New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-30
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HOME AND FOREIGN TRAVEL.
IN TIE MIsTs OF THE PACIFIC I,

GARDEN-FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH
GRIZZLY BEAR.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 49," You see that
grave night behind that hOusep said my companion,
that is where buried the mate OF the Hellespont
she went ashore in the night within mile Of the Point
and owing TO the roar OF the breakers the whaemen
knew nothing about it, One of the sailors, bleeding from
many wounds more dead than alive, and wholly Naked
every rag having been torn from him in his buheting
with the waves, managed to crawl up the blur, and,
cropping in the darkness, stumbled upon the trail
leading TO the Point. Just the day break
ing, he had crept within sight OF the cottages One
OF the whalemen coming out met the poor fellow
at the door, and raising the cry, "a ghosl ghost
back with such speed his trembling limbs would give
him. The supposed ghost, seeing chance for life and
being too cold TO speak, staggered after him. In his ter
the Portuguese stumbled and fell headong upon the
Aoor and the shipwrecked mariner stumbled also and
fell upon him. The other "Gees hearing the ontery,
TO the spot and fell over the PROSTATE couple and
the horrible and grotesque were strangely mixed. At
asst the ghost related his story and the frightened hsh
started down In search Of the other survivors, two
three Of whom met crawling along the road The
bodies Of others lying the beach, tossed to and
fro by the breakers while the fragments Of the wreck
strewed the shore for miles There telegraph station
on the Point communicating with the Merchants Ex-
change in San Francisco and with tho station at Pescadero
and tho news Of the disaster known along
the coast We placed the body Of tho mate into coffin,
and asked the Portuguese to help Us TO bring 1t TO the
Point for BURIAL but the superst0us fellows would not
touch the corpse for love money So three of logged
this spot and buried it beside the cottage, where ho
has annoyed them every stormy night since, and will
probably worry them long as they stay here" Thus
chatting rode down the coast and when abreast
OF Point Ammo Nuevo drove to the door Of the hosp
able proprietor Of Steeles Dairy.
sTEELEs DAIRY.
This Is OF the largest diaries the Pacific coast It
Is owned and by the brothers Steele formerly Of
nalo Cann NauvX arlT AfoQla WI n
in the Union army during the war, and the Deputy
Sheriff Of Delaware County, who was murdered by the
An Renters years ago, brothers OF the pro-
prietors There two fine two story frame houses
the rancho, fourth OF mile apart,
which, unlike the majority of houses this
part OF the coast elegantly finished, surrounded
with shadetrees and gardens and provided with all the
comforts Of life. We ound OF the Steeles at home.
He told that In the earlier part OF the season they
MIXED and 700 but now that the feed
is short less half that number As fast as the cows
dry up they sent into the mountains and allowed to
remain until the rains commence, in November and De-
cember. Tho steeles came here about seven years
ago. and rented this rancho Of 1900 acres for $1,000 per
annum, with the privilege OF purchasing oil south OF
the Gazos Creek for $ per The ranch was granted
under the Mexican Republic TO old Capt. Graham
Cherokee Indian halfbreed, formerly Rocky Mountain
trapper He had business TACT aud old age and aqua
diene combined completely unified him for carrying
on this estate and the still larger and more valuable one
known as Seydnte Santa Cruz Mortgages and law
suits eat 1t all up and passed out Of his hands for the
beggary sum Of $4,000 1t considered one Of the
most barren and unatractve localities the Coast but
the steele's saw its capabilities and settled upon It,
They soon purchased 1000 OF the land IN the
vicinity at present homes and went into the dairy
business large scale Others initiated their success
on smaller SCALE aud there are now over lOO cows on
the ranch These fed only the native "wld OATS
which In place Of grass all the open country OF
Nth get
raised to double the milk producing capacity OF the
ranch Four years ago the 6eees made from one days
milk Of their cows cheese OF the nchest descnp
ton weighing within fraction 1900 pounds two tnns
which they presented TO the Sanitary Commission IL
was exhibited In San Francisco until 1t had produced
several thousands Of dollars and then cut up and
sold at 81 in gold per pound for the bene
6t OF the cause. A cousin OF the family
who lives with them enjoys the distinction OF being
the only man in California elected this month to the
Legislature fairly and squarely on the Ffeenth Amend
meut issue They ind their business 80 profitable that
thov have bought another rancho OF only $4,000 acres in
San Luis Oblspo County which they are now stocking
They intend to carry both daire but the business OF
each will be kept separate, and the style of the firms viii
be Steele Brothers of Mateo aud stoele Brothers OF
san Luis Obispo For the prices realized for their but
ter and far from the city TO sell their
milk-see the market quotations in the San Francisco
dales. Yet California imports immense quantities OF
butter and annually, while there are still millions
of acres of cheap, unOecuped grazing lands
IN GARDEN.
Mr. Steele asked us walk back into the garden and
see what could be done in six years in the way of fruit
raising on land which had until quite recently, been
supposed t only TO raise and long horned
worthless and savage Spanish cattle. little arroyo
comes down the canon In the mountains near the
house. and makes bend around the ground selected Tor
the garden Along the bank of this arroyo willows
and other trees planted 10 aid the large scattered
absxv icb N
sheltered the apple pear, hg, plum, apricot. peach
soft-shelled almond, and other trees. grew up hko
weeds and soon loaded with luscious irut
From apple tree, the second ye after IL was phea
out Mr. Steele picked two bushels OF tile hhe't apples
The near trees found had every branch proped up sep
ra,ev and on some the fruit would weigh at least four
times as much as entire tree roots trunk branches
and The figs covered with the second crop OF
this season, now nearly ripe, and the plums were ne
great yellow balls of sugar and butter All the fruit Is
perfect even the grapes which flourish best IN the hoi
sunny valleys being large and delicious Every variety
of vegetable seemed TO flourish; golden squashes ana
pumpkins covered the ground, aid luscious melons lay
ripenng in the SUM- Among the eurosiues We Hotieeu
bed Of peanuts These pets of the Bower patrons grow
uxurianty In California. being largely oGlulaen ~ .ho
Chinese IN Sacramento Valley, and are larger aud better
than any imported The tops look sooehlng hEe niIla
All this without irrigation in other eni,lFaIoh tn sp'
ing and hOeing in the most nhosptaele climate iouhu III
California below the snow belt OF the sierra NeV""a
BEAR AND FOR BEAR
The grizzly bear still prows in the red woods, and
occasioray comes down levy tribute the ranehe
ros nv friend showed where two hinge grizzlies
vere seen living in an arroyo summing themselves only
few days ago. The party who them had lost no cat
tie OF that description, and he, IN the expressive Ian
ouare OF California got up and busted in the opposite
direction as fast as his horse could carry him And well
be mignt Mr. Steele pointed where fearful scene
was enacted just above his garden two years 20 An
o,d she bear down with her two cubs ny The day
time and seized q hog Two men employed on the
rancho both Portuguese started rescue the hog One
had a gun the other only garden matt0ck They found
her by the eating hog, and yelled a her 10