The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-10

SIdHrs IN CALIFoRNIA-ln his Pacific
railroad articles in the Atlantic Monthly,
now printed together in a small volume,
Mr.. Bowles thus epitomizes the attrac-
tions for the traveller in the neighborhood
of San Francisco
Outside of San Francisco, California
has many novel wonder in nature, many
rare development of industry to show
its visitors But summer tourists must
be choice in their selections. A few days
for railroad exclusions into the valley of
the coast mountains about San Francisco
will show us some of the grand wheat
fields, the orchards, and vineyards will
exhibit the advantages of an agriculture
that begins plowing and planting in De-
cember, keeps them up till April, then
begin to harvest, keep that up till October,
with no barns necessary for housing ami
mails or crops; will open to us beautiful
natural groves of oaks will reveal to us
charming little hooks Of rural homes
among the adjoining hills; will invite us
to health giving sulphur baths and soda
springs, more sweetly located than Saron
or Saratoga will give us peep into the
gardens of the old Catholic missionaries
among the Indians, now overgrown with
peach, plum and fig trees, and let us share
the novelty of picking the ripe fruit from
some of the latter that are nearly as large
as the big elms of Boston Common will
If we go far enough-a two days ride
take us into the wild valley of the
Geysers, where miniature hell sends up
its sulphurous waters, and burns and poi
SONS all the earth and air within its reach,
and when you peer into each erevice and
around every corner in sure faith of see
ing the monster of evil switch his tail into
vengeful activity again, will carry us
into the grand forests of redwood in the
coast mountains-sponsor and promise OF
the Mammoth Trees of the Sicrras-a
light, delicate reddish pine that enters
largely into the lumber supply of the San
Francisco market will introduce our cu-
rious steps to the great quicksilver mine
of New Almaden, the rival of the Amaden
mine of Spain or will set us down under
the mountains by the oceans shore al
Santa Cruz, the Nice of our Pacific coast
where the air breathes soft and low and
purely, and invalids rejoice in relief
Farther down, Los Angeles invites us
with stories Of the tropical wealth o
Southern California, of grape vines a
trees, of orange and banana groves, o.
cotton plantations, of II climate 80 dry anC
even, so soft and sweet as to surpas
,, Itsly's.
A Louisiana negro, somewhat advance
; in years, was accosted few days since b,
| former employer, with the question n
to how he was getting along, "Well
sir" said he, 'I'se quit work now, an'
4 am studin' for the ministry The gen
tlemsn, upon asking to see what work hi
sable attendant OF former times had unde
his arm, was handed, with great SHOW
of Importance, an old copy of one o
Webster's elementary spelling books
which the old darkey declared that tn
colored preacher up at the old school
: house, had told him contained all tn
'larnin dat was WORT picking afore gwin
in the pulpit. Arter you gifts dare con
: tinued the old would be divine, "yous
got to pound away on de Bible and sarcl
a de Scriptures"
B. Three officers in the employ of tn
! Turkish Government have been at Man
!. chester, N. H., for few days, s,examinin
a the machine manufacturing works of tn
4 Amoskeag Company with view of pun
a chasing machinery for the use OF tn
|, Turkish Government.
/. Qusck--A doctor whose soissOs lay
IN his bill.