The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-02-14


in very dourishing condition. Th'
church building was originally 80 bY III
feet, and was about 28 feet high. Th'
foundation walls were OF stone and th'
rest of it was of adobe, except the front
which was partly of good brick, all go1
or made upon or near the premises. II
was not fully completed until 1895. bu
1t was dedicated on May 10, 1894, II
1896 the missionaries at Santa Cruz bull
a Touring mill, the first in California
They also Quilt a granary, a wooller
mill, and zania from the San Lorenzo
flyer, and improved their stock by gooi
treatment.
1T is a beautiful countrv,' wrote
Salazar, land I will make Of it re-
markahle and never-tO. be forgotten
place. The climate IS as serene in win
ter as in Mexico and the summers are
winters just charmingly warmed up
Lopez also wrote to his superiors: This
is land of almost perpetual sunshine
with just enough of fog ahd raWness al
times to temper the summer heat
Winters are summers somewhat mel
lowed. In time this will be matchless
beauty spot, and if we are permitted to
stay, there will be no missions to excel
ours" But some one higher in author
ity was prejudiced against the energetic
little cross bearers. Salaza and Lopez.
and their diplomatic heads were official
ly chopped off-the former in July,
1895, and the latter in July, 1896. Their
retirement was ostenslbly because each
was jealous Of the other. but il was in
realty to put Padres Manuel Fernandez
and Jose de la Cruz Espi In as success.
sors, who, in turn, were succeeded bv
Padres Francisco Gonzales and Dom
ingo Carranza. These two latter served
long time, and their methods were a
great improvement upon those of Fer
nandez and Cruz Espi, who believed in
harsh methods On October II. 1898,
Fernandez was dismissed He returned
to his native city, Tuy. in Galicia,
Spain. and soon afterwards died. Espi
died at Santa Clara, Cal, and SalaZar
and Lopez, died in theological harness
at San Fernando, Mex, twenty five
years aftorward.
"Grace Greenwood'' visited Santa
Cruz some twelve or fifteen years ago,
and she began a letter which was pub
lished in New York as follows: ''Santa
Cruz is a beautiful city. seated on the
knees Of pleasant terraces. with her feet
in the ses.'' This is nicely and truly
said, and all who visit Santa Cruz like
it. 1t is situated about q mile or more
from the beach, where one may bang
himself against the rollers of the Pa
citic during January or july. It is a
most picturesque place, with the ocean
in front of it aud the coast rang behind,
and the beautiful San Lorenzo dividing
it IN two. It is partly emb0somed
among the foothills, where giant red
woods, pines, oaks and cedars might,
could they speak. tell antedlluvian
tales. Its climate IS vastly superior, all
the year round, to that Of Nice, Men
tone, Florida, the Bermudas and Of
manv of the best wrltten-up places of
California. One may sleep under a
blanket everv night in summer and keep
Ills overcoat at his uncle's during what
is termed winter. There is nothing
harsh during any Of the seasons. There
is no such sunshine, even during the
winter months, that passing cloud or
q little jag of fog is looked on as bless.
ing. And the flowers! / have never
seen so many. And such rosesl Every
garden is filed the the year round. and
every wall and fence is scattered with
all varieties Red. white, yellow. black,
pearl aud pink roses gat up into the
apple, peach, apricot nectarine, pear
and plum trees, and mingle their per-
fumes with those from the jasmine and
heliotrope that have crept up On the
hOusetops.
1t is the only city in the world that I
have visited where there are hundreds
of signs on the gates Of Walk in and
pick all the flowers you Want"-no
dogs. no guns, no traps. no grim ser
vitor with ''Get out o. herel'' put,
walk in and pick all the flowers you
want.n And that is not all. at this
very moment (February, 1871. there are
tens of thousands OF acres Of wild flow
ers scattered everywhere. from the very
top of the mountains to the kelp IN the
sea. The valleys present all the colors
Of an Administer, and the alfleria and
other natural grasses one treads upon
are like Smyrna rugs. The hills and
fields and trees and houses and plants
have been washed and warmed and en-
livened by two soft December rains and
tWentv-seYen soft sunshiny daVs. The
uncultiyated mint hings its medicinal
fragrance among the verbena, the mig
nonette, the jasmine, the heliOtrope and
the tuberoses; com animation of health
full odors from the cedars. the cypress,
the eucalyptus and the pines come down
the mountains with zephyrus, aud all
are atmospherieallY compounded with
the spices Of far off CathoY. And
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