West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-09-19
OUR CALIFORNIA LETTER.
Our Indian School Teacher Writes
Another Interesting sketch After
Ills Vacation

School, Sept. 4th, 1895.
Ny dear readers Of TnE ARGUS -
lt has been some time since |
gave you the last inky talk, but IL
was nay vacation and that is poor
time for doing anything except
spending money.
Now, | am back at school work
again, and like u well broken horse,
NJ once lean into the collar.
During vacation | took in sev
eral places of resort and pleasuie J..
Among which were San Diego,
Rodonda Beacn, Los Angeles. San
Francisco, Fresno, Tacoma, Wash.
Port Townsend and Victoria. on
Van Couver Island, Part OF the
time ON business, but always plenty
OF pleasure.
My last stop was at Rodonda
Beech. n beautiful summer and
winter resort as the summer tenn
perature is about 20 and the winter
about 60 degrees.
Here is the place that everything
IS done Systematically, nver flirting,
and everything has on it's brightest
colors and pleasant test smile.
Old ocean tumbles aud gambols
at our feet for our benefit. The
breezes play with us and do not
hesitate to steal kiss from the
fairest maiden. Dashing maidcns
and widows arc on the lookout for
gildod bachelors and widowers and
men who would bo dangerous beside
king. move among the timid as
demurcly as preachers.
After getting tired of strolling,
bathing and looking wise and great
| sat down on the hotel porch and
took notes. In the first place there
arc many more women than men
here. and they are all pretty from
the maid Of lG in cropon, to the
matron of 20 in velvet. AS this is
California's Saratoga, there arc
some high steppcrs, and the dress
ing is something amazing. Clothes
arc trumps at Rodonda Beech.
What an automatic clothes rack
some people are J,
| had hardly, in my awful mascu
line ignorance. made up my mind
whether golden headed angel is
arrayed in tulle or bobinet. before
she disappears. and in few mo.
ments | WAS da2zlod by tho silkon
change come over her. Scarcely
had | caught my breath, before she
vanishes again to come as u miracle
OF cashmere and elder lace, tbroned
upon u rocker with II novel. In
one moment she sweeps by in
queenly dignity OF state attire,
jewelcd and broirdered and thick
with ornaments, and yet in another
moment she is a Maud Muller in
village simplicity with no ornaments
except u large rose on her breast
and with most bewtching Of hats
tilted down over her nose and al
most hiding the hazel eyes which
sparkle beneath. Evening again
finds her in the height OF millinery
glory.
Diamonds are so common now
that, il were girl of wealth, 1
would wear solitaire for change.
There is an awful lot of Irritation f;
single, tandem and fourth. hand.
In this had poor success, so went
fishing forthe funny tribe and soon
landed several fine ones.
AS the tide came in the waves
cast aswore a dead sea lion Of enor.
nous size. it must have weighed a
ton. The authorities had it buried
in the sand where il lay.
The Indians seem glad to sec me
back and promise to do what / ask
Of them and be good Indians. They
were IN the height Of ono Of their
annual feasts when ! returned, aud
nc result some got drunk on wine
and were having high time. One
white man brought some wine and
got drunk too and was into a big
fight with the Indians. The Indian
police came and told me and we
went TO the scene aud got the white
man away before they entirely killed
him, for they were too much for
HIM, and put him in an old house
and barred the doors. lie soon foil
asleep and gave no more trouble.
The next day there were q number
Of scared Indians came to see me
and wanted TO know what intend.
ed 20 do with thom for getting
drunk, saying that they will do
better il DO not write it 10 the
agent. The VINE was all out OF
them and so was The fight. a child
could have whipped them. prom
iscd TO say nothing about it II they
would not repeat IT,, which they
readily promised
] won't out among The fruit grow
Crs the other day and brought the
wagon bed full Of choice pears,
peaches, plums, apples and water
mollous, aud all they asked was
that j come again.
The Hermit.