Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-10

Express and Standard that L will on ly
| give few of my impressions for the bene-
fit of the carpers at the injustice of the
/ Chinese Exclusion Act, for / was one of
/ them before visiting California. For in
/ stance, we visited a lodging house which
accommodated nearly three thousand nj en-,
where we should not deem it decent
or comforta BILE to lodge as!many hundreds
They were slowed away tier upon tier on
wooden hunks against the wall. They had
a community kitchen where they were in
the habit of cooking with open fires. The
authorities, seeing the danger and discom-
fort of it provided them with comforta BILE
ranges, but on top of these, instead of in
side, they would build their fires. Then
they made law that they should build
their fires in the proper place but this law
they defed until their jails were full, when
civilization had to yield to unciviIized
practice. The walls of this kite hen were
black with SCOT and literally alive W it'll
bugs. Then the horrible slavery, worse
than death, of some of their pretty, 20 ung
girls. To permit voluntary life like that
seems too dreadful to contemplate, but to
compel it seems diabolicaI. Then the prev
alent debasing and Supplying habit of
opium smoking, their superstition and
idolatry would make it dangerous for
them to como in large numbers, SO long as
we cannot compel, only such as desire, to
be educated, nor force them to adopt civ
ilized and sanitary habits. But bid God
speed to every effort which is being put
forth by the authorities and the churches
for the uplifting and Outstanding of
those we already have within our midst.
One of the pleasant side trips from San
Francisco is to Monterey, distance of
about 125 miles. 4 part of the roadway lies
down through one of the most delightful
looking farming regions 1 have ever seen.
The famous Hotel del Monte is about a
mile north of the town. 1t derives it's
name from the Spanish which means, hotel
of the woods. 1t is situated in the midst
of a wooded grove consisting mostly of
live oaks and pines. This ''Palace of De-
light" is beautiful in all its appointments
within and without, but we were not quite
SC fascinated with thisl as we were with
the del Coronado, as it is not quite so
charming in its architectural design and
the lovely ocean view is not obtainable
from this point. After making general
survey of the whole we went on to do the
quaint old village of Monterey. 1t is the
historic associations which cluster about
this place, more than present attractions,
which make it interesting. 1t was founded
by the Spaniards 172 years before the sign
ing of the Declaration of independence,
and was the capital of California when the
territory was acquired by the United States.
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the same street may be found old adobes
half in ruins, cheap summer cottages and
some modern, well built, substantial look
ing homes. They had been doing consid-
cradle in the whaling line before our visit,
and we wandered along the shore hoping
to see one which had recently been caught
and towed in, but the wind blew such
gale no one ventured out for it, but we
came across the statue of Father Juanipero
Sierra, the founder of the old miss ions up
and down the coast. He is represented as
just alighting from his boat, and this is
said to be the spot where he landed, but it
now quite distance from the shore. It
is a beautiful work of art and fitting
tribute to the memory of one who endured
so much for others. The best preserved of
custom house and the old missions, which
have been restored to t heir original proper
tions. The oldest and most interesting of
these is the Mt. Carmel, five miles out of
town. This is included in the II mile
drive which is considered one of the most
beautiful drives in the world, and which
we had anticipated taking, hut the terrible
wind and dust spoiled all out door plea
sures, as they were having what they call
their equinoctial wind storm. So
missed the Carmel mission but visited
the San Carlos, founded in 1871. The path
way which leads to this way paved with
sections of the whales vertebrae, and after
doing service for more than century was
still in a good state of preservation. The
body of this mission had been restored,
but the choir gallery and the stairway
leading thereto were unchanged, and as
I stood there what emotions thrilled mel
and from out the past ] tried to gather
ONE echoes of the footsteps which trOd
those we'll worn stairs, and the voices
which chanted their Makers praise, and
were stilled hundred years ago.
A TRAVELLER.