Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-10-14

Stalk as rule, anu three TO four stalks
in the hill you can begin to talk of one
hundred bushels per acre. But what
seems most singular they do no work
in the corntield from the time the seed
is planted till the corn is ready to husk
The ground becomes perfectly dry for
two or three inches down and that
seems to act as kind of mulch and the
soil under It keeps moist, but if it is
stirred it will dry out and spill the crop.
/ have seen beets here, standing a
foot to foot and half out of the ground
and, as big around as a common
wooden bucket-they are still growing.
Fruit trees of all kinds grow rapidly
and bear when very young. Fruit men
say that peach trees bloom for eight or
nine weeks and apple trees nearly as
long, which makes orchards very beau
ful for quite while in spring. Fruit
of all kinds has been very abundant in
all the fruit growing localities here this
season, and is plenty every season since
there is nothing to hinder. No cur
culio, codliRg mouth or borers here.
While speaking of grain [ might
have mentioned that barley will some
times produce as much as sixty bushels
per acre for four or five years in sue
cession-volunteering each year from
The seed that is shattered on the ground
while harvesting; but slipshod farming
will not do to rely upon any place, al
though it does little better here than
in some other parts of the country.
The people are different frou those
you lind in the old settled States-ta-
ken as whole. individuals are the
same of course. The difference is be-
cause that every civilized State and ma
tion on the face of the earth is amply
represented. If you see half a dozen
men in a group, the chances are that
they were born and bred in as many
different States and countries. But not
wilhstanding all this, one can find as
good class of American citizens here
as anywhere. They are not long from
the different States, are well read, wide
awake, accomplished and sociable.-
They all seem to remember how they
felt when thev came among strangers
and make haste to bid welcome to well
disposed newcomers.
This Southern coast of California is
great resort for invalids, and what
about thatI The great majority ui
those coming here tor health are bene-
ited-many i'll i remarkable manner.
But the greatest mistake is 10 make
such change the last resort. If one
is about ready to step into the grave,
ne had better make the step at home
among friends. But if he Is not quite
that far gOne-thinkS he has recupera-
tive force about him and is able TO take
care OF himself, then strike out and
take care of No. one without delay,
would be my advice, for your humble
servant is better able to do d days
work now, when night comes, utter
plying the saw and hammer all day,
than he was when morning came while
in OHIO.
Persons coming herefUr health should
be careful to select ID 10 ;ality 10 suit
their peculiar case. One class is bene-
fitted most directly on the Coast, anOth
the mountain valleys, aud nothing bnt
trial will decide the matter. The
farther from the coast the better it Is in
summer and the colder in winter
When the thermometer marks seventy
ON the coast, it may stand at hun
dred and fifteen, thirty or forty miles
back, or there may be heavy trOStS that
far back in winter. Even temperature,
pleasant nights, the cool and lnVigOra-
ting sea-breeZe and Sea-bathins are
among the advantages of the coast. A
ireshWater chap will soon learn to keep
his mouth shut when in swimming,
brine few times.
Some persons who are not inValids
may have longing for more con-
genial CLINE. To such | would say,
''look befole e you leap" always. Come
and see for yourself and then decide
afterwards. For things are 50 very
different on the Pacific slope from what
they are in the States that you cannot
know how you will like it by what
others say of it. And there is such ID
difference between different localities
as regards climate, productions and
people that one would want to travel
People who make inquiry about ID
new country are always anxious to
know what the draw backs" are, and
| will name the objections TO this To-
cality as honestly as possible. We have
dust here as u matter of course. .and 1t
annoys about as much as mud does i'll
the east. Fleas are as bOther5ome as
gnats are elsewhere. The Pacific slope
Is cut off from the great center OF pop
ulation by belt of country thousand
miles wide, which is the most worth
less and Godforsaken you ever bekeld;
country which can never be Inhabited
or utilized to any extent. And again,
there is about nine-tenths of this State
consisting of mountains and hills,
which can never be cultivated, and
they look very dry, dreary and forbid
ding during this season OF ihe year,
but become green soon after the first
rain fall, so tLat when the gloon of
winter hovers over the country lying
to the east of the Sieras, Caiifor lia has
the most delightful season. Another
objection must not be forgotten; one
gets the idea somehow or other, after
the old car trucks have been rattling
and laundering away under hin for
nearly two weeks, night and day, that
he is being carried long distance from
his old home, from relatives and friends
near and dear, from familiar institu-
tons and surroundings. And in lOca-
ting permanent home here, persons
are apt to feel that the distance, lack of
sufficient finance or something may
cause many long years, even eternity
itself to come between them and the
home of their childhood. But after
weighing all Disadvantages, | cannot
help but think that those see around
me now, have better place to live
than the people have in old Belmont,
and it is possible and even probable
that at some future day my lot will be
cast in the valley of the Santa Clara.
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