Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-04-16
Z correspondence.

PASADENA, Cal, April

ASAbENA, Sal, n prll d, 1880.
To the Editor Of The american:
Miss Simpson and Miss Dunbar, of Sui
Ivan Falls, Me, who have been stopping
here through the winter and thus far into
the spring although it is hard for us to
tell where winter ends and spring be-
ginsJ, leave this evening homeward
bound. Yet it will be some time before
they reach Sullivan, for they will make
several stop overs, visiting friends on their
way.
We wish to inform their friends at
home that We have enjoyed their visit
here very much indeed, and wish them
most pleasant return trip, and happy
meetings and greetings with home friends
again. We hate to have them 90, to lose
the pleasure of their presence, but very
pleasant memories of their visit will re-
main with Us.
When We met we talked much of good
old-time events of our time in the
ever remembered clown East" country.
Mountain peaks ever so lofty cannot hide
our view of the pleasures of the past
The troubles Of youth we have dismissed,
but the pleasures grow swoeter with the
ripening OF lie. SO it is Joy in conyersa-
tion-rambles to re-walk the old paths
with friends. We scent the fragrance of
the pine and lift the sweet smelling fir
tips to our nose with delight. We hear
the voice Of the brook as it bounds over
rock and fall, and the murmur Of it
through the meadow. The stones hat
wore our tnger-ends sore, and smutty
stumps that soiled our old clothes are
simply punctuation marks in our early
history; and the blots upon the pages
are buoys along LIES channels for our
pilot mind to-day.
These Eastern friends express them
selves as pleased with southern Cali
fornia, their expectations more than real
lied. Each week seemed to bring to
them something new, surprise, a
charm. | am glad they go away feeling
satisfied. imagine that, should they
remain o. home next winter in the midst
OF snow and cold winds, huddled about
the roaring fire, they will wander in
thought to this milder cline, and almost
SO lose themselves as to think they are
picking oranges and arranging bouquets
of flowers from the roses on the trees in
the gardens, or from the wild flowers of
the plains the poppy, maybe.
| have no doubt but " hat they will see
days when they will really yearn and
perhaps sigh for a taste of our balmy air,
and Miss Dunbar, when she is riding her
bike" will think of the long stretches
of good roads here; and she and her
friend will almost think they are stand
ing on some foot-hil that commands
grand view OF San Gabriel valley; and
that they can look out upon the distant
shmmering sea of the Pacific and see
Catalina take her morning bath
They will, OF course, long remember the
"In and out,
Round about"
La Canada roadway that took US around
whole mountain and through the
| Beaudry tunnel. across the Johnson
rancho, dip down into the Arroyo Saco;
then climb up its eastern bank to the
western ridge of our city. This was their
longest, and they said their "best" drive.
| They admired the smooth "verdant hills
around" And we had to rein up occa-
sionally for them to alight and pick
Johnny-jump-ups.
These friends saw so much of this
country and seemed to enjoy so much
what they saw, l shall not be surprised
to see, and have the pleasure OF reading,
Misses Simpson and Dunbar's book on
Orange Culture; Life in Southern Cali
fornia, or A Winter in Paradise"
2. G.. WOOSTER.