Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-09
LETTER FROM RIVERSIDE.
A Change in the Weathef-A Heavy
Rnin-New BulidlnSs-Dr. shugsrt-
New Resislences-A Daily Mail.

A Change in the Weathef-A Heavy
Rnin-New BulidlnSs- Dr. shugsrt-
New ResiIences-A Daily Mail.
EDITOR HERALD:--For q change
we have had slight North wind, and
we have been thankful to give up a
| little of our own atmosphere, healthy
| though it Is, for the purer mountain
air. Is not this quite an admission
| for Riversider? When our Western
| breezes begin to decline about Sep
| tember and October, our midday heat
is quite enervating for few days, un-
| Ill the cool bracing north wind, shorn
of its rigidity by its Western flight,
comes to remind us of what is going
| on in our distant Eastern homes. it
is remarkable how quickly persons
from the cold North. east forget the
rigors of Winter, the heat and drouth
of summer, the lateness of the Spring
and chilliness of Autumn. When the
northers come, eyes are turned north
ward for relief. When the warm wealth :
er Is here, again we look Northerly,
as though the climate we have left be-
cause we could not live comfortably
In it had undergone radical change.
The Objectionable features of South
ern California as aperpetual residence
are fewer and more insignificant than
IN any other placein the known world.
Thus persons who have lived in many
parts of the world express themselves.
A HEAVY RAIN.
Riverside was favored last night
with some copious showers, and our
verdure is again washed clean and
attractive. The soil is moistened from
two to six inches.
House building Is progressing with
us-large adobes and small wooden
structures. Roomy residences Of wood
and smaller ones of adobe are putting
in an appearance In our town and
country, all being built with an eye
to comfort more than architecture
and stranger coming here cannot
truly call our houses mOnOtonOus, as
they show an originality of design
and individuality of taste which is
really refreshing to behold, after see
ing in other places one dwelling so
much like the next that instances are
upon record OF persons entering the
wrong house, seeing the same archi-
lecture, carpets and furniture in the
hall, and not discovering their mis-
take until confronted by strange
face on attempting to enter d room a
fac simile of their own; and If our de-
signs in house building are not what
our architects would call elegant in
appearance and proportion, we can
say "who said they were" and proud
ly point 10 something better the
growth and beauty of our trees and
shrubs. We cannot make our houses
outside or inside SO attractive as to
eclipse our health-giving climate and
beauty-givings soil. All of us know
people who have put into house
more money than they were worth,
thus making an elegant pain in the
side when the mortgage payments be-
came due. Here, as our climate does
not demand all inside llfee ght months
In the year, we prefer-if We cannot
do both-to adorn and make profita-
BILE our grounds and lands, for they be-
come our actual residence, as the days
are few through the year when we
cannot be engaged In outside labor
and enjoyment; and people from the
East, from their Winter castles and
stately homes, look disappointed at
their ''castles in the air." high above
our dwellings, and until they know
us better, place us, In culture and
taste, with the same class of people
East who occupy similar abodes.
PRIVATE DWELLINGS.
DR.. Shugart, one of the Riverside
pioneers, and Mr.. White, our Notary
Public, are building nice roomy resi-
dence In the centre of their young
orange grove just Northeast from
town, and Northward from this edifice
Mr.. Mcdowell and his son are build.
ing comfortable Eastern house. In
town, & Z. Miller, Esq, is finishing
up n spacious adobe for family resi-
dence; Lyon & Rosenthal's brick store
is fast approaching that desirable stage
of completion TO which all who build
look as the ultima thule of their lives;
other buildings are being improved
and enlarged; new ones are being pro-
jected. and soon our Riverside will be
TOO thickly settled for those pioneers
who aim to be in advance of cvliZa-
ton, and we ought to expect shortly to
witness our oldest inhabitants-sad
though the scene would be-starting
for newer fields upon which to leave
their impress and influence.
We are rejoicing in daily mail, and
duly congratulate the outside world
those who are not In the Riverside
ring-that they can now have the
privilege Of daily communication with
US. Truly yours,
G. w. GARCELoN.
Riverside, November 5, 1878.