Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-02-17
AMOUR CsLFoRxTA.-A letter from San
Francisco IN the Country Gentlemen makes
the following statements

Amour CALrFoESn.-A letter from San
Francisco IN the Country Gentleman makes
the following statements
Strange 10 write. Indian corn is not and can
10; b. grown m this State Strtnger, where the
heat e sumner = extreme and where there is
no earlg OF late f-sst Yet 50 it's say Il
cannot he grown By this mean as a crop. A
littls inferior - grown in favored localiues for
market purr~ses and It ioes well ~ crop IN
Russian River Valley. and some peculiarly favor
ei sra', Of limited ov;ent-also in the southern
part e the State: hut a. q State crop Il doe.
nos exist. The crors of Sapes, fruits wheat,
oats and barley, are here superior. Potatoes
and onions are superior: AMI no; -rors DO well.
but are not superior to those II the West.
At the Fast I was scsin sud again told. there
are no house fics IN California. This J. a mis-
take; thev are ~ plenty n elsewhere; and mus
quiioes as thick in this city Of hills, on the
Jersey marshes.
They sil tell von that a c'imIte must be
healthy, where Won can XIII heeves AZ any season
Of the wear. and the mrat viii not faint or lie
comnose. hut dry IN This has always been
publicly and privately stated: but, reader.
must dissipate this deluson. A large r1nchero
Of the San Joaquin. tells me AT ies are Of
timrs so troublesome, ihst it horse breaks his
skin or any animal. il almost proves incurahle,
from the torment Of flies and the deposits of eggs.
That before a beef can be skinned it will be COW
cred with flies, vasps snd bees, BY drovcs; bur
that ny hanging il high in the air it will keep
until portion and only portion is eaten: also
that you canno; corn beet here that will keep
lonztr than few days. and # then il does not
"a NJ Il will harden, aud be as uneatable as log
Of mahogany.
Are you aware, reader. that no where in Cali
f,raia can Won pack and cure 7aeats-6eef, or
pork. or fish
Picking hns tean again and again tired. but
alssys failing of success. Hence the tens II
thousands of cattle are useless, except for their
hides and tallow. Their number will be reduced
hy famine this year. two-thirds. and il is locke
upon by many as q public blessing.
There Is No one thing of which a Californian
boasts 81 much as # the cimate-clear, clou less
DAYS and some of the writers viii almost 90 into
f's IN their desc iption Of the fascinating sfmos-
nhrrr tinis of the landscape, sunsets. etc. etc,
II IS peculiar. very; but a PECULIARLY. not eK-
scilv agonizng 10 a sensible man. Ilills round
81. dry. barren, 'reeless. and the atmosphere
fillel with either fog or dust
7 speak now Of san Fraucs,4, the hlv. and
the surroundings ] have hgeH here two months;
there has not been one clear sunrise and sunset,
uuotscurel by either dust M fag or smoke For
three days in the S0noIua Valley, DID not SET
ne hill surroundings, not thrte miles distant.
They shy they 30 have days IN san Francisco
when the sun rises and sets uuobscurei. but
very much doubt it-anj # any, they are very.
very sci iom-hkc angels visits. You cannot
have glorious suns. l- thout clouds 10 r,fs,t
their soiicnci aud pri>iuatic hues, coiJrei 10
trlucirE beauty hy the great source of light anil
heat. These, here. you have NOT; but all along
tts coast fr thnls inl- 0f m'l--, col ios,
driven ly cur-,It from the arctic ocean, OH
-.lr5- Zoe SUD. Ga you g. Burlugi5r. Vermont.
'l.k -u- upon -he blue water- # the lake, over
and b-youd. aAer, i,e distinct ranges Of the
1jIran.lcss c,u b5 clearly tricei, peak upon
peek. cloud AMI srrv-cspped, uiecting the 2 r
-oous suU-jInfs-c1 there and hook upIn beauty
iaieus .fei-a-5uy pi,d up, and after that you
n pirate less { Nh1t r. rot tiseaef INTO a. here.