. Raleigh Christian Advocate: organ of the North Carolina Conference, Church, South. thought I had seen cherries before,but never of this size or flavor. was enamored. He investedfreely, and for the next thousand mileswas eating cherries. He said hewanted to get enough cherries once. The Northern Pacific Railwaystretches for more than two thousandmiles from Portland to St. Pauls. Inthe observation car of their NorthCoast Limited with its easy chairs,broad windows, library and spaciousrear platform, travel seems to havetouched the acme of comfort andluxury. The trim cities are b
. Raleigh Christian Advocate: organ of the North Carolina Conference, Church, South. thought I had seen cherries before,but never of this size or flavor. was enamored. He investedfreely, and for the next thousand mileswas eating cherries. He said hewanted to get enough cherries once. The Northern Pacific Railwaystretches for more than two thousandmiles from Portland to St. Pauls. Inthe observation car of their NorthCoast Limited with its easy chairs,broad windows, library and spaciousrear platform, travel seems to havetouched the acme of comfort andluxury. The trim cities are beautitul. Westopped at Minneapolis, visited Minne-haha Falls immortalized by Longfel-low, and sailed t shelve miles down theMississippi to St. Pauls. SummitAvenue, where its bloods live, issaid to be the linest in the saw Como Park with its roundvictoria lily leaves five feet in diame-ter, its floral display, gates ajar,fountain, lake where the band withtwenty seven instruments discoursedsweet music from a stand built in thelake, to the thousands upon shore andin THE EPWORTH LERGUE. TOPIC FOR SEPTEMBER 29, 1901. ^» Goldston Circuit. Santa Clara Valley which Bayard Taylor says is one ofthe three most beautiful valleys of theworld. The orange trees were ladenwith fruit. The gray olives had justdropped their blooms. We rode throughthe largest prune orchard in the world,eight hundred acres. Prettier than allwere the apricot trees hanging withluscious fruit. What plums, pears,and peaches! Perfect in flavor, not aworm anywhere. Not a drop of raintouches the fruit from the time itblooms, until it is gathered. We ad-mire the pepper tree with featheryfrondage and large clusters of of the dark gren eucalyptusremind us that it was a Methodistpreacher. Bishop William Taylor, whobrought this tree from Australia. Be-cause it does not rain in summer manytake their outing in tents. They raiseno corn. Stock is fed small apples and roasting ears a
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