River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-08-21

furnished, and canvass tents on
frames--very home like, are stretched
along some of the avenues. 1t is a
prohibition town in good earnest, that
clause being in every deed given, but
on the exact line between it and Mon
terey is a saloon bearing one side the
sign ''your last chance" and on the
side next the Grove ''your first
chance" reminding one OF how
the serpent crept into Eden.
We made the most of our time, l
assure you; and walk along the beach
and over the rocks for moss and
shells, at o'clock in the morning
was delightful. We started to
walk to Moss Beach, which, according
to the guide book is only mile away,
but missed the path through the sand
hills and went on through the pine
woods to Point Joe, ~ miles away.
We knew these miles must be travelled
over, but the beauties of these pine
woods, and the view of the open sea
and the breakers on the rocks at the
Point, caused us to give them little
thought until we walked back the
length of Moss Beach, gathering moss
and watching the many cOiored vGres
as they came rolling in, something
not seen anywhere else on this coast,
| think, when we concluded to climb
over one of the sandhills instead of
retracing our steps across the beach.
and I, at least, realized that Ihdd feet,
but with the ''gudeman's" help we
reached the top and sat down in the
clear white sand TO rest. These hills
are formed by the drifting sand blown
here by the winds-about a quarter of
mile from the shore. and stand fifty,
sixty, and seventy feet high, running
along the shore for mile or more.
They are just in the edge of the pines,
and one can but wonder how many
years they have been forming, while
the pines have been growing on the
other side. After a good rest and a
last look at the sun as it went down
into the big pond we slid down. and
let me tell you it was as fine as to-
boggan slide on Hills mound and we
went down about as fast. We reach
ed home safely, very tired, but not
too tired to eat our supper of nice
fresh fish. Appetite needs no coaxing
there. l spent all the time l could
down on Lovers Point. where rocks
are piled in all conceivable shapes and
when the tide comes in the waves
come up among them SO grandly. A
large whale showed himself the first
evening, for our benefit. 1t was my
first sight of one and | was duly as
tonished. We afterwards saw them
spouting ont in Tie open sea. The
bay was full of row and sail boats
sailing and steam yachts and fishing
smacks, these latter bringing in some
very large Salman.
We went over TO the world-famed
hotel Del Monte, whose grounds are a
marvel of beauty and taste. Some of
the flower beds near the hotel are Dor.
dered with shaded MOSES of many
varieties, looking like velvet carpet
ing, of lovely designs. There are
flowers and trees of every variety. One
needs whole day to see it all and not
the hour or two in which we looked it
over. One of the curiosities is puz-
zle garden. Oh as it is called there, the
Maze. 1t is formed 10y an evergreen
h edge higher than ones head, enclos-
ing gravel walks so laid out that if
enc goes right they will lead to an open
square at one end, but if one has not
the key to the puzzle they may walk
a long time, as we did, and not reach
it. We overheard a gentleman who
was already in the square tell some of
the young ladies who were ahead OF
us to "follow the the wheelbarrow
track" which had been made by one
of the workmen. We avsiled our
selves of the stolen information and
after a while turned the last corner,
and were glad to sit down and rest.
1t gives one an uncanny feeling and |
would not like to go i'll alone, or II |
was in hurry to catch the train.
There are only forty-six turns in it.
Mrs. Fortune and family are at the
Grove now, and the last we heard from
them Mrs. T. was "almost lost" in the
Maze.
Between Del Monte and Monterey
are the wonderful baths. We spent
an hour there. watching the bathers
both inside and out in the surf. The
building is very large, enclosing four
baths, each of different temperature,
the water being drawn in from the
bay through an iron pipe as large
around as a barrel, and drawn off after
each hours bathing. We saw one of
the loveliest sights here that l ever
saw. A gentleman md his wife were
taking Their children in for the first
time, and while the mother tried to
teach her 10-year.old boy to swim.
the father held the baby girl in his
arms. her little white dimpied arms
clasped closely about his neck, and
when he would tell her to shut her
ewes and mouth, she would shut her
ewes and /; quickly open her mouth,
and her face, as the salt water swept
over it was a picture long to be re-
membered, while her musical laugh
turned all eyes her way. Oh, how
wished | could have been artist for
just then, at least.
From there we went to Monterey
and visited the old Mission Church,
built by the Catholic Fathers in 1872. as
the Roman letters cut in the stone work
in the tower told US. It's walls have
been cemented on the outside. but the
old belfry, with its two bells show its
age, and moss and grass grow in the
crevices of the rocks. Near by is the
ola bniidiuo with it's fiIa.poverpd roof