The Penn's Grove record., 1895-01-25

drove, and ii a rancher does not W
three or four hundred head of cattle he
lie not much account.
From Bradley / took the San Luis
Obiso train to San Lucas to pay a short
visit to a cousin, who is The Postmaster
of the town, but from the way the Re
publicans swept things in this state
last fall, | am afraid my relative will
have to step down and out of office
some Gne day. / remained at San Lu.
cas- one day and then took the back
track for San Francisco, and upon the
outskirts Of the city my attention was
drawn to a differently constructed cleo.
trio car from what l had ever geen, and
upon making inquiries found it was a
funeral car, a car built on purpose to
convey the dead to Holy Cross and 9TH
er cemeteries, adjacent to the city. The
front of the car Is constructed SO al to
bold the corpse and near relatives and
is on the same principle of a hearse
with glass sides, plumes, sc. In the
rear of the casket are seats for friends
and the pail bearers. Well, l thought
to myself, if that isn't something, TAX
ing the dead to their last resting place
by electricity. Wonder what next III
see in this western country, but l did
not have long to wait.
On my arrival home at Martinez l
found an invitation from Prof. Ignacia
Martinez requesting the pleasure of my
company on the following Sunday to a
Bulls Head Breakfast and Barbecue at
a place a few miles from here, called
Rodeo. Wanting to see all l could
while / was here in this section, Of
course / accepted with thanks, the
Profls invitation, and donning my best
! hib and tucker, took the train, along
tn the greatest cosmopolitan crowd l
was ever in for Rodeo on Sunday morn
ing. Upon arriving there what a sight
l beheld The lads and lassies were all
there in countless numbers decked out
in their holiday attire. The bright
Spanish maidens, the dark Grecian
girls, Portuguese and. Italian Misses
were talking to their cavaliers and
SENIORS and jabbering away as If the
beautiful sun shone only for them and
for them to dance and have a good time.
The Bulls Head Breakfast was given in
honor OF a State Supervisor being elect.
ed, but the crowd, Mr.. EDITOR, o myl
what a mixed up affair it was. Here
were Italians and Greeks smoking to.
....isr, Spanish and Mexicans lounging
around, ~"ortaguese and Cecillians
drinking wine, Ranehers and Cow boys
playing cards, Indians and Copper
Shorty's swapping ponies-and all Oh a
Sunday. Well, l took II back seat and
looked on, and thought to myself, what
a field for a Missionary to work in. /
don't suppose any of the people knew 1t
was the sabbath day by the way they
acted. At ii o'clock the feast was
placed upon long tables, consisting of
l MY out'o lAOhuD OOOhNu III tbC SiOuhu
for one whole day, with the hair and
horns oil the head. Well no l did not
eat any Of the Bulls heads, but as there
was plenty of other edibles before me 1
made out a very good meal. Wine and
beer was as free as water. Barrel after
barrel of wine and beer was opened and
it wasn't long before half of the men
folks thought they owned the earth and
had a mortgage on the moou.
Dancing, yes dancing IN a Sunday,
commenced at 2 O'Clock and was kept
up till long after dark. Two bands
being there for that purpose to play
dance music only. You could see a
Mexican Cavalier spinning and tripping
the light fantastic with a maiden from
any Ttaly, while a Senior and a Greek
dauysel would ql!!etly sit andt drink
tli4r wine and smoke cigarettes.
please say nothing to Mr.. McIntire
that one of his scholars desecrated the
Sabbath by going to see such things.)
Indeed | was glad when my train came
along to take ME home. l would like
to say this before closing my letter.
Instead of sending so much money to
the foreign Missions keep some Of it
for home use and it wouldn't be q bad
place to begin operation TO do Mission
airy work in California, where one day is
no more than another. If there is any
difference, Sunday is picked out for a
day Of sports and pleasures.
There has been nearly 20 inches of
rain fall during December and up to
date and the wise men Of the West,
say the rainy season is about over with.
While you and my friends in the East
are shivering aronnd and hugging the
heaters and stoves for warmth, l am
walking around in my summer seer
suckers, cattle and horses are grazing
upon green grass 6 to s inches high,
lovely roses and shrubs of all kinds nod
aud bend to you from the gardens as
you go by, bees are humming and even
a few mosquitoes have already present.
ed their bills. Now a you hardly
realize how pleasant 1t is here in this
sectionl But such are the facts.
l have succeeded in making a deal
for my fruit drying plant and will still
retain an interest and l trust before
long to be vending my way across the
Rocky Mountain, valleys and plains to-
wards where they pry the sun up--the
East. l shall stop off at I.eadville.
Colorado. to see how cheaply ] can buy
!, a silver mine for my friend Jas. Bor-
den, as il wal his particular request for
me TO bring him silver mine, SO he