Milford chronicle., 1920-01-09

Ds+i4lfNE- AT ir1e. Da4 all A<atA u
We .sdiss had % 8tsy home. for eve
i we we're 30 far away We had 10 hai
d regular o,d Delaware dinner.
w.-b oar Dreaihs. presents and card
Iron nome. and ABOVE all, our littl
Christmas tree. ne had might
pleasant c3y. although each one ha
silent. sad. sweet memories of the at
selt one. who just q year ago toda
gave up her brave fight for life an
went ~ fae Great Unknown.
Our afternoon vas spent down d
/ tie arRe dance 4all where NJ. Al
( bort Keuney. tls founder Of "Venic
Ia America. always has erected Al
I immense CBristmas ,ree for thousand
O., the chii1Ten 0i Venice. Ocean Park
Z sl8a Monica aHc ali little visitors
They had gay grand time. with ta'
music. candies and present given bs
Mg "Kenney Santa Claus" himself
AMI by ihe way. while out viewing
these Cnrlsfmas lgin's We missed q
call from one 0f our former home
boys. Harry Kern He and his wife
ief their caris ae had done ar their
home tine Deek previous. We occs-
s.on4lly bee sur I'D friend John ?
10 land ia i2c and MTs Holland
gave = delightfu e-aneT party Tor Us
~ one ~ fhe mar French kestsu-
rants lza Sunday ssDing after which
We mOf0red ascE .heir lovely home
and as Mrs H0I4-1 expressed u. had
q regular Ui-fore Iow-wOw. Thurs
day being New ie4-s Day. we are go
ing oTer ~ ps era for the great
Rose IOuTHaiUel Parade J will tell
yoI about t11 istsr So once again
sending besl gBes an.
Yours truly
2. g. Stidham.
p. 8 pHewf Here comes q big
fog bank rolling Well. talk about
fJes say L0a1o- hasn't thing on
California. J aroused Mate. who was
lyinz SIDE u- leeD. and by the
tIme we had g1.e- up On the walk.
yJJ coV'dnt water. ! never
saw ogc come u 3-g0re; nov lts al
O. The toxin -ou. we are safely in
iIr house
Pacific Grove
November 28
Have now tfr Ysl here al the end
Of ihe Monterey s.- usu.s: the Pacific
ocean on one and the beautiful
Bay ~ MOntere5 Ae other Here
10 me Is the mos -aullful spot on the
coast. and wbat al interesting Oh
.own Is Monterey This you know
was the Old Spanish capitol OF Cali
ornis All Of the 3ld buildings are OF
idObe with Spanish tiled roof and 50
many with The quaint .ittle DalcOn-es
Jyerhauging t.- sidewalk Here Is
he Oldest t.iea where yac- Jenny
4inn sang. Tire I'D Cds.Oms house
,uilt 1881; Sheruan's sug Hallocks
headquarters during t4e MsX.can
yarJ, an Old h0fe and countless other
Nd buildings are. .stili plaserfed and .
lOinted out % Interest W8IQrs. as
veil as the hrs brick loIse ana also .
he first frame 49use, "n.ch is now
into rllls D. was quilt OF
umber brought by the Hrst vessel to
ONE around the Horn. Some sections
4 the side walk are still ia good state
4 preservation, which were made Of
this having Deen dt one
ime a great whaling station. How
yer. now the catching and canning OF
ardines Is the greatest industry. Here
; also located a large Preside 50 the
Military uniform - everywhere pres
nj. But al Of s isn't the interest
NJ thing that started 10 write about
80 That Was az AbalOne hunt. On
Is section Of .-e rockbound coast
iis delicious mJrsel OF the shell fam
y D. found in great numbers. We
atiently waited FOR a week for Friday
nd Saturday, two days when the tide
af D
ear. Friday came, but also cloudy
nd shOwery However, as this was
&C last day OF my yisit, II was this day
r none SO 20. we did. We fixed our
elves ~ in Old rain-prOof clothes,
'Ok basket. Dag, and an iron bar
bout three feet long with a hook on
ne end aud the other end shaped like
chisei. and started for Point Joe, two
Hes distant. This took us along the
)ckbOund shore where an occasional
resent shaped beach appeared such
sight met our eyes. AS far as one
)uld see there we're thousands OF sea
ills on the shore. all standing with
lads pointing q the same direction.
y friends said they had never seen
zen sight Can you imagine the
cture o. al these futtering creatures
ith the green spray breaking against
Ie rocks behind them and the broad
ue ocean back Of all These we dis
lrbed all the way to Point Joe This
mass Of stones and rocks which
Itend quite a distance out into the
aLer, but which were at this extreme
low tide uncovered. Yours truly
as a regular Clumsy Claud." Ny
et would persist in sliding of the
et moss covered rocks In opposite
rections, and one time l landed fat
J my back in sort OF a cradle. head
'wn ana feet up. and stayed there
ltil i was pulled out. II takes quite
! expert 90 locate the abalones which
e clinBing 10 the rocks, sometimes
e shells themselves being completely
'yered with the long moss, grass or
rms. When the first one was found
icy let me have the pleasure and
'velty OF cutting 1t OF. This must
done quickly by sliding the chisel
ID OF the bar down between the shell
d rock and giving II a quick twist.
herWise The abolone fastens itself
tightly against the rock that the
Iell must be broken 70 pieces 10 gel
II was lots OF fun, because we
erent compelled to take such violent
.ercise out IN the rain, only doing IL
= an experience We found several
Il only eight large enough to take
way as there Is a law governing the
ze such as we have for our oysters
ie red shelled ones must measure
ven fnohoa and fha hta.t- .t.trs