Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-12
HE LIKES THE PLACE.
A CANADIANS OPINION or Los
ANGELES.
The More He Sees Of tho City the More
He Likes It-Cstalina He
Finds Charming.

Mr.. J. HarRraft, ex-member Of the
Canadian parliament, recently visited
this city, and wrote as follows to his
home paper. the Colony World:
After putting in very interesting
week in Nevada left for this city (Los
Angeles,) my brotherin-law and his
wife coming with me for trip, as they
had never visited Southern California
before. Leaving Virginia City at night.
we arrived in Sacramento in the morn
ing. There we had . three-hours' wait,
and after having breakfast we drove
around the city and visited the capitol
very beautiful building. full of inter-
eeting things. We enjoyed our drive
very much, seeing so many pretty
places and ouch lovely flowers, after
leaving rocks where one never sees even
blade Of grass. We reached here, the
City of the Angels-as some call it the
City of the Lost Angels-the following
morning, after ride through. the most
beautiful country ever saw-through
fields OF golden poppies and other splen-
did wild flowers and fields of grain,
barley and wheat, go luxuriant in
growth that you could not see the
fences. l was surprised to see them
cutting barley here. But am con-
vinced that this is surely the City Of the
Angels the longer stay in it. and the
more see OF it the bettor l like it; in
fact, it seems 80 charming that think
1 would not like to live elsewhere,
Flowers here grow like weeds in Ontario,
l have seen cottages here covered with
roses in bloom. They make hedges ol
calla lilies, and other flowers, such al
geraniums and heliotrope, grow over the
fences and into regular bushes. Then
the tulip and magnolia trees are simply
superb. As for fruit, the air is fragrant
with the perfume of orange blossoms
We can buy fine orunges here for &c pei
dozen. Cherries are immense / never
saw anything like them. Lemons, figs
apricots and peaches, in fact, all kindt
of fruit are abundant. People here gel
new vegetables all the year round.
have done considerable sightseeing
since / arrived spending day each at
Pasadena, Long Beach and Redondo
Beach; but the resort 1 fancy most is
Catalina Island, where spent Sunday
last with party including Mr.. and
Mrs. r. B. Williamson and our old
friend Hi, and a most enjoyable time
we had together. The island is situated
about twenty-five miles from San Pedro.
We left here Saturday afternoon and got
back Monday morning. They claim that
it is the best fishing ground in the
world, but of course, being Sunday, l
did not catch any. / miss one thing
here, and that is good fresh cold spring
water. Having little or no frost here
the water is carried in pipes almost
above ground and it gets pretty warm.
Then they have to manufacture the ice
and it comes high, but one can put up
with little inconvenience like that,
when everything else is near perfection.
We have had three warm days since
came here, the thermometer indicating
between 80 and 100 degrees in the shade,
but early in the afternoon we get the sea
breeze and at night find have to wear
an overcoat. The nights here right
through the summer are always cool,
and no matter how hot the sun gets,
such thing as sunstroke is unknown.
We had some rain the day I got here
and they tell me that in all probability
it will not rain again till September or
October. Such thing as thunder and
lightning is not known here at all, but
sometimes we hear it in the distance
over the mountains to the eastward.