Daily Republican., 1886-08-28
SIGHTS IN THE WEST.
From SAN FRANCISCO TO STOCK.
TON-A HORTICULTURAL FAIR.

FROM SAN FRANCIsCO TO STOCK
TON-A HORTICULTURAL FAIR.
Tons OF Different ysrieties OF Fruit-Ex.
cursions to Different Peinfs-Msm-
moth Trees of Calayeras.
Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN.
BAN FRANCISCO, August 18th, 1886
Although 1t has been over Q week
since wrote my last letter TO you, It
has rot been because have not had
anything to write about. but the trouble
has been that I'have not had the time.
There has been 90 mnch TO see, and as /
was determined to see my share, 1t has
kept me pretty busy. l wish every
reader OF the REPUBLICAN could see
the sights and wonders l have seen
since leaving Wilmington, July 2lst,
but as that 10 scarcely possible, l want
to try, rs far IS am able, to tell them
all / can about them, but before COM
mencing want to say that 1 miss the
Daily REPUBLICAN very much, and
would like to see its bright, newsy
little face. The day l wrote my last
letter the g. A. x w'nt on an excur-
sion to the city Of Oakland, situated
Just across the bay from here, and the
Grand Army men over there showed
that they were alive, by taking good
care of us, and left nothing undone that
could In any way copduce TO our COM
fort or pleasure. They deserve our
thanks for the handsome manner In
which they end the Women's Relief
Corps attended to us, for there was no
half way business about 1t.
/ met Judge a B. Norton OF Texas,
and, IL you remember, 1 wrote to you
last year about meeting him ct Port
land. He has always been one OF Texas
loyal men, and true to her in every diff
Gculty In which she has ever been in
volved. At night there was fine dis
play Of fireworks, and when that was
over we all went to rousing camp fire,
after which we took late boat and
reached San Francisco between IL and
liz O'Clock at night. On the next day
we went to San Jose, and had another
grand feast. l never saw such people as
those who live In California, IS they are
| the most generous 1t has ever been my
| lot to meet. After the feast we we're all
taken TO the Horticultural Hall, where
country fair was being held. There
were tons of hundred different varie
ties of the very hest fruits, all Of which
were raised in this country. After see
| ling all that was to be seen at the fair,
we we're inv tied to take ride through
the city and surrounding country,
| which proved TO be one of the most de.
lightful ever enjoyed. =.
| All the carriages and hacks that II
was possible to obtain were placed at
our disposal, and it was grand sight
TO see such long line Of vehicles, all
LOADED down with old veterans in their
G. A. r. uniform, taking free ride
Through such beautiful and produc
live country. 1t made US feel that ouI
efforts to save such q glorious country
/ were appreciated. Our ride brought us
to the old Catholic Mission Santa Clara
which is one of the oldest places In
California; there Is large college there,
and 1t is Justly celebrated for Its beau
Ity. We got back TO San jose in time
to take the train and arrived in San
Francisco at 0 O'Clock that night, well
pleased with our trip. The next morn
ling l visited Chinatown. TO Gee the
sights, and they are many and varied
WAS told that 1t was best to take ir
that part of the city at night, so I witt
1.-TWO comrades started out again aftel
ldaIk. We hired q guide and made NJ
lour minds that as we could not see any
thing In daylight, We were determined
to see them at night. The many scene
we Witnessed are hard TO describe, bu
we went into their dens, and into thei
bon ton quarters, and even peuetr
the mysteries of their joss houses.
suppose you know that Joss is thei
! God, but they have q great many c
them; there Is the big joss, and nun
| iber of smaller ones, all of which as
worshipped according to their fancy
| at least as far as could find out. The
lavish tremendous amount Of wealt
, | on these buildings, and in the wi
shown soGe of the handsomest carving
: ever saw. There was q great deal I
this kind of work, and it seemed
lplease the Celestials to have us exam
, line and comment upon Its beaut,
!. There are some very 6ne restaurant
and tea drinking establishments In tn
/. lquarter, which were shown to us, an
!. do not believe they can be excelled b
, any In this country. We also saw
humber of smoking dens and Ramblin
lplsoes, for the Chinese are invetera'
lopium smokers and gamblers, bot
vices being participated in by men an
women alike. They did not seem
care for us passing through thei
Iplaces, and part of the time there wei
4 as many as twenty visitors in one
!, the rooms at once. They greeted l
kindly, but did not seem the least su
prised at the intrusion, and gave us
% greeting as We passed, which of cour
we did not understand. Their tongu,
q
u thought 1t probable they we're maxim
20 fun Of us, but as we could not unde
u stand their jsbberings it did not ma
ter.
Some OF these people are very ric
and live In the grandest style, while Il
5. condition of others is so terrible that
y is sickening to witness, or even thir
er about. Some acticn should be TAXI
70 by Congress to preven. their emigratil
st to this CT untry, as there Is no doubt b
L they are q curse to any land.
= On August 18th l took the steam
8, for Stockton at O'Clock in the attt
~ noon, and arrived there at 3 O'Clock q
ut next morning, although the distance
q but 100 miles. hen went % miles
re train to Milton, thence by stage
miles to Murphy's, and reached the
d. at 8 o'clock that night, tired and sleep
o. At Stockton met several comrades
to the Grand Army, and they were II
o. oasis in q desert. They were VINO
al souled men, the same as all the othe
,e- whom l met on my journey throu
ed this great State. On the 14.h / got
OF at 8 O'Clock in the morning to take
ad look at the town, and met comra
on who had got there the day before d
lot His name Ia Theodore Christ, OF !
"a. mont, Pa he Is physician, and pr
ticed for many years at Chester, Z
lhut Ia now extensively engaged