The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1892-06-04

whole house was artistically decorated
and on the theatre stage was a bear
constructed Of roses,A and the entire
stage itself was arranged for an elab0-
rate garden scene. l paid but little at
tention to the speeches, and before
they we're oyer, started for my car,
with a heartfull Of gratitude for the
generous and warm hearted citizens a
Santa Rosa. 4
On awaking early this morning !
soon discovered great change in the
weather, and instead OF being warm,
found that an overcoat was very use-
full article to have on hand, instead 0f q
linen duster. About o'clock one sec-
tion Of the train pulled in to Montery,
and soon after the second section hove
in sight where both were to spend the
day. One Of the sections took their
meals at the Ell Carmelo Hotel and the
other at the famous Hotel Del Monte,
owing to the fact that neither one Of
them were prepared to accommodate 70
many. The two Hotels are situated
about three miles apart. The Ell CARY
melo Is q rather ordinary Hotel, with
rather ordinary meals, and which chargr
ed the excurtionists about twice theif
printed rates, but they did not get y
rob very many Of them. The Hotel
del Monte looks like it covers several
acres Of ground. and is large enough To
feed and sleep good size population.
It Is a beautiful as we'll as novel look
ing house Of entertainment, or rather I
might say palace with its airy, modern
Gothic facades, its incisive angles-tts
many sharp gables, miniarets and tow
ers-its dormors and window-ho0ds, and
broad verandas, etc. 1t stands In q
beautiful grove Of ancient oaks and
pines a few hundred yards from the
beach, and, with its back to the ocean
and the trade winds, faces the South.
It is in about the center Of one hundred
and twenty-six acres Of what mighsbe
termed garden-the finest, the most
gorgeous-the most varied my eyes
have ever beheld. Besides, the love-
liest, the rarest and the greatest varie-
ty Of flowers in various places arranged
in the most perfect manner, is enough
to dazzle the eyes of anyone. But
enough; it would take pages to give
anything like full description of this
eRehanting and renowned summer
resort.
Between the two Hotels, in the Ian
guage Of another, is the quaint old
town Of Montery, Nesting snugly in
the sharp bend at the Southern end OF
the Bay Of Montery, at the point where
ends the long sand beach that runs
northward and begins the wild rocky
beach thatbounds the peninsula. It Is
q strange looking old town, founded by
the Spaniards nearly two hundred
years before the signing Of the Declar
ration of Independence, and long before
Shakespeare wrote his plays; an uncAn-
ny mixture now Of Rhostly haunted
ruins and smart modern paint and
architecture; cut in all uncertain and
disorderly ways, with crooked streets
and lanes, with now and then a broad,
straight thoroughfare; rolling lazily
over hills, and sweeping down gentle
slopes to the sea; dreaming in the sun
shine, and listening to the songs which
the ocean sang to the generations gone
and forgotten in the centuries. It wit
messed one Of the grandest and most
dramatic struggles that ever fell to the
lot OF the Cross, and it saw the tragic
downfall of Franciscan wealth and
glory. Here was made the first West
ern test OF that strange projectile bor-
der law, which, ,tempering the austerity
of force with the persuasive example
of Christian behavior, broke down tho
barriers of native barbarism, and re-
placed the savage with the citizen.
Rich in the romance Of almost forgot
ten days, Astounding in tragic men,
cries; beautiful and bewitching, with
her back to the hills and her face to
the sea, drinking in the soft ssa winds.
with her sun in the future and her
heart in the past,-Monterey forever
will claim and receive tenderest affec-
tions that center in the Western
shores"
This is the second day since we start
ed on our overland tour that we have
had what might be called day Of rest
as we have been almost continually on
the 60, whether on the trains or not,
and the editorial excurtionists are taxi
ing advantage Of the ''lay-over," by
viewing all the grand sights possible
to be seen In one day.
Will leave at s in the morning, and
arrive at San Francisco tomorrow eve-
ming stopping on the way at several
points Of interest.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. May "a, 1892.
DEAR SENTINEL:-The train arrived
at San Jose yesterday morning at 1880
and remained until o'clock. Imme-
diately after breakfast the editorial
were placed in vehicles and