The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-08-11
From Absent Home Corners.
Letters of Interest From Mesdames Circuit
Hibbard and Thompson.

Los Angeles, Calf, August l, 1905.
Dear Secretary and Home Coming
Friends:
The cordial invitation sent by my
friend, Mrs. NJ. A. Pepper, for the
third Home Coming" lies before me
and | gladly use this opportunity to
remind the friends of Paw Paw and
vicinity that they are often with me
in thought, though am midst scenes
of varied beauty and grandure, in
southern California. But the invita-
ton card How pretty, with the high
school building, the tall stately
naples, and with it the thought OF
friends and home, in that lovely spot,
dear old Paw Paw, and | find myself
reveling in the delights of by-gone
days and feel that these reunions
are of great interest to many one,
bringing friends together, renewing
family ties are pleasures of inestima-
bic value, even though there be
touch of sorrow intermingled for the
absent ones, the ones who have been
gathered at their last Home Com
ing" We missed the second home
coming and it is not expedient for us
to be with you this year but my
thoughts will follow you through the
pleasures and Joys that l am sure will
be yours. l think some of you will be
interested in a brief description of
this "City of the Angels" where we
reside. 1t has a population of 200 900
and comes from every state in the
union. The school privileges are es-
pecially good, lectures and other en-
tertainments by home and foreign
talent, education, social and religious
advantages are, as a rule, unsurpass-
ed. The mountains are near, with
delightful gorges, and scenery of rare
beauty A 40 minute ride, either by
steam or electric takes one 10 the
beach of the grand old Pacific ocean.
The attractions of the seaside resorts
are many, surf bathing at all times of
the year, modern cities by the sea
with shaded streets, public buildings,
elegant residences, cozy cottages,
green lawns, ornamented with flowers
and shrubs.
Long beach in particular is noted
for its large pleasure wharf, fine surf
pavilion, and for its famous ocean
beach extending for IL miles along
the sea shore, said to be without
peer in all North America" The
Chatauqua with a membership of l, 900
meets annually at this place. Redondo,
Venice of America, and New Port are
among the favored resorts by the sea.
The charm of the climate can never
be described in words, but the thou
sands that annually resort here for
pleasure and health furnish proof of
its virtue. 1t is not perfect, but an
ideal life can be realized. Summer
here is something like the eastern
balmy days of June, but never
muggy, delightful cool nights and
with the hottest days ever a nice sea
breeze. The winter brings occasional
rains with long stretches of sunshine
and yet with all the beauty and grand
ure of this tropical country we often
long for the dear old friends of Paw
Paw We have quite colony Of Paw
Paw people here, the Peppers, Wildeys,
Forsyths, Clippers. SCOTS, Sherrods,
O'Dells. Chadwicks, Tuttles, Rogers,
Merrills. Kennedys. Hibbards and
Grout, and often picnic for a day to-
gether with pleasure, one of the &C
casions being when Editor Cole and
Mr.. Joseph Packer were visiting and
sight seeing at Los Angeles. Mr..
Cole was very enthusiastic over the
beauties of this country and especially
the climate, coming from snow
bound cline TO one Of sunshine and
flowers and for weeks after his return
we scanned every page of the Courier
expecting 'big puff" from his able
en.-but not line and we wondered
why.
And now with kind remembrance
and happy greetings to all,
! am sincerely,
HFIFN CROFT HIRRARD