Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-07-03

Seeding, and in flavor, juiciness and
sweetness was far superior.
Pasadena is a veritable Garden of
Eden. Flowers of all kinds grow and
flourish there in such marvellous style
as to cover the face of the earth, and
for this reason it is a great bee raising
locality. attended flower festival
in Los Angeles, where the walls of
the large building were covered with
roses broughtfrom this place. AT this
festival werepalms, dates, figs and ba-
nanas besides myriads of flowers of
every color and kind, all grown in
the neighborhood. A very singular
plant was the yucca or mesquite tree,
species of cactus which grows about
eight feet high, and from which is
made very fair kind of paper-one
of the Los Angeles papers, with COM
mendable thrift and enterprise, uses
it entirely. This plant grows very
abundantly on the Mojave desert
north of Los Angeles, and one or two
specimens growing in the streets of
the town have been carefully pre-
served as interesting monuments,
like the palmetto trees of Charleston.
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The streets of the town are wide and
well shaded by pepper and eucalyptus
trees. The latter, the most popular
of the two, has long, shiney, dark
green, and what the botanists would
call ampleXicaul, leaves-the two OPP
posite leaves clasping the stem like
the leaves of the honeysuckle. The
tree is tall, slender and graceful in APP
pearance. The pepper tree is more
spreading, has leaves very much re-
sembling fern leaves, which, when
rubbed, give out an odor like black
pepper, hence the name. These two
trees are used exclusively for shade
here, as maple and elm trees are in
Tennessee.
Los Angeles, abreast with the times
in most things, has cable railway
which was interesting to me because
of its having single track-this be.
ing a possibility where there are SC
many hills. The car coming down
the hill lets go the cable and, by the
force of gravity, (the switches all be.
ing on the hillside) runs around the
swith; while the car going up, holds
on to the cable and goes straight
ahead on the main track. This is 6
town of about $4,000 people and il
growing rapidly and substantially
and if any ofyour readers have any
idea of going to the Golden State tt
live, they would find there a delight
full home.
While here | went out to SAINT.
Monica on the beach, about eighteel
miles off, and had my first view O
the sea and took my first sea bath
Oranges, lemons and grapes were, O
course, to be seen everywhere, but
walnut orchard was something new
under the sun. These were Englisl
walnuts and the trees had the appear
ance ofthrifty apple trees, being abou
the same size and with a smooth
whitish bark. Asa pecuniary invest
, ment it was certainly departure
but their owners are said to be coin
ing money from them. This is ais
a fine grazing country, and herds c
fat and sleek cattle ornamented man
hills. This is sight never behol
without a growing appetite ric
milk and butter, luscious tenderloin
and pOrterhouse steaks dancing bt
fore my eyes to the exclusion of les
!, worldly things. | must have bee
thinking of beefsteak pie when tn
: train stopped, and through a dee
!, railroad cut my eyes rested on oil
. ocean for the first time. At any raj
/ was in no sort of trim for the occs
, sion. The thing must be approache
y cautiously and thoughtfully l ha
e supposed, and the mind gotten into
- certain state of refectiveness an
:, melancholy BETTING the occasion
4 when here | was dumped out in flu
!, view of the white sails and in hearin
of the roar without any kind of war;
y ing or preparation. Half mad at Il
D. conductor and engineer, went an
=, sat down on the beach and locke
II the thing in the face just as thong
u we had always Known each othe
. The tide was coming in, a big wa,
70 covered me, and l took aseatin a bal
u room somewhat the wetter and wise
u Half an hour later summoned cou
q age to try to fight the waves and e
d joyed it "swimmingly," as Bril-
h Pomeroy would say. In search
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