The herald., 1895-03-03
roR sALs-- COUNTRY Property
PARK.

4 IIIGHLAND PARK.
r see tn. sun r,.e over oid Badly, snow srss,
g esk beh9d CID esItns upees FAY n ,n sns
Into north bound University electric car squeeze
al. second and Spring streets. If In terrible
IN thirseei, lucky minutes by the Santa Fay,
Or by the Terminal Railroad, traverse that pleas
or YOU can walk and loiter, rest and muse. and
And stroll through Sycamore Grove, the winding
And there You are In Highland Park. your jour
You could drive these four miles in thirty minutes
There are various ways Of gett.s there. besides on
bike.
The broad Pasadcna avenue will soon be liner and
A boulevard through Highland Park, with palms
each border.
As out of this valley up to this mesa, this plain
The wider scene to the eastward and northward
and skyward is grander. - .uoa
Beyond Highland Park we sec the earth plleo
mountains high,
distant wall, looming up, solid, precipitous, to
A lofty peak, another, another, and always an
The whole comprising the Sierra Madre-Moun-
And playing at the feet of the Mountain Mother of
Her lovely Young child, Pasadena, hiding in her
garments fold.
Above, in her lap. on her knee is the Echo Noun
A large hotel but seeming from here like small
white mouse;
Up the top sSe peae ye
sing the sky.
Down here all around, every inch Of air is entranc-
BY the music Of every form of earthly and heaven
Black6irds and bluebirds and red birds and yellow
birds singing and iawing, ,,,,, and wing
industrious crows all steallng e1ultins aho WING
ing and cawing.
A noeadow-lsrk leaves his mates in the meadow
and comes to eye you; -.
He fies to the highest accessible spot for perch
His giances are many and varied, and keen, and
quick and queer; e,u,. .xo
doing here.
Then opens his slender beak to voice the welcome
And pours out wonderful volume of melody
round you and through you. ttr.
A graceful hen-hawk, descending part way from
wheels hia long round. and seems to say right
II ses you arc ,enderscota, Just what like; set
HurySp oW ana Mise III chickens for my din
ners." 's"s.-s
Plenty Of squirrels dodge into the ground. driving
What is that noble bir,, sailing aloft on the
IT'S turkey buzsard watching to see if anybody
To the splendid outlook Of Highland Park forging
ahead.
Growing the glories of Highland Park loud as
this doggerel.
But the biggest birds that fly around here are wind
And they drink more water a day than would float
The deepest keel. -
Many enchanting attractions are viewed from
Highland Park,
And not The least are the mountains, when day
light deepens to dark.
The noun linsl the staunch old mountains! Just
More impressive in grandeur than if their enor-
nous forms stood nigh
sublime transformation scene occurs at the close
The sun spreads over the mountains all a resplend-
emit gray
For possibly better spot TO reside so to Venus or
Highland Park is the finest location this side of the
stars.
What could excel this bracing California climate of
ours?
With its perfect summer and winter every twenty
Highland Park is growing faster than any other
About 30 per of houses built this year
alone.
II you would like 10 make a residence Highland
Park In,
The best thing you do is call at the Office of
ITO South Broadway, city OF the Lost Angels.
JAMES q. WITH NGTON,
Highland Park
see by the above that IL is not
The orn of the unter thai is card on the ills;
But the buzz and bang of the artisans tools
That's building the houses the Villas the schools
The poets are moving in,
The gophers are moving out;
Not Longfeow nor Burns, but the Whitters
the
For homes thereabout.
Those are but uncouth lines from a tiller,
But the fun will come
. When Jack and Sam walks in with Miller.
W. p. L.