The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-04-06
CORRESPONDENTS.
San Franc SO, ca, Mareh 10Th 1869,
Editor 81 the idApbury Regis ter
The weailtef in This favored locality IL

shown each and every day unODstructet
by cloud Or mist, developing vegetation
rapidly, winch is now as fur advanced al
it will be in the realms Of sweet New
England, by the first of June. Frui
trees are in blossom, birds make
music all the day, and all animate nature
seems happy and gay. And why
shouldn't they with surroundings SC
well calculated to Danish every impiou;
thought, and inspire the soul with emo
tons, akin to the joys of second hand
ed Paradise, Judging from general
principles the stranger. would at once pro
nounce San Francisco a gay and happy
city, full, of life, enterprise, and prosperis
ty,, But we doubt not il has its pro-
portion and share of sin and misery The
city contains but. few marked features
that would distinguish it from other large
cities, Its buildings en- all the principal
streets, are constructed mostly Of brick,
granite and marble. A beautiful plaza is
situated near the heart Of the city, orna-
mentcd with shade trees, walks, and Eoune
tains. Most Of the streets are wide, well
paved, and kept clean and neat. Proper
ity is advancing rapidly notwithstanding
the great fright occasioned by the late
earthquake. Cracked walls, and disfg-
ured fronts now and then remind one of
the hidden potencies that may at anytime
rise up and destroy, but their admonitions
are not strong enough to deter the capita.
list from investing freely Speaking of
the earthquake reminds us of several anu
sing incidents which occurred in conse.
quence of the same. A young lady on
Kerney Street was so far deranged with
fright that she jumped from her chamber
window and alighted in the top of lilac
bush, where her habilaments hoated in
the breeze until some kindly hand come
TO her assistance. Another fairy at the
Lick house was in the bath room taking
her morning bath at the time of the first
severe shock, and was so far overcome
with terror that she poked her head, Ost,icA
ike, under her hoop-skirt, and rushed out
into the hall where in her bewilderment
she danced about like n gipsey from the
spirit land, greatly to the amusement of
the less frightened guests of the hotel. -
Two miles to the west of the city stands
Lone Mountain, upon which is situated
Lone Mountain Cemetery. Upon enter
ing its enclosure the stranger readily OBJ
serves two beautiful monuments, which nj
once remind him oil the sad, and irrevo
cable edicts of a strange fatality. They
mark the quiet resting place Of two of
natures noblemen, Broderic and Baker
One the victim of wicked political
prejudice. The other that of a rash,
injudicious military order.
This silent abode of the dead is richly
ornamented and beautiful in all its pro-
portions, and reminds one of Mount Au
burn and Greenwood. Oakland the
Brooklyn of San Francisco, situated on
the opposite side of the bay, is an elegant
city, noted for its large oak tr ees, fine
residences, and good society, 1t is the
abode of the quiet, the rich, and those
who desire to raise large families. Here
too real estate is very high and still adj
vancing. By some it is thought the
western terminus of the Central Pacific
Railroad will be here, while others declare
it will cross the Bay and come plumb into
the "golden city" Oakland is noted
place for raising dogs, as well as flowers,
and babies We observed when in the
city few days since, many dogs and that
all had short tails, their caudal appendag-
es having been abbreviated very close to
their bodies. On enquiry we learned
that by an edict of the autocrats all dogs
born upon their domains or within the
city limits must al an early stage of their
existence, suffer caudal amputation as a
distinguishing mark of having been to the
manor born, and to distinguish them from
all dogs that might chance to stray into
town, also as an act of charity and conven>
fence to the dogs. Ii relieves him from
great anxiety on its account. He had no
tail to be trodden upon, no projection to
lash tin kettles to, and when he sat down
he could 10 it squarcly upon good basis,
and be an upright dog, Again the con-
coded principles of horticultural science
is apparent in it. The more you trim
up tree, and lop off useless branches from
the trunk, the greater amount Of vitality
and strength is given to the bark and the
tree itself. The inhabitants of these two
great cities number at the present time
about 200, 00O They are active ia bust
ness, az well as pleasure, free hearted,
kind and social, taking the stranger for
what he is worth, without first enquiring
where he came from, and if he is descen-
dent of some ex' president, governor, gen
eral, or F. f. ". Quite number of the
fair sex are devotees OF fashion, and some
are afflicted with extreme follies, such may
be seen every afternoon upon the street
aping the Grecian-bend Some of the
more modest, don't at first dare assume
the elevated rear necessary to perfect
Grecian, while others 60 the whole hog
and look like two legs OF bacon in agony.
Some San Francisco wag says the Greciau
bend is like mule because an improve,
ment upon the namesake of Bslaam's long
cared animal Altogether Oakland and
S n Francisco are two~very Gne ,,cjties,
but like New York are too far from