The Republican journal., 1916-04-06
Home and Personal Letters.

San Diego, Calf, under date of March 10th
I'VE left Redlands as soon as the trains were
running-you know the terrible storms had
carried away all the bridges and flooded the
tracks for miles, so that we were cut off from
the rest of the world for several weeks As
we could not get here we stopped at Los An
geles and spent several weeks there and in
Pasadena-the latter most attractive place
and think we everything worth seeing
IN both places. We reached here week ago
and have taken several trips, including of
course, the exposition, which is small, but re-
marlably pretty and interesting. Most of the
buildings are closed just now as they are pac-
ing the exhibits sent down from San Fran
cisco, but there will be another formal OPEN
ing on Saturday. The grounds are within easy
reach from the city, and in the midst of
lovely park. The weather has not been good
foggy and cold with high Withstand | am
much disappointed in the far famed California
climate. The flowers, too, are great disap-
polntment. l expected 80 see fields filled with
wild flowers. especially the yellow poppy, and
n all the months | have been here | have
never seen one growing wild. If people would
only tell the truth about California there
would not be so many disappointed ones,
There is much that is beautiful and inter-
esting here, but when they tell you that ii is
perpetual sunshine, and that one never really
needs fire. and that it is land of flowers as a
carpet for ones feet-it is certainly a great
mistake. We had heavy snow storm in Red
lands-two terrible tempests, an ear thquake,
and bitter cold weather; so it is net strange
that illusions vanish! l have seen Mrs Ed
ward johnson, who lives here with her father
and mother, and Mrs. Pratt is here (Abbie
eeazle) to visit some old army friends, SO we
feel quite at home, and shall probably stay
two or three weeks longer and then go on to
Santa Barbara. AS we have nine months for
our trip we can take things leisureIy. Today
we are to go to Point Iona in Mrs. Johnson
car, if the fog should lift. and tomorrow we
plan for Coronado
DR.. W. II. Winsow writes from Roxburv
Mass. under date of March 18th: Il have re-
turned from a weeks travel and sojourn, Bos-
ton and norfolk, M. d M. Line all the way On
the sea. Had a little spell of good weather.
Season slow around Virginia. Truck farms
are not all ploughed; nothing planted except
spinach, which has been cut back OF account
OF the freeze and is now about three inches
above ground. The nigs gather it when foot
high, put in .rres, land it is generally shipped
weeks earlier than this.
Heard in Virginia this good story: "Some
northern men were rambling in the fields of
Virginia which ad been ravaged by Union SOL
dlers and noticed some chmneys standing in
grassy plot that seemed prepared for build
lngs. One OF the visitors remarked to his Con-
tederate guide, "You do not build as we do in
the North; you build your chimneys first,
while we build the house and put them in as
we shape the structure or in finishing it,
why the houses of these chimneys were
burned down by your ID Yankees during
the war;
I'm no Yankee" was the rejoinder.
"Where'd you come FROM" asked the guide,
"From Boston" was the reply.
Il reckon youse one of the-of-wh
did the business" was the comment,
a fnr H.