The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-31
BERRY BAKER
T IS ANGELES CALIFORNIA,

BERRY BAKER.
Us ANGELES CALIFORNIA.
According to promise and at the
urgent solicitation of many friends
and readers Of the Citizen, left
for the far west onsthe morning OF
the 9Th reaching Los Angeles at
20 p. M. of The 18th. And now
according to another promise made
to myself l steal the time from
my duties to write through the col
umns of the Citizen TO my host of
Fl nds and foes, aud I'll be true TO
N promise too. What tho I've
neves written letter for paper?
that but makee me feel safe that
there is one criticism that cannot
be truthfully made of this letter,
that of being old and stale. What
though I've never heard of any one
connected with the CITIZEN from
the wise editress to this satanic
majesty, nor of any reader of it
saying that my many friends
would be glad to hear from me
through its columns, that fact but
assures me that as no one is ex-
pecting this letter, it will be de.
lightful surprise to all. Here's
health for the brave heart that
dares to be true to such a promise
tho stared in the face by the prob
ability that my many friends will
on the Friday after this letter APP
pears Of it should appear) have
called meeting with DR.: Builder 10
the chair and forward papers me
to this effect. "W.hereas it is the
sense of this body that writing lie :.
tiers to the Citizen or and other pa
per that permeates this cold eli
mate will be exceedingly Injurious
to your throat, we trust you will
be- Resolved. That should you
ever again feel moved to write you
will move about 16 miles further
west to the beautiful Santa Monica
and standing there.upon the oceans
briny shore you'll take a fragil read
and write upon the sand. expect
TO do that in few days, but not
until my promis is fulfilled they,
might as we'll 60 stand upon the
beach al bid the main flood bate
his usual height as to attempt &c
turn me. Nothing but the waste
basket stands between the readers
of the Citizen and the fnlfillment ul
that promise. But | will say for it.
comfort that | have also made an
other promise TO myself and that il
never to do this way again. A!
nobody asked me to write this let
ter | feel under no obligations
whatever to attempt 10 write Il
please any one save the one who
asked me. SO iii skip over the I'M
mense fenceless fields, of Thousands
of acreas each, Of Indian corn anC
the wonderful Mississippi bridge
at st. Louis and the place in Cali
forria, La Junta by name, where
got nice Rock paper right out Of
The bottom of the Arkansas rive
bed and where l could have crossee
the river Itself and kept dry feet il
| had had Oh boots, and where
there were houses built in the bank.
with the roofs even with the groune
aud, only a stove pipe sticking
through told me what dangerous
grounds | was treading upon snG
loany other things IN skip owe
faster than skipped over tina
house top when / found l was OF
it. Neither shall l attempt to CIV
q graphic description of the grea
; plains and prairies full of prairi,
dogs and rouies, nor of the ute
des ertedness Of the Mojave Deser
and the long wide stretches thai
should have been named desel is IL
stead OF ranches. If yon expee
any OF this or pen pictures OF
mountains I'll disappoint you-al-
most as much as if had attempted
The description. But l do wish
had pen picture of the scener,
I've passed over and under ant
around and through drawn by
master hand. I'd like to read tn
description of some of the deep darl
canyons.and the great high Aka.
line covered mountains and tn
higher the timber covered ones wit
q thread like road mad by limbe
wagons sometime TO the very tot
: and of others still higher her
neither wagon nor foot Lor augh
else OF mans has rested save h
raptured eye alone. Nor will
,, even attempt to write of the small
est Of them, which we skirLed u
: t1ey lay scattered along in chain
almost over our heads nor to tell 0
the memories they awaked Of ID,
boyhood days, and how in the mem
cries they came out 'somewAa
squat" and Insignificant by belns
compared with the chain lei
over my head by the honey ladel
: velvet footed humble bee as 81
,, meandered through my tapgle,
locks at times scotching hiusel
with his tail to prevent his retro
, gresslsn, and TO promote min
!. while every time he'd scotch, 1
mountain would rise up and cal
him him blessed while I'd reach u
Tor him and in my haste end retio
erosion say consider the lilies q
' the field thou bumbling bee! wha
great reservoirs they are Tor til
wherewith to fill bee tree --or per
haps might say go to the ant thor
bunbler, consider her ways and h
wise or some other Sunday Schou
verse which I"ieaincd before
Joined Mrs. RS. corner class
. recomme Ia ded thy Tee, III bumb
or honey doses. as must exceiien
subsidiary TO the memory ol TIL
). 5. words and verses, and IN bum
doses is the best Known antisopo
ritic. see | have arndcred iron
; the mountains but lIom The abov
you can catch a glimpse u. the sui
lime thoughts that were gong ..
In my head while the subnm
|, mountains were going on owe
. it.
Well, you know it's no ouble t,
be inspired to grand though IS an,
! liz / lessons Dy nature while amoni
: b, muuntaids but it takes grea
: minds 10 urawn lessons from u sue
, cession of almost blank page. Wei
: TO change the sabjegt | drew les
;, son abou, so miles long from la
same number of miles of paict,e,
! ground with stray cattle evei.
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