The herald., 1897-07-25
of Christian bodies that meet here every

of Christian bodies that meet here every
| summer.
| The scholarly and studious visitor
| may crafty his love of study in the
annual gathering of the Chautauqua
assembly and the summer school that
accompanies it and continues a month
after the former meeting closes. Chau-
tauqua assemblies everywhere attract
the best musical and platform talent of
every description, and that of Southern
California; which gathers at Long
Beach, is no exception to the rule. The
instructors in literature, art, science and
| music are professors from the leading
colleges and universities of the state,
who find recreation in teaching by the
seashore during the vacation months.
But there are many who grow weary
of study, of anything and everything
that is the business of life, and for those
there is no place so restful so sleep
inducing, SO delightful to just "loaf and
invite the SOUL" as Long Beach. Here
one may pitch tent in the soft sand on
the oceans very edge, or select a spot
under the trees facing the water, or
better still, f1nd cottage or rooms for a
summer. sojourn and watch the white
breakers roll in on the yellow sand.
The long, hard beach, that extends for
miles up the seashore, as everybody
knows is one of the finest in the coun-
! try for driving or for an exhilarat ting
canter on horseback. The shore is a
gradual slope for long distance out in
the water, which affords a playground
for children that is Incompatible. Moth
CT o. n q of
tender years as water, and here he may
roll, paddle, wade or swim to his hearts
content, apparently without the least
| danger They may blister their little
| noses and turn to the color of Palmer
CoX's brownies, but what splendid
time they have and how rosy and happy
ard healthy they grow in the salt air
and the life-giving SUNSHINE.
| 1t is not the children alone who enjoy
| the water at Lor.g Beach, for it affords
the finest bathing and as good fishing
| from the long wharf as there is to be had
anywhere along the coast.
| The pleasure fleet that anchors in
| these waters furnishes fine opportuni-
| ties for summer sailing around the bay
and for those who desire to go out for
| deep sea fishing. During the season
| sailing parties are daily and nightly
pastime, and many a gay little craft,
with flags flying and lanterns glowing
may be seen skipping over the water on
| a summers night.
| The pier affords a means of amusement
and pleasure to those who are fond of
angling for fish in the blue water be-
low; to others who enjoy sitting on the
benches to watch the ebb and flow of
| the tide and yet to others who are fond
of sitting at the fish stalls near the
water watching the small fry pulled up
| by the pailful in a seine, to furnish bait
| for the fishing boats that will sail out
| to the fishing banks at night to bring
| in boatloads of fish in the morning be-
fore the gray dawn creeps over the dis
| tant mountain tops.
| A curious denizen of the briny deep was
| brought in today to Will Graves mar
ket under the pier by the launch Hiron-
dale. The creature weighed fifty pounds
and though called a sunfish, resembles
an animal almost as much as fish,
1t is the first one ever caught in this
bay.
Captain Remington brought in the
Clemente today from Catalina island,
where he had taken party of Po-
| monans.
The Bessie, owned by Will Graves,
brought in q big catch of fish today.