The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-10-23
ABOUT CALIFORNIA.

SOMETHING ABOUT CALIFORNIA.
ST. CLOUD, Oct. II, 1873.
EDITOR JOURNAL am often
asked the question, "aow do you like
California z" To answer this question
satisfactorily have generally to go in-
to details. If you will oblige me with
a little space in your paper I will give
the public my idea Of Califorui..
California may with great propriety
be called the Italy of America. Her soil
is rich and fertile aud produces in great
abundance al cereals, roots and
fruits indigenous to the climate and
latitude. Her climate is mild, sgreea.
bic and healthy but is varied accord.
ing to altitude. Her scenery, both
lowland and mountain, is unsurpassed
in picturesque beauty and sublime
grandeur by any other 10 the world
There are gorgeous valleys, rich in veg
citation and floral beauty, wherein dwell
birds Of song. And then there is the
'Yosemite," with its mammoth trees
and tremendous water power. Over.
hanging ell these is the grand old
"Sierra' range of towering mountains
and peaks whose white crests are visi-
bic from nearly all points ia the Stats.
Imigbt fl1 up good deal of space
with big pumpkins, large potatoes, huge
oears, etc., but Californians have al
ready built for themselves a world wide
reputation on those things.
The young women of the rising gener.
alton of California, especially those of
San Francisco, deserve notice here, be-
cause they excel in real beauty and
grace. l know it is ungentlemanlY to
be gazing at women on the street, but
for all that have frequently seen
them sailing along Montgomery street,
and they seemed scarcely to touch the
ground. Give them a small pair of
wings and they would be among the
clouds With poor "Joaquin Miller"
many Of them.
In the days OF placer mining poor
men found remuuerative employment in
California, but now, although much
gold is taken out, the mining is con.
foed to quartz lodes, and is all 10 the
hands Of rich aod powerful corporations,
aud the work is performed chiefly by
Chinese laborers.
For persons with little or no capital
Califoruia is most uninviting field, as
there ls no good government land to be
had, and the price of every kind of Ia.
Dor is reduced to the very lowest pos
siblo notch. Land in California is
held at high figure in fact, there is
perceptible a growing disinolination to
sell at any price, and the country will
soon have a race Of Aabobs of the land.
lord species. For smart professional
men, such as bankers, politicians,
preachers, Custom-house officers and
faro dealers, California will do we'll
enough. A mao with energy and am.
bitiop, with a million or two of dollars
at bis command, would do we'll in Cali.
fornia, and might in time become .
prince; with an army Of poor depend.
snts about him. ..
To those Rho are in fair wag of
doing we'll, I would say, Remain where
you arc in preference to goiog to Cali.
fornia. Aud to those who are not do.
iug we'll, Get to doing we'll as soon IS
you can. This is the sublime language
of an old California miner, a friend of
mine, who is or was a short time. since
hunting for diamonds in Arizoni Ter.
ritory, and living the while on hope,
ralth aud alkali water.
oRv11LE.