large as mine. 1t has gained most Of
this in the past four years. The growth
OF Los Angeles at this moment 10 re-
markable even in this country, where We
are pretty well used to rapid growth.
Your city will continue to increase In
population for the next ten years. With
In period Of Eve years you will have
In Los Angeles not much short Of 100. 600
citizens. Now can 60 to my home In
Ohio, sell my property there and bring
the money out here where can get In
your growing city Of nearly 10000 pop
ulation just as many square feet OF
building lots, in your choicest residence
Quarters. with inaf az many linear feet