The Newtown bee., 1904-04-29
LOCAL AFFAIRS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
IS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF AN
 ESTEEMED VIEWPOINT CITIZEN.

AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF AN
 ESTEEMED VIEWPOINT CITIZEN.
 The pleasure that may come to any one crossing the continent in JOur!SG car, need not necessarily, end at the ending of the trip, for pleasant ac' quaintances may be formed WI, With .,a1 5n9se Se of congenial minds, that will not De lost sight of for many day. Some or THE BEES readers know that from personal experience. In previous letter allusion was made to members shat formed our party on our outward
 trip, who have already been heard from. A few days since letter came from the wife of the young man from New York, both of whom, with their little babe, were left at Ell Paso. It was cheery letter, and we could read between the lines that the little wlfe was very hopeful that the bracing air and warm sunshine of that dry climate with ten raw eggs day and plenty Of out of door exercise was going to brace up her husband so that when settled weather came, at home they could re- turn to New York, and start with
 fresh and stronger hopes for the future. To-day a letter came from another of our company, in. which she says, writing from Northern California, Fl received some very interesting reading matter yesterday, in the shape of VIEWPOINT BEE. 1 guess when MT Johnson gave me so much free adver- tising he little thought l would be reading it, but it goes to show how far BEES travel and how unsafe it is to write letters, unless you want them
 read. l am living on an 80 acre prune ranch, about half way between San Jose and Los GatOs. l am learning more and more about this country every day, and find it very interesting. The prettiest place l have seen yet is LOS Gatos. The new electric road
 just opened, running from San Jose to LOS Gatos, by way of Saratoga, is only mile from here. There is no Epis- copal church where I am, so last Sun day went on the electric car to Los Gatos, for I thought must hear my own church service on Easter. was we'll repaid, for the ride through the prune orchards, white with blossoms, and along the foot hills was grand. They have a new and very pretty church in the Mission style. enjoyed every minute of the service and was sorry when it was over. The farming seems queer to me here, raising noun | ing but pruneS, and keeping no COW, pigs. or any live stock such as makes New England farming interesting: think you lose all the pleasure of owning land to buy milk and vege- tables and live like city, folks. This | level valley land is very rich and pro- duces fine fruit. The exhibit of fruit | I saw at the Chamber of Commerce in San Jose was wonderful sight to me; I hope I shall have a chance. to read another letter of MT Johnson's in TIE l d. lands. It seems to me there must be some attraction there, or so many rich people would not go there. One very l interesting feature of travel l think comes from coming in contact with so many whom one knows, or who knows | some one whom we know. la order to 1 illustrate, if the first person singular of the pronouns is frequently used, please don't think the writer egotlstl- cal, as it will be necessary in order to carry out the object intended:
 A few days after reaching Redlands, passing along the street, found man busv taking measurements from curb stone to curb stone. There was some thing seemed a little familiar about the face, though aged little. Look ling at him a minute, as he was busy at last said, "Is your name Lum?"
 He said "yes." Said I, "You look older than you did the last time l saw you in Newtown, Conn.,, 25 years ago. His tape line dropped; said he "ls youl name Johnson?" I said "yes," and then came the hand shake. He is the
 husband of the daug hter of Glover Their home is here, and he is the city surveyor of this busy, place. Another day man approached me on the street and asked, "Is your name JohnsonT' I said "yes." "YOu come from New
 town. Conn.," "Yes" "Do you know Stiles Loveland, who lives in Steven. son?" "Yes." "Well, he is my uncle. ,
 found the man to be Jerome Judson
 and that he came from Shelton a year or so ago, spent one season in doing
 work on the ranches, then bought out , milk route and is now doing good
 business, both wholesale and retail runs three wagons, and has control O1
 all the milk produced by one of the
 largest dairieS in this part of the cOun
 try. He has bought a place on one O
 the desirable streets of the city, ant with his wife and little girl, has a hap py home, where, if not under his owl } vine and fig tree, because not ye planted, they can go out and plcl sweet oranges from their own Orang'
 trees, and have all the conveniences or modern ClVl1lZcU 1lIc. NiO1AS 1Ou4t (you see we call this home, for we can
 help it, there are so many Connecticut
 people here) riding home on the trolle. . one day, as we were waiting on tn
 switch for car to pass, ] had lea
 pencil in one hand and 3 bundle in tht
 other, and almost unconsciouSly wrOt . "Newtown, Conn. !" which, ;of course showed of what l was thinking in m j reverie.. A gentleman sitting at m !. left, said, to my surprise, '"That nam g looks familiar" Said l, "Where di 7 YOU come from?' "New Haven," h a replied. Then he went on and asked ;; ;; if | knew the Dikeman's, who spen much time in Newtown, and MT Hotel
 kiss, who. with his family, had bOarc
 ed in Newtown, and of other peOpl
 whom 1 knew, until we came to th
 parting of our ways. Yesterday. ? lady, who had, in some way, found was from Connecticut, spoke to me ol ? the car, and asked if l knew Dr Got
 frey, who lives in Bridgeport. l sai
 "Yes, 1 know him very well, and he
 one of the foremost in his professio
 there, and is often called to our tow C for consultation. She said, I'M
 husband, MT Cartiledge, is his uncle.
 One day lady remarked to Mrs IohI
 son that she came from Concord, N. H
 Mrs Johnson replied, ''Concord
 "One of the dearest rectors we eve
 had, came from Concord, but perhaI
 you never knew him, Rev Dr Marble.
 ''Oh, yes, knew him, although di |. not attend his church; he was vel - dear man, and beloved by everybody.
 The lady at whose house we had Ol
 meals, when we first came out, can