The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-27
Santa barbara, California.

Editors Of tie lniOlIgCnccr.
AS there are number Of our citizens
who intend to visit Santa Barbara, In
California, next spring, and ~ there Inns
been published in the New York Herald
Almost discournging account Of that coun.
try, written no doubt by some badly dis
appointed IMAM, have thought It proper
to offer for publication letter from the
Hon Ephrain lE.liAll, lately II Judge Of
this State, anil q gentleman Of good sense
and undOubtCl integrity. ! think his
statements may be taken Us strictly true,
no far as his information extends.
Ills letter refers to the observations Of
Dr.. Dimmick on the temperature atSanta
Barbara, and the state Of the thermomc-
ter for every day in awhole year, which
leave with you. DIP.
SANTA barbara, January i, 1875.
Mr.. Daniel Rck!
DEAR SiR--YOurs Of December 18th,
1874, Ia Just received. like this climate
mud country exceedingly. From NOvem-
Der to March We have our ruins, but they
ARE like May rains In the East, and the
whole aspect Of the country Is spring.like
everything IL green and fresh with
young life4and our harvest month is
May. BY June our hills and fields begin
to look brown, except where cultivated,
and so remain til the Fall rains; but the
temperatures 30 mild and even, mud tue
trees, crops and flowers an cultivated
grounds look 80 fresh and luxuriant, you
scarcely miss the green upon the hills
around. In some localities our roadsEet
unplensantly dusty before the Fall rains.
For health and pleasant residence ! do
not think this climate can lie exCelled.
Our town Is MI old Spanish town Of adobe
buildings, with tile roofs, and Until five
or ak years since there was little else Of
II. Now 1t il largely Americanizetl, has
population Of between Ave and six thou.
sand, and growing rapidly. n
The mountains aud foot hills are dis.
tant from the ocean varying from say
two to five miles. Little valleys rising
gradually from the ocean extend back In
distances variOusly. We have longer
valleys extending bnck from forty to sixty
miles, very fertile, butin these they are
subject to strong currents and winds ut
tinlrS, which makes them less cohlforta;
ble ind less suited to tho invalid classeS.
III Santa bar bara We have II County
Court, not made up Of justices, but n
judge, and n District Court, which cor
responds to your Circuit Court ] am
not engaged in practice. ~ California
We have what YOU call IL Ohio and New
York n rode prnctice, which, as an Ohio
lawyer, you may like, but ] Ito not
But why do all think OF coming In the
Spring? Pardon the suggestion, but even
the wild geese know better than that.
Why not escape the chill, dreary, cold
and Changeable periU Of Winter In the
East, and enjoy the luxury Of a Santa
barbara Winter2 On Christmas day.
our Chinaman fall our cooks are China.
mem, brought In quite II basket Of wild
flowers to grace Il e table, ahh we enjoyed
IA fine fresh strawberries asyOu eHer have
at any ScasoiL And ! Ito mt think We
have had three cloudy days in month.
Why then endure I he winter there ami
fly to shelter when the storm Is over3
Tourists for pleasure and observation
ahOulu bp here snV from ,JnntlnFV lAI To