West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-12-27
CALIFORNIA LETTER.
Special correspondence o.. the Argos
MARITIME INDIAN ScHooL. }
Dec : 1874

FSis good to sometime be alone :
FOR then there is not much danger
OF getting into bad comp my, nor Of
qnarreling over poli,ics.
Ny evenings are all spent alone,
3 this one is. no exception. | cln
maraga through the day to not feel
lonesome, 10y trying to talk to the
Indian children aud occasionally
ct an English phase from them.
hnt when evening comes. feel
Ike some people | know. that !
must say something to serve the
purpose of Il safety valve or burst.
Sometimes read aloud or sing. or
whistle. or dance; a, other times +
tIlk few Inky words to my friends.
These moon light evenings are
60 wonderfully grand here in this
pure clear atmosphere. that must
tell YOU, dear friends, something
about i.
The poets all sing Of the beauties
OF the moon light, but seem to
think it ms charms only for hap
by lovers strolling through honey
sickle and mlstletoc. But want
II tell you that Luna has charms
even for case hardened OLD bach
eior hid away in hermitage like
This. SIZE seems to rel ice in her
onward flight and smiles blessing
on all.
Ills country is not like Australia.
where everything is the opposite to
Other countries, bat things are vast
~ different, even the sun and moon
light.
III were poet, IN ight to some
degree picture the grandeur of
moon light night in Southern CD
ifornm. tried my hand a. poetry
once. 1t w's in writing to my best
g rl' | felt real poetic and felt
RAJ proud of my effort. 1t was so
tine that she did not want anv more
OF 1t nor letters either. ! tried to
ch'rge the plumbers to poctic-lie-
sense, Tut it was no good.
TAe moon is full and that is like
some men have known, but in
stshl OF bringing sorrow II spreads
brightness, joy and beauty all
around. The planets, too, and
constitutions help in the heavenly
fire display. There is great Jew
Peter (lupiter) who seems to be
captain over the lesser lights. The
Great Bear sits on the Dipper and
swings in the merry go round of
the North Star. And all spread
h'ln OF glory over the San Jicinto.
mountains to my west, with their
white night-caps on buttoned with
Oh I'm )nds. These mountains seem
TO be a broken piece from the San
BernardInO mountains. Abont
nine out Of every ten names here
begin with San or S lint, and one
would lmagiae this a very siintly
coantry, but l ind that the SAINTS
are as sc ,rce as they were when the
cruel SpInlards conquered the
country, murdered the Mexicins
and gave ssintly names to the ma.
tural objects.
a short distance south can see
white spot where lirle mass
was broken of by an earthquake
since ! clme, and the spot has
not yet gotten tanned as brown as
the other. There are electric dis.
plays on the mountein side which
are strangely beatifIl.
During this season OF The wear
they can DC seen when the noun.
tain tops arc very cold, while dur.
ing the day the burning rays Of the
SIM makes the stndy desert very
bot, but when night comes il
parts with It's neat very rapidly and
these hot currents ascend while
cold ones from tho mountain tons
descend to take their place. These
counter currents passing each other
seem 20 make the mountain side
'helr ladder. and the friction Of
currents and the mountain PRO
6uces a miniature auroril DISPLAY
which is strangely iscinatinQ.
The first display ! noticed was
abcut a month ago and eat and
wttched u until uelr midnight, and
Uoxt morning mother earth re-
minded me that 10 was time to rise
by giving me q gentle shake which
set things 60 dancing Iu The room
~ which which J joined. bit there
being no music. ] soon ceased.
Dnring these electric displays the
bright starry dome makes I'D things
seem mysterious as if The eartb's
pPl Its were going 20 the skies i'm n