New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-11
An OUT oF-THE- WAY PLACE.
UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE pEscADERo
BEACHES

BEACdES.
iTHox AN OCCASIONAL coRREsPoSDExT THE TRgsuSs.l
Pcscadero, Cal, Feb. 2s.-Few tourists from the
Atlantic slope ever hear OF this quiet little village
lying In sheltered valley among the foothlils "
The Coast Range, about fifty miles south from san
Francisco Nor win the traveller learn By inquiry
at any Of tho more fashionable resorts in Califora
anything more definite concerning Pescadero thau
that Il Is an aout-ofthe-Vay place, thirty mes
from the railway, where folks 90 sometimes 70 nsh
and hunts That IS what was told me upon inquiry
ut Mortercy and brief stretch of shnglo, OF
character common 10 almost all beaches that arc
neither sand nor rock, was pointed out to us py
our loquacious informant being "just like pother
Pescadero pebble beach,
The visitor here has his choice Of two houses OF
entertanment-the swsnton House and the Pescadero
Hotel. The former has half dozen more tasteful
four and six roomed cottages, EMPOWERED In roses,
adjoining and connected with It, and with ono another
BIZ a vines shaded piazza that fronts picturesque
garden. Here flowers bloom the year round. On
Christmas pueked over thirty varieties. And here,
IN mtdwtnter, found the delicate, fragrant nareissns
alongside the sturdy chrysaBthempm, both In fuH
bloom-spring and autumn met on common ground.
Hack hire is not exorbtant. II costs only twenty-
Ave cents 10 ride TO the beach, distance OF three
miles By tho rosd. The footpath over tho hills IS
a milo shorter, and for the able pedestrian
pleasant taunt, first along good wagon ROAD ior
their spicy prefme then the grassy hill, across
a stretch Of breezy upland heeked with cleaning
California peoples and other Wild flowers. Inc
plateau slopes 10 tho bluff, which vergcs
on the shore and at the base Of which The waves
always mountain-high this paeihc' ocean break
with thunderous force. The attrition of the water
has worn the rocks along the shore into fantastic
and curious shapes, among which the fertile imssnsoH
NAV find likeness 10 anything in tho earth or under H.
tent S0Vcfal
beacbea characterized as Pebble "Agate' and
aCarneians The first and most Interesting OF the
thres r. about one-sighth Of a mile long, almost
crescent shaped, with curious rock masses mara
ing either extremity. Carnelan Beach y W u'o
south of Pebble Beach Agate Beach Is to the north
ward Tho Coast survey pronounees The pepoie Dcach
At pescadero unique; without counterpart on he
Pxoiho and Atlantic coast lines Its DISTINGUISHING
feature Is The mass OF highly polished sfcous stones
ranging IN size from q pinhead TO a hilbert. lew
are larger but the finest pebbles are, with rare e4-
ceptions small At certain seasons, when tho SUR >
heaviest tho pebbles intermned Win nne BrsNei
and sand while every rccedins ade leaves mo
beach In different shape from what IL was ~ tne noo
Here the Industrious collector may ma OpM, car
uellan onyx ohalcedony turquoise, agate ana Jasper
pebbIes some so perfect in form that IL Is unnou'
20 believe that the apIdary's wheel has NOT Nd" s'a
wbat to do with their fashionine Many OF 1ns
on.Inrcsnt pebbles arc very beautiful and many OK
tho touaxhued stones, we'll as the carnehshs sfe
,yorthv a setting I'm ring brooch. The poiSneu
,vstaIs OF peucd quartz arc Ike drops Oh ciesfess
wafer and glitter In the sunlight iIs ai~uio'N.s
The caruelIans are Of ell tins-from deep erinsoh,
passt pink The agates are OF every eoof AN ~
nation the moss RGatos arc espesialV -.
80 ,onss however, and Of course tho rafcss' ~.e
d, form ana hue that the ispidarys art =
-, roo,red 20 add anything to their beauty Sue ,ns
-, 0,os,tv Of the beach is tho WATERBURY, "iANH
so,,na r,ostly on tho agate beach This cnsieo
donv pebblc moro or less translucent 0"n'saA'o -
central cavity q drop OF wSler' .,. :, ,As beach
TN. nehblss are not the only attraction os eHo -.
. poscaaero At low tide, when wide ssroscn'9 y, -e
outlvina reef are exposed, the lover Oh HA''nS rs
NAV End the ranbow-tintsd aoslone sHois, and
,myet the sea-cradle,' gigantic Se%uiU"s, -
n,ha. ourlous and beautiful uniyalves mo mower
o ., ~. on.D,on.s and the miniature ioe
ssts Of help IN tho m6 gSSss arc found tcw
ngy iovsES, down fhe coast. on the mOsspeAea ~
miles c,mens over yard long and almost a. noi in
nts and texture explorer of these
frequent . nnas few miles above the pe9olc peach,
10 ths north of the outlet OF Ss lands 81 which
Smit when driven oyOr or walked on MancSestsr.
sca sound The singing S % seaG mile long while this
SosSS Of sonorous sand Is fuliy mile ana nan IN
extent -, s.r Franeiscans patronize Pes
Inc onens In MAJ and closes IN NoyemoSsf. ,Ts
ne season Of real enjoyment for inc nav u ana end
a e he sald 10 begin Now Years Das IAN s her,n
may n Se 81 Tho rains which usually oes.1
IN do,d Forest and garden Dust and log alsSppesr'
pd tba sunshine has the srdor OF an ,,v s
ana RG Winter tsnporae this sheltered valley rs
ny 20 that 81 Bar Harbor IN june Ine hiost
sinsI , 20 is 90 degrees Tho months OF
pocsmber, January, and fs SpIs July' ' An
i,st and september give mean can sa on %Ina ~
gregg With occasional exceptions uaS ss'"e ~4| -
eiothing nav be worn the year rounL ,,... 49,,
land here Is comparatively cheap Inc ostsnoe itonI
ths ANYWAY has, as yot, prevented red 1890
Sboom's Tho soil Is fertile; TO auots , roslue ~
,,yynar u II viii grow anything you stick hso u
VSeetables viii grow hero the year Iosna su1 TSo
Srnyu,s tree grows so rapidly thsto quote smother
rcsidSnt inforfnant--6ve years Will grow SruP VI
PS%ood' The acacia tho pepper trss ana sas pa
metro s snHS n the omen garden. The region being
nlsntifrly watersd by numerous brooks ana sprngs,
rc0nires no irrigation. There are IN Peseadero inc
NO hotels before mentioned three ehnrc hesCongre
gationai Methodist and Roman Cathobo-two stores
ana two saloons sunday hero is hkc every other
day Tho church bells proclaim the advent OF the
dsy Of rost but the dwelers in this happy valley,
not oy any me means 10 Sayo lime 10 rcst for tweny-our
hours from their labor, their buying ana their selling