The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-03
NUMBER SO.

In America, crossed Inc Sr0dG 4COnGl-
mental divide and felt that we were
really coursing with the mountain
streams, toward the the great Pacific.
Our second canon, the Eagle River,
was much more beautiful than the first
grandeur. \ Here, masses of vari-
colored rock, dotted with pines and
here and there a crystal waterfall,
lift their heads into the sky and in
places the cabins of the miners are
perched upon the sides and even upon
the very SUBMITS of the cliffs as secure
and seemingly as inaccessible as the
homes of the cliff-dwellers themselves
The village of Radcliffe, picturesquely
situated in the very heart of canon,
is, as our informant told us, ."the big
gest small town you ever saw" with
a population of two thousand in a space
apparently too small for as many hun
dreds. We strained our eyes for a 1
glimpse of the Mount of the Holy
Cross but forest fires were raging and
so obscured it that the outline of the
cross was not discernible. 49,. VI
Sunday noon we obtained our first
view of Great Salt Lake and for miles
that day were passing in sight of it's
shores, watching the emerald-blue tint
OF the waters that seemed to be i'm
parted to the air above and the snow
crested mountains beyond. Passing
through the outskirts of the city, a
pretty, though rather limited view of
the place was gained with its encir-
cling mountains, fecked with endless
| SHOWS, and its famous Temple around
which the interest Of years has CEN
tered and which is the most cOnspic-
! 01,inot rlof ;pt ~
view. H..
Our way now lay through the Hum
bOldt desert, an endless tract of alkali
soil stretching away in a dazzling,
white expanse to the distant noun
tains, broken only by dismal patches
of sage-brush and altogether, it was so
dreary scene, we were for the first
time glad to welcome the coming of
night to hide the dreadful sterility and
loneliness from our tired vision.
Sunday evening, away out on the
desert with none about us we had ever
known before yet a bond of sympathy
was awakened when somebody started
a Gospel Hymn and soon the entire
car with some from the neighboring
coaches were joining in an impromtu
concert that made the evening pass
all too quickly.
At a little before noon, Monday,
we stopped at Reno, the last station in
Nevada and at Verdi, eight miles dis
tant, passed the boundary into Cali
fornia. Then began the ascent of the
beautiful Sierra Nevadas, wooded,
many of them, to the summit, with
cascades clear as crystal dashing down
their rock-ribbed sides and OCCASION
ally a mountain lake lying cool and
h blue away in the depths below us.
= Here We passed through&forty miles of
! snow-sheds= through the openings Of
which we could get passing glimpses
. Summit, the highest point, we all
! rushed from the car and gathered a
snow ball on the nineteenth of June.
, From this point our descent began
= and after passing through many miles
+ of beautiful country we reached Sacra-
' mento Monday evening, three and one,
!, half hours behind time and for that
reason obliged to lie over night there.
;. An earl y start the next morning, made
q it impossible to see anything of the
a city as we had hoped to do but we were
q afforded some passing views of the
y. State House and it's attractive grounds
9 from the car window. &5e..- .'.
a Tuesdays journey southwark through
g a hot and dusty tract offered little O.
g interest to the tired travellers and we
+ were glad to know that but one more
- night lay between us and our destina
r ton. And were up betimes, ready ani
waiting long before we could say ou1
+ final adieus to the friends made upo1
q the train and set foot once more upo1
W terra firma. In the village of Glen
a dale, situated in a beuautiful valley O.
a the sierra Madres in close proximity
~ to the ''City of the Angels" we nov
q abide, and OF this paradise Of fruits ant
is flowers, famed daily by the sea ant
# nightly by the mountain breezes, W.
~ may write you later. M. S. H.
e Glendale, CAL. July 18th, 1898.
u The annual election of officers Of tn,
= Princeton W. C. T. U. occurred at tn
ID Methodist church last Thursday P. M
s. with the following result: President
~ Mrs. o. r. Barker; vice presidents
Mrs. I. e. Burgan and Mrs. J. G. Bor
re den; recording secretary, Mrs. Err;
w Wheeler; corresponding secretary
in Mrs. j. L. Brady; treasurer, Mrs. Dan
e iel McCuaig. The next meeting vii
al be held with the presidential the Nortl
N Star Hotel on the afternoon of Thurs
IN day, Aug. 10th.
n Disgustingly Ridiculous.
70, The wholesale houses Of St
- Paul have sent notices to the bust
IS IS ness men Of St. Cloud and ever,
If other city in the Northwest tina
~ their checks cannot be received il
l le payment Of account and request
3e ing that hereafter remittances b
a made by draft. The merchant
q of every other city in the countr
q are very glad Of the chance to sci
1e St. Cloud merchants goods an
7e take their checks without any COS
I'D of collection. Unless ST. PAT