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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1884)
THE WEST SHORE. 243 campment," "Rambler" (102 foot in circumference at its base), "Two Friends" (90 and 97 feet around), "Four Pillars," "Washington and Lofayetto," "Lone Giant," etc. There are in the grove 3G5 trees of a diameter of one foot or more, 125 that exceed 40 feet in circumference, and 10 excoeding 70 foet The greatest of them all is but a remnant of its former self. Itjios pros trate on the ground, charred by fire, its bark gone, and its cantor hol low from years of decay. Across the upturned butt it Erasures 33 foot Only 150 foot of the trunk re main, and through this, from end to end, it is uptonkvada eaBV r'iw 0,1 horso fallh. bnck It is estimated that when standing it was 125 feet in cir cumference and more than 400 feet high. The grove also contains some sugar pines and Douglas firs, which, although mant specimens of their species, are but nitr- mios by the side of those forest monsters, and serve as standards by which the enormous size of tho sequoias is more vividly im pressed upon the mind. ' '"' 7 bl3t mil0B frora tne Mariposa trees ,0 W A. 'V is 2 imj .in" nr BRIDAL VEIL, rAIXH. . is the Fresno grove, containing alxmt COO trees of nil sizes, a large number 6f tliem varying in cirooinference from 50 to 82 feet at th base. Henbi Lacbzsz. THE MYSTERIOUS CLOCK. IT Lad boon a stormy day in Circlo Valley, asd earth and air were blended toirothor in one vast imiionetrn. ble tone of monotonous gray. Clouds of Hying snow were hurled to tho ground, only to lx torn up ngaiu by tho violent tempest and sent bowling awny through the I . -I:'1 J VKIlNAli FAI.IJ". pine trees and foothills. Jacksou's staunch log Iiqjiho quivered Isifore tho blast, and tho old man declared lit had never soon such n day sinco ho came to the v-dley. I had arrived just in time. Tho darkness was already Im. ginning to gather ere I hod discovered Jackson's build ings through the blinding snow, and I breathed a sigh of relief when I know that I was not doomed to a shelterless night under such dangerous circumstances, It was with feelings of great satisfaction that I had followed Jackson into his largo sitting room, whero a lingo fire of pine logs blazing in an enormous fireplace did double service in furnishing both light and heat The room, though rudely furnished and, of course, carjwtless, nevertheless jxwsessod an air of comfort, which to mo was greatly multiplied as I thought of my long, cold day's ride. In deed, it seemed to me I had never lieforo ill my life been in such a cheerful apartment, ami I quickly settled myself in a nook by tho chimney to await upnr. Jackson whs a gonorous, lieorty old fellow, and gave me a slap on the lwwk that nearly took my lirenth awny, but for Homo reason or other mode mn M very much at homo. II presented uie to threo other men who, like myself, hod been forced by the weather to seek tho protection of his friendly root One was a jolly old miner from riot-he; the second was a tall, thiu, gaunt man, an elder in the Mormon Church, snd a very entertaining follow he proved to be, and the third wait a rough and ready rauchinaa