New-York tribune., 1872-04-12
THE FARMERS PARADISE.
A ro,1R THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.


the country this Januar morning Win friend We met
formor canning into town with marketwagon OF pro-
tluce IL WAS a clOudless, warm sunny DAY, ana the
plain where we met him was covered Win shcep SUCK
LING their lambs for 1t is already ldmbing Time THO
farmers little girl sat on tho scat WITH hn' enuoo!'
blues, I'd little tot with sunbonnet haif hioihg her
curl. and n shawl, which her careful mother mao
n,od sbout ber shoulders carelessly 1ung aside To
me- fresh from the snowy plains and serras, ana WIN
the chill breath OF Winter sill ue, this was pleas
ant and novel sight; but the contents oi 'lo h'an
wagon were still startling to my Nor'hern eyes
He was carrying to market oranges, pumphihs'" 'n',
corn green peas their pods sugar-cane, lemons anu
strawbcrrjes What a mixture OF Northern anu oouth-
crn producs-wh2t odd and wonderful January ga'n
erinc I'm n farmers wagon Around us the air was
musical with the sweet sound OF the baalhg OF you
lambs Surely, there Is no pretter or hhuncr Sls"' IA
the world than great flock Of peaceu, iulied OWES
with their lambs covering plain OF sou Green'
as far as the eye reach All the fence corners where
there fences, were crowded WIN .hc e"''o va
plant which is hore perennial, 20 feet high weed
whose brilliant crimson eeedpods shine Ike Je"eis III no
sunlight. Below us, as We looked OH a ht?p NY 'Ho
suburbs OF Los Angeles green with ING decp green Vi
orange groves and golden TO the nearer view with their
abundant fruit Twenty-one different kinds Of flowers
were blooming in the open air IN friends garden In the
town this day, among them the tuberose tue jessamine
and tho agrant stock gllyhower, which has here
woody stalk, often four inches in diameter and Il OF
course o perennial. The helotropc IL trained over
pzzas the hight of 20 feet and though the apple ana
pear orchards well those Of the almond and hgnsh
walnut will continue bare for somo time, and the vine
yards just getting pruned. look dreary the vegetable
gardens green with MS in June, aid men una oo's
gathering tho orange crop
"THE PIKE" IN CALIFORNIA.
TIE Puebla dc los Angeles-the town OF the angcls-s
not In its present state very angelic place. 1t Is irreg-
uarly built, the older part having but one principal
street. at end Of which, however, stands building
the Temple block built by Messrs. Temple Workman
which s both for size and excellence OF architecture
worthy Of San Francisco or New-York. Ii you Walk
down this you will be surprised ut the excellence
of the shops and the extent of Of the warehouses;
and will sec abundant signs Of real and wellounded
prosperity, which will surprise you you nave istehed
to the opinion OF San Fanciscans about this metropolis
of Southern California. In fact, Los Angeles has many
Of the signs OF prosperous business CENTER It's mack
men cheat you; its police Is inefficient; its
streets arc dirty, and its roughs but recently
cot lid riot i'll winch, as you Will re-
member, q number Of Chinese were brutaly as
sassinated. An ex-Mita General this morning uroVe
me IN his carriage through street uncomnony squaid,
and looking as vicious and as wretched as piece oi
you- own Five Points Hero and there were doors still
closed and pierced with bullet holes windows with the
glass broken OUT adobe walls with rusty botches, as
though blood had been spattered upon them. Here"
said the General you see Tie scene OF the Iast great
Democratic victory 1t was in fact the street III whch
the Chinese massacre took place. zone or TWO more
such triumphs" said the General and the Democratic
party win bcreduced TO its proper elements, end Los
Angeles will be Republican," The Pike" has, IND,
toleably large representation, In Los Angeles County
ms well as its DeghDor, San Diego The Pike oe TO
be a Mssouran but there also Texas Pixies, and In
fact the has been applied in this state TO the wall
Gerng gpsy-like Southern poor white Your true fke
Is squatter an invader Of other peoples rights HE
N ,ino Into ~
can read law book" said lawyer describing this crta
tirc TO me "he from place to place, as tho hui
NOR seizes him. and is generally an injury to his neigh
bors. He will not work. but he has great tenacity
of life, and is always ready for lawsuit" 81
found Pike the other day killing and sailing hogs,
and actually hauling the salt pork OIL to sell
It," said q gentleman, in whose company
we were discussing these people "Surey that an
industrious Pke said l. "Yes but, cOnfOund IT, they
were NY hogs he replied with natural wrath at the re-
collection Near San Diego a Pike family were pointed
out to Inc. who had removed from Texas to California,
and back to Texas, four times They were now going
back home again TO please the old woman" who. It
seems had had fit OF homesckness They Travelled In
an cid wagon drawn by "a pair OF broncho, or native
horses and would probably be six OF eight months on
the road. OF course they lived off the country, and
probably lived as well their travels as when they
were settled.
"RUIYED BY CHINESE CHEAP LABOR"
one county IN this State, which contains large number
of them some San Francscans who property there
desired TO help the people make certain improvements
They called meeting by public printed notice, to be
held at schoolhouse in district containing about
1000 inhabitants few days after this notice was put
up one of its sgners received note from lawyer IN
this district, telling him that q mistake had
been made in tho call, the district had
no school.house "Very we'll" said the amazed
San Franciscan, 1--WE will build them schOolhouse 1t
will improve property" But to this the leading
Pixies objected when 1t was proposed, on the ground
that the ringing OF schOolhouse bell scared all the
deer away. GAS as he hears piano." said an old
resident to me. "the Pike sells out and moves away"
Well the Pike Is the Chinamans enemy He does no
work himself and naturally he hates the patient indus
try OF the Chinese. OF course, II you ask him, he tells
you that he is "ruined by Chinese cheap labor "You
could get these fellows to work than you could
get grasshoppers out Of vineyard" said farmer to
me- "but they sit in the saloons, and growl about the
unfair competition of the Chinese. One Chinaman is
worth whole regiment OF them" or course while the
politicians of the baser sort cry out against the Chinese
sensible men, whether Democrats Republicans. en-
ploy them; not because they work cheaper than white
men, for they do not they exact Just as high wages as
anybody else but they work steadily and do not 90
of at Ave minutes notice. get drunk two or
three times O week 'Drive the Chinese out OF
the State. as these vagabonds demand, and
you would put California twenty years back In
her prosperity" said very intelligent Democrat to me
The respectable classes though too often silent,
utterly opposed to the cry against tine Chinese; and
Gov. Booth signalzed his entrance upon office by ap-
appointing as District Judge to fill vacancy in this
Southern country, Judge Widney. an able lawyer, who
had the courage TO go out, pistol In hand. among the
Los Angeles mob, and save the life OF one Chnanan
who had already rope about his neck.
WONDERFUL PRICE.
The architecture of this region will remind you that
you are land where it is very cold The dwell