The union Democrat., 1869-03-27
LETTER FROM EICE1RoNO
TuoLUsxe CRY. March l6th. lS6

ful little village eighteen miles south OF
Knights Ferry. Lansworth is nestled IN
among a magnificent grove of oaks one mile
in width and extending several miles north
and south Of the place, with an almost end
less plain of growing wheat fields on either
side. This is certainly the Paradise-garden
snot of California About one mile west of
/ the village the StauiSlaus. now swollen into
,Ahir river flows gently along dotted all along
with ferry boats. one of which is owned by a
Tuoumneite, Mr.. A. c. Branson. formerly
of Jamestown. lie ferred us across several
times but positively refused to take pay.
Never charge old friends and newspaper cor
respondents-was one once himself. If hotel
keepers and stable keepers would adopt the
same plan we could travel quite comfortably.-
The village Of Langworth beasts Of tine two
story frame hard finished hete, owned by
| Mr.. Hardin and Mr.. Shadlick, formerly Of
Yorktown, Tuol., two blacksmith shops,
! fine brick store, wLeelright shop and
brick school-house. The evening we arrived
the youth and beauty of the place we.t down
to Burneyville to attend a ball gotten ur
for the school OF that place. Burneyvlle is
quite pretty place containing fine store,
kept by Mr.. y. V. Touhey, saGdler's shop,
managed by TuolunineiIe, Mr. Austin Gar
rison, late of Columbia, hotel by another
Tuolumneite. blacksmith shop, doctor
shop. DR.. Johns. formerly of Columbia, and
fine saloon kept by Maj Barney. The sa-
| loon is located on the northeast corner of Beu-
regard alley and Blair avenue, in front of Sey-
mour Square Democrats must own that viii
| lage, sure! MeSsrs Marcus 4 Eph. Garrison,
brothers, of Columbia, have a fine farm just
across the river from here. During our three
days soiourn at Langworth We attended a
school exhibition and was much pleased with
the performance of the scholars.
Leaving Langworth Saturday morning we
reached Paradise city that afternoon. Para
disc is a beautiful place. The town is built
on the west bank of the Tuolumne river. A
street facing the river is kept open by Mr..
Mitchell the owner of the land, the site Of the
town is open--he refusing to allow buildings
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from> said street. There is one building
though on that side large four story -four
MILL owned by a rancher and San Francisco
capitalists. They not being able to work the
mill unless they built near the bank of the
river This is the finest mill perhaps in the
State. Hundreds of barrels of -four arc
turned out daily. The company have i'm
mense brick warehouses adjoining to hold the
wheat the farmers may bring in this coming
fall. All the stores are substantial brick
one owned by Mr.. Mason. formerly of Cold
! Springs, Tuolumne, contains splendid stock
of goods. Some Frisco chaps have also u
magnificent stock of goods in the fine three
story brick, opposite Hendricks hotel. The
hotel is two story frame with each room
harti-fnished off inside and elegantly fur
nshed, there is not 4 hotel in the mines or
outside the Bay city that can compare with
| it in elegance Stewart Newcomer, Of Sono-
ra, is driving stage three times week be
tween here and Stockton. DR.. S. n. Holmes
keeps a fine saloon here and has grown as fat
~ n New York Alderman. Mr.. Julius llalck,
formerly of Poverty Hill, has fine boot
shop and is making his fortune. There are
several huge brick warehouses to hold wheat.
Everything looks permanent in this beauti-
full town. In this respect it is far ahead of
Tuolumne city. A steamboat runs between
here and Stockton twice a week. We have
been in this place two days and haven't TAX
en- the smallpox yet. Dick Robinson for
merly assessor of Tuolume county, and the
gentleman who was the first victim in this
place of that terrible disease, has again been
stricken down with it. There are two cases
| of it here now. The town boasts of several
hotels kept hy Mrs. Goodrich of Chi
nese Camp-one restaurant, half a dozen
stores. drug store. and post Office, one doe
tor. one lawyer, one livery stable, two black
smith shops. two saddlers, grain warehouse,
and several saloons. Barney Garner and the
two Greens, of Poverty Hill, have fine one
upon the levee, where the steamboats, land
and are doing we'll Mr.. Robert w. Parks
has the finest saloon in town. II is fine
gentleman too. Ed. Durgan, of Poverty HILL
has large iron works and is making money.
j. j. Hays, formerly of Aigerine has fine
boot shop. A COED many Tuoumneites have
splendid farms around this place, Mr.
Wells, a large sheep owner has the prettiest
residence and gardens something rare down
this way we have crossed since we left
Knights Ferry. lie is reputed to be very
wealthy. His place is half mile from town
Tuolumne city is dull just now but during
the summer and fall months is very lively.
People down this way seem to think that So
nora and Columbia are ''goue in" Guess
they II fad out that these two cities will stand
when their mushroom villages will be num-
bered among the things that were. They
have got though some magnificent farms to
back them, and they say wheat is as good as
gold. 1t may be but We'll take the yellow
stuff that comes cut of the mines of old Tuol-
umne, and they can have ali the wheat in
Chrstendom. They say that steamboats,
run up three times week, but we haven't
seen boat yet The town has built a boat
of their own, and will run it regularly. Ex-
pect it up to-day There is much jealousy
existing between the citizens of Paradise