St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-26
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The Farmers Paradise.
\ TOTR THROUGH SOUTHERN CALI
FOR\IA

Los ANTILLES. Jan. ID. As ! drove
out into the country this January morn
ing with friend we met IL farmer com
ing into town with market wagon of
produce. 1t WAS cloudlcS>. warm.
sunny day. and the plain where we met
him was covered with sheep Sucklimg
their lambs. for it is already lambimg
time. The farmers little girl SaI on the.
seat with him. IL chubby. hlue-cyed lit
tie tot. with sum-homnct half hiding
her culIS, and shawl. which her Gaze
ful mother had wrapped about hc!
shoulders. carcleSSly flung aside. To
me. fresh from the SNOWY plains and
sicrraS. and with the chill breath of
Winter still on me. this WAS Il pleasant
and novel sight hut the contents of the
mans : wagon were still more startling
to my Northern eyes. He Was carry
ing to market oranges. pumpkins. Il
lamb. corn. green peas i'll their pods.
sugar-canc. lemons. and Strawberries
What mixture of Northern South
ern products what an odd and wonder
ful January gathering. in Il farmers
wagon Around lis the air WAS mrl>i-
cal with the sweet sound of the hasing
of Young lambs. Surely. there l. no
prettier OF kindlirr sight in the world
than Il great flock of peaceful. fulfilled
ewes. with their lambs. covering plain
of soft green. aS far as the eye can reach.
All the fence corners. where there were
fences. were crowded with the castor
oil plant. which Is here Il perennial. %
feet high. IL weed whose brilliant Grim
son Seed-podS shine like jewels in the
sunlight. Below us. as we looked off Il
hilltop. lay the suburbs of Los Angeles.
green with the deep green of orange
groves. and golden to the nearer View
with thcirahundant fruit. Twenty
different kinds of flowers We're bloom
ing in the open air i'll Il friends garden
in the town this day. among them the
tubrr">c. the ic>Samine. and the fra
grant stock or gillytlower. which has
here Il woody stalk. often four inches
i'll diameter. and i of course Il percn-
nial. The heliotrope is trained over pi-
aZzaS to the hight of ~ feet. and though
the apple and pear orchards. IS we'll as
those of the almond and English wal
nut. will continue bear for some time.
and the vine yards. just getting pruu-
ed. look drcarv. the vegetable gardens
are green a. with us in June, and men
and boys are gathering the orange crop.
THE PIKE" IN CALIFnENIh.
The Puehla de los Angeles the town
of the angels is not in its present state
Il very angelic place. 1t is irrcgularlN
built, the Older part having hut one
principal street. at one end of which.
however. stands building the Tenn
pile block. built hy McSSr>. Temple \
Workman which is. both tor size aud
excellence of architecture. worthy of
san Frimci>c" or New York. If y"u
walk down this street Won will Ice SUI
pri>Cd At the excellence of the shops
and the extent of Sumr of the WaIc-
h"u>c>. and viii sec abundant signs of
Il real and we'll founded prosperity.
which will surprise You if You have
listened t" the opinion of san Francis
cans about this metropolis nt Southern
California. In fact. Los Angeles has
many of the signs of Il pIo~pcrnu> hH-i-
ness center: it> hackmen cheat Nou lis
police l. inefficient lis streets are dirty.
ami its roughS bat recently got up Il
riot. III which. H. Nnu will remember.
Il number OF Chimes, Wcr.. hTutllll as
Sa>>imatcd An cN-Nlitia General this
morning drove me in his ca1iIg;.
through Il street uli'umnnmil >Iuu!ld.
and looking ~ Ni,inu~ and IL VIctrhcl
- a piece of NUul own Five Points.
iicr,. ami there were. .lool> >till closed
and pierced with bullet holes WiudnN~
with The glass broken uut 49,, We walls
With IusIN !IntchrS. H. though blood
had been >pattcrrlup"n them. ." Here.
said the GcucI.l. ''Nnu see the Sccnc OF
thr last great Democratic victory. 1t
WAS in fact the street i'll which he hi
nc>,. massacre took place. .'Omc or two
more such triumphS. said the General.
land the Democratic party will hr re
ducrd to it, proper elements. and Los
Angeles will hc Rrp,ihlicnn The.
"Pikr' has. find. Il tulrIahll large
representation. III Los Angeles County.
as we'll a> in lis Hcighhor. san Diego.
The Pike ought To hc Il Mi>>ourian. hiit
there are also Texas Pixies. and in fact
the name has been applied in this state
to the wandering gipSy-like Southern
poor white. Your true Pike l. IL squat
ter: an invader of other peoples rights.
" He owns Il rifle. lot of children and
dogs, il wife, and if he can read. Il law
book. said IL lawyer describing this
creature to me "hr moves from place
to place, as the humor SeiZcS him; ami
is generally an injury to his neighh0l>.
He will not work /: but he has great tc
nacity of life, and is always ready for il
lawsuit" Il found IL Pike the other
day killing and salting hogs. and ac-
tually hauling the salt pork off to sell
it, said IL gentleman, i'll whose compa-
ny we were discussing these people.
49, hat i,ItI-,t Dill. -
said |. 'les, but. contound it, they
were my hogs" he replied, with natural
wrath at the recollection. Near San
Diego Pike family were pointed out
to me. 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 home
sickness. They travelled i'll an old
wagon drawn by pair of broncho. or
native horses, and would probably he
six or eight months on the road. OF
course they lived off the country. and
probably lived us well on their travels
Is when they were settled.
"RUINED BY CHINESE CHEAP LABOR"
You hear endless droll stories about
these Pixies. In one county i'll this
State, which contains a large number of
them, some San FranciScanS who own
property there desired to help the peo-
pie make certain improvements. They
called meeting by public printed no.
tice, to he held at the school house, i'll
ii district containing about 1000 inhab-
itants. a few days after this notice
was put up,one of its signers received "A
note from lawyer in this district tell
ing him that IL mistake had been made
in the call, as the district had no school
house. VERY WE'LL" said the amazed
San franciscan. 1--WE will build them a