Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-26
CORRESPONDENCE.
For the GallipoIis journal.
California Letter.
Los ANGELES, CAL, .
February 81, 1874.

delightful locality for the past three
weeks, have taken considerable pains
to inform myself in reference to the
manners and customs of the inhabi-
tants, and the p~eculiarities of the eli
mate. &c DC. have cultivated the
acquaintance of some very intelligent
and highly refined people since l
came here. There is a great many
persons that have no education what
ever, on account of there not being
many schools outside of the towns
and villages, but every person meet
treats me with a great deal OF re-
spect and consideration. and | can
assure you that up to this time my
soiourn has been very pleasant and
agreeable indeed.
/ will probably remain here two or
three weeks more, will then take my
departure, with some degree of re
luctance, for San Francisco, to mingle
for a brief time with the gay and
lively citizens of that prosperous and
busy city; but the many pleasant
scenes and incidents that have trans
pired during my stay in this oeauti-
full country will always remain fresh
and green in my memory. 1t has
rained one day since l came here.
but it was not q COLO, utsagreeaU1r
rain like we have in the Eastern
States. during the winter season, it
was only about 10 or II degrees cold
er than it was the day previous
From 10 O'Clock in the morning until
4 o'clock in the afternoon the mer
curry stands at about So degrees
above zero in the shade, a tempera
ture that is just as agreeable and
pleasant as the most ~fastidious per
son in the world could desire. After
4 o'clock p. NJ the atmosphere COM
mences to get cool, and by @ O'Clock
the time that the good people gen
orally retire. it is quite invigorating
and refreshing, and we find it very
comfortable seeking Natures sweet
restorer, balmy sleep, under an all
wool California blanket. One of the
most accomplished and entertaining
gentlemen that resides in this local
Ity is Mr.. C. J. Rose. He mas
been a resident of the county
twelve years, and by industry, econ
omy and perseverance, he has be-
come one of the most wealthy men
on the Pacific coast His home ranch
containing several thousand acres, is
situated ten miles from the city, and
is a mod. farm in every respect. He
has a magnificent modern style built
residence, $50 acres in vineyard,
thousands of orange and lemon
trees loaded with delicious golden
fruit and any quantity of useful and
ornamental improvements on theland,
that presents a very pleasing and in
teresting sight, and might very ap-
propriately be termed a paradise on
earth, if such a place can be found
in this bright and beautiful world.
spent one day last week with Mr..
and Mrs. Rose and their two accom-
plished daughters l can assure you
that found them very agreeable and
pleasant. So far as / am competent
of Judging, 1 consider Mrs R and
several other ladies that reside in
this vicinity model housekeepers, for
their houses seem always TO be in per
feet order. II is my impression that
some of our Eastern ladies could OBJ
tain some very valuable information
in regard to the management of their
domestic affairs by paying a visit to
Southern California. Mr.. Rose has
another very valuable and highly cul
tivated ranch thirteen miles from
here tLat he desires to dispose Of.
If any of your wealthy patrons would
come out here and purchase the prop
erty am positive it would prove a
very profitable investment. 1t con
tains $500 acres Almost every acre
can be cultivated. There is a beauti-
full little lake on the roperty that af
fords abundance of water to irrigate
all the land that they pillow, and, all
the fruit trees. An Artesian well
that flows sufficient water every Cay
to supply a hundred families; a vine
yard of one hundred thousand vines,
eight years old, which yielded 275
tons of fine grapes last year; about
three thousand orange, lemon and
English walnut trees; a very substan-
tial dwelling house, barn. &c DC.
Mr.. R. would sell this property for
$50, 0G0, about eighteen dollars per
acre, one-third cash. the balance in
one, two, three, four and five years.
| think with proper management the
money can be made off the land in
five years; consequently it would
prove to be a very lucrative invest
ment. MI. r. would take pleasure
in replying to all letters addressed
to him from parties desiring adii-
information in reference to the
matter.
If any OF your friends are sick aud
imagine that they will never recover
them to cone 10 Southern Cal
the home of fragrant flowers,
the land of perpetual summer, a
heaven on earth for invalids. am
positive that they will be benefited
very much if not completely restored
to perfect health. have met q great
S
their health, they Informed me that
did not expect to live very long
when they first arrived, but this mild
and pleasant climate has given them
q new lease of life. and they now con-
anticipate that they would
live for a number of years yet to
come. The people that have lived
here for u number of years and have
become acclimated are generally very i
healthy indeed and very seldom die.
1t would certainly be a very unwise
move for an undertaken TO come and
settle here, for | am positive that ,
such a business would never thrive.
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