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Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
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After reading these favorable re-
ports, the question likely to be asked
by the new conner or the person at a
distance is: Can this land be pur-
chased, and if SO, at what price ? We
answer, a great deal of it is purchas-
able at, all things considered, very
reasonable figures. The land not al
ready in the hands of settlers is for
sale at prices that may range at, say,
from S. to $50 pes acre. Very little,
and that of the poorest quality, is to
be had at the minimum figure. In the
central and most heavily populated
part of Los Nietos settlement, the soil
is cut into garden and orchard plats
ranging in size from one to twenty
acres. The intending settler must not
be surprised if he is asked much lar
ger prices for land than those we have
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01

school, under the management OF IS.
A. Waldron, an experienced teacher,
and substantial church will be erect
ed during the year. The Cienega val
ley is. ten miles long and three wide.
Abundant water is near the surface,
and the grazing is good in all seasons.
All grains flourish, especially corn,
wheat, rye and barley. All fruits,
save the orange, and every known
vegetable flourish. The land can
all be irrigated, but there has as yet
been no need for the process. La Bal
Iona valley is ten miles long and four
wide; it has just as good character
istics as its neighbor, the Cienega val
ley. The table lands sloping from the
sea to the mountains furnish splendid
sheep range. AS examples of the
fruitfulness of this section, we add
the following reports for the year from
few farms in this section of the
country.
John A. Young the past year raised
5000 bushels of barley from 100 acres,
without irrigation.
A. Rose has growing on his farm
oranges, lemons, figs, peaches, apples
and grapes.
J. K. Holmes produced this year
200 bushels of potatoes, 80 bushels of
corn and tons of hay per acre.
III. II. Gird has very fine stock
and dairy rancho that has steadily
yielded an abundance of pasturage for
800 head of cattle and so horses.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
Santa Ana.

Eight miles from the ocean, and six
from Anaheim, lies the prosperous
settlement of Santa Ana, containing
over $4,000 acres of light adobe and
sandy loan soil. There are irrigat-
ing bitches running from the Santa
Ana river, with an abundance of
water, and about dozen artesian
wells, from 40 to 200 feet deep, in the
settlement. About half of the land is
under cultivation, the farms ranging
from 20 to 100 acres each. About 5000
acres are offered to settlers at from
$40 to $50 per acre, according to
location and improvements. There
are two fine schools in the settlement
and four religious organizations.
Rye, barley and corn, yielding 40, so
and so bushels to the acre respectively,
are the chief crops. The citron has
fiourished beyond expectations. Syca-
more trees have been planted very
generally and have prospereds Santa
Ana will have steady growth for
years to come.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
The Tustin Settlement.

To the east of Santa Ana. and
Gwelve miles from the ocean, is the
Tustin Settlement, comprising some
sixty farms of from twenty to forty
acres each. The age of the settlement
Is less than two years. Water can be
readily obtained by artesian wells, or
brought in bitches from the Santa
Ana river. The soil is a sandy loam,
and rye, barley and corn, the principal
crops, flourish finely. Tobacco has
been successfully cultivated. The
farmers have neat homes and comfort
able out houses. There is good
school in the settlement, and three
religious denominations have organi
cations there. Unimproved lands
range from 500 to $50, and improved
from 500 to SO. Probably one-fourth
of the land in the settlement, one
thousand acres, is open to new comers
at the above price.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
centineIa Colony.

