The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07


tit, together with large quantity OF
relics, Of which during his lifetime he
was an enthusiastic collector They
constitute a part OF the free exhibition.
~ saddle and bride are heavily Orna-
nented with silver and it is stated that
yhe SADDLE alone cost the Don $1,000.
FremoEt'e headquarters, a long low
.dObe, still standing at the corner of
Main and Carr streets, is now used as
d Chinese laundry, and Mrs Fremont,
formerly Jessie Benton, and who moved
[ in the most select society in Washing
ton, d. c., in her declining years is
now residing here in a house presented
her by the ladies' OF Los Angeles. The
transformation of this old pueblo to a
modern American city has been sur
prisingly rapid. The old plaza, a cir
cular plot of ground, has been inclOsed
with an ornamental iron fence and
trees and towering shrubs dot tbeo'e
green lawn. In its center cement
tank filled with water is the home OF
multitudes Of goldfish. The old church
iS still standing hui the facade OF the
front was repaired and rebuilt in 1851.
The OLD rheSion bells still hang in the
tower and the interior contains many
Interesting pictures made many years
ago Uy the Indian converts. n SpanlSh
inscription on Tic front informs the
visitor that ''thiS church ic dedicate to
our Lady, the Queen of the Angels. =
The padre in charge, who always
preached In Spanish, delivered his fare
we'll discourse last Sunday. He is 60
ing to Leon, Spain. A musical service
was rendered by the choir, assisted by
the choirs Of the Cathedral and the
Church of the Sacred Heart. About
one. fOuth of mile northweSterly is
the old Sp tnish cemetery, crowded
with oil wells and derricks on three OF
| its sides and stone chapel at the
southeast corner. Here are sleeping
the founders Of the pueblo. And the
| visitor walking among the dilapidated
tOmbs reads the names of Pho Pico,
Figueroa and many others who are
kept in remembrance by city streets
Many OF the Spanish residents live in
this section.
Walk out of the east gate of the
Plaza and across the street ard you en-
Ter Chinatown, where ''OutSide barbar
ianS" are seldom seen in the streets;
Where the long, pointed dragon flag OF
yellow silk, is always waving; and all
signs and bulletins are in Chinese char
acters. Here John lives and thrives
and when lie feels like it, secretly plays
| fan tan and smokes opium. The Chi
nese are industrious, economical, and
are loyal to the government. John has
neither the time nor the inclination to
lounge in the parks nor mount the
band stand and harangue the crowd,
promulgating the doctrines Of socialism
and anarchy. He is not an anarchist.
Last spring when the President and
Mrs Mckinley visited Los Angeles,
Chinatown made grand display. The
great dragon, is feet in length, was
carried in the procession. Next came
a large float loaded with American born
Chinese children, all neatly dressed,
with the Stars and Stripes and the flag
OF China floating side by side, and
bearing the motto God bless our
President" 1t was truly pathetic,
when the telegram was received from
Buffalo stating that the President had
been shot. Chinatown was terribly ex
cited. Down came the yellow flag to
half mast but soon there came anOth-
er message stating that he still lived
and up it went again. Many Of them
declared that the assassin ought to be
lin cheed, which means cutting into
small pieces while living. But we
must have an exclusion act or our day
labnrers with their families mus,
starve. 1t is said that in China, the
ffuOd for one labOrer costs one mace
|
Of q cent. Consequently II we admit
the "teeming mihions'' our laboring
classes would be doomed. Congress
should see to it that our own people
have prOtectiun.
People from the eastern states have
changed the government and built d
beautiful city, all around on every
side of the old pueblo, and the city is
growing rapidly, BY the census OF
1890 it had about $4,000 Inhabitants
Ten years later lin 1900 it had over
in the United States, that more than
doubled it's population in ten years.
The climate here is perfection in it.
self, and every winter tourists from
the icy north and east come here
by thousands, and ill the hotel,
and lodging houses. They should
come n the summer and locate within 20
| der showers are seldom known. and every
night they must sleep under a blanket. In the
is almost nnbearable. The semicircle of
mountains surrounding the city on its east.
got over emu and ~ they are ,urn,d either toward
the ocean or towards the desert. The long
months each day, is almost exactly like the
one that lre:eded it, and pra''i ally there IS
While wiring this neighbor called asking
u we would give her bunch OF white roses d,
she expected ii bride and groom to dinner.
| Imagine roses in full bloom the last week in
January. and calais. geraniun,s. YiOlets. etc.
al 10 bloom and growing in the open air. II
Is no wonder that eastern people flock here in
such numbers Last winter every hotel and
lodging house was full to overflow but new
houses have been built during the summer
and u new hotel eight stories in height called
the Angelus. At present many invalids are
OF en Hs Ga Who
years has i'een collecting material prepara-
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