Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1921-07-07
ANOTHER INTERESTING
CALIFORNIA LETTER.
Auberry, Cali.. juno Ia. 1e21.

Auberry, Cali, June q, 1921,
To the Editor OF The Tribune
Dear Mr.. Bennett II am prompted
to write this letter from the fact there
lies before. and but just received "a
most splendid panoramic view of my
old home town. Dear oid s,ineral
Point
1t is through the great kindness and
courtesy of your but recent fellow
townsman that picture is before me,
that 81 Mr. l.. A. Herrick must re-
mark in passing that | never heard of
this gentleman until less than a year
ago when | received kindly letter
from him, which vas prompted by his
reading my letters of year ago. Since
then | have had the pleasure of an
hours visit with him and two ladies'
whose names | regret that cannot
now recall. They stopped over one
train in MERGED to call on me. and to
say that the hour spent with them was
delight to me would be putting it
very mildly indeed. And wish to say
that If the good people of the cid town
can say as many good things OF him az
he had TO say of them, then surely you
must regret to lose him from among
you. We do Tribune publisher.
One thing impressed me in particular.
Mr. Herrick said you were like zone
big happy family that when there
was group gathered together there
was none of the usual town gossip, no
petty fault finding, but all seemed to
desire to speak well of one another.
This was gratifying to me, for that is
just as | remember the people of from
fifty to sixty years ago.
Another thing right along this line
must mention, want to compliment
The Tribune and it's editor for keeping
its columns free from matter that has
a tendency to cause a hurt, unless il be
to correct public wrongdoer. And,
too, cannot help observing that week
after week its columns carry a religious
train of thought, such as might well be
expected from the pen of descendant
of those old sturdy Chrstianized, law
abiding, Woodworking BENEFITS that
have been reprented in the old town for
well onto hundred years.
But, barking back to the picture.
presume but few indeed can feel a
greater interest in it than myself, for
! can pick out numerous buildings that
my father and his genial brother Dick"
constructed and | myself, as boy,
used to haul the material for thereon
struction. They erected the majority
of the stone buildings that were con-
structed prior to the year 1870.
1t seems like dream, that more than
half century has passed since / thus
participated in that work. Now | am
as far as ! can well get away from
those scenes. but this picture brings it
all back.
As ! and my good wife found our
selves so unexpectedly in the Yosemite
Valley, just so Unexpectedly we find
ourselves in the heart Of the mountains,
almost hidden from civilization, fifty
miles from any church, leaving behind
US all our friends. that we may con-
tinue TO be with and make our home
with our dutiful son who has recently
been made superintendent Of one of the
great electrical power plants of which
California is justly proud.
But more about this place in my next,
if this does not fall into oblivion in
stead Of the columns Of The Tribune,
for this place will likely be home to us
until his company shall call our boy to
come up higher
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