Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-02-17
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day, February 9th, l am down by
the ocean to see the sunset. The
scene is most beautiful this even
ing and it is the close of a perfect
day. The sea is always restless
here and as the breakers contlnu-
ally come to the shore it is almost
like music to the ear. With clear
sky above, pure ocean sand below,
the high shoreline to my rear, the
glittering ocean IN front, the Santa
Ana mountains in the distance,
Catalina island beyond the waves,
and Old Sol setting behind the San
Pedro hills and bluffs it is a beau
tiful picture of nature and as we
enter the twilight the southwestern
sky could not be prettier. With
the thermometer standing at "a
above at noon today and regular
Iowa June day it seems like all ma
ture was at her be t. wish all
of the Audubon county people
were down here on the beach this
evening. The water is fine and
they could all go ia Not much
danger of drowning for 1t varies In
depth from one inch at the shore
to five miles and beIter beyond.
So the only requirement is to stay
close to the shore. But say, with
all of Audubon county here and
the other friends too, it would be
some reunion.
We had the pleasure of visiting
the Busch gardens at Pasadena
just few days ago. Adolpheus
Busch, the founder, was brother
of Anheuser Busch | believe who
had a part in making old Milwau-
kee famous. The, Busch gardens
are private park Of two parts,
but are open to the public on pay
ment of small admission. The
place is as beautiful as money can
make it and consists of lagoons,
waterfalls, walks, orange groves,
great trees, an old mill, birds, ETC.,
and all kinds of scenery of the f.
nest degree. A brief description
of a tree growing in these gardens
is simply one item Of interest which
| might mention. When Napoleon
Bonaparte died and was buried on
the island of St. Helena west Of
Africa, his Grand Marshal planted
weeping willow on his grave. A
small slip was later taken from this
tree and presented to Adolpheus
Busch. This slip or cutting YVES
planted in the Busch gardens and
today is getting to be quite a nice
tree. So | secured a small cutting
from it and am attempting to make
it grow and if [ am successful
Cameron township will have tree
which came directly from the OLD
tree planted on Napoleon's grave
soon after his death. | prize il
highly as coming from the grave Of
the greatest general the world has
ever known.
Just few words as to how last
Sunday was spent which is a sam
pie Of every Sunday here for thai
matter and is cur busy day.
simply mention this to give al
idea Of the many places to atteno
public meetings and services pro
vlded one wishes to. In the fore
noon we attended S. S. and regu
lar preaching services. At 2 p. m
we went to the Salvation Arm,
meeting conducted by leade,
from the state Of Maine. He sale
t was new sight for him to sex
children playing out on the lawn:
in February for he came from the
cold country up near Nova Scots
where they only have two months
OF real summer each year. It How.
ing this meeting we attended {
good lecture and then at night
went to an evangelistic meeting
where, in addition to vocal music
there were thirteen musical instru
ments used if mistake not. How.