Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-08-07
Mountain Agriculture.

Lowden's ranch, at Grass Valley, on Trinity
river, is among the most valuable of mountain
farms. 1t contains $40 acres about 200 of which
are cultivated and are very productive, The
farm was purchased by William Lowden. in 1851
who subsequently, returned to the States, and
brought his parents and family to reside on his
purchase. The original cost of the claim was
$500, but to obtain the grounds for that sum
Lowdcn had to give 5000 Tor an Indian and
dog which the former owner wished to provide for.
The following is the account of property given
the Assessor this year: IS acres of barley, of
oats 2 acres of corn, 80 of potatoes, of turnips
and bcets, % of onions, of timothy, of melons
and pumpkins, 8 of cabbage, 1900 apple trees,
1000 peach trees, Is pear, 800 plum, 40 cherry,
200 currnnts, 200 grapes, and onc-hal( acre of
strawberries. Work animals: l2 head of horned
cattle, 4 mules and horses, A bridge across
the Trinity, also connected with the farm, pays
S400 n month; a saw mill valued at 81 900 com
plctes the list.
The probable pot0tor yield, this year, is about
200, 900 pounds; hnv. l20 tons; onions, $4,000
pounds; cahhagcs 5000 heads; melons and other
vine products will be exceedingly numerous and
we'll grown Grass Valley creek affords water
sufficient to irrigatc every part of the farm, and
is carried by bitches and fumes to convenient
places The possession of this water is one of
the most valuable privileges of the claim The
Weaver and Shasta turnpike road passes through
the center of the farm and crosses the bridge,
which yields separate toll About dozen
hired hands are constantly employed on the farm.
Located on the highway, with convenient market
at both Shasta and Weaver with n most produc.
tive sale, water privileges, bridge and mill prop
crty always remunerativc, we consider this ranch
the most valuable in the county; each year adds
to its value and improvement.
A remarkable foresight has been exhibited bv
Mr.. William Lowdcn in early improvements Of
the farm. The brdge-thcu on u pack trail,
only was built wide and strong enough for the
heaviest teams; it cost about $4,000, which it
yielded the first year after completion. The
structure is very strong, and has thus far success.
fully resisted the Goods. No one, except the
proicctor, then thought of a wagon road through
the prccipitous hills north of the river, hut either
by design or lucky accident. Lowdcn built his
bridge at the only pass through which wagon
for repairs and Yields $4,000 to $4,000 n year
THE CHINESE LtNGUAGE.--In n country whore
th" roses have no Fragrance, and tn" women no
petttcoats; whore TIL" aborcr has no Sabbath, and .
the magistrate no sense Of honOr whore the roads
bear no vehicles, and the ships no kerls; where |,
cid men fly kites; whore the needle points to the
south, and the sign of being puzzled is to scratch
the antipodrs of the head whore the place of
honor is on the left hand, and the seat Of intellect
is in the stomach; where to take off vonr hat il
an insolcnt gesture, and to wear white garments
Is to put Yourself in mourning-we ought not TO
be aslonished to find n literature without an al
phnbct and a language without n grammar If .
we add that, for countless centuries, the Govern
mrnt has been in the hands of state philosophers
and the vprnaculnr dialects have been abandoned
to the laborng classes, we must not he startled
to find that this Chinese language is the most
intricate, cumbrons, nnwieldy vehicle Of thought
that ever existed among any people. There are
eighteen different languages in China besides the
C0u"t dialect; and although, by beautiful in.
vcnton deserving Of all imitation, the written
language is 50 contrived rs to denote by the same
character the sounds of each of the nineteen diff
fercnt words, all OF which it equally represents,
this is of no great use among the multitude who
cannot read.-London Times.