The record-union., 1898-07-11
The 4TH AT PACIFIC GROVE.
HOW THE NATIONAL EVENT
WAS CELEBRATED.
Sacramentans Swarming at the
Seaside-What One of Them
Has to Say.

Especial Correspondence Record-Union)
PACIFIC GROVE, July 1.-One could
easily imagine himself or herself in
Sacramento when they meet all the
Sacramento folks who are here DIR.
and Mrs. Waite and Mrs. Elliott and
two boys were the first ones 1 met.
Then Mrs. Piper and Miss Piper, Mrs.
c. E. Grunsky nee Powers) and four
children, Mrs. Bruner and daughter,
Mrs Russell Flint and Mrs Ed Robin
sons three children from San Fran
CISCO, Miss Hess and Miss Rivit, Mrs.
S. Is. Wood and son Sumner and niece,
Sadie G. Starr.
Almost everyone goes to the train to
see who comes in. George w. Lorens,
wife and son arrived on Tuesdays
train, and Mr.. and Mrs Stoddard are
among this weeks arrivals
The weather is lovely, and trips to the
lighthouse, Moss Beach, Del Monte and
Seventeen mile Drive are all the rage.
We went to Del Monte bath house the
4th of July and saw thirteen Stanford
students, girls and boys, bathe They
had a lively time in fact they kept
the grove lively with their yelling, etc.
Their house on Nineteenth street is one
two old Wheels decorated in red, white
and blue, with a length of stovepipe
between them for the cannon, a cage
with a rooster in it, a rag baby, nine
beer bottles, a keg with hose attached,
bucket, a Shasta water man with
towel on his arm and a basket of bot
ties in it. Rooms to Let'' and God
Bless Our Home" are the mottos on the
n 1N0+ Oh
new article is added to their decora-
tions.
The Berkeley girls have a cottage
above the lighthouse road on Nine
teenth street. After the train comes in
a string of the Stanford boys and Berk-
eley girls march up the street singing
popular songs.
July Sth-Quite a party visited the
lighthouse to-day. 1t is opened Tues
days and Fridays from 10 a. m to ,
p. m. for visitors. A pretty lady, with
a neat little speech, has you register
and then leads the way of the winding
stairs. She answers questions and al
ways adds, by order of the Govern
ment, II know no other reason When
you see the immense lamp 030- candle
power. I believe) ard the heavy glass
with the good these lighthouses must
d, to boats on dark nights and in
stormy weather.
The view from the balcony is grand.
1t was a clear day, and we could see
Point Pinos, Santa Cruz, across the bay
and the tree down the beach called
THE Ostrich" which it resembles AS
you turn to go down you are requested
70 .,<rl1t L,
the railing. stoop your head low (to es-
cape the arch), and go down slowly"
When you get out you breathe more
freely as the "Goverenment" is not
watching you. The grounds are lovely
around the Pinos lighthouse, and every
thing about it shines with neatness
On the 9th instant the Pacific Grove
W. G. T. U. served a chicken dinner in
their Loyal Legion room. They cleared
about $50
On the evening of the 4th at Camp
Ilobson," in the grove near the FL Car
melo Hotel, the Red Cross Society
cleared $50 by serving a regular SOL
dier's dinner of pork beans and hard
tack from to p. m. In the evening
the camp of twenty-five tents was
lighted with Chinese lanterns The
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camp and no one got inside the lines
except those who paid ) cents and re-
ceived the password. The guards were
changed every ten minutes also the
password. Inside is a Stanford lemon
ade tent, fortune-telling tent, an ice
cream tent. and all did rushing busi-
ness.
The 4th was a quiet day Guns were
fired at sunrise and sunset, fire crack
ers by the small boys and the Stan
ford boys were very numerous. At the
VI. T. Church patriotic services were
held at $50 p. m., when all came to
Camp Hobson to see the fireworks. The
people stood in groups around the
streets discussing our glorious victories.
after the arrival of the San Francisco
train at j 40 with the daily papers. All
the Sacramento folks ask each other
when they meet, Have you seen a
Sacramento paper? What is the news?''