Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-01-30
CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter From California.

EDIroRs OF FARMER:-I am happy to say
that the FARMER has again dropped in on us
aircr refusing for some five weeks to show its
genial face. All sort of conjcctures were
prompted by its non appearance. Could it
have given up the ghost after the trifing ma
iority Tod rcceivedi Guess not. The FAR
MER is not accustomed to dying. Or, did an
Abolition friend give it call and persuade it
it to "dry up.' Hardly that either, since it
has never learnd how to surrender. The
better suggestion seemed to be that it, with
thousands of others was rusticating at some
way office. What is the use, anyhow, of the
contractors dragging their immense paper mail
along. They had better, when coming to heay
roads, leave few bags. If the Californians
get them next summer it will 6e soon enough.
You have heard overland by Telegraph
of the great flood with which Sacramento val-
| ley has been visited; of the inundation of Sac
ramento city, our capital, Marysville and 9TH
er places; an1 of the consequent immense
destruction Of property. AS the telegraph
will tell you but little, thought few lines
| from those parts might not be wholly unintcr-
esting. The food of the Yuba, considering
tie length of the river, did more damage than
that of any other stream in the State. 1t is a
stream, ordinarily, about the size of your
Kibuck, hut during the flood it was from two
to three miles wide; covering the whole bot
tom ana huci hisu ,'iu ~ ma ma n"I iio'e po'oie
Deen known 70 ove,nrw. , noso oo.tonls were
can scarscly be estimated. Thouands Of stock
were swept away and drowned, many houses
went with the current; and scarsely fence is
| left MANY farms are almost ruined by being
co'ereu WIN M UNI .ttais anu r,uns i"l,nnbS,
prorshl u1Mh i,Vn, 'mo mo"e""o .dprad m ado.
ing l,'l WHICH ~" aeo ""o -,
worm oloo p1' W. uo" mili 'hl' ~,
seol',eht' anu u'l'. ,oe .mo u.st , oan oo
lounu al ,'''nhe' VI "i'''ioo' 'iu'n'u nou'.o'
cha'!s' ocus'oaus' .ao'I', "nu a., 'ol. Vi mn
ing lmplcheh's, WIN ho'u u"u 'no'o 'oaI
oow' lIoroo, u, 81, .no "no;o Tu; so"S'"ou
WIN an o~ccaslonul ~ ueiune' oiiao"ian' ani VI
"hoil thcIe WIZ so.i,u ,oi.. VI my MY 1; utown
ca some ten l'llcS up INC Ii.ci nc ulsas'er
nappehro 10 'icn, III '"iS "'So' ino creatures
Iad gathereu III lalse nunloers al l-onS anu
oWlss Dars, anu "o'o u'SS'"S o'er car io"S
since aDahuoneu oy 'ne'i eneniies' 'nc H,ner'
icans' lhef oul' .non no'o'S on .,lo ,'I'a .,
whlch IN oruihars WAFER arc ho' coEeleu' out
whch 'nc waters arc n'Si ''oy arc oi'on M .ol
uays oo", in,u aS %;
sucm hoou .noy te" ev, it ~ .'tn ,,;. "n
on tle evening Vi lho oln iiis'. n ;ooA 70 ,noi'
opium dreaming VI l.clr noMins hlnsuo,ll'
morning cun'c, pu. NV oHnu ~"s a. ~ w
seen, anu ,ho "atoi iri.. ,'Hn. nv ~
'e. icet ueep o.n. tnTa iue.ho ,, "hn,
"Alas, the place lhoa' knew theih once sha,
kho" &C. ""ns p0opU w ,ho DV''o,'. nau
very harro" escaPoe' WHY ~" ~ roous .omn WI
l0uhu walery e'acoS a. Nv. Doon III i;'no a',o
snor. Gural'on oi ane hoGu nImy r'ono i''u0 10
Wonlu nave oeon ,os'. o,i pouy was up
anu uoihs au,ins 1.rs .na' 1;,aI;. ,SS; So nr,
Wa,ulns oh u'n.; so",o oii,'olS W ',",. ioo,1
anu anu o.hois m"nlns ~, nay,ieA' uoco a','
Nnuto.oi ois0 "ilcluau SeE! ~ l:a1,y' i|ay
.L ~ bn, 'y S ai, ms '' "a ond
.aJ JAMS Ds ~ Iud;on ,no;,od :, 49,
mn,'o ,na" ""u 'hioh "tn5 'n,a'oiI =" hinh ,nJ
ono S.Hly nous' mioa "tou ~ a ,'y nSn, ~
"I '"u NV III .pJ up ~
Siuea' my 's, t,i, :, :. iSu "a ;Jot nv
rs. Us I '' IT,, ia ~. a;,oa - ~ ,I.
iiuIor nr,',,nd Or Loon swoTt dawn stroon,
T5o oniv chance left them WAS for each Of the
rrown norsons includino tho woman to shonls
Cor trd of tbo children and striEe for HIGHER
oanS MI thou ala w,d;nn ~ t;mas in
SHonu, tsatan m 70 thoir arms AlteT tbus woJing
tor hoifo ~ mia thew reached n drv snot o1
,nh;ah ,,,s honso ;nb,Sitod Inv a man and
wn,un h~t ther stav WAS short here C,r the
Ia 80, ' noi,inr 3,onr and all uora com
rolIn5 =" Hoo Thsv ,ya1ed nearly n half mile
po,su p,.t W .L, roaotad ,,ar,,,annnt drv
,noa' n VIII Tho my Eod scarse,y % ont drv heforo
sh SUM ,d - mo,o Laok e,ha;r starting
.nG! oouiu H., aS uanS e''0
po,ht Oh uly iahu. ,,a,. ho o;tod I'm, 7
many si'hilat oasos nn,sn' 'o o'.o", ou.