The Newtown bee., 1897-07-30
The Home Circle.
THE GREAT CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR CON
VENTION.

AS one of the delegates to the grea
San Francisco Christian Endeaver Con
vention l am free to confess that it il
very pleasant starting out for long
journey with anticipations, but it is
pleasanter still to start toward home
thinking you have mad the finest kind
of time.
The long Connecticut train of IA cars
pulled out from Oakland Ferry Depot,
Tuesday evening, the 18th. Berths were
soon occupied and we sped swiftly tow
ards Mt Shasta, which shows its top to
us good part of the day. The con-
yention proper was a mammoth affair.
But there were 80 many thousand of
Eastern people who took advantage of
the low rates that the railroad
companies were taxed to their utmost to
bring the people over. They claim to
have landed $4,000 people in San Fran
cisco alone. Every one Of the stimuli
taneous convention meetings seemed
crowded at alI the sessions. The speak
ers were all excellent, the singing fine.
1t seems almost impossible to give de-
tailed account Of them. San Francisco
is cool, and good breeze from the Pa
cific all the time. Accounts came from
the East of extreme hot weather.
While here people wore wraps except in
the middle of the day. The city was in
gala attire and no mistake. Stars and
stripes floated everywhere, while bunt-
ing of purple and gold, which were the
G. E. colors, decorated the churches and
headquarters.
There is bright yellow poppy which
grows wild in great profusion, and an
endless number of paper flowers imita-
ted them and trimmed everything.
Mr. Williams division of the Connecti-
cut people came in to the city on time
with no accidents to relate and no seri-
GUS Inconvenience. We passed over the
great American desert in about "a hours,
while some of the other trains were So
or 48 hours, and as we were ahead we
found plenty at the little stations to eat.
But many of those who came later had a
chance to 60 faint unless provided with
lunch on the train.
A lovely quiet Sunday, July 4th, was
spent in Salt Lake City, which nestles
under the Sierras. The great Mormon
Tabernacle was draped at every en-
trance and inside all over with flags and
purple and gold bunting, and for the
first time in its history was given up en-
tirely into Gentle hands for their meet
ings, which were both patriotic and re.
ligious. The Temple is very costly
building but is still "Holy of holies'
and only entered for devosious of q
private character. But to show that
Mormon barriers are being broken will
| add that we were served by one of Brig.
ham Young's granddaughters to 1C
cent cup of coffee and sandwich, in the
dining room of his own former residence
| where heather had never before stepped
in. I bathed in the clear waters of Salt
Lake, which bore me up as it would 8
cork or rubber ball, though we could
| see distinctly to the bottom of its briny
waters.
Most, or rather many will take in the
whole of Yellowstone Park, but as al
the cam p trips are full, / will leave then
at Portland Oregon and move ON di
rectly towards Connecticut. | enjoyed
the climate In 'Friscosbetter than any
other place. There are many incon
yeniences travelling with SO large party
but we enjoy each others society ant
the little G. E. meetings and singing
which we hold in different cars, nigh
and morning or at any hour during tn
day we choose.
/ So many Connecticut people remaine
in California, or vicinity, that with tn
help of two big engines our train ha
not been divided into two sections yet