Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-01-28

1t is rather unusual, certainly un-
conventional, for woman of 80 to
make trip to California and back
alone. but that it what Mrs. Martha
Stone did She but recently return.
ed. In health and spirit she is the
equal of the average woman of 20
lyears her junior Mrs. Stone does
not seem to regard her experience as
anything remarkable, and says that
her only regret is that she postponed
SO long her first journey to the west
ern coast.
When seen at the home Of Mayor
and Mrs. William j. Baltic on last
Friday Mrs, Stone was as bright and
clipper as a woman of 40, and talked
freely Of her experience on the long
| trip. She left Lancaster in Novem Der
of 1919, making for Pasadena. Calf,
where she has a step daughter, Mrs.
Walter Bradley. formerly of Fenni
more.
From Mrs. Stone s conversation it
was evident that Pasadena was first
choice Of all the places she saw and
in which she visited on the coast.
The profusion of flowers. especially
of roses, caught the eye and fancy of
| the visitor from Wisconsin Great
arnf uls of roses; flowers every
where. That was about the en-
thusiastic' manner in which Mrs
Stone speaks Of Pasadena.
After a visit OF some weeks in the
city of roses, Mrs Stone went on to
Los Angeles, where she spent a few
weeks with nephew, Stephen
Mahood, a namesake of Mrs. St mes
father Here another delightful period
was passed in visiting and sight see
ing. Amongst other Wisconsin people
seen at Los Angeles was Mis-. Lucy
Hyde, widow of the late Jahiel Hyde.
Before going to the central part of
the state, Mrs Stone had the good
| fortune to be invited to attend
Wisconsin reunion, which was held
at Sycamore Grove, suburb of Les
Angeles Mrs Stone says that SOON
after she arrived on the grounds she
saw a banner that bore the inspiring
inscription, LANCASTER and on
Investigating found a Lancaster TIA bile.
At this she partook Of a bountiful
dinner with other refugees of Lancas
ter, among them the Rev I. j
Brown, once pastor of the local Con-
gregational church; the Rev. w. FL.
Hannaford, recently pastor of the
same church Mrs. Phoebe Black, nee
Trow bridge. and Mrs. Judd, besides
a number of others whose names Mrs
Stone cannot now recall.
Rev Mr.. Brown holds one of the
most desirable pastorates in the Con.
gregational denomination in Los
Angeles; Mr.. Hannaford also has
passionate in that vicinity. Many of
those who sat with Mrs Stone at the
Lancaster table on that day were old
tuna friends CT hers, some of whom
she had not seen for many years.
Her next destination was Pacific
Grove, near Monterey. Here Mis-.
Stone had her first glimpse of the
Pacific and she declares it is some
water, and the most beautiful CT blue.
Mrs Adeline Dillon lives at Pacific
Grove, and she is we'll remembered
in this vicinity. especially about Fen
nimore. This section of California
very much pleased Mrs. Stone, as did
the southern part. The presence of
the ocean with its breezes on one
side, and the mountains on the other,
were sources of constant delight.
| At Pacific Grove Mrs. Stone made
her shortest stay in all the trip. She
left there and made for Montana,
where she has daughter, Mrs
Horace Hampton, living in the
village of Moore. Mr.. Hampton, who
is we'll remembered in Lancaster, is
hardware merchant. For time he
operated a ranch more than 100 miles
distant from Moore. but be converted
that property into merchandise.
This village of Moore is on
branch of the Union Pacific, some
little distance off the main line, and
is located in d valley Of the noun
tains. Although the village is small
and life was not very stirring there,
Mis- Stone declares it was a most in
teresting place to be in. She remain
ed here with Mr.. and Mrs. Hampton
for several months and did not start
east again until after the close of
the holiday season.
Mrs. Stone says it is hard to get
beyond the presence of Wisconsin
people in the west. She went to the
very jumping off, place, and even
there the Badgers were in force. And
it seemed to her that Grant county