The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-03-26
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CALIFORNIA LETTER.


tie Telegraph Courier:
have just returned from San Franci
and as The train for San Diego doe
leave for two or three hours I wi
e this time 10 talk TO the readers of tn
Z. awhile. In spite of the tales O
ms, mushroom cities and twentieth
ufy luxury in California with which
eastern ears have been file Of latt
NY strongest impressions sf1, were
% ranches with grazing herds and
'1"o containing whole villages of
a ''' ana followers To my notion
\ ne III California consisted of own
.ar "nch OF thousands Of acres Fyino
90 '"SIon surrounded by the dwellings |
sne1 'eopLe III the estate and lupendtno
nof SIS for communicative with. tho
- er World in sho1t some slc} o,.is+
ror as Mrs jackson has pier .,.od - &c
n .Raraona- But that Is all gone. The
-, anch here is usual ~ or5nga tract
of Zen acres, more = Ioss Another s,,r-
,,rise notice .batIdaa,4 roo1 80 ,,orv
lar lfon y me. To d tired business man
the tF' J is nothing but short rest. The
Santa Fe route takes nearly day less
fine to bring the traveller hither than
other line and there is always some
ans to attract attention. To me the
'Aihs rumble Of the cars are sooth-
nfoIioh S"' nan is always "a comfort
ny anu uu~ ,nOking room is often
able place. The .. d,l,,+oa ~
the scene of nteFgg1a>> +haaa
men from all parts OF ereaa'> .aro and
overland trains meet there and ~
racv stories keen wit and the ftagfaaA>
Of choice cigars fiji the air. A pff0Ro-
grauhic reproduction Of the fun in Che
smoking room Of an overland Pullman
@auld afford rare entertainment. WHIST |
5rfmch sad Hearts with the ladies are the
5tiread upon which conversation is strung
ard he must be a cold and selfish creature
,rlsa can rot find pleasant entertainment
on ghaway. | usually eat on dining
car when there is one on the train, but
tbr Santa Fe eating stations make excel
lent Substitutes and are noted for the eA-
re]Ieuce OF the fare.
TIL. first thing | did on landing here
WAS 10 hunt up the Office of the Paclhc
s~9av N!fc. Co.. in which Mr.. Geo. ). Bal
dwjn Is interested and ascertain whether
81. ba,9 reached here or not. Io''&0 nc
Badnt bu. was over at Pasadena. l
vt hrur.d up c. l. Shumway, well
-, =, The readers OF the old Courier
80. .B4ickbat." l found him without
n,,ch difficulty ont on $50 street Los
Angeles is good sized city, about 80 oot
pcople,-and presents tohsidef&ete I
studv. Mr. Shumway is Very comfort
,blv situated and IS enjoying life He
,,nnaronllv much the same as ever. ii
,nol.s ah,ut tho same, talks politics, AM
dahb?cs in them a little. IL seems to en-
1oN flowers very much The ground
around his house present rather an unu
SualIY large variety Of flowers. This Gil
mafe certainly does wonders for Vegeta
4inn Flowers of all kinds are bloomln
IN the wards around here and Mr. Shun
way has his share One shrub over tot
feet high with a heavy WOOD stem al
branches he pointed out TO me and aSkc
if I recognized it. | did not and he to-
roo that back east it was the little dals
ar Spanish Marguerite. Geraniums gro
in the open air all the year round al
reach anywhere from six to ten feet mig
Cauas grow in profuSion everywhere al
very LARGE. The most Of the trees al
flowers are strangers to nOrtherner
they are tropical and Semi-troplcal var
lies. Mr.. Shumway took me down toy
and introduced me to his wife, who IS
GAGGED in the millinery business on Nj
street. We thea went over to where
A. Sovereign lives. saw Mrs. SoVerel
and had very pleasant visit with h
The next day took my grip and star
out for trip around the southern part
ahe state, through the San Gabriel a
Santa Anna valley. Mr.. and Mrs.
Balm are at the Raymond Hotel in E
Pasadena | made call on them I
stopped over night there. The Raym(
is one of the most comfortable and he
like hotels in all California | had q
a long chat there with Mr.. Hinckley
Providence, r. l.. who told me abou
very pleasant visit he and Mr.. Phelps
with Mr.. z. c. Simmons at Color
Springs while ago. The next morn
I went over to Pasadena and tried to
Mrs. Frank Holt who lives there n
but failed. Herbert came out abou
month ago and is working in drug S
in Pasadena. Mr. L. d. Woodw(
dives at Azusa little further east in
valley. l stopped off one train. but
not go out to his place. next hunted
Mr.. E. Van Vie at Ontario. Ontario
a magnificent avenue miles long v
three roadways and rows of pepper t
and palms and street car line where