Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-11-27
Matters and Thimssin California


markets, vegetables, daily operations and pro-
ducts, wages of laborers, and mode of doing
business in California, (Which we find in the
San Francisco correspondence ofthe Tribune
will be found very Interesting:
The health of the State continues good, ex-
cept that antumnal fevers have appeared in
some localities and dysentery and erysipelas
in others. In this city there have been 81
deaths the present month; last year there were
lO2 in the corresponding period. The Chi
nese have suffered much from scurvy and
other disorders contracted on ship-board, and
/ from their crowded mode of living. In the
! last fortnight twelve of them have died. A.
mong the interments are noted the names of
All Koy, All Hoy, All Hing, Chum Wa, Lee
On, and Mo Fachu; also child of Chinese
parents, Paul Philips, aged two months. The
American name is a fair index of the tenden-
cy of this people to adopt our customs.
/ To stand behind a counter and wait the
tardy movements ofaccidental customers does
not suit the impetuous spirit ola Yankee who
makes haste to grow rich. Hence multi
tude of retail auctions by day as well at as
night At any hour of the day or evening,
the stranger who wanders down Long wharf
will soon find himself in perfect Babel with
"once, twice, three times-going, going, gone
pouring into his ears from half q dozen
quarters at once.
This is the worst market or earth for in
ferior articles. People will buy nothing but
the best. Provisions of inferior quality are
thrown away. saw, q few daysago,a quantity
otpotatoes thrown into the streets, quite as good
as you would buy at IS cents bushel in New
York or Philadelphia in the Spring of the year.
But no one will pick up such potatoes when
first rate ones can be had for ten cents
q pound | saw fifty barrels of dried peach
;! es, damaged, sell for % cents barrel, for
hog feed, though they were not worse than
pie-makers often use in the Atlantic cities
Brooms Jythe stack, slightly damaged, brought
80 cents dozen.
The supply of fresh Beef is always good
and the best pieces can be bought for 10 cents
pound; Mutton and Pork being 40 to so
cents, and Salmon % cents. They increase
rapidly and require but little attention.
have seen a sow with % newborn grunters
around her, ali of the same crop. Had the
stately matron been better vcrsed in the his
tory of the country, she would probably have
done honor to the progress of the Union by 4
contribution of thirty-one to the swinish pop
ulation.
Butter is retailed at 30 to 70 cents a
very small quantity is yet produced in the
country. Those who raise cows can better
sell the milk at fifty cents quart, if they
live neara market The native cows are poor
mixers They are large, masculine looking
animals, and being generally allowed to re-
tain their calves for six months or longer,
they do not willingly submit to the regula-
tions OF the dairy. 1t requires too or three
men to milk a California COW. They set to
work on horseback, ard first lasso her and
tumble her TO the ground. They tie her
head to post, and then bind her feet tightly
in pairs One OF the men does the milking,
while another holds the bucket, the terrified
animal enduring the process with the same
docility as cross baby exhibits while its dir
ty face is being scrubbed. One or two quarts
of milk are the result of the operation.
Far more valuble for dairy purposes are
the COWS from the valley of the Mississippi,
that have crossed the plains. On the journey
they are worked like oxen, and even here they
are harnessed to the wagon.
A loaf OF bread, such as youbuy in the At
lantic cities for or cents, here costs you
III. Potatoes retail at 8 to II cents. They
are in demand by the quantity at cents
We certainly have the finest potatoes in the
world. From one To two pounds is a COM
mon weight, and they often weigh more. |
have never seen nor heard of California po-
tato being hollow or imperfect at the CORE
They are invariably dry and mealy. A few
days ago | sat down to dine with ten Others,
mostly adults. A large dish of potatoes graced
the table, cut in pieces before boiling. Our
landlady informed as that there were two po-
tatoes in the dish, and no more. But there
was enough and to spare. On another dish
was one-third Of a beet. Onions often exceed
a pound in weight A cabbage at the door
of a restaurant near me weighs 26 pounds