Amador ledger., 1901-04-19
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!. POLLY LARKIN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The Lenten season is past and there
is a return to the gayeties, and the
studying of time tables and advertise
ments for the most favored places for
our summer exodus, which comes to
San Francisco every year as sure as the
trade winds, the latter managing to
make things so unpleasant that every
one who can get out OF the city leaves
just as soon as the schools are closed
and the summer resorts open. Some of
the so-called summer boarding places
in the country that are advertised so
extensively are mere fairy tales, sort
of twill you walk into my parlor? said
the spider to the fly" The advertise
ment is alluring, and the guileless city
visitor, who in imagination sees the
table groaning under the weight of
fried spring chicken, cream gravy, hot
biscuit, luscious Strawberries and
peaches and cream galore, in more than
one instance finds the table minus all
delicacies; and chickens, if they are
served at all on the bill of fare, are no
spring chickens of 1901. The shady
walks in romantic spots, the rides
around the country, which turns out to
be a ride into town once week for the
mail, and the restful hammock, where
one can lounge and dream to their
hearts content, prove to be mere myths.
But these instances, fortunately, are
the exception and not the rule. Where
are you going for your summer vaca-
tion?" is the query of nearly every one
you meet.
1 met lady the other day who has
-"mOney to throw away" and whose
only trouble seems to be to try and kill
time which hangs heavily on her hands
" See this, Polly" she said, displaying
timetable of the California North
western Railway, =" L have been to the
region of Mount Shasta, I've been to
Pacific Grove and old Monterey, and to
the sunny south-namely, Los Angeles,
Santa Barbara and San Diego. 1 was
tired of them all. l acted on the advice
given in one of your articles last year
and went north on the California North
western Railway. l thought you was
fairy-storying little bit, or, in other
words, drawing on your imagination to
some extent; but | never had a more
delightful summer. The attractions all
along the line are numerous, either for
campers, bOarders, or those who prefer
to rent cottage at any of the many
summer resorts. Besides, it is conve-
nient; for any place l may take up my
quarters is close enough to the city for
members of my family to get out of
town and spend Sunday with me. 1t
is all you have pictured it, Polly-scen-
cry beautiful, climate perfect, and the
whole country is wilderness of lovely |
flowers, ferns, etc. l visited the Cali
fornia Northwestern Fish Hatchery at
Ukiah, you told us about. 1t is a Won
derful thing to see the myriads of baby |
trout swarming in the tanks by the |
thousands, and, besides, it is set down |
in one of the most beautiful gems of |
nature have ever seen. 1 have several
timetables for friends. Some of them, |
however, have already decided to pitch |
their tents in that most beautiful camp
ing ground in the vicinity of Guerne-
vile on branch line of the California |
Northwestern Railway. 1t is some
where in the vicinity of where the
Bohemian Club holds its high jinks
every year. Others are going to some
of the numerous springs, while those
who want to avoid this dressing for
dinner, ETC., and want really a quiet
and restful vacation, are either going to
board in one of the pretty towns or in
some of the many attractive country
homes along this favored line"
MI