Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-16
Mr.. JOHNSON IN THE EAST.
Work, Pluck. Thrift''-A word about
tie Dog in the Manager,

We make the following extract
from one of Mr.. Johnsors recent let
ters to the santa Barbara Press:
In going from New York to Stam-
ford, Norwalk, bridgeport, New
Haven, Hartford, South Manchester,
etc, to arrange for lectures, Securing
halls, advertising, jostling staid, we'll
fixed, sharp-eyed Yankee editors, and
returning to lecture at the several
| places, and once or twice to New York
| to look after engravings, etc, have
now passed over this route at least a
| dozen times, becoming quite familiar
with the country, the farms, villages,
| cities, and people who are to be seen
| on the trains, and the refrain Of which
| runs through my mind constantly, as
| the impressions made by these sights
| deepen day by day may be expressed by
| the three strong Saxon words, W0rk,
| pluck, thrift When l look over this ster-
| lie country; these five and ten acre lots
| surrounded by stone walls made from
rocks picked up from every square rod
| of the land inclosed, these thriving
villages and beautiful ctes, and study
well dressed people with their refined
| faces and courteous manners, and then
remem Der that these results have been
achieved on this soil and in this in
| hospitableh climate, my admiration
for the people well nigh rises to en-
| thusiasm, and the visions which
throng upon my Imagination as my
| thoughts turn toward our own rare
| IL nd ha far
dering what we shall see there in
twenty years, if only such race of
| workers can be drawn to our shores,
| are quite too bright and large and
grand to be sketched here in calm
| prose as "Notes Of Travel" But /
may be allowed to say that l think
| my time is not thrown away while
seek to turn the eyes of such a people
toward the far West, the new land of
promise, although thus far it has cost
| me over thirteen hundred dollars more
| than / have received to tell the story
and prove the facts by the views
| which are shown on scale so large
| and clear and fine as to carry convic-
| ton the moment they are seen.
| And this leads me to say word or
two on point which ought to have
been named before. 1t seems that such
men as run the Los Angeles star, the
San Diego, World and the San Be rnar-
| dino Guardian are not quite content
to withhold their aid to the work which
/ now have in hand, but are moved to
try to thwart the scheme and bring
me to grief and shame. So much the
worse for them. The work will be done
and we'll done. | can afford to wait
lI.et them growl. 1t becomes theil
lkind. But men of sense ought not to
stand back and fold their hands while
such ours bark.
But the most absurd growl Of al
comes from San Bernardino, for no.
one dollar has been paid by any one
there to aid me or to defray the ex
pense of photographing that county
and my expenses while travelling anc
canvassing for the scheme! True,
was promised aid, but not one dollal
has been paid, and / have less faitf
than / would like to have that shall
ever get back the coin spent while WI
were there! OF course it is nic'
thing for the Guardian to call me pc
names of the coarse, low-bred Kind |
is wont to use, and do all it can to de
feat my hopes in that county. But
shall do my work on trust and see
the Guardian fairly represents the mel
of that county. j.
4 According to the Vallejo Chronicl
the women of California, in their on
, ward march, are usurping new EN-
ployment heretofore monopolized b.
The tyrant man, for a schooner cam
into that port on Monday commando
| by woman.
The proposed new boundary of th
= Round Valley Reservation includes a
) area of about sixteen miles east an
: and west by over twenty miles mort
. and south, taking in Round valley
J, HulPs valley, Summit valley, Wi
liams' valley and several smaller bl
equally fertile localities.