Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-05-04
ALetter From California.

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The HERALD is in receipt OF per
stonal letter from Mrs. Is. b. Bryant.
many Years resident of Island Pond.
now living in Glendale, Cal, whittier
She and her husband Went last month,
10 reside with their daughter, Mrs
Gillies. The latter with her husband
and children went to California last
October, owing to Mr.. Gillies poor
health. The letter will doubtless be
of interest to many OF the writer's Old
friends here. Mrs. Bryant SAYS;
We left Sherbrooke, March :, arriving
in Los Angeles March l., having had a
most'eni nyable trip across the continent
wish were capable of giving you a
brief description OF things as SAN them,
prairies, deserts, canyons. tunnels moul-
tains, crags and peaks, such as | had
never dreamed of. set Kansas City
down us the dirtiest city on the way
The color of the whole face OF the
country through New Mexico, the last
of AliZona. and first of California was
light gray. Everything, even the bark
on the trees, the moss on thu grnnmd
and all the weeds. almost the same
shade, some things perhaps almost white,
consequently you can imagine how rest
fnl it was to our eyes when We at last
came to the green grass. Sometimes
We would ride for hours through gray
rocks, peaks, cragI aud soil, then the
scenery would Suddenly change and all
he as the reddest brick you ever saw.
California, what have seen of it, is
about right could not describe it. !
am Just here, fresh from the East, and
my impression is that could not eXag
gerate the beauty of the climate, the
fruits, cultivated and wild flowers, or the
mountain scenery. The cities know
very little about. What we saw OF Los
Angeles and Pasadena was very nice,
and Judge that the usual amount OF
good and evil could be found there. But
Glendale is my home, or, rather, my
home is in Glendale, and here | have no
doubt suffering aud SORROW can be
found, yet all looks calm and peaceful.
1t is so quiet and restfu to he here after
living i'll even the small city of Sher-
brooke.
We went up on one of the foothills a
day or two since for a walk, where we
could look down on Glendale. 1t is a
large level tract of land have no idea
how many thousand acres, all enclosed
10y grand old mountains, such as never
saw elsewhere, greater and lesser noun
tains and canyons, all mingled together
in way understandable, and when in the
sunshine the view is most magnificent.
Then below these the foothills, not too
high to he climbed 10y picncers. These
hills are covered with wild sage. small
trees and shrubs, apd most lovely wild
flowers. Here we stand aud look Over
Glendale. Beautiful Glendale don't
know how many hundreds of homes are
nestled here among the orange, lemon,
apricot and peach groves, and olive and
grape vineyards, each home with its
flower and vegetable gardens. its reser.
vorS and wiudmills, each plot laid out
10 suit the owners taste, and all seem
ingly comfortable and happy homes
The houses are mostly small, but cosev
and all neat. mostly round, umbrella
shaped, lightly built. Our owl house
is after this style, green in color, in.
Guiding the roof, surrounded by bpauti
house contains three good sized rooms
and we have Il half acre Of land, which
MI. bryant expects to'lnake yield MS a
living. lie has planted potatoes and
about all kinds of vegetables and all ave
up now. He is also going 30 raise fowls
Glendale is about eight miles from
Los Angeles and about the same distance
from Pasadena. We drove there yestc,-
day. passing on the way Eagle Rock
This rock can be seen from our home
1t is "A huge gray boulder, rising up out
OF the very summit Of one OF the noun