Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-05
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& A correspondent OF the Arizona Cia
zen, thus speaks of the enioyments o
our seaside resorts.
. Your correspondent had the pleas
] ure Of being one of very pleasant party
that took trip to Long Beach and vi
7 einity few days ago. The party con
sisted Of Misses Jessie and Alice Gavitt
Mrs. Lynill, Mr.. and Mrs. Paris and
Master Sam, Judge VIM. Vandever, and
your correspondent. At Long Beach
the party found Judge Banning and Mr..
Harry Valentine of Wilmington. Long
Beach is strictly temperate, and the geu.
tlemen would undoubtedly have had
some tall diminishing, had not Judge
Banning came nobly to the rescue. The
first day was spent in quietly lounging
around, and making ourselves generally
comfortable.
The second day Judge Banning took
the party for sail in the harbor on his
beautiful little steamer Linda.
Tho Linda and her gallant crew, es-
pecially the whistle, has very warm
place in our memory, and may she never
60 to sea with party who love her
more--put this down in your log, Ion.
The whistle was constant source oi
amusement to Judge Vandever. and had
II not been for harbor regulations would
probably have driven the ladies crazy.
After cruising around the steamer santa
Rosa the Linda headed for the English
ship Holt Hill; here we we're received
very kindly by the officers In charge,
and shown every attention. The next
oall was made on the good ship Belvi-
dere. Captain Gibson met us at the
ladder, and escorted the party into the
,,abin. Here we met Mrs. Gibson ana
her two friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Higgins,
of Denver, who were visiting for lew
days. The Captain, understanding tne
weakness Of gentlemen on trip OF this
kind, gave them the wink and they fol
lowed him into little room and said,
sshere's how" Mrs. Gibson and friends
desiring TO 20 to Los Angeles, We took
them on board and soon landed at San
Pedro. 1t being now about nopn Judge
Bay .hQ invited the party y lunoh,
W Oh they did ample Justice tos notwith-
4 <nding the claret made Valentine lit
stle drowsy. We next drove back to
Long Beach and enjoyed plunge in
the surf. After the first plunge Lady
Teddy insisted that Greenland was
hot compared with that, and
straightway made for heT room.
The balance, however, enjoyed it
very much. Judge Vandever's teeth
chartered considerably, but he stuck to
II. After hearty dinner we adjourned
to the large piazza and drew our chairs
up together In the form of q circle, and
ohewed gum, and sang every song we
could think OF, and soon had large au-
dience. After amusing the crowd for
some time, we took possession OF the
parlor and were soon stripping the light
fantastic" Miss Priscilla presiding at
the piano. The gentlemen finally
wound up in Judge Bannipgs and Mr..
Valentines rooms, where pleasant hour
was passed, Captain Gibson relating
some curious adventures, among them
one good fish story.
The next afternoon, after taking the
ladies' back to Los Angeles, the gentle
men returned with Captain Gibson to
spend the night on board the Belveders.
On the way down we found General J.
r. Briefly, the genial Collector oil the |
port, on board, and after some persuasion |
the General was induced TO accompany |
us. We took the captains yacht at |
the wharf and sailed out to the ship. |
On the way out the General gave us
stories galore, and in his own
language. He came, be saw-in q
Concord wagon. A health to you, Gen.
eral-may you be as happy as we wish
you. The tide and wind being against
MS, we did not reach the ship until $50 |
However, the steward soon had nice
warm dinner for US and we were happy. |
Some of tho party desired to retire
early, but General Brierly's lively stories
and Judge vandever's untiring soIieitude
prevented any sleep until after IL. Dur
ing the night brssze sprung up. which
made quite aswell. and by morning
made walking quite difficult; or as Judge
Vandever expressed IL in 0 toast, "Bel-
videre, stsunch old ship, may your
white wings DO spread out and come
back to us always; but II Captain
Gibson could assuage the peculiar motion
Of his cabin floor, would have better
appetite for breakfast"
Shortly after breakfast the Linda
steamed out for us by Judge Banning's
order, and We were soon bounding over
the waves to San Pedro. Here we said |
good by to Captain Gibson and Judge
Banning, two thorough gentlemen
whom It will always be pleasure to re-
May their shadows never
grow less.
II life could be filled up with pleas
ant trips of this kind weary mortals
would not care for tb< )orthodox story
of paradise, as enjoj sdent enough could
DO had here below, and we would not
'are for any change in the administra-
lion. AT