The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-05-22
YANREES EEEpED.

FANREES NEEDED
Up the coast towards California the climate
IL as hot rs HGdes. We were as far south as ak
degrees north OF the equator, and the sun on
notwithstandinE this, we have NOT been tron-
pied at all with insects of any kind-not oven
house-hy to disturb the equanimity OF our
tempers. 1 have neither seen or felt an insect
since leaving home. except a poor wandering
non hSOneyIhee and butterfly that boarded the
snip when near Jamaica. we have seven jap
ansse on board who think the abseuce OF these
iinsSScts Fory remal kable, as they are exceed
insly troublesome in Japan. expected troubI
IN crossing the lsihnss from insects as there
railroad, but did not see a single winged in
sect except the ants at Aspinwali. The only
HtI.ged animal saw ON the Isthmus was q
hawk and blue-black- bird and some Parrots
E En tue fAcInc SIDE about sunset, we saw long
.,Ss ~, VI nerons leaving the ocean for the for
ests Sometimes there were three hundred
i IN dne anu they hy in a straight Iine), max
lng Tor tho woods The second day we were
out we saw a beautiful waterspout south and
seoond night we sighted large whale, the
warm climate; id est. the waterspou aug
YANKzKs NEEDED.
All these Central American islands and row
pie and an imperious need OF live YANKEES to
develop the country. Nine-tenths of the ter
, the people are ruled by distracted govern
ments and are otherwise demoraIized. The
ernment; the second, some system of sdiIcs
tion and the third. an enUerprisinx race of
nit this?
As for Mexico, its sea- coast towns are miser-
aoIe apologies for towns. Tho people have
that they have become Iukewarm to their own
interests. They have no patriotism. but little
the trading ports they ought to be on such a
glorious coast as the Pacific and they never
councils.
terprse on every side tbro6%S % of can 1s see sn Sn
imProTssng % s me country; building cities. devel
ing up trade with distant ports, fnventing
novel machinery, and doing everything that
is a little world within itself. More business
Is transacted here in one day than is done in
Mexico and Central America in a month. And
this is only the beginning of the end.
FINALLY,
I must close this letter. will follow with a
letter descriptive of the interior OF California.
| have many more b nRs TO say about the trip,
what I miss here | viii put in letter to- the
Johnstoun papers.
Yours, truly, ROB Roy.
n. B. said the ships made 200 miles a day
steam both, made near 800 some days. The side
ference and make 1o8 revolutions per minute,
equa!fng lS6 feet per m mute. or "A, 100 feet an
day. Divide this by $3.50 feet in a mile and
you have u little over 200 miles per day. If the
wind favors, little more; If not, a little loss
R.R.
CRESsnr STATION, MERGED Co, Cal,
DEAR FHEEMAN-I dropped you a letter when
we left the ship, and now write to inform
found three FREEHAhs and six TTIbtInes await
ing our arrival, for which we are extremely
thankful. forgot what said about
SAN FRANCISCO,
but say again that it il city OF 100000 inhabi-
most of them only three or four. One-thfrd of
the city 10 built on hills AS steep as the rise
place and some street cars are drawn up by
local engines, similar to the old Portage rail-
around the wharf lie built on made-up
ground, and the other third is built on a plain
between the bay and the ocean. The Golden
Gate" is a narrow entrance from ocean TO bay.
The bay is fifty miles long by eight miles wide.
The largest ships can enter in safety. The en-
trance is guarded by two forts and the govern
ing the Gate" and the fortincations are such
as to protect the city perfectly. There is much
third than at Johnstown. All kinds Of fruits
are plentiful
Oakland Is across tho bay eastward, and is
the Brooklyn OF Frisco" although there is
handsome as Philadelphia but not so large.
When it is well built up it will resemble the
being level and wide and rig ht angles. There
is room enough there for city as large as
London. 1t can be built up ten miles by TWEEN
" on perfect level, with little filling up
LIvERMoRK AND JoAoUIs vALLHYs
We took the cars of the Central Pacific at
Oakland, eastward, passing through noun
tain gap to LtVermore valley which is a beau
tiful place, thence through another range OF
mountains to the Joaquin pronounced Ho-a-
ken) valley, winch spreads out like all
sides We got CT the cars at Latbrop and took
the NiS4iIa train, going twenty miles in bee
= county OF the same name. The road bends at
a river OF that name, then runs in a straight
where there. is a station named.Cressey, where
we got OF and took carriage five miles to our
straight line yEenty miles more to MERGED city,
the capital of the county, and then twenty
tfNI
to Nisalia tthe is pronounced long and then
twenty miles more to- Kern river. All along
mountains as far tho eye can reach. The
coast mountains about thirty-five miles from
the road. There is timber along each river,
each side is wheat, wheat, wheat, except
here and there quarter section OF rye or
section OF barley.
Our homo is five miles from the station and
tfuI grove OF timber all along the Merced.
about twenty or thirty rods wide. We have
trees. There is a vineyard OF six acres between
our house and the river, and splendid gardens
bors. can see three or four rancho houses
high could dozen. My brother-in-laW
and my son have thousand acre ranch, seven
wheat and barley and the wheat is just like =
will Weld fifteen busheIs TO Ihe acre. The bar
ley will double thst-that is my opinion. l
have not gone around the rancho yet but l
will Tomorrow. You may judge of the size by
the fact that on the first day they plowed they
only made three rounds from morning till
night, that was about fifteen miles. Still their
ranch is only a speck among the other ranches.
Some persons have 10000 some 80, 600 acres in
grain. l suppose people will not believe that,
bat you know | can't tell lie. 1t is prema-
ture to give estimate, but last year there
were 5000 bushels on the Same ranch and the
crop was not near half good.
CLIMATE.
The weather is very warm and dry in day
anhN aFNfl Qnnhg a ann of
evening we arrived the heavens were overcast
with clouds and would have predicted rain,
but aext morning the sky was clear Clouds
hang over the mountains east and W est and we
can snow along the tops of tho Nevada
about sunset, but there is no rain in the clouds.
The wind grows strong and varies from point
to point. The wheat and barley are a deep
green, but where the moisture comes from is
mystery the soil is saudy-if not sand itself.
They have to haul straw along the roads TO
keep the wagons from sinking down in tho
sand. particularly if the sand is wet. The
last rain we had was on the 9th of May. 1t was
light here but north and south it was soaking
rain. This uncommon, rains seldom
fall here after A pril 1st-
/ must close this letter and will not write
again till receive some of my published let
tiers. / eIp pect some this week or next II Is
tOn much trouble to write 70 nothing; SO If t
does to publish them L will not write