Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-11
which we accordingly did, and as our
train dashed along through the forest

some OF our companions cried out to
us, 'Look, look, see that one! Isn't he
a buster! There Is Gen. Grant; and
look, there is Gen. Fremont" and we
gazed in wonder at these grand old
giant trees towering up toward the
sky, so high that we could not see
their tops from the moving train. We
were told that we should have the
privilege to come back to this point
aud get ont, and 60 around these trees,
and looking up their sides, and
measure their sizes, and count them,
aud compare them with ordinary trees,
and thus get more correct and more
vivid idea OF their greatness, and with
this assurance we withdrew our Won
deriug gaze from them and turned it
upon other things that were new and
interesting to us. .
The San Lorenzo river, which the
railroad follows in going down TO the
bay, south, is beautiful mountain
stream with great fall in it's flow TO the
sea, and at times is said to be full of
fish, and affords sport to the angler.
When / saw it, it was a meager
stream to be called river, and L sus-
pect its lame alone entities it to that
dignity.
| We left San Jose about 5, p. M, and
reached Santa Cruz little while before
7 O'Clock, where We met bustling
noisy crowd awaiting the arrival of the
train. Santa Cruz, like many other
places in the world, enjoys feast or a
famine, and we were there amidst one
of her feasts. 1t is very pretty town
OF some 5000 or 1000 inhabitants Or
dinarily, but when we saw it there was
an addition to its population of some
5000 or 1000 visitors, gathered
there to enjoy the bathing, which is
delightful, aud to engage i'll the testivi-
ties that usually characterize all holi-
days in the state of California, and
i which devotedly wish may always
/ welcome the return of the day that
/ gave birth to our glorious Columbia.
Sabbath is unfortunately made day
of pleasure TO many of the people OF
California. 1t is usually spent in seek
ing not only rest from daily labor, but
pleasures for the body, aud too many
people make the latter the sole object
lof their quest. Still there are devout,
portion OF this day in worship and
praise to God, aud then look for the
pleasures of life, and many others
seek to spend the whole day in the ser
vice of Him, who has said, "Remem.
ber the Sabbath day to keep it holy"
: etc. The Sabbath occurring on July
4th, 1886, was spent in Santa Cruz, il
r all manner of ways. Some went t.
church in the early morn, others later
: in the day, and the larger portion die
A not go at all. The people we're aroused
by the sound of revelry and nationa
rejoicings, but amidst this discord tn
sound Of the church bells was heart
calling devout hearts to Thanksgiving
and praise. All heard the noise an'
shouts and the ubiquitous fire craker
= and the vel of the irrepressible smal
boy, and many needed the sound tina
II, called to worship. My own ears wer
y greeted by the never ceasing roar G
y old ocean. 1 was stopping at tn
Beach House, near the shore, and i
this way l was out of the circle G
greatest noise made by man, an
hence the sound of the breakers wa
grand music to me. AS is my regula
70 custom, when at home, went to th
Sabbath school in the morning,
10 preaching at II o'clock and to clas
meeting in the afternoon, land to preacl
ing again iu the evening. For yeal
NJ past the Sunday has been, in this wa,
:" the busiest day of the week to m
10 and hence l need not tell you that Sal
bath in Santa Cruz was happy day
~, me. 1 listened to a very eloquent sci
W mon preached by Bishop Warren of II
Methodist Episcopal church. AS Il
90 large congregation made its way slow
ly out OF the church, stranger sa
az to me, 81 would rather be able
~ preach that sermon than to be preside
of the United States" l replied
90 him that would rather be actuated /
the spirit it breathed and was intendt
u to inculcate than be the ruler or pre-
W ident of any nation. 1t was beaul
full Sabbath day, the air was sweet ar
90 balmy as any spring day ever enjoy,
here. We had q delightful dinner ut Il
w house of a gentleman who had marie
Lexington girl, and the rich Wan
90 garnished by the beautiful flowers pr
p,red and arranged by her skill
hands, literally overcame our appetite
w and won the hearty applause of
he present.
Let me rest right here, thinking
the good dinner and hearty cheer Civ
r US by Mrs. JeaDnie Younger, ii
JEANNE Waddell, and in my next
will try to tell you how we spent t
. substitute 4th OF July, 1886. r.