The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-24
A Trip to California.

l nave come Dack Oldef, wiser, sad
der, and in some things wickeder. AS
for this last, | must speak first. The
road on which a man travels is very
apt to influence his disposition nay,
even, as in the case of myself, to mar
some of the beautiful; wherefore,
gentle natured girl, with the Spring
time Of love and happiness just COM
ing unto thee as the reward of all
that is most beautiful and lovely in
wOmauLood, anu rhivairic young
man with the love Of woman in thine
heart and the great love of thy fel-
iow-lnan ever before thee, beware of
what road thou gOest. Guard thy
beatitic disposition as thou would
guard the rarest exotic. Listen to
The words Of one who feels that his
beautiful nature las been poisoned,
and profiting by his melancholy eX-
perience, go on thy way rejoicing.
Iwent TO Cali.l.Nia on road the
name OF which | have forgotten; but
this remember, that it ran through
Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Ari-
zona, and Southern California. | do
not say that the road is not fair one
tor | well remember that at times We
actually ran at the speed Of twenty
and even twenty-five miles an hour.
Nor can it be said of its officials that
they in any respect differ greatly
from those of other roads. One pc
cullarity did occur to me, and that
was thnt the parties must be religious
men, for they had so firm Il belief in
Il hereafter, and they We're ulway-
providing for it; indeed, their faith
III this particular tenant was so great
that they evinced 1t by losing no op-
portunity Of providing for the future
through the Iiberality Of the passen
,er5. | commend these religious men
especially to the rich.
Nor, in conscience, should speak
narsniy Of the country, through
which this rU;tu passes; ter Il, the
country did not make itself,o ia trutn
It cannot be held responsible. 1t j.
rue, Southern California is cVull-
uy where the rain falletl not, alu
where they charge a dollar q meal,
and where they give a most gripyi"ue
are. Also is it true that in Arizona
he thermometer goeth an hundred
md seventeen in the shade, ana
here sticketh, refusing obStinutely t.
descend even at the approach of the
gentle Arizona night Ii is also true
that New Mexico Is Il twin sister, or
rather | should say u twin deNI. to
Arizona, and that both OF these la>t
named countries have their iutl COM
tDlement of reptiles, Insects, and that
teIightful pant, the taM cactus, 50
,nuch used by the poor Indian aItel
ne has captured a pale face, but, H.
uus been said before, these counties
are not rcspOnsib!t and therefore VT
forgive them.
From the state Of Texas we have Il
right to look for better things, but ii
Is "A solemn, open and ahove-houru
TACT that the sOuth-weetern pOr-
tion of Texas is Il shameless and un-
ulushing desert. From FL PasO to
san Antonio the country is arid amt
Uare, no rain having fallen there fol
eight months. The cattle driven
there last year for pasturage are dy-
ing by thousands, having neither
food nor water. All along the track
the V lie dead, Or rel~p stand in groups
With their heads down, waiting for
death. In one place passenger
counted eight heal lying together by
the track, all dead,
All these influences have tenden-
cy to east Il gloom over the mind OF Il
youth, and rs such must be consider
ed uuhvullhy but the objection most
calculated "tn crush the life from our
young hearts" is the coaches. | am
creditabIy assured that these coaches
were the Identical ones used by NOAh |
in porting the brutes in the ark,
but whether this be true or not l do |
know that they we're used by the |
Pacific, and having been dis |
curded by them for more modern
style, were taken up by the present
as matter of economy |
without reference to the comfort OF
the passengers. These are unpleas-
ant subjects, and nothing but sim
eere humanitarianism would ever !
have led me to mention and dwell |
upon them at such length.
What we lost by the road, was full
!y made up by the company. There
were some charming Englishmen
having both intelligence and refine
ment. | like the English. When
you meet an Englishman in this
country he has been half over the
world, and intends to go over the
other half of it as soon as possible.
So they told us Of Africa and China,
If Ceylon and Java, Of the customs OF
,he natives, the animals, the birds
Civilized and unrjviized, it was all
he same to them there was "nothing
lew under the sun" One gentle
nan, Il jewish NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
old us how to smelt metals An Old
.iyil engineer told us how to sink
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