Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-05-11

the rainy season; IN many instances work.
ling the mines day and night, regardless of
weather, and the thousands of privations,
hardships and exposures which Califor-
mans endure-our climate must be con-
ductive Of health, or California would not
rank as she does with the healthiest States
of the Union.
The greatest objection (and the only
great objection in my opinion), to our cli-
mate, is the long dry summer, with its
deep, fine, searching and ever moving dust
For the first season, this is very disagree
able to one who has lived where fort
night without rain is ''long, dry spell, "
and makes one long for refreshing shower.
But Time, that healeth all wounds innures,
US to it, and we live dusty (not dusky
though we may be entitled to that appella-
tion), community for about four-some-
times six months ofevery year.
But fear am extending this commun;-
cation to greater length than the space
which the "ChronicZe" can grant me.
will give nc. advice as to the expediency
Of coming here | only tell what Californis
is, and leave every one to shape their own
| fortunes.
Capitalists have every opportunity of in
vestment which could be desired. Gold
silver, copper, quicksilver and petroleum
mines Railroads. wine, cotton, Tobacco
&C., in which fortunes arc made and lost
every hour. The money lender receives
from one and half to four per cent per
month with first class security, and much
greater per cent. where the security" is
like that Falstatf proffered his mercer with
no statuary enactment, limiting the rate of
interest. Our legislators very wisely con-
cluded that Californans are capable of pro-
tecting themselves against the Shylocks,
without the assistance of an enabling act.
Farmers make better living with much
less labor, than in the Western States.
They plow and sow their lands but once in
three years, volunteering two crops, and
the first volunteer is usually better than
the second crop. The average yield in ev-
erything but corn, is greater than in the
-, West, though the farmer here is much more
careless in planting harvesting and gather
ing their crops Everything here is sold
by the pound except gold whiskcy and
sorghum molasscs--the formar is vended
by the ounce, the second Casually very
poor article by the gulet full, and the
third in the usual manner. will.give you
the prices of some articles of p1 oduce
Wheat, SC, corn 5ac, barley; 405c. pota-
toes 50Sc, beans "a ery..inportant article
of produce here), 4@5c -four $l6@$24
per bbl., beef 10@14c. These are about
the average prices, being little above San
Francsco's quotations, and less than the
mountain prices. This is upon "gold ba-
sis" Greenbacks are unknown among us.
unless some unscrupulous debtor takes
advantage of a too careless or too confiding
creditor, liquidating his Indebtedness in
that currency when there is no special con-
enacted, and the Supreme Court having
sustained the law, that a contract to pay in
a specified kind ofcurrency can be enforced,
| Congress, Uncle Abe, Chase and Fessenden
to the contrary, Notwithstanding There
is states rights for you But California
is loyal, immensely loyal, muchly So l
beg pardon, am nearly talking politics."
and upon that subject had intended this
communication to be strictly neutral, lest
| the Chronicle, for the sake Of consistency,
deny me place in It's columns.
Mechanics receive from SO to So per day.
| Laborers in the mines, from 81 to S.
Farm laborers from $50 to $50 per month.
Doctors do very well Preachers "as well
as could be expected" quite as well as they
desire only asking a living which gener-
Gus public freely gives. Lawyers-well,
they get on cleverly. Did you ever hear of
one who did not As to the amount of
fees which they may receive, do not know
as it is any of the public's business, there.
fore will Only say, they never take q lesa
fee than $50, and as much more as the eli.
ent can possibly bear.
Female labor demands a good price, owing
to the scarcity of women--who, am sorry
| to say are scarce. Seamstresses, mantua
makers, miliners, ETC., receive about 500
50 per day, servant girls, from 75c to Sl,75
and school ma am, from $50 to $3.50 Der
month.
Certainly there never were greater induce
ments for women to migrate to a country
than there are nov to come to California
But this is a delicate subject for a bachelor
and one in which the readers Of the Chron-
tcte may suspect that | am interestt d.
Therefore
81 don't choose to say much upon this head
I'm plain man, and in single station
With many kind regards,
Truly your friend
DfEwIDDfE.