El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-20
VACATION STORIES TOLD BY MEN OF
ST. CLEMENTS At MONTHLY MEETING

vacation trip TO Mobile He told OF
the ruined plantations. Of the washed
out railroads and Of the mass of water
which had escaped from the 1eTees
through the crevasses-
R II. Reed said he had been having
a vacation for % years the entire time
he has spent in Fl Paso- But he de-
scribed his visit this year to his old
home and OF a family reunion at the
old Reed farm
Hal Christie spent his vacation en-
jOying such aquatic sports as golf and
horse back riding at CloudcrOft during
an interesting description OF morse
back ride he made in the rain and
how he came near being caught by q
flood in one of the mountain canyons.
Backyard Vacation.
s J. Fennell described his backyard
vacation which he enjoyed NOR than
any he had had in years he said. HIS
acation at home included the roofing
Of chicken house in the middle OF
the day and a cold plunge that fol-
lowed
B. NJ G. Williams said he could
truthfully say that the most enjoyabIe
"trip to FL PaSO from California where
he found only the ocean that han
anything on FL Paso. He said that
California was but an irrigated Arr
IONA after all.
A story On pa
H F. Easter broke the family faith
and told q story on his father. the rec
tor OF St Clements, who was showing
a party OF friends through a cave in
the Cumberland mountains and OF
finding the initials H E" on the rOuI
OF the cave where DR.. Easter told the
visitors that he had placed them 20
years before when. in fact, his son had
marked them there few minutes pre-
vIous.
James Tyler described the famous
Reelsfoot lake and bottomless Blue
lake and the night riders OF the Mis-
sisippi valley country.
Meningitis vacation.
David Mcknight first denied that he
had spent his vacation painting his
fence Instead, he said he spent his
time studying his Barred Rock pull
lets and their efforts to digest one
of Roosevelts speeches on Womants
suffrage
Dr. Z. r. Carpenter told OF the world
meeting Of ear specialists in Boston
and OF the wonderful work the world
specialists were doing in the study Of
deafness He told of a meeting with
Helen Keller, the wonder deaf. DUMB
and blind girl and how she could tax
and sing and understand
Fishing and Hunting.
Fl. W Broaddus spent his three
minutes fishing On the indian reserve
ton at MescalerO. n M where. VITA
the aid OF an indian boy. he said he
had caught two strings Of mountatn
trout
Z. c. Dumon described a Thanks
giving hunting trip in the interior OF
Cananea and of his shooting one wild
turkey on the entire trip
J. ". Lucas told OF the wonderful
work being done by the Knights OF
Pythias home for widows and orphans
at Waco Tex He said that these
dependents were being cared for IS
well as two thirds of the people Of
FL PaSo and that it was one OF the
fne he had 81 ~ad
Beautiful Elephant Butte.
Homer Thomas Of Elephant Suite,
told of his weekly vacation trips into
the surrounding country Of the Rio
Grande and over Geronimo's trail and
the other places of interest surround
ing the government project
H. Y Ellis got a laugh when he
said he went to a bah game in Chicago
a trip on the la1e and his efforts 70
get something to eat on Sunday in
that town. where all of the restau-
rants close and the saloons stay open.
]. r Gilchrist spent his vacation
raising roses and he said that Portland
with its 100000 buds could not be
more beautiful than his rose garden
BY Auto to Sacramento.
Y. r. stiles said We tied the kids
to the bedpost. started out in the auto
for the mountains, going 20 miles
without seeing soul, and when We
met the first person on the road. q
woman, I felt like shaking hands with
her" he then told OF his trout fish
ing and auto experiences in the Sacra-
mentOs. ending with a warning 10 aU-
tomObile drivers not 10 go TO Cloud
croft in machine.
Norman Walker told OF Indiana and
its characters, circus day and Uncle
Gov"
Down In Mexico.
R R. RolSahr gave his experiences
on the quarter deck of a Mexican mule
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