The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-09-11
California Correspondence.
CREssEY STATION. Merced CO.. Cal, I
AtiutaSr - IS-4 4

August q. Is.4. I
DEAR FREEMAS-Permit me to pay my re-
lowing. which find In the last issue of your
paper received
~ think Rob Roy tells some big California
utes is rather too rapid n process Tor anything
short of a streak OF lightning to perform"
Now think nothing OF being called a liar,
for am used 10 that, although never wflful-
ly told lie in all my life, but a nad iIlsiHta-
tisn that am lying wounds me TO the heart
One could not expect that n man who farms
ten acres, hauls his harvest i'm on a half sled
feeds his horses on straw, threshes ten bushels
news of Noah's Hood yet say one could not
expect that a man Of that stamp could believe
yet there is now on this ranch sheepsshearer
who saws he can shear one hundred and twenty
hye l2o) sheep IN day, and he don't require IL
to he very good day for sheep-shearing either,
or that lie can shear any sheep i'm the State in
six minutes. or fleece any sheep in Taylor town
ship in fire minutes. And that You may know
that this Is not mere braRgadocia. just look at
may be gathered from the following which /
clip from the Morning Can of a late date:
Charles Crockcr, Of Sacramento, last week
which are three feet long and resemble couple
of immense cavalry sabrcs joined.
Why, the fact is. independent couldn't lift
pair of California shears. OF course he will
say that that is lie too, and that this is anoth
one:
Rufus Clark, known as Potato Clark, has IS
acres OF potatoes which viii probably produce as
o0J to $4,000 bushels.
That is the way business is done here.
saw q notice in the MERGED T,fl,t,1,s the othcr
day in regard to man living near stockton
who threshed 5,17l bushels OF wheat in a day.
I sent the slip to some paper either in your
county or WestmOreland. But, speaking of
lies, here is another one:
The Parrott Grant, Butte county. produced 81
himself.
As holds AZ bushels, this would be
/ ht.s hundred bushels And Mr.. Parrot is not
much OF a farmer neither Here is another lie.
ut upward. OF 5000 900. of which the Catholics
owu more than One-half
The church property OF Taylor township is
/ valued at 1900. Isn't that SfHQ-srf
Candidly speaking, J wrote nothing but the
truth about sheep, yet of course ii was natural
was SANDER on his race. But it was not a
SANDER tit Il horn. but the truth and the worst
OF II is the poor sheep can't help it.
Everything is done here a grand scale.
There must he ooo,Ooo bushels of wheat thresh-
done threshing and everything else is in like
proportion
We have big timber out here too. but do
not wish To hinge my Veracity on big timber.
j tell the truth, however, when / say that a
in SIX minutes Why / even knew a man to
make 1900 in six minutes or 81 GOO a minute,
Investment was only three little bits OF paste
board, costing about one bit. More than that,
there is man out here, a neighbor of ours,
who strdttoUs n sheep every week.
SIX MORE LIES
The public school in EsmeraIda district, So
lano county has been closed for several mont hs,
owing to she fact that the trustees have been
Z Unable TO procure 4 teacher.
Up to sunday last fOrry-one cars of CalifOr-
uia fruit had been forwarded TO the Rast since
July 18TH During the same period last year
the shipments were only half that amount.
r. Is. Crane OF Narysville, realized ., S25 50
FOR the first Carload of pears aud rlums ship
ped this season 10 New York. The plums were
not wrapped. and did hot arrive in good order.
Had they been in goo. condition the car load
would have brought 5000.
We were shown last week says the II amboldt
Register OF Aug. 2lstl = specimen OF mammoth
Pheasant Valley He raised a ton o. barley
this year from sixty pounds OF seed.
Last Tuesday some boards were torn from
one side of Mrs. WUZcncraft's house. at san
Bernardina, when there disclosed from
three to four hundred pounds OF beautiful
fresh honey, winch had been stored there by
some thrifty bees.
J. VI. Culp- OF Coiusa. says the sun, has tax en-
up spring on the Bartlett road. the proper
ties OF which are rather peculiar. 1t Will take
out grease spots from the finest fabrics with
ont altering in the least the color. The most
delicate ribbon may be made greasy and dir
i " as possible. and this water Will in a moment
take IL all out. leaving the ribbon bright as
I ever 1t will take freckles of the face, dan
drum from the head, or do anything of that
/ water and Offer il for sale.
Yours. Sc, ROB ROY.
/ p. (. have seen GRABS out here that car
. pullmure theEarys 4 horses in Iay lortow psh y
/ That Is not Tic, though it may be Elg.