The Centinela Land Company have
purchased $4,000 acres of the choicest
farming and fruit land in the State.
This land lies just beyond the city
limits of Los Angeles and extends to
the oce can. 1t is nearly all choice val
ley land, and will produce all kinds of
grain and all semi-tropical fruits.
Wheat has been grown upon the tract,
and orange and lime trees are now in
full bearing. There is an orchard
containing 5000 orange, lemon, lime
and almond trees, and the nursery
contains nearly AS many more. These
trees are all four years old. The Cen
tinela creek waters the northern por-
ton of the land; and water can be OBJ
tained anywhere at from 25 to so feet.
The climate is the finest on the coast,
varying but little from go degrees all
the year round.
This land with all the improve
ments, orange and other fruit trees,
sheep, ETC., ETC., will be distributed
among the shareholders-each share
emitting the holder to one-one thou
sandth part of the whole.
Each shareholder purchases his land
including his share in the improve
.-ento, snecp etc. at 9Ia per aero. inc
land is being subdivided into 5, 10, 20,
40, 80 and 160 acre lots, and will be
sold at auction on January 18th and
March 9Th, 1875. All that it brings
over $40. 65 per acre-which is the cost
of the land alone-will be divided
among the shareholders.
AS it is expected that the farming
lands will sell for from 500 to $50 per
acre, it is easy to see that there will
be a large surplus to divide among the
shareholders. Each shareholder can,
if he chooses, buy land with his stock
and still share in the surplus profits.
Large grants have been made by the
company to found college and public
schools. All religious bodies, and
the Changers, Masons, Odd Fellows
and Temperance Societies are literally
dealt with. The sale of Intoxicating
liquors, and the erection of saloons, is
forbidden by the charter of the com.
pany. A railway is projected through
the tract from Los Angeles to the
ocean.
The vicinity of these lands to the
city of Los Angeles-the inexhausti-
BILE fertility of the soil--the perfect
climate and the cheap price at which
shareholders buy the land, render this
one of the best opportunities ever Of
fered the public to obtain cheap and
delightful homes. 1t is expected that
the surplus profits will be so large that
the shareholder who buys land with
his stock will get all that his land will
cost him back in dividends. Full in
formation can be obtained from w. HI.
Martin, California Immigrant Union,
534 California ST., San Francisco, or
at the Centinela Land Company Of
flee, No. 8 Temple Block.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
Los Niet0s.

One of the richest farming sections
of Los Angeles county, iies in the val
ley of the San Gabriel river, bounded
on the north by the Ell Monte district,
and extending in south-westerly di-
rectiOn along the course of the stream
for thirteen miles, with an average
width of six miles. The whole section,
as we have located it, bears the name
of Los NIETos. The land is level,
with uniform slope towards the
ocean on the southwest, the soil is
rich and strong and the irrigating
facilities are unsurpassed. tits claim
ed that the water of the San Gabriel
is sufficient to irrigate more than twice
the area of the valley. The chief pro-
ducts are corn, barley, rye and wheat.
The yield of these cereals, as well as
that of every variety of farm product,
is so enormous that man must see the
soil and its crops to believe the follow
ing facts and figures
One hundred and twenty-five BUSH
els of corn per acre is not an unusual
yield, and the average crop is eighty
bushels. This bountiful return is for
the mere labor of planting and irri-
eating, no hoeing being required, and
the irrigation itself being neither diff
cult nor expensive. To illustrate the
lasting quality of the soil, we may
mention that piece of ground on the
farm of Ex-Governor PicO has been
planted in corn every year during the
last century and the yield this year
was as large as that of 1874. Wheat
IS not very extensively sown in the
Los Nietos country, for the reason that
it grows too rank with tendency to
~. Oats stahdd seven even % feet nign HiH 'sfH aiiu
head finely. The average yield of bar
ley is estimated at seventy-five BUSH
els per acre. Irish and sweet potatoes
grow in abundance, of excellent quail
ity, and keep well. All kinds of vege-
tables grow with little more labor
than their planting. A beet has
been grown that weighed POS
pounds; a 200 pound pumpkin is not
extraordinary; 25 pound head ofcab-
DdSc 10 COlllHioii. ICSNelltJ lOuS VI
beets to the acre is not considered
a large yield. Almost every kind of
fruit is grown here. At Temples
farm on the north the finest quality of
oranges are raised; at. BiXby's on the
south, near the ocean, may be seen
thrifty bearing orange trees; also at
Fosters on the west and at Mrs. Car
penter's on the east. These are the
older trees, while all through the set
tlement, bounded by the points named,
are planted groves of young orange
trees, everywhere growing finely.
What is said of the orange is also true
of lines, lemons, and semi-tropical
fruits of every description. Peaches,
apples, apricots and pears are alike
indigenous to the locality. The farm
ers of Los Nietos claim that they pro-
duce better quality of apple than
any other section of Southern Califor-
mia. Small fruit, blackberries, ras-
berries, strawberries and the like, of
fine flavor, are produced in abund-
ance.
The following is list of the exports
from Downey City, the shipping point
of this district, for the year 1874 up to
December 25th, when the statement
was closed
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01

A committee recently examined
seventeen applicants over 18 years of
age, for positions as cadets in the SER
vice of the Pacific Mail Steamship
company. They were examined in
the first four rules of arithmetic, SIM
pie geography, spelling and punctua-
ton. Five candidates were accepted.
The San Francisco Chronicle referring
to this examination says "It was
demonstrated during the course of ex-
aminations that the applicants who
had received their schooling in pri-
vate institutions failed most conspic-
uously, while all the successful candi-
dates We're educated in the public
schools.n
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
Cienega and La BaIlona.

