The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1895-03-20

| remained for me to do, but TO start out.
walked down to the corner OF First and
Main, walked up to the street car con-
miles up grade and twenty-five degrees
below zero at o'clock Sunday afternoon.
We then go down twenty-three hundred
feet after which we r:ssed Santon river
and get more and more interested in
California. We then saw nice orange
groves, the limbs hanging TO the ground
and bushels Of nice oranges rottening
A gentleman bought at Cotton Station a
nice basket Of oranges for % cents.
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock we reach
ed Los Angeles. Our party together
with Mr.. Huddleston, formerly Of
Dokota, III but who makes his home at
Los Angeles stopped at the Natick
House, where we were entertained roy
ally, had everything nice to eat, pleas
ant room and every attention necessary
at reasonable rates. The next morning
learned that all of our party had de-
cided to remain several weeks, con-
sequently the first thing they did was to
hunt rooms, SO that left Ray and l alone.
AS was anxious to see the city and only
ductor and told him that l was stranger
and would like TO see the best part of the
city. He told me that his car would
take me 10 West Lake Park, beautiful
place six miles out. After reaching tie
park, watching the ducks swim, looking
at the lovely hjwers etc took another
car to Boil Heights, lovely cemetry,
then to the eastern part OF the city. We
were very nearly to the end of the line
when the conductor told us that one of
the cables had broken and il we were in
a hurry we had better take the mule car
which would take us to the Western
part OF the city. We all walked to the
corner and while waiting for the car /
remarked to a gentleman that that was a
lovely home on the corner. He said
yes. Are you stranger here? l told
him was. He said go over and look at
the orchard and flowers / know the
people and they will not care. l walked
over, raped at the door and lady came
out. asked II she was the lady OF the
house, said she was ! told her that |
had been invited by gentleman to come
and look at her flowers. She said Seer
tainly you can look at them and pluck
any thing you wish,. except from the
rose tree, (pointing to the tree and then
turned to Ray and said little girl you
can have all the oranges you want. We
gathered few nice rose buds and four
nice oranges. AS stood on tip toe to
reach the large rose buds, thought of my
friends at home and wished they could
see the many beautiful flowers of every
kind and gather some OF them.
AS went on my last round through the
city, saw the beautiful flowers, green
grass, etc, wondered il Los Angeles
wasn't something akin to Paradise. The
streets we're so level that the boys were
out on roller skates. The men out with
their lawn mowers cutting grass that was
so green and pre- tty that it looked like
velvet. After dinner Mr.. Huddleston
kindly offered to take me to see the City
Park, Courthouse, Chamber of Com
merce, Library Building, St. Vincent
College, Green Houses, etc. / found
from going into some Of the stores, that
things could be bought as cheap as in
Kentucky. l also learned that during
the months OF May and June that they
call Lafriesta. The little girls dress in
fine flowers, have their horses decorated
and ride in procession with sweet music.
We arrived at the hotel just in time for
supper, then took the buss for the depot
and the train for Oakland. Reached
Oakland at o'clock Tuesday evening.
Brother Richard met me at the depot.
A nice dinner was served a 1880 o'clock
at Mr. Kimble's where my brother and
family board. The next evening Mr..
Charlie Sawyer from San Francisco,
formally from Cloverport,) called to see
us and invited Mrs. Owen and / TO din
ner the next evening, which we accept
ed. We had 10 20 part OF the way on
the train, then on a large boat across
San Francisco Bay. An Italian baud
stays on each boat and furnishes sweet
music for the passengers. Mr. Sawyer
met us at the landing and took us nearly
all over the city, upin the Mills build
ing. ten stories high where we could see
nearly all over the city. Next to China
town, where we saw many strange things
and bought some curiosities, then TO his
house where an elegant dinner was
served in courses at $50 o'clock. We
then went back TO Oakland, which is q
nice, pretty city.
Mrs. Owen and the next day visited
the cemetery in OAKLAND. The gardeners
were pruning the trees, roses, ETC., and
carrying out the cuttings by the carl
load. II | had been on my way home |
would have gathered many nice slips.
Feb. 18th we took nice lunch, went