Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-06-25

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the evening at 4 o'clock to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Wall. / did so. Mr..
Wall was absent and did not return
till late at night but Mrs. Wall, who is
a very pleasant and ~conyersant lady
welcomed me and was very glad to get
direct news from old Tennessee. AT.
ter tea DR.. Tate and l had q drive over
the beautiful city of Oakland, which is
mostly made up of residences return.
ing we went to the residence of DIR.
Rufus Reeves and spent an hour or so
pleasantly answering Questions and re.
counting old times. Mr.. Wall return.
ed late but an hour or so conversation
with him and l retired. Summing it
all up never spent an evening o
pleasantly, for DR.. Tate with his ex.
c~eptionally kind and sociable DISPOSE.
ton, knows just how to make a Tennes.
seean feel easy and at home. Next
morning returned to San Francisco
and went to the San Jose depot and
took the train for Salineas city, one
hundred and forty miles south. Pass.
ing through some of the finest country
ever saw and some fourishing towns;
by the middle of the afternoon I was
at Salineas, the end Of my very long
journey. Alighting from the cars, the
first and only face 1 recognized was
our old friend 7. +. Faw. You NAV
imagine how glad he was to shake the
hand Of a friend late from Tennessee,
and who expected to remain with him
some time both said we could scarce.
ly realize the fact that we were once
again together, and that on the Pacific
Slope. | spent q day or so with him,
and talked of old times, friends and
Tennessee, and wound up with Califor.
MIA. In a day or so l went seven miles
In the country to Mr.. M. ii. Clark's-
here | was 80 kindly treated that / now
call that my California home. This
(Salineas) valley is about one hundred
and forty miles long and from six to
f twenty miles wide; it is a newly set.
tied part of the State and of course is
[ wanting in that attractive feature pre-.
, scented in older settled valleys howev-
er it is q very promising country.
Wheat here is good, but not extra for
: California. Men own land here by the
/, league and farm by the hundred acres.
, The chilered are generally very well
enlightened-have a splendid system
| of public schools men live with very
e little labor ONE work less children
/. can aid very little in farming, as it is
@ all done by machinery-hence they arc
idle, if not at school.
might write a great deal more O
S California but as Mr.. H. Hoss, of Jon
4 esboro', will Don return from an exten
l sive tour throughout California, l viii
refer the reader to him. He has trav.
eled over nearly all of the State, and
e can give a fine description of the val
leys of the State, the big trees, the
t. Geysers or hot springs, and various
other things to be seer in California
He will also tell you of his visit tc
d Salt Lake City, en- route to California
d of Brigham Young and the Mormon
d Conference. All who are very mucf
n interested in California should not fai
to have q talk with Mr.. Hoss, after h,
returns and gets rested, l am sure he
It will interest and enlighten them NOR,
y in one half hour than | could in one
IS half dozen letters, and another con
d sideration is that he will thus reliev,
me of the task, and as August isno'
o far of, if any one should take anotior
n to announce themselves as a candidat,
d for any of the county offices the edi
p tors OF the paper will need the room
IS otherwise taken up by my letters
n Middle aged or old men, 60 West
might be good advice to som afte
e the election.
have o hurriedly furnished
lie few dots Of a California trip, and bel
'e leave of my friends to close for
while of least, as l have but little spar,
time at present. Yours truly.
d d. X. EDWARDS.
4, GcuEalss, Monterey County, Calforpi