The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-20
SOUTH RANDOLPH

dolph, arrived here Sunday from Hart
ford, Conn, and is spending a few days
with his father, Frank Williams, and his
sister, Mrs. George Hyde.
Miss Mary Preston went Sunday to
assist in moving her sister, Miss Agnes
Preston, from the Windsor Hall sana-
forum to the home of her father, T..
Preston. She has been in the sanato-
rum for several weeks.
Miss Carrie Garfield from Manchester,
n. H., is at her uncle's, A. M. Smith, for
much needed rest from nursing.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. P. Riford entertained
some of their friends and neighbors Sat
urday evening at their home, The chill
dren enjoyed the valentine part of it.
Refreshments were served and the time
pleasantly passed in games.
A valentine social for the scholars of
the South Randolph school was held in
the sehoolhouse Friday, conducted by the
teacher, Mrs. Archie MaePhetres. A de-
lightful time was experienced by all
The following is a part of letter
Il. d. Camp. lately received from Clark 5.
Hall, who, it will be remembered by a
great many Of the readers of this paper,
took trip across the continent last fall
with the Spauldings of Tunbridge in
their Ford car and landed at Long Beach,
Cal, The Spauldings who make and
sell the famous Spaulding porous plas-
ter, have before this crossed the CONT
nent in this same Ford car at least six
times. Mrs. Spauldlng runs the ear. The
letter says: 81 am now sitting on set
tee on the pike near the coast ! can
see the boats and ships, also see people
! in bathing. II is quite warm here. My
health was very good on the trip and has
been most of the time since | arrived
here. ! make my headquarters on Signal
hill. ] think it a very pleasant place.
You can see mountains and all over the
city of Long Beach, along the coast for
20 miles. See the islands and see the
| sun set in Pacific ocean. 1t is warmer
here than it is down on the fat; no
! frosts here yet. The folks claim We
have had the coolest weather here since
came that they have for a long time.
The Japs raise all of their early cucrm-
| bers here. They commenced planting
some time ago Roses and all kinds of
! flowers are looking bright and green. 1t
seems odd to me to see them harvesting
and planting at the same time. You
can get at the market, Strawberries, Gu
| cumbers or any green stuff you want,
The water here | like very much. 1t is
very soft, takes but a little soap TO make
good suds. think you can live here
cheaper than you can in Vermont. You
can get a good fish dinner for 20 cents.
| We found several kinds of water on our
trip and the best, think, we had was
| the old Hondo river water That was
the coolest river water ever tasted,
and the hottest water we found was at
! Welsh well, 10 miles this side of Colorado
river in a canyon in the mountains. No
! buildings or inhabitants anywhere near,
and il is the deepest well that ever
drew water out of by hand. | can see
the place and taclsling very plainly now.
II was an old, leaky pail, with a very
| long piece Of rope and wire attached.
The SpauIdings said it did not taste
| good, but some Of it went down, as that
was the first we found after we left
| Colorado river We have had very little
rain here 1t rained the day | came and
some the next day. I do not think it
has rained but one -half day since II is
very dry here; too dry to plant, only
where they run on water Ii is about
| the same weather every day. The sun
shines most Of the time. | wear light
clothes and like to get in the shade some
of the time. Have had a fire but a few
times TO warm the house since | came.
/ do not realize it is winter never saw
anything like this. They say here may
go back for a while but / will come back
! here to stay. I cannot forget the glo-
rious sunshine and they say | will live
from 10 to Is years longer here, Am
taking in some Of the sightseeing trips
with the land agents. They will give
Won rides. free dinners and free lectures.
/ One lecturer told about someone that
went to heaven and on one side there
were some working and he asked them
what they were working for. They told
! him they we're some that came from
| Iowa and some of the other states and
| had always worked and were not salts
fed unless they could work. He went
along further and over in one corner
they had some chained up and fastened
so they could not get away. He asked
why they had them fastened. They told
| him they were some that came from
southern California and if they let them
loose they would go right back"