These flourishing settlements, so
well watered by the Cienega, send
in favorable reports for the year.
New settlers have come in during the
past twelve months with ample capi-
tai, and Improvements can be noted
on all sides. First-class farming lands
can be purchased, with irrigation
privileges, at from $25 to $50 per acre.
The neighborhood has a first-class
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
National Officials.

III. X. w. BENT.."...... ...............P Postmaster
Postoffice, Temple Block.
ALFRED JAMES.........R Reg U. s. Land Office
j. w. HAVERSTICK... Rec. L. S. Land Office
Temple Block.
:. o, WHEELER. Dept. Coll. u. s. Int. Rev.
Office, No. 10, Temple Block.
J. r. BRIERL Int. Rev. Gauger
Office, No. 4S, Temple Block.
j. D. NLAP...............Dept. U. s. Marshal
New High street.
u. C. WHITING.mU.S S. Court Commissioner
Office, Nos. % and 2S, Downey Block
FACOB A. MOURENHAU French Consul
Main street.
CLINTON B. SEARS, In charge of Improve
ment of Wilmington NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
at terminus OF street railroad.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01

On the 2Sth ult the advertised sale
Of the Sacramento Union took place
and the property was bid in by PAUL
MORRILL,, one of the proprietors, for
$4,000, for the firm. No change will
take place in the ownership, manage
ment or tone of the paper.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
County Directory.

A. W. POTTS......Co. Clerk and Clerk of Courts
Il. W. W.GILLETTE.....Co Co. Rtcorder and Auditor
z e. ROWAN............... treasurer
". r. ROWLAND..Co Sheriff and Tax Coll.
DIONICIO BOTILLER..............Co Assessor
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
Chamber of Commerce;
Board of Education:

HID. BARROWs, President.
ii. KREMER, Sec'y. ALFRED JAN ES,
DR. ]. KURTZ, j. +. WlDNEf.
Or. w. T. LUCKY, City Supt. Public Schools
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
BOARD or Supervisors

GEO. KINDS, Chairman,
T. 81. GRIFFITH, EDWARD EVEY,
&t. PALOMARES, +. MACHACO,
A. SEPULVEDA, Acting Interpreter.
Regular Meetings-First Monday Of each
ssxSonth.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
Iaa An9eles 1seraia
Eity and County Official Directory.
City Directory.

e. BFAJTpRY. Mayor
Office, Council Chamber.
3. j. CARRILJ.O,.............. Marshal
Office, No. 45 Spring street.
T. j. MELLUSt treasurer
Office, Court House.
A. w HUTTON. City Attorney
Office, No. 90 Temple Block
Sf KREM CLERK
Office, No. 45 Spring street.
MN r. City Surveyor
Office, Moore & Keleher, New High ST.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
Ju.,icial Di, actory:

K. SEPULVEDA.......... ............District Judge
Terms of Court-First Monday of Feb,
May, Aug, and Now.
H. X. S. O'MELVENY. Judge of Probate and
County Courts.
Terms of Court-First Monday of JAM,
Mar, May, July. Sept, and Nov.
GEO. C. IBBS,...Dist. Court Commissioner,
Office, No. IA Spring street.
Justices Courts:
WM. II. GRAY Temple Block, over W. F. d
Co.'S Office.
JOHN TRAFFORD.. ..DOwney Block, Temple
Street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01
Common Council:

Meets st Council Rooms, No. 10 Spring ST..
at 1850 P. NJ, Thursday of each week
COUSCILMEN:
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01

Los Angeles Library Association:
y. r. McC0NNELL.........,...... President
J. G. LITTLEFIELD.......
Library, Downey Block.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17

clean the court house; he dashed into
the court room, to the CONSERVATION of
judge, jury and lawyers. Young How
ard tried to restrain him, but, glaring
like tiger, he turned upon the youth
and felled him to the floor; at the same
time drawing pistol, he exclaimed,
" kill me or I'll kill you /" The man,
in moment of extreme anguish, drew
a knife and buried it in the bowels of
Hill. He died soon after.
Howard quit Arkansas, and several
years later was heard of in San Antonio,
Texas, where he joined the confederate
forces under the command of Col. Long.
At the close of the war he was met by
William Hill, who, remembering the
oath he had taken at his fathers in
stance, shot The former and fed to Eu-
rope. He joined the French army and
served through the Franco-Prussian war
but was subject to fits of temporary in
sanity. Finally, his case became hope
less, and he was placed by his friends in
an asylum near Glasgow, Scotland, where
he recently died.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17
A Practical View.

