Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-02-13
OLYMPIANS ABROAD.
They meet Around the Festive Board
at San Barnardino.

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the farmers who were becoming anx-
iouS about the results OF much
longer continued spell of a dry weather.
This is the third rain fall We have
seen since leaving Portland, Oregon,
Oct. ID, and it is pleasant reminderof
home: gentle and continuous thus far
for about twenty-four hours. The ef-
feet may prove slightly dampcning
to the spirits of the fresh recruits from
the Sound, among whom may be
mentioned Mrs. Elder, Mrs. Little
john, Mr.. and Mrs. Hamlin, DIR. and
Mrs. Spinning, and Rev. Mr.. Whit
worth. These familiar names remind
me of the Olympia crowd gathered
around the festive board, bountifully
supplied and daintily arranged and
served by Mr.. and Mrs. Van Buren,
who now reside in San Barnarlino
Mrs. V. was Miss Lucy Munson and
her husband is a man OF gentlemanly
bearing and full intelligence. BY
concerted action we met Mrs. Hart
sock and Mrs. Horton, from East
Olympia, Mr.. and Mrs. Ncttie Neatc
Rogers, from Los Angeles. and sped
our way by cars to San Barnar-
dino, where we met AL. Munson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Colson, who were former
residents of Olympia. The Sound
crowd, with sound appetite, soon
began to show their appreciation of
the tender turkey, beautifully cooked
by the little Olympia girl, and to en-
JOY and eXpatiatc upon the fragrant
flowers, green peas, turnips, tomatoes,
Strawberries and oranges fresh from
the lap Of Southern California, on
Christmas day, day SO warm we
were more comfortable on the shady
side of the street as we sauntered
about after dinner.
San BarnardinO was settled by the
Mormons about 1872 A colony was
sent out with instructions to make a
settlement when they discovered an
arrowhead in the mountains. They
pursued their long and wearisome
journey across the plains, patiently
seeking for the sign that should point
out their future home. On the smooth
surface of rock, on tie side of the
mountain, in plain sight from where
we were, they found the clearly de-
fined outline of an immense arrow
head, which gives name to the noun
tain and also to the Arrow-Heads
Springs, a resort for invalids. The town
presents an aged appearance, and some
of the trees show good old age and
mammoth growth. The next day we
visited Riverside, where we saw oranges
until the eyes ached. The orchards
are under beautiful cultivation and the
modest valuation OF from one to three
thousand dollars an acre was almost
temptation to become the owner of a
few acres and settle down for life.
Riverside, noted for its oranges, covers
an area Of fifty-six square miles, which
includes many orchards The princi.
pal avenue, Magnolia, is truly magnifi-
cent, with its central row of beautiful
pepper and magnolia trees, and the
wide streets on each side, bordered
with palms, and various trees, shrubs
and flowers; then the sidewalks fanked
by any other row of trees and still the
orange orchards, yellow with fruit, as
a back ground-making, the most at
tractive feature of the picture. The
length of Magnolia avenue is seven
miles, giving drive of fourteen miles,
which made me almost delirious with
delight. There are, as you see, two
wide streets separated by a row of
large Overhanging pepper trees, under
the branches of which a regular line
of street cars run, still leaving room
on each side for carriages to pass, n
row OF trees, the sidewalk and more
handsome foliage plants and then the
bright green of the orange trees,
loaded to bending with golden fruit,
on each side, not to mention the hand
some drive-ways, leading to elegant
residence or beautiful cottages, most
picturesque in their lovely surround
ings.
This is musical city, and my COM
panion Miss Laura Sargent, whose
name l hope will be more familiar to
you. in her life of song and harmony,
is improving the advantages. Her
teacher, .. Stewart Taylor, is esteem med
as man of excellent ability, and pos
sesses the art of stimulating and
inspiring his pupils to effort. which is
the royal road to success in any call
ing or vocation in life. Mr.. Taylor
has many pupils in Los Angeles, but
az his residence is in Pasadena, and
his choral society, with membership
of fifty is conducted here, we find it
more convenient for Miss S. to be To-
Gated in the same city. The place has
other attractions for me :Jthe City
Library, good schools, sociable friends,
and fine churches, and this reminds
me of the Quaker, church with
stained glass windows, and a bell. Is
it bell that says, Come up higher?"
Yes. Driving past it in company with
Rev. and Mrs. Conger, whose cousin
Qnstead of a brother, as l stated in
previous letter. is in Olympia, We
wondered how the stained glass af-
fected the moving Of the spirit, and
Dr. Conger replied, 1.-The spirit moves
promptly on time under the control
of n women who ia the recular preach-