The record-union., 1897-08-22

one Oh ROllN ) EOTEeSpOilQenAS NlllCS
an interesting bit of news from The
Grove" commencing: After long, hot
and tedious journey, with no better pros
pect than sand, Watermelons and stub
BILE we at last arrived in a land of fog
and could blasts enough to freeze your
very marrow 1t seemed as if we must
have landed in the region of the Klon-
dixie. so remote and frigid it appeared.
Saturday morning l took walk down
to the beach to watch the bathers. /
saw many familiar faces. among them
Andrew Younger, Mrs. Long with Emma
and Jessie. the Petersons, Alice Ahern,
AdoIph Kaufman, his wife and little girl,
Mr. Sweetser, Judge Mayhem and wife,
Mr. Geiser and wife, Blanche Ryan and
her sister the Titherinston girls, Miss
Root. Mrs Weldon and Flora Hartwell-
In short there are enough Sacramentans
here to effectually prevent ones being
hcmesick for almost any length Of time.
Mrs. Post came down Monday and is
staying with her father just across the
street from us. In the afternoon we took
the cars for Del Monte and the girls
went in bathing. While there I saw Mrs.
A. J. Pommer and Juanita. Before we
left a party Of young people, consisting
of Emma Long Lizzie Morsehead and
Katie Willis, with a corresponding num-
Der Of the other sex TO keep them COM
pany. came tramping in dusty and tired,
looking decidedly travel worn from the
seventeen mile walk! They stopped at
the baths SO the boys could take a dip,
and then proceeded on their journey,
weary but merry lot Sunday l went to
Saint Marys by the Sea | do love that
little church: somehow it inspires the
best of thoughts. In the afternoon L
took a stroll over to Moss Beach look
ing for old landmarks, but the one that
used to please us most of all-the poor
Inflated St Paul-was gone and only
bits of wreck washed to and fro by the
restless surf remained to tell the tale of
that great hulk once vibrating with al
most human life.
Tuesday morning loiterers on the
beach witnessed a very amusing Incl
dent. ] was among the number. 1t
goes without saying that when DR.. Teb-
bets dons a bathing suit and prepares
for his daily plunge it is a signal for no
end of spirit among the girls. on this
occasion the luckless doctor was not
permitted to take his own time getting
Wei but a whole beVy of girls must
bear down upon him splashing him with
salt water. dashing it into his eyes and
ears and driving him half crazy. They
had lots of fun-for a while-but sud
denly the tables were turned. and with
out a minutes marning Doc. seized the
nearest miscreant in his arms and bear
ing her out quite a distance into deep
water gave that particular young Wo-
man a ducking that she VIII remember
for some time That was the time the
genial doctor had the laugh all on his
side. and ! can assure you there was
plenty of room after that in his vicinity
even for one of his noble proper tions. the
young lady was later heard to say in her
bathroom, You Just bet l wished l had
g. pair Of scissors out there, I would have
clipped off that cute little lock Of hair
that doc" scratches up to hide his bald
head!
"wednesday evening Mr.. ana Mrs.
rr,lbbs and Mrs Henry Tubbs came over
10 have a game of cards. We drew all
the curtains out of Difference to the nom
card playing portion of the little COM
ntunity. Barbara Small and her friend,
Ada Burns. are here. The latter spent
few DAYS with relatives over in Santa
Cruz and returned to the Grove Thurs
day
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Miss Rena Hoskinson left last Monday
to ioin friends in Pacific Grove.
Mrs. J. Frank Carroll and children are
visiting Mrs. Carroll's mother, Mrs Eva
Van Bibber, in San Francisco They
win remain in the Bay City for about
month.
Miss Nina Mott left last week for Cisco
where she will spend her vacation. She
expects to remain in the mountains for
about four weeks.
Miss May Beatoh. with Mrs. Quinley.
both of the Sacramento Free Library,
are spending their vacation together IN
San Francisco.
Miss Maude Beaton is spending a few
weeks with friends at the coast
Mrs. L. T. Anderson and children
have gone into the country for few
weeks recreation.
was talking with an old schoolmate
the other day about bread-and-butter
days, recalling first school teachers,
those favored and those who incurred
the universal dislike of the pupils.
There was Miss -, said my old
school friend. DO you remember how
every one large and small, called her
Old Nanny Blank? Young ones can
be so thoughtless and hateful-but then