Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-10-24
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Or, Experiences or Life in Cali.
farnia by q Female Pioneer Of
1850.
By CYNTHIA ANN.

The ship kept on at steady pace
as day by day it neared San Fran
cisco. The sea was smooth, the sky
was clear, and as the passenger be-
came better acquainted, it seemed
hardly probable their situation would
be any better for the final landing.
Acapulco gave them welcome one
starlit night, by sending out her
boat loads OF natives, with their
chickens, pine apples, bananas and
oranges, to say nothing Of eggs, fan
cy articles in shells, and all the lit
tic knick ,knacks with which the
Mexican manages to supply his
wants and fill his stomach with, 4,
alsguardiente). The bay was lovely,
sparkling with phosphorus, which
had followed the track of tho steamer
like q track Of silver, the moon was
rising from behind the hills, while
the natives, with their swarthy faces.
lighted by fiambeaus, were pressing
round the steamer. Nothing wilder
nor more picturesque could be i'm
ship IS 1t lay by for supplies-the
want of cool air, the only discom-
fort-was relieved in few hours by
the movement Of the steamer, and
not long after leaving Acapulco, the
heat was no more complained of, and
day by day the tropics we're left in
the distance, till the cool air OF the
more northern ocean was finally
reached. The exchange OF summer
clothing tor winter, became the gen
eral order, and warmer food and
warmer quarters seemed so desira.
Bile that Hetty began to fear that
winter was to be rea lied. aud be-
gan once more series oi question
ings of all with whom she WA ac-
quainted, to learn il possible if there
was any hope whatever eli comfort
In California.
eggs, six dollars d ze ,"sin Aid
TO a gentleman who had been Esst,
he told her, for goods, ~. 4rses ~hirh
large lot OF eggs, preserved ia lime,
he fancied would help add to for
tune. 81 should thin. peop,s oouli
raise ohickeus."
They have tried To, and \ few have
been successful if they don't attempt
too much, but chickens live a.
they ought, considering how much
trouble people take to get them there.
4 lot of Acapulco fowls we're bought
by friend of HlDc. who paid twelve
hundred dollars for them, abou: four
hundrsd in number. He 20, piece
OF land, put up u house, hired man
to keep 1t, bltilt hen co0pS, and go,
an OK team 10 piow through the
ranch tc take feed for The biddios.
He gave them the best the mar Set
afforded of her food and after they
were supposed to be acclimat d, and
one egg was laid, they seem to have
fancied they had done all that was
required, for every morning when
the sun rose, and the anticipation Of
eggs was at its highest, under the
roosts lay scores ot them dead till
but few were left to employ the OK
team which fiuaIly returned with
the remainder to town to find pur-
chaser. The hen coops reminded one
in a few days Of deserted city, and
Jthe solitary wastes around Lone
Mou ntain, returned again to its
voiceless monotony. 1t was the
saddest commentary on the futility
of earthly hope I ever heard, for who
would have supposed that simple
domestic fowl to which we have so
long In eastern climates trusted
could have behaved so badly.
~ shall try hens, nevertheless,
said Hetty. 81 am accustomed to
their habits, and I pride myself on
being able to take care of them,
which this poor man I suppose did
not" t@
eve can keep thom in one corner
'of eur tent l suppose, said Parton
.grimly."
But Hetty did not condeseend to
notice his remark, but continued,
awe must keep COW too, If milk is
six dollars a gallon, 1 never lived
without plenty Of milk, and should
not know how to cook without It,"
ave can pasture cow on the sage
brush, unless we find the sand hills
will afford something better. You
talk nonsense Hetty, and few days
IN San Francisco will correct your
ignorant notions," said her husband.
"I know Of but one way to get milk
and eggs in abundance, and that is to
make our fortune and return as soon
aas possible. I shall do my best, and
hope my wife is going to help me-"