St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24

Figs bear two crops the same year. Our
camp is several hundred feet higher
than the town, but we have less frost,
it is warmer in winter and cooler i'll
summer. We have no hard winds but
there is q very noticeable change III 60
ing few miles. 1t is the Paradise for
invalids. especially for those troubl ID
with lung and throat diseases. There
are many invalids boarding here in
private families, but board is two dol
lars higher here than in town-SI0 per
week. There are large belts of pine
timber growing on the mountains north
of the city, and steam saw mills manu-
facture any kind of lumber required.
Common lumber sells for SIS OF $50 per
". Cedar posts can be had 10y cutting
and drawing u few miles. or delivered
for Is cents. Good number one brick
are 81 per NJ. The Southern Pacific
Railroad is now being constructed from
Stockton and Nisalia. south. by the
way of Los Angeles to this place: then
through the San Gregonia pass east to
the states. Also branch from here to
San Diego. which next to Frisco has
the best harbor on the coast. but it is Il
poor farming country around it.
We are camped on Il farm owned by
W. +. SOmers. Il native of Barnet, Vt.
He emigrated from there i'll lr39 with
his parents to Indiana. Twenty -one
years ago he started alone for Califor
MIA, working his passage 10y boat. He
has never been back or seen any of his
relatives. but has remained in the state
ever since. He is an .'old Bach. about
10 years of age. and is said to be worth
over S50.0OO. He has 1000 acres of
land here worth S20.O00 has large
farm near San Francisco and has thou
sands at interest about Los Angeles. He
has a small house. and an old noun
taineer, too old to work much. keeps
house for him. He seems To be a first
rate man but hard to get acquainted
with. Many of his neighbors here havt
never seen him. He digs away from
morning till night and seldom spends /:
dime. He has 40 acres fenced i'll, ant
is putting out fruit trees and grapes
He has the right to this stream twelve
hours every ten days for irrigating. He
offers to sell any of his wild land here
for $40 per acre without water, hu
, water is more important than land here
But some sell few hours OF waite
every little while.
: There are about twenty farms tha
own this stream. An hours water ever,
ten days sells for $50. or land witt
acre and ii is worth it because they
clear $50 per acre every year raisin:
either corn OF barley, and by settin!
out trees they soon bring ii good income
5 The almond bears eaIlieSt-iOS tree
4 to the acre. At four Years from TN
seed they average 81 per tree. AT II!
, years, -, and they hccome heavi.
Z bearers every year. At eight Years
! they average here 800 per acre. \
D ten Years the olive brings an income q
= $50 per acre. The lemon at eigh
! years from planting out. as nurser
: trees. averages from $500 tu 5000 pc
l acre, and the orange from $1,000 /
e $500 per acre. These figures are take
t from actual profits this year. Lam
4 that was sold five years ago for SlUO
). now sells for $4,000.
= | wish you were out here. YOU woul,
# avoid those hard colds which every on
X is SO subject To in Vermont. The ten
e perature remains about 10 degrees mos
e OF the time, not going below 10 no
b above 60 degrees. We have gent
e breeze most of the time. but no har
= winds. Mr.. SomerS' high barn withou
t braces would not stand a day in low;
}. He has alfalfa three feet higl-will CT
= it six times this year. He set Gl
= Il thousand grape cuttings last spriu
y and many of them bore grapes last fal
o This year he will have a good cIoI
: Dry grapes tor raisins with you) III
II four cents per pound, peaches five cent
Ia If you will step into our camp will tire;
u you to oranges, raisins. nuts. and len
/. ons. all fresh from the trees. Rabbit
d and quail are plenty so we have plent
II of meat.
t. As soon as the snow gets off the mOur
y tains we are going up to hunt for dee
e and California lions. There are 1
d Mexicans OF Indians here as at l.,
e Angeles. There is no cyprus grown
e here and have seen but one darkey
e the county-have no use for them he
d nothing to remind You of the soutI
o ern states, but it seems like Vernon
ct schools, society is good, and | thir
rs better than in Iowa. Good church
10 town and no wind. snow. rain. or co
e to hinder going any time of the yea
to Last Sunday | attended COngreg
" tional service in the court house, al
Id heard Rev. DR.. Kitchel, President
ID Middlebury College, who is stoppil
here for his health. The society is tr
ir ing to raise funds to build churc
o. They hope to succeed with the assis
to ance he will give when he goes home
el March %. Wednesday we went wi
w a Mr.. Morton for a guide. about t.
a miles into valley-e0 rods wide al
es four miles long, covered with chaparr