The Newtown bee., 1904-04-08
Los Angeles, Cal,
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 Los Angeles, Cal,
 February 16, 1904.
 We have seen no sign of storm since the snow storm of February 3, until this morning. There have been one or two light showers but not enough to amount to anything. There is consid- erable sight seeing around Los Angeles that we want to do, but so far have only poked about little. MT Spencer is well, but 8 very little exertion tires him out, so thought as we had plenty of time we might as we'll take 1t easy for few days. Yesterday morning we went down to the old "Plaza" and went through the old mission church, founded in 1918. Just across the Plaza is the entrance to Chinatown. It was evidently some sort of a festival or feast day there, for the streets were covered with the remains of red, green and yellow fire crackers, while sticks of incense were burning in every pave ment crevice where one could be stuck, and every few moments one would hear the explosion of more fireworks in the near vicinity. The entrances and door posts were covered with strips of paper bearing the queer Chinese signs written vertically. Bright silk flags were floating from many of the houses, Chinese lanterns were everywhere and men. In the east most l have seen wear their queue carefully tied up out of sight, but here they have it dang ling down their backs. It is braided with black silk cord and so neatly is it done that one cannot tell where the hair ends and the cord begins. It runs down to a perfect point at the end, fin iShed with taSSel of the black silk cord. It is in most cases to their knees, but saw two or three whose queue came within two or three inches of the ground, so that they hit it with their heels in walking. The children are most interesting. A group of three crossed the street ahead of us that l would have liked picture of. Their trousers were of purple brocaded silk, coats of green and caps of red silk, all profusely ornamented with gold braid. To see the most curious things one must take a guide, but we did not through Chinatown in San Francisco, which is much larger. Occasionally one meets street vender with Chinese I got some of one and found it very good indeed. I, found three kinds in my mixture. One was long strips of cocoanut, about quarter of an inch wide, cut as thin as paper and cooked with sugar, rolled up in funny little white curlS, just like Shav- ings. A second kind was thin slices of ginger cured in the same way, and the third kind l could not make out. I suspect 1t may have been some kind of citron, cut in slices about an eighth of an inch thick. The outside was with sugar, and the inside full of rich, thick syrup, with 9 flavor did not eat much.of it. think he was what kind of a place it was made in, etc. However it looked clean and tasted good and that was all that troubled me concerning it. Most of the servants here are Chinese. A Chinese boy comes to the door every knocks, comes in with bow, says "excuSa me-" and takes our tow els and brings clean ones, and an hour or so later another one knocks, and with more bows and "excusa me" makes the bed, dusts the furniture and brushes up generally.
 Yesterday afternoon we took trol- ley ride to Redondo beach, about 20 to 25 miles from here, and got our first glimpse of the Pacific. l enjoyed it, but there was stiff breeze blowing. on the shore and MT Spencer was so chilly that we went in after few minutes. As it was l think he got little bit of tute of shells, though they say that af- ter storm 1t is very different. Did not find any over half an inch long, but the coloring was dainty. Most of the country between here and the coast was level and seemed devoted to market Peas wereSix inch es high, beets, lettuce and such like things we'll up. Where ever they were blowing saw two, four and six horses. With the ordinary blow two, but they had others, q saw none close enough to be sure) but think some disc, or wheel arrangement. These, and their broad harrows, had four and six hors- es attached. Some two by two, and others all abreast. saw no oranges on the way except occasionally a few in door yard, but there were plenty of apple and pear orchards Qeafless, and olive orchards in full leaf. The roads are bordered largely with palm trees, pepper trees, or eucalyptus trees. The pepper tree in the distance, re. oCAO4Co OuA "OOPAh6 "AAo"S U1OA6 it does not droop nearly so much. The leaves are long, with tiny leaflets, and with great dropping clusters of bright red berries about the size of small shot. The eucalyptus tree is a native of Australia, and is considered the fastest growing tree in the world It's leaves are similar in shape to g peach leaf, except about twice or three times as long. If left to it's self ii will shoot up to an enormous height (5O to 100 feet in five years, they claim and is just about as awkward, and slim and ungainly as boy of IA, who shoots up to six feet, three inches, ant seems all arms and legs. It sheds it bark, not in scraps as the button bal does, but in long shreds that seem tt extend from the top to the bottom o the tree. With proper trimming i
 it will make dense hedge. It has
 somewhat disagreeable odor whe1 broken. From all artistic standpoint
 it has little use, but for utilitarian pu1 poses, it is the most wonderful of trees
 for with all it's rapidity of growth tn
 wood is hard and compact. ROdOndt
 beach is one of the ports of entry fo Los Angeles, but for the average tOul ist the main attraction is the beach
 with surf bathing the year round, an
 it's 10 acre carnation nursery, said t
 be the largest of the kind in the world G. w. Cogswell of Elizabeth stree Derby, wants the farmers to remen
 Der that he buys all kinds of produc' poultry, veal, and pays the highes
 cash prices. Sell to him and save or
 mans profit.
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 A lady in Ansonia told your corr
 spondent the other day, that she ha
 a letter from friend in St Louis, ar she wrote that the landlords the were doubling the prices of their rel