The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-06-25
Letter. from C0lifOfni,s.
CREssEY STATION, MERGED Co., CAL,

Sune 5, 1875. I
DEAR FREEMAN-when one great man shu +
arses s out Of his ashes was born he dsy tha,
Napoleon was de feated at Waterloo, ,on thelsth
one ELSE esn ns "S y ase die .oms
other great personage will be born, and so II
the doctrine of the sransmig ration of souls was
correct; but how NapOlean's soul got across
his a waterloo deleat hope mine may not
be Fire too defeat yet the hot suns of this
em"5s s th.1 T@1h s prepare any one for an endur
young map from the States who Is visiting
to his friends IF TIere is good d deal 81 toadS
ism about this act. but then he says he is not
Harvest is upon us again, and stch harvest
The stalks keep a respectable distance apart
We have had no rain since the 9Th OF Jsn,iary,
and we will have none until about next NOvem-
the past-we have only about halt a rtap. and
as the squirrels and rabbits took about 100
acres OF that, we have only about the one third
OF crop. We means Ws and company. but
hcdthen AM mails in from the plains, and they
are worse than the Kansas grasshoppers. We
g,ass to hop over They N do some damage Is Is
the wheat: but' rice re'sd, t66y make good
Some time ago sent youi,a paper that had the
Merecd Court House inside. This was heavy
it overheard II not, wish you would notice
it-that is, the Court House. But few new
Toase .ne also hsSa scs"S
somewhat like the Ebens6brK school house,
What about your artesian wens Was he en-
terprise a succcssf "A Mr.. wigginton. near
ss an os s 81
One near Los Angeles struck water at 500 feet
sns good ssl GfT ytssisn wells will be all the
Good Lord, where do all the people come
from Since the 5th day of February-the day
Jure, the present date-four months--not less
than 5000 emigrants landed In this State. The
sS%"rs count Y 81
tains.and the impulsc TO return e2tendst hroup n
this i"fius OF people to this State may % be- SUM-
med up as follows: Good crops last year, n
the States. erasshnppers ia the West an,i hard
times in the East producing strikes and riOting
from last year. The March and April frpsts
aid the dryness OF the season has pjsy ed hauJc
,h., W,h I grain hd ana fruit m feed % Sn. ps'fs SO
theyar until we get good season ngain-
regard TO securing good health. There is n
considerable amount of sickness het,, cspecIal-
ly along the rivers. There are malaritjiis fevers
with ague and fever in many par OF the State.
l had a touch myself l am not good at descrip-
tion or should toll you how one feels who hats
drscon,ented; feels !s9ifiie sicR / lp'ivs for old
friends. and brandy tiiishcs, gin cocktals ale
and lager; thirsty all the tune. doesn't care a
d for anybody here. friend or enemy siyhs
for tdGy; has no Appetite yet is hungry al! the
time secs ghosts in trees and i'll in every hing
seeks solitude like u deer when losing its honsj
wants to have Il talk with the s.iini Of the Frek-
man and Bill Hcadrick, near Washington street:
wants everybody TO pay every editor; wants
the late newspaper laws abolished feels for
chicken soup. ice cream and egg-custar1: wants
some office hut is not able to discharge the iu-
tics; i'm short, one feels like as if he bad the
tooth-ache. neuralgia, tic-dOloreauS and the
measles all ut one time. People are frequently
sick here. and as none die the suffering IL in
this way prolonged. l have not a tomb
stone or n grave since | came to the State.
We had Teachers Institute in MERGED a few
days ago. liked the teachers and the County
SIN, inf hVf sIsk tSf tt,s,
bad grammar talk OF Prof. Allen, OF tho State
Normal School. Mr. Allen is from PennsyIva-
mia. but we once had pet goose that could talk
= good sense aud lecture long at one time.
Mr.. Allen. ia, my opