The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-03-27


walls were hung life size paintings OF the
twelve apostles. Copies from the original
paintings in Rome. Thisaged priest gave
us the history of each apostle as we moved
along the aisles. A fluent and complete
description closing each time by saying
eyes" He is a shining success IN ois
crbing the interior Of that ancient tenn
ple. There is no question about tha'
He did SO well | gave him a doliar'
fseven,y-hve cents 10 thanks and twenty
five cents in silver. He returned the
thanks but kept the quarter. We passed
ont into one of the oldest cemeterys IN
the country, where the rude ioreiatherS
of the hamlet sleep. All Its surroundings
are rich with scenes OF pastoral peauty'
Few and simple are the mountains 70 the
memory of the departed dead, but 'n's
quiet resting place far removed from the
turmoil and never ending unquietness of
the city is bright the year round with
many colored wild flowers. Here the
lights and shadows play among the grand
old trees, and the birds I'LL the perfumed
air with song. When my spirit is called
"home,n when the light OF lie expires
and the curtain closes around the last
scene of my existence, may my mortal
remains be borne to a resting place like
this, and make my memorial oil music and
flowers. We ride on through vineyards,
orange groves and peach orchards in iuli
bloom 80 the famous ranch owned by one
OF Calilornias mlllionsires, MIR. 4. D.
Baldwin, better known in the east as
"ucky Baldwin" The ranch contains
6S,OOO acres. There are large orange
orchards, grape vineyards, vegetable and
flower gardens, miniature lakes, shady
groves, great meadows, green pastures
with An artisan well in every field, toss
, ing their liquid crystal; wild jungle
flied with animals that no man evel
enters; the finest thorough" bred horse
! horses in the world with thirty-two nov
in training, flying over mile track at ful
speed. Lucky Baldwin's" horses wo
over one hundred thousand dollars las
y season.. These colts are as we'll develope
at two years-old as ours in Ohio at thre'
This is owing to "a climate Of pcrpetu'
= = summer and continual training. A ca
load Of these colts will be shipped ca
next month to begin the racing campaig
for the season of 1850. We ride for mill
:, % and miles Olong this ranch along avenu'
:, with rows of trees on either side. The
are field after fields with hundreds Of FL
:. horses, and every kind Of animal one CT
- think of, and all kinds Of fowls Of Il
air and fishes Of the sea, pea cocks on q
fences with their beautiful plumage touc
ing the ground. A carload of orang
oi are shipped from here every day.
az The Sunset Route or Southern Paci
er railroad crosses the ranch and there is
ch town and station one mile from I
zee cottage castle" and Plantation Buildin
es We we're told TO go wherever we lik
Tor and do whatever we liked but be back
os: dinner at twelve. (Mr. Baldwin Is 1
tn here he lives in his hotel at San Francisc
Try We could take row.boat across the Ia
OK that surrounds the castle or go outthrou
It, ,he flower gardens or down where CT
Die cades play among the rocks in the sha
an or eat oranges on the rustic seats In
m orange orchards or pass through
IN cypress vista" and play croquet or
len the colored jockey boys riding
Sc runners, or hear the plantation melod
om Of the colored cooks-"but be back
'nd time for dinner" have always had
len good deal of sympathy for the poor col
'ty ed people, but found some today I
me do not need sympathy much. The
'es' colored jockey receives salary Of $40,
by a year and present Of all the money
I'm wins, amounting last year to $4,000 nj
SH Twenty thousand dollars a year. Th
Ige. is not white man In Ohio that receI
and as much.t He hasa home In Kentuc
re- a pretty little colored wife, two or th
i'm. black diamonds with pretty white to
by but do not think they need TO go b'
past footed much
he'd A day was passed inspecting The dis
two OF fruit made by the San Bernart
two Citrus Fair. The building contains a !
leri' fine exhibition Of fruits and flowers,
D here and there oil paintings artistic
sec arraisned, giving fine effect. On
her. side bank Of oranges one hundred
and long bore the inscription, "Checks on
of bank are never dishonored" Mrs. |
Iohn Cashier, they were from her orchard)
dent Washington Novel variety surpass
icks others In size and excellence ! the Med
take ranean Sweet comes next.
Tally The most beautiful town / have Il
IS IN near Los Angeles is Pasadena some I
iiciai miles distant. Here the orange g
had and gardens are very rich and produ
and handsome villas dot the fair exl
of valley. Many fine residences have
Our erected by eastern people who have
here In search Of health, and thes'
surrounded by groves and gardens