The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-14
SIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA.
Another Interesting Letter From
the Pen Of "a Lake Superior
School Teacher.
Editor L'AssE SENTINEL.
NV Dear Readers:
CENTRALIA, WASH.
Concluded from last week }

My Dear Readers:
Concluded from last week.
While in Los Angeles my friend I
husband, who is ''forty-niner,
took US to cali on the widow of Gen
Fremont, who lives at the advanced
age OF eighty in very pretty cot
tage that was presented to her by
the ladies of the Pioneer Society o
California. Mr.. S. having been q
personal friend of Gen. Fremont /
was greeted very pleasantly by Miss
Jessie, daughter of the general. We
had very pleasant call tho we die
not see Mrs, Fremont, WHO was not
at all well and did not leave her
room. 1T was pleasure to see
handsome portraits OF the general,
and of his sons who are in the u. S.
navy. To hear Miss Jessie talk o;
the warlike situation it seemed al
most like obtaining news from
headquarters. | visited acnumber
of schools in Los Angeles without
having the least desire of holding u
position there.
Leaving Los Angeles on the 1880
a. m. express | had very enjoyable
trip through the Mohave Desert,
where the growth of the cacti was
so grotcsqne and lfrightful that one
could onlylthink of the illustrations
in Dante S Inferno. AS we were
flying swiftly along without auy
Earning we would be IN almost to-
, fal darkness, the light in the car
being only a CLEAN in the darkness.
One tunnel through which we
passed was a mile and quarter
long, / could usually tell the length
of the tunnel by the time taken;
this particular one 1 had taken TO be
mile and Il third long, so | was
not far off in my calculations.
At one place we wound around
the mountains in such sharp curves
that felt car-sick, tho my interest
prevented my becoming completely
overcome. At one place | was in
formed that the road wound around
so that there were five parallel
tracks within radius of one mile
That the difficulties presented tC
the engineers in attempting this
pass had been so great that the road
was abandoned, but that youth OF
fifteen unaided had solved the diff
ficult problem, and his plans were
adopted by the company. 1t was
dark by the time we were safely
over this remarkable pass. | had
most delightful companion who
kindly pointed out the objects of in
tereSt as we passed along. and there
were many things of interest which
kept US awake long beyond the usual
hour for tourists to retire behind
the 'arras. y
In the morning we crossed the
bay reaching Los Angeles at : a. IN.
AS | had made arrangements for a
room at the ST. Nicholas, ! went di-
rectly there, as was somewhat
weary.
Having two friends in San Fran
cisco, both were appraised of my
visit and both made an appearance
the first evening, SO was spared all
the feeling Of being alone in Il
strange city One Of my friends
could give me his evenings, the
other was at liberty to take me olt
afternoons, SO with two escorts |
managed to see a good deal of San
Francisco. Went the second day to
the Cliff House, sat on the incloscd
glass veranda to watch the seals and
hear them bark A great storm had
wrecked several vessels the previous
night and old ocean was still angry.
lasting and roaring. The great
waves came madly rushing in; it was
grand sight and one | shall long
remember OF course | visited the
museum and the baths, everyone
does that. Had dinner at the
Table d hotc, where everyone
was brought California wine. en-
joyed the clam chowdcr greatly but
not the wine.
went to the Golden Gate Park
next day-going alone and having
two little scares.. The first was
while taking suap shot of the
beautiful monument of Francis $. |
Key, which has been erected to his |
memory by James Lick. A police.
man came toward me, saying,
What have you there, ut the
same time taking my kodak from
my hand. This somewhat startled
me, for | did not know but what |
had innoccntly violated some city
or park ordinance by using kodak
He quite relieved my mind when he
handed it back saying, That $ the
neatest one I've seen yet. +
wandered around this lovely park
for some hours, visiting at the chill
dren ; home, lunching at the dairy
lunch room, visiting the horticultur-
al department, which is full of
beautiful tropical plants some OF
which are very rare. The aviary,
too, was full of interest. In my
wanderings came TO IA path which
led upwards; followed the path
little way. Seeing on bench near,
a young man, whom thought might
,bc able to tell me whether | could
obtain a view OF the ocean by follow
ing that path But u near view of
his face quite changed my mind for
a more vllIlanous expression of the
ewes | had never soon bnforn I