Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-01-18

BY this time we had acquired an
appetite for Christmas dinner, aud
rode back into town and found good
dinner which we did full justice to,
about five o'clock. and after little
more sight seeing, looking at the
Christmas decorations in the stores and
markets, called it We had done enough
for that day.
Wednesday we awoke to ind it was
raining. so we did not go out until
about eleven O'Clock, and when we had
had something TO eat We started for
Coronado Beach, tie famous seaside re-
sort. You go over there on ferry boat
which connects with electric cars at
each end of the trip and is a nice little
ride. Coronado is quite town of itself
and is very attractively laid out. the
streets being in curves instead of
squares, and the center of attraction is
the Hotel del Coronado. one of the
largest seaside resort hotels in the world.
1t is very imposing building with
towers and turrets, and faces the ocean
on two sides aud is surrounded 10y beau
tiful grounds, large enough to be called
park. We went inside aud it is'very
elegant There is bathhouse here
which has a large hot plunge bath and
is immaculate there are growing palms
and other plants, cages of canaries aud
altogether is very attractive. makes one
want his Cor her) annual bath right off
We inspected the seals in their tank
also the cage of monkeys, aud walked
| through the grounds. About this time
another shower came up and We took
| that time to visit the Coronado Library
When it cleared up We went TIN ougl
the cactus garden to the japanese tea
garden which is 50 dainty and neat
like everything japanese, and is LAID
out with little walks leading to Pavil
| ions where one can take tea and Other
refreshments. This was all we accom-,
plished in the line of sight seeing that
day.
Thursday morning we went on a
''persouallv conducted" excursion across
the Mexican frontier to Tia Juana
We began the trip from San Diego on q
narrow guage railway with little to,
engine which looked too small to draw
us, but proved to be quite speedy when
it got to going, and we were not very
long in getting to Tia Juana, seventeen
miles from San Diego, south. We
passed through some lovely olive or.
chards and lemon and oranges groves
all loaded with fruit, and there can be
nothing prettier in the way of tree
than All orange tree when it is loaded
with the bright yellow fruit and the
leaves are so green and glossy. This
, narrow gnage railway terminates at the
| Mexican boundary line, and stages met
us at the station, the worst looking
rigs-Mexican turnouts, all right Our
conductor looked after everybody 5
comfort as we'll as he could, and told us
there were two curio stores at Tia .Juana
and that the U. S. government would
allow each gentleman to bring back IA
box OF cigars free of duty, and each lady
curios to the amount of 81 90, also we
would have time and opportunity to
buy and write souvenir postals to prove
to our friends at home that we have
travelled in foreign lands, also, and not
the least by any means, chance TO eat
Il Spanish dinner on Mexican soil. We
mailed the postals, as YOU no doubt
know by this time, (the Editor certainly
received one-ED.) aud we bought some
OF the curios and ate the dinner, quail.
rabbit, beans, rice and other things, and
then clambered into the old stage again.
visited the granite monument that
marks the boundary between the United
States and Mexico, erected by both
governments, inscribed in English on
our sside and Mexican on the other.
telling anyone who wishes to read it, o.,
can read 1T, that this is the line between,
the two countries, and anyone defacing
the monument will have to answer to
both governments according to a certain
treaty, etc. We then ''passed the Gus
toms, one of the officers being a lady.
dressed IN II jaunty blue suit, with brass
buttons, and large soft hat with badge
on the trout Some of our party bought
Mexican blankets, beauties, to use for
couch covers, and Panama hats for head
covers, and lovely Mexican drawn work,
and so had to pay duties but we kept
inside the limit, for several reasons.
The little train brought us back to
National City and we were told that we