A young clergyman, at the first we'd
ding he ever had, thought it was very
good time. to impress upon the couple
before him the solemnity of the act.
II hope, Dennis" he said to the
coachman, with the license in his hand,
you have well considered this solemn
step in life ?"
/ hope so, your reverence, answered
Dennis.
Its very important step you're
taking, Mary" said the minister.
/" Yes, sir, l know it," replied Mary,
whimperiDg. Perhaps we had better
wait awhile"
/" Perhaps we had, your reverence"
chimed in Dennis.
The minister, hardly expecting such
personal application of his exhorta-
tion, and seeing the ive-dollar note van
ishing before his eyes, betook himself
to more cheerful aspect of the situa-
ton, and said:
Yes, of course, it's solemn and i'm
portant, you know, but it's very hap
py time, after all, when people love each
other. Shall we go on with the service?"
Yes, your reverence" they both
replied; and they were soon made one in
the bonds of matrimony, and that young
minister is now very careful how he
brings on the solemn view of marriage
to timid couples.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17
Jennie june Defends Pun Backs

The cheap wit which usually expends
itself upon some part of woman's dress
has attacked the tied back skirt The
point with the critic is the indecency of
style which indicates SO much of the
outlines of woman's form; but from
this point of view there is no reason
whatever for the structures. Why is
woman's form any more indecorous than
that Of a man? And why should not
dress outline the form it covers? If it
does not what is the object of form at
all And why should beauty in design
or art itself be cultivated I? Twenty-Five
years ago the women wore an enormous
mass of skirts, which rendered them
shapeless and occasioned them great
trouble and Inconvenience. To preserve
unnecessary and barrel-like absence of
form, hoop skirts were invented, the first
of which were from four to five yards
round, and with dresses over them and
woman inside of them, occupying the
whole of broad city sidewalk and six
(three on side) in street car. Dress
then was attacked and lampooned for
concealing the form, the days of the first
empire were recalled and the classic
taste Of the Empress Josephine and the
ladies of the renowned French saloon
commented upon. Now we have at least
got rid of hoops, and we have a dress
that is not obstructive that is neither
so straight nor scant nor Objectionable in
these respects as the strict short wasted,
low backed, short sleeved dress of the
seventeenth century; that has on the
contrary possibilities of beauty, grace
and elegance, if the wearer or her mod
iste is an artist, and knows how to take
advantage of them. We have dress
which is often stupidity covered with
trimming and ridiculously made up of
parts that have no relationship to each
other, but that is inevitable, and on the
other side we have gradually obtained
public opinion which is stronger and
more permanent than fashion, which
gives dark or neutral colors, and almost
uniformly solid fabrics for the streets,
which enforces the necessity of restrict
ing street costumes to limits that will not
obtrude upon the rights of Others in the
street car or elsewhere. No style of
dress could be invented that silly girls
and silly women would not exaggerate-
a fool always carries with him his cap
and bells-but why dress composed of
several skirts with skirts beneath, should
be considered improper, even though tied
back, while the single trouser passes for
highly proper, it would puzzle lawyer
to determine.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17
poetry.
For the Bellows Falls Times,
Under the Snow.

Hark The wind whistles rudely in the chill winter
twilight,
The snow flakes now whirling and eddying go.
Say, do you think sister, with feelings OF sadness
Of our loved little darlings, out under the snow,
Our dear little loved ones how often their memory
Comes up in our minds with a bright living glow.
And then there is sadness. when we hut remember
They are sleeping they sleeping, out under the
snow.
They are free from all sorrow from signing. and
sadness,
No pain or disquietude ever to know;
While the wild winter winds are now sweeping
above them.
They are sleeping. so quietly, under the snow,
But in him who has given. and taken, our loved
ones,
In Him will we trust now, for surely we know
That he will remember and raise them to glory,
Our dear little loved ones, out under the slow.
In Heaven they'll shine with bright living radiance
Where the River of Life " will eternaly how
And our Saviour will own them his little angels.
Our sweet little darings, out under the snow.
MoRENA
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17

The BANKER WHO SUccEEDs-THE
ONE WHO FAus.--Rapid exchanges,
small percentages, and marketable
eonvertable-collaterals, in contradistine-
tion to speculative investments, mark the
difference between the banker who sue
ceeds and the one who fails.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17

What arrangements have you for
extinguishing fire ?" said Mr.. Timidity
to the landlord of a hotel out West,
where. he proposed to spend the night,
+" There's a pitcher of water in every
room, sir," responded Boniface.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17

