Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-10-21

later back to Los Angeles and thenfby
trolley to San Pedro where we took
the steamer for Frisco.
4 San Pedro is an old town., small and
never much thought of until the last
few years. Now the government is
building, a fine breakwater. and when
completed there will be fine harbor
and a very important shipping point.
We left here in the evening and woke
up on cloudy morning, little rough.
but we did not mind it in the least al
though many were quite ,seasick we
were not a bit and while we were
obliged to stay inside owing to the
cold, as, we We're still dressed thinly,
we had a pleasant voyage and the next
morning about 5 we saw theh Golden
Gate and went into San Francisco Har-s
Dor, where after landing we took car
to the S.. p. depot and from there
about IS miles to San Jose. We saw
some ruins of the earthquake and fire
but most of them had been rebuilt and
many were building or nearly finished,
We did not like San Francisco very
we'll, the city is very uneven, built on
lot of hills, first up. one then down
another, and so on. tt was cold and
foggy and there were not many ships.
in the harbor. We saw five warships.
The harbor looked fine and very well
protected from storms. The, country
down toward San Jose was very
large valley from 80 to so miles wide
and high mountains on both sides, east
and west Here were large orchards
of prunes, pears, peaches and such
fruit. We took car and easily found
Dodge's place, found them we'll, pleas
antly located and a fine little home.
He was away at work painting but
came home at noon and was at home
most of the time while we were here.
| The next day we went to Congress
! Springs where the famous Congress
Spring water is bottled and had a fine.
time under the oaks and redwood trees,
1
mic. 1t seemed more like home there
and the people were about all white.
some different from Phoenix. The
weather was delightful here all the
time and we took many rides around
the city and in the country The prin-
cipa! business is fruit and that is a big
one. We saw Dr.. Gilman's home. He
lis a motorman on the electric cars.
| One day we went to Alum Rock Park
and Canyon and had a fine time; Saw
lots of deer and bear and swans, par
rotsI and an immense cage of canaries
al in park or cages and the children
were much pleased with them. There
were several kinds Of water here plain,
soda, sulphur and alum. On the
whole we had the best time here and
believe i would rather live here than
anywhere we have yet been and
think there are as good chances for
one here as anywhere outside Of a min
ing camp We staid here until the
next week Monday when we again took
4 the train for San Francisco and from
there the boat to San Pedro. On the
way down it was. warm and ,pleasanter
j and was delightful. !, We saw several
whales, some; quite near Looked to
be from 40 to go feet long but hard to
tell exactly as 1 did not have any way
} to measure them. The last night be-
for we landed the captain had dance
and we had a pleasant time seeing them
ii dance and tell stories, and sing songs.
There was Portuguese on board and
he sang some native songs. We had
, very pleasant evening". .qifs
The. next morning we were quaran.
: tined for short time and examined ano
} then! landed at San Pedro, where after
I breakfast we took the steamer to st,
Catalina Island and saw the aquarium
, full of all kinds Of sea fish and went
, up incline railroad to the top of {
2 mountain then on a glass bottom boa
where we could see the gardens under
the water fish and shells and seaweed
! where the water was 12O feet deep
r and further on saw lot of seals, some
e very large ones. They were playing
p on the rocks and in the water Some
e were upon the beach. We came bacl
!, in the evening and went up to Los An
t. geles and to our old room at tn,
S Brownstone and next day took tn,
e Tilton trolley trip, 100 miles for 81. o,
!. first out to Sam Gabriel mission, which
s is the Oldest in the West, here W,
y saw lots of old robes and paintings ant
! such things. From there out to Pasa
e dena and down to large alfigato
farm where they have about 1900 ALI
$ gators and lots of rattlesnakes, thel
e by an ostrich farm and Indian Village
+ then to the beaches where we had
8 fish dinner and from there along tn,
q beaches to Long Raach uhorn u,,,