Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-02-26
California Correspondence.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 0.
To the Editor Of the As,rioaa:-
have recently received from friend In
Surry several copies OF the Americaa and
from their perusal am reminded OF the
great difference here and U.re, In climate
production. laws and customs Itake it Tor
granted that even an imperfect article such
rs can ofler will interest your readers.
aud II you think so, your readers can take
a look at our country through my spec,a.
cies. see by recent comments of Eastern
papers that our city (San Francisco) Is the
third commercial city In the United States.
which fact Is crcditable to the enterprise OF
Its merchants. | think may safely pre-
dict that 1t will Increase more rapidly in
the next ten years than any other city in
the Union.
CLIMATE, PRODUCTION &c.
Our rainy season usually begins about
November and lasts till sometime in NJ arch,
giving US four and five months OF rainy
weather. The present winter we are en-
joyins % remarkably wet weather and
realize the trutbiulness OF the pen picture
OF Benicia some correspondent treated us
To last week, In the assertion that .sthe
mud WAS the most attractive feature there.
and that when one got In II about eight
inches deep he could scarcely tear himself
away. We do not have rain every day.
and fair weather In the winter In San Fran
cisco Is the pleasantest Of the wear. The
weather is seldom very warm In the sum
mer nor very cold In the winter, though
new corners are apt to feel the same de-
gree Of cold much more here than East. |
know of nothing here that would seem more
strange TO stranger from cold New Eng
land than a sight Of our vegetable gardens
Is day In the year when, by golbg the
rounds among them, one cannot see ye:e-
tables In every stage of growth and cult-
walton from seed time to harvest aud we
have every day in the year great variety
OF fresh garden vegetables. have heard
OF seven crops from one patch OF ground
In year, and four. five and even six crops
In year from one patch Of ground is very
common. The result OF such abundant
growth is plenty OF vegetables at cheap
prices. Our rainy season will soon end.
and then comes from seven to eight months
of dry weather when one can 20 abroad
without his umbrella Then The gardener
puts his windmill In order for the summer
campaign and supplies the thirsty ground
with water by It's help. was forciby re-
minded OF il9lland upon my arrival here
In 1870 which had read OF as "a land OF
windmills"
LAWS AND CUSTOMS.
The laws and customs differ from those
In the East quite as much as the climate.
The population is perhaps more cosmopol-
itan than any other city In the world,
aud the habits of the people must neces.a-
rily be affected in marked degree by the
fact. There are probably very few nations
or tribes in our world who have not repre-
sentatives here. Our laws also differ In
many respects as natural result of the
character Of the population. Sunday laws
and customs would perhaps be among the
first to attract the attention OF the stranger,
a. sunday amusemenis are deemed proper
aud even necessary FOR the laboring classes.
One may see during the picnic season a
Rambler of military companies or societies
parading the streets with II band Of music
at its head producing sounds that jar pain
fully upon the nerves Of those who believe
In the command to .Rememher the Sab
bath day TO keep it holy" and in fact there
Is no denying that the mo- al tone Of socie-
ty here Is far below what 1t is in New Eng
land
In local laws we have many enactmen,s
Tor the government of the heather Chi
nee,' and while some OF them may need
amendment, others, very stringent, will
need to be enacted to make the Chinaman
Of any benefit to the country at large as
laborers of other nationalities are. One of
the laws here relating to property of wo-
men might perhaps be copied to advantage
by the Eastern States, Known as .sthe sole
traders act" Women who have property
OF their own can do business on their own
account under the title Of ..Sole Traders
and one may see many signs with the words
Sole Trader In parenthesis at one end.
There are also many women who are soul
Traders, who are not honest enough to
publish the fact, bnt have honest looking
door plates with the seductive title OF
Miss Alice" or "Mademoiselle Eugene
suggesting the thought that the Miss or
Aademoiselle or what not is at home.
Rev. 7. Starr Kings declaration that the
country was full of "ophir holes, Ioafer
holes and gopher holes is IS true now as
It was when he first made it, and one NAV
De treated to many curious sights, sounds
oHd smells, in travelling through the Chi
pess portion OF our city, but the time to be
surprised at the absurd doings Of strange
people is during 4 Chinese festival. The
Chinaman Is . mild-mannered, cunning
rascal who II scarcely to be outdOne in Gun.
ming, and In spite of ignorance Of our Lam
guage his mo ssbe- (don't understaud) is
much more matter Of choice and policy
than of honest truth. In Virginia city.
Nevada, where / first met him, '.numer-
ously" - ARENAS Ward would say, his
chief occupation was collecting wood in
the noantaans, and psdalins 1t out in no
mopathic doses. He takes one or more
donkiss into The mountains and collects his
wood (shishy roots Of cedar trees that