Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-06-27

day sun. These are catalogued as the
"three beauties'' We visited the
Mexican curio stores, but you could
find a greater variety and just as
cheap in any of the Southern Califor-
MIA cities. We all sent letters home
with foreign stamp to show that we
| had travelled abroad. On our return
trip we stopped at Olivewood, where
we had most delicious lunch Of fruit
and other delicacies, with cooling
drinks of lemon and orangeade. This
fruit ranch is owned by a man who
came here from New Hampshire, who
seemed to have mastered the accom-
plishment of fruit raising to such an
extent that his trees of various kinds
were simply loaded with fruit of most
excellent quality. We saw the largest
olive trees there Of any place in Cali
| fornia. We roamed about among the
orchards until the two senses of sight
| and taste were alike satisfied. Then
we took the train again to visit the
| famous Sweet Water Dam, which IS
considered one of the greatest engl-
neering wonders of the world. 1t is
rs feet in thickness at the base, II
feet at the top, rs feet in length at the
base, 396 at the top and 100 feet high.
It is three miles long, three quarters
of mile wide and covers 700 acres
and cost about S1,O00,OO0. This dam
was built by Boston man to supply
National City with water both for ir-
rigating and general use. This city is
laid out with broad avenues, parks,
etc., and all arrangements made for
city of about 80, 900 inhabitants, but it
fell short about Al, 600 Of their expec-
tations. One of the soap bubbles that
our Eastern capitalists delight to in
vest in. I overheard some Califor-
mans remark that they could always
tell New Englanders by the small
economies they practice.
Of the economies we practice out
there such as plainness Of dress, sim
plicity in our style Of living, etc., |
feel proud, but I thought of some of
our ways of economizing in Vermont,
that was ready to hang my head at,
such as cutting down teachers sala-
ries to about one third of what they
pay out there, and not furnishing as
God school buildings or library facil-
tiles. When we economic for the
sake of spreading the gospel, diffasing
knowledge, furnishing the best hos
pital accommodations, providing in
struction for the blind and dumb,
doing every thing possible to anchor
ate the condition of every class Of I'M
fortunates, also using every effort to
develop the resources of our own
town and Slate. I think it is grand to
save for such purposes, or even if we
build railroads in the West it is not
bad investment, as it facilitates travel
and provides a way TO exchange pro
ducts But when we economic to
hoard, or use our money in develop
inc cities and towns in the West and
South which never appear excepting
on paper, think the money could be
used to better advantage in some
other way. Just think what d lasting
monument some of these soap bubble
investors could build for themselves
by erecting beautiful town library,
filing it with the choicest Of books;
or building finely equipped school
house with all the modern convenien-
ces and improvements. Future gen
erations would rise up and call them
blessed But then it is far better to
scatter to the winds than not to scat
ter at all, and it is those who hoard
who come nearest losing the sub
stance Of life by hugging a shadow.
Another day we went to La Jolla
and saw cliff about 100 feet nigh,
where seven caves several hundred
feet in depth had been followed out
way back we stopped at Old Town and
saw the marriage place Of Ramona
and the Old Mission bells which pealed
forth at her wedding. They hang on
a framework outside the church and
are the same as of yore, but the little
church has been replaced by a new
one. Later that same day we took a
double decker electric car with stair
way leading to and seats arranged to
ride on top, high point of vantage
to view the sights. From the end of
this line we were transferred to some
charming picnic grounds where we
had lovely view Of Old Mission val
lev on one side and the wonderful
table lands down in Mexico on the
other. TRAVELLER.