The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-03-05
FRIS6O'S SUNNY STREETS.
Rev. Henry Beer Meets Many
Cinnamon and Others on
the Pacific.
A Ride North From RedOndO Beach
to San Francisco on the Pa
CifiC Ocean.

To THE EDIToR:-We arrived here
this morning at about a. m. from
Port Los Angeles, which place we left
on Wednesday at 3 p. m. on the
steamer San Rosa, paying $l2 for a
first class passage. We had most
delightful passage. A few passeng-
ers got sea sick, but most fortunately
every one of our party, six in all, es-
capped, and we enjoyed the run OF $40
miles along the Pacific coast amazing
ly. We called at Santa Barbara, but
it was night time SO could not see
the friends of VIM. Hubbard, for
which I am very sorry. Our next stop
ping place was Port Hartford, which
is only few miles from St. Louis
Obispo where the Rev. Mr.. Knowlton
was, or is rector. I might have run
over to St. Louis Obispo, it would on
ly have cost fifty cents the round trip,
and the steamer did not leave until
the train got back. But it was SO aw-
fully pleasant on the wharf that l dis
liked to leave. We spent three or four
hours strolling around and found a
number of star fish clinging to the
rocks and piles, and in gathering some
of them I got good ducking, for an
in-rushing wave caught me before l
could get away. Here, also, for the
first time since was a boy [ saw
mussels growing by the bushel. on
the rocks, and every spile was clus-
tered with barnacles, and embellished
with beautiful fronds of sea-weed. Oc-
casionally, also, we saw some very
fine specimens of jelly fish, and man
on the wharf had large chest, near
ly as large as cord of wood, and this
box was full of abelour shells, which
were sold at three for quarter. Here
also we saw rock cod, and the fisher
men came in with a small devil-fish.
It was very interesting indeed for me
to renew my acquaintance once more
with all these wonders of the sea after
living since boyhood in an inland
country.
The coast all along is bordered by a
chain of hills or mountains. They are
not sharp, craggy peaks, but rounded
mountain tops, and are covered with
grass and sage brush, and in the hol-
lows are trees of small size. Fires
were raging among the bush in many
places. There was no appearance OF
animal life on these hills, except oc-
casionally some horned cattle. I saw
no wild animals, not even hawks OF
eagles. Sea gulls, however, followed
us in focks all the way along and
fought with each other for every scral
of food thrown over the side of the
ship.
Our ship, the Santa Rosa, was
about as large as the larger steamers
on the Upper Lakes and was very
comfortable, the berths being com
modious and the table equal to that
of a two dollar hotel in St. Paul. We
had nearly full complement of pas
sengers and at the first table about a
hundred sat down, and I do not know
how many at the second. Last night
about sunset, she was rolling a good
deal, and they tell me it got worse af-
ter went to sleep. l was up at five
o'clock this morning to see the vessel
pass through the Golden Horn, but i,
was scarcely daylight as we passed
the narrows. I am not sure when We
shall leave here, but not until after
Sunday at any rate.
| I will tell you of trip we made
last Saturday, Feb. %. 1t was Wash.
ington's Birthday, and we with many
thousands of others went to see the
seals on the cliff, out by the Colder
Gate. We took the car and the con.
ductor rang up IS fares, so you car
imagine what it was like. For five