New-York tribune., 1872-04-13

whom complain came hither poor, aud have become
accustomed to live M they continue 10 do but hall
dozen thrifty. neat New England families wonh make
such change ia the appearance OF san Bernarono as
would amaze the old setters-uness indeed, they TOO
fell into the ways Of their predecessors.
CALIFORNIA COLONY.
Fences and houses best built by contract. Flowing
can also be done BY contrast The common farm labor
ers are Indians They docile. know how to handle
horses and used for kind OF labor They re-
ceive from 80 cents 10 q 70 per day, and are useiu
people, their only faults being propensity to get drunk
Saturday night-nOt ire gulariy during the week,
wander from place to place There are
but few Chinese at San Bern4rdno San Bernardno mas
n Methodist Presbyterian, and Mormon, az wen as
Catholic Church 1t has, also what you would hardy
find In town Of Its size and character outside OF Ca
fornia q large, well built, and well kept sehoo[house
The school houses in this State constant surprise 10
an Eastern traveller You find them everywhere; ana II
you interested In education will easily discover
that the people great interest and pride In their
public schools The school building San Bernandino
would be creditabe to an Eastern town Of 10000 nhabt
ants Aresan wells are made here by the simple pres
sure OF lever upon o wrought iron tune Inc douDie
sheet tube inches In diameter costs VI per
foot and for boring in which sand pump Is USED 10
bring mp Of the pipe the charge Is per oot
for the hundred feet, and 80 cents per foot add
tiona for every hundred feet lower The water usually
flows with force enough carry through two-story
house and in such abundance that II Ii used t"s rr-
CATION Bernardino lies the land OF the River
side Colony The Company owns 5000 acres; IL mas
brought water in fume, at considerable eost'
enough to water only this tract but 1900 acres more
OF n plain living somewhat lower down. The land has
been but lately opened settlement and as 1t large
open treeless plaln with but few small houses scat
tered over it, 10 look very inviting. Inc COM
pany offer land for from $40 to $40 per acre; ana 'e
charge water would the agent told me, be anon "
per annum per Tie land II good. though tnnk
little less kindly that that the valley and foothills OF
San Bernardino. have no doubt that 1t IL good wneat
and fruit land and il offers advantages to persons
who desire 10 settle In a colony There is already
sehoolhouse post0fce, and. Of course an abnhdah'
supply of But the price asked for land Is hlgh
for this region, and the Company propose restrictions
about BquOr--eng, conditions for 1.-THE planting OF
shade trees or the style of improvementsnor indeed
do they stpnlate that purchaser shall improve at all
A PERFECT CLIMATE.
wac not snrprsed be told that several of the set
prs had bought 10 or 70 acres ~ the Company lands
but were raising crop rom 200 or 800 acres OF the al
loinng Government and railroad land. Inc agent ~
sred me that 10 would snppCrt family, aud ina
more than 20 not necessary to farmer Bu
he IL mistaken should come out TO this part o
the country 10 make hi- living from the land and get
les. than i or better yet 80 i Is true that whef
his orange or olive or walnut almond hard comes Gt'
bearing he will have handsome income from ten acres
but this he must wal; at least eight or ten years and
he must live in the time. There II no doubt thai
Riverside has in with the surrounding country
uncommon advantages for c0nsnmptiyes and persons
subject TO bronchial troubles. Tue ar Is drJ
and braciug and the temperature uniform anc
equal one may lie outdoors almost every day OF The
year in this Southern California and have seen ON my
journey, dozens Of people deeply gone in consumption
when they came here, who had been restored to health
by residence Of the southern countless or IN
sheltered spots like san Rafael north even Of San Fran
cisco IL will perhaps, occur 10 you, II did 20 me, %
what people do such great plain, for fire wood
They plant i've fences of willow or cottOuwO0d which
grow so rapidly that after two years man may cut
from hs cottonwood fence not Gully HrewOOd, but poles
to support the Overadrn fruit trees This II the com
mon custom BernardinO, where several thou
sand have been newly inc0sei this Winer-hOw
drOll call IL Winter while am writing in an
open porch and IN the shadeyOu may see everywhere
long Of g1unt poles, from three 10 SIX inches IN
diameter stuck the ground which Will presently
take root throw leaves aud become substantial trees
CHARLES NORDHOGF.