Rev. Mr.. Murray says that there is
nothing in the Bible to prohibit Christ
ian from keeping racehorse." No, it
is the nothing in the pocket that pro-
hibits most of them from keeping one.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17

BURNS Charcoal has heen discover
ed to be a cure for burns BY laying a
piece of cold charcoal upon the burn the
pain subsidies Immediately. BY leaving
the charcoal on one hour the wound is
healed, as has been demonstrated on sew
eral occasions.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17

An Arkansas man ate pint of saw.
dust few days ago on bet. An intel
ligent physician, who was called in, told
him that he would have pain in his lum-
ber region if he stuck to such board as
that
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17
Boots, Shoes, and
Rubbers.

In this department we have large and carefully
selected stock from some of the best manufactures,
including Smiths best work in Ladies', Misses, and
ChildTen's BOOTS Also the Patent Elastic Heel
and Shank Ladies' SHOE. Very cheap durable and
easy. won't run over, We have the exclusive sale
of these goods: Mems, Youths and Boys Boots OF
all kinds. including the soft English Kip, Water
Proof Boot and Chicago Kip, &c. Large stock
Calf Boots latest styles. Alaska Boots for winter
wear.
Boot and Shoe repairing done neatly and at rea-
sonable prices.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17

To see if there's breeze try to seive
pan Of ashes.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17
BABBITT & HAYES

BABBlTT & HAYES
General Fire, Life and Accident
INSURANCE AGENCY,
BELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT.
OFFICE in the NEW BRICK BLOCK
South side of the Square.
over TWO HUNDRED MILLION Dollars capital
represented.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
We write policies in nearly all of the largest
strongest. time tried, and ire tested Insurance
Companies in the World. A few Of which are the
following.
AETNA Insurance Co.. Hartford, It.
Cash Assets, S6,396. IT'S "a
OLD HARTFORD Insurance Co., Hartford. Ct,
Cash Assets, sS.OOO.00O
PHOENIX Insurance Co.. Hartford. Ct.
Cash Assets. S2,UOO,UOO
CONTINENTAL Insurance Co.. n. Y.
Cash Assets, S2.606.OOO
MANHATTAN Insurance Co.. N Y.
Cash Assets, s7OD,SS5,36
AMAZON Insurance of Cincinnati Ohio. .
'"s" AsseS' SS~'Ooi'R
COMMERCIAL Insurance Co., St. Louis. Mo.
Cash Assets, S5O0,O00
LYcoMTNG Insurance Co., Muncy. Pa.
Cash Assets, S5.5S9,402.O9
MERCHANTS Insurance Co.. Newark. N. J:
Cash Assets. s750,OO0
NORTH BRITISH and MERCANTILE Insurance
Co., London and Edinburgh.
Cash Capital lGold SI0,0O0O0O
LIVERPOOL. LONDON 4 GLOBE Insurance Co.
Cash Assets. s20,0O0.OOO
QUEENS Insurance Co.. Liverpool and London.
Cash Assets, SlO000,000
ROYAL CANADIAN (MUTUAL) of Montreal.
Cash Capital, S. OOO.OO0
RITCHBURG MUTUAL Insurance Co., Fitchburg
Cleapest COmpAQy in eXistence for DWAlIiuQ Hnuan
and Farm property,
POLICIES written in these or other Compa-
nies for any amount. and upon Liberal Terms.
All LOSSES Adjusted and Promptly paid at our
ONCE, See advertisement for the Life and Acct
dent department of our business elsewhere
BABBITT & HAYES.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17
A. f. HOLDEN & co.
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT.

Having leased the store in Union Block formerly
occupied by johnson x Babbitt, we would respect
fully announce TO the public that we have ntirely
rehtted and furnished the same and this week have
removed from Bridge St. their stock of Ladies' and
dents Furnishing Goods. Boots Shoes and Rub
55ers, with large additions Just opened from New
ork and Boston
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17
WORSTEDS.

We have added large stock of Worsteds, Berg
mans Zephyrs, Shetland Wool and Germantown
yarns.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-12-17
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS

A full line of Plymouth Gloves and Mittens Under
shirts and Drawers, Wooden and Cotton Stockings,
Cardigan Jackets, Fancy Woolen Shirts, Linen and
Paper Collars and Cuffs, Patent Spring Buckle and
other styles Susp spsnders. &C.. &C., and common do
In this department may be found full line Of new
and latest style goods just opened.