The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-09-12
A WESTERN LETTER.
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a,few days, Of cooler, pleasant wea-
tler.'' Such would be a natural
exclamation IN Minnesota in July or
August, but in the Sacramento
Valley in California it would he,
'"<Dh dear! we ;lare in for hot day;
the wind is lin the north" Here
our cooler winds in the summer
comes from the south, and the hot
winds from the north. On the 3rd
Of July the day started in with a
north wind and by two p. m. it was
a steady strong breeze as if from a
bot furnace, and the mercury had
risen to 113 degrees above zero in
the :hades; andtthere it remained for
hours. The next day it rose to lis.
Wasen't I gladthat I was the only
representative of the Merrill family
at that time in the valley; that the
rest had goneIto the mountains the
week before. And WASH It glad
tina the Church had just voted that
I WAS to have the month Of August
for O. vacation. ~
did NOT even wait for August
to come: Il did not even wait for
dayhght'to come after the last Sun
day in July, but at three O'Clock
Monday morning took the stage for
the h7]ls;and by ten O'Clock, with
Paul fora guide, was going over
the tr9til from 1.-THE hotel where the
stage left ,merto the cottage by, the
Cascade where ): it is our privilege to
spend the month. 1T was decided
~ refreshing chance that first night
in the mountains, instead of wander
ing around the house at midnight
trying to find "a spot on floor or
porch cool enough to get little
nap. to find myself at ten O'Clock
dra wingppa second. quilt in order
to keep comfortably warm.
Through the courtesy RI friends
we are having a good time here IN
the hills on the banks of Berry
Greek 4 mountain stream. There
is a beautiful cascade right near Us
almost string. of cascades might I
say.
Tue water of the stream is clear
az crystal, cool from the mountains,
and stocked with trout of which
Paul has brought out over &c. ; We
are right in ithe wood !, pines, fir.
baslam, cedar. touching u1r some Of
them 1aS feet id height; also oak Of
~ different kinds, ~ ;nnadrone, man
zanita, ete. 4t;does>seem good for .
time at least, to get where the toot
of the locomotive never, penetrates,
entirely beyond the reach OF tel
ephonea, te1egraphs, and everything
of the kind. ,>.,'' ~ '..:.' '...>.
And the preachers family are I'M
proving their opportunity too. The
good wife from the cares and re
sponsibilitios of a years labor, the
daughter from the :afduous' work
of a full college oounse just finish
ed the boy from the completion Of
the second year in the High School
with MARKS well UP toward 400, and
the preacher himself from histwelve
months usual lonnging and ;loafing
(Y,) are all taking ian Aesh, scolor.
and vigor that augar we'll fe.r the
nerfOrmance of the duties OF the
coming year. . 49,.
And we are not without onr ex-
,citement even here in the woods.
One day we saw three deer and a
little fawn., first calmly looking ait
us. then deliberately looping away
over the hills. Paul BEARS home
with him as one trophy Of the sum-
m en- outing the jingling apparatus or
two ''rattlers, zone containing eight
1attles and a button, and the other
ten. Even a rattle snake can add
variety to common place every day
life. confess that tais variation
might be over done: But another
and more pleasing variety has been
q wedding by the cascade. One OF
the daughters of the owner OF the
ranch, where we are temporarily
dorniciled, concluded i wisely as
we think that it would be much
nicer to be married out in the
mountains by the cascade, under
the trees: beneath the dome: of
Gods blue sky than in stuffSy
heated city parlor. And So last
Sunday evening just a. the sun was
-. t,oo;no ont of sight among the pines