Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-02-17
SUNSHINE and FLOW
ERS ONLY A DREAM
NICE TO BAsK IN THE SUN, BUT
IOWANS PREFER TO DIG
IN THEIR OWN SOIL
Editor Republican {:

Editor Republican:
AS / write these lines on Sunday,
February 9Th, l am down by the
ocean to see the sunset The scene is
most beautiful this evening and it is
the close of a perfect day. The sea
is always restless here and as the
breakers continually 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 Islands beyond
the waves, and Old Sol setting behind
the San Pedro hills and bluffs, it is
a beautiful picture Of nature, and as
we enter the twilight the southwest
ern sky could not be prettier. With
the thermometer standing at IA de-
grees above at noon today and regu-
lar Iowa June sky it seems like all
nature was at her best. / wish all OF
the Audubon county people were
down here on the beach this evening.
The water is fine and they could all
go in. Not much danger of drown
ing, for 1t varies in depth from one
inch at the shore to five miles and
DCJlCl DSg OO lllS Ouly
ment is to stay close to the shore.
But say, with all of Audubon county
here and the other old friends it
would be some reunion.
We had the pleasure OF visiting
the Busch gardens at Pasadena Just
a few days ago. Adolpheus Busch,
the founder, was brother of An
heuser Busch, | believe, who had a
part in making Milwaukee famous.
The Busch gardens are a private
park Of two parts, but are open to
the public on payment of small adj
mission. The place is as beautiful
Bas money can make it and consists
OF lagoons, waterfalls, walks, or
ange groves, great trees, an old mill,
birds, etc., and all kinds OF scenery
OF the finest degree. A brief des-
cription OF tree growing in these
gardens is simply one item OF inter-
est which I might mention. When
Napoleon Bonaparte died and was
buried on the island of st. Helena,
west OF Africa, his Grand Marshall
planted a weeping willow on his
grave. A small slip was taken from
this willow and presented to Adolph-
Gus Busch. This slip or cutting was
planted in the Busch gardens and to-
day is getting to be quite nice tree.
So l secured a small cutting from it
and am attempting to make 1t 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 it highly, as
coming, from the grave of the great
est general the world has ever
known.
Just a few words as to how last
Sunday was spent, which is a sample
of every Sunday here, for that mat
ter, and is our busy day. l simply
mention this to give an idea Of the
many places to attend public meet
ings and services, provided one
wishes to. In the forenoon we at
tended Sunday school and regular
preaching services. At two p m. we
went to the Salvation Army meeting
conducted by a leader from the state
of Maine. He said it was a new
sight for him to see children playing
out on the lawns in February, for he
came from the cold country up near
Nova Scotia where they only have
two months of real summer each
year. Following this meeting we at
tended a good lecture and then at
night went to an eVangelistic meet
ing where in addition to the vocal
music, there were thirteen musical
instruments used, if l mistake not.
However, the vocal music by the
Wilde-Knight quartet was one of the
main attractions. If the reader pos
sesses a talking machine of any kind
see If any of the records were by
Earl Wilde, for he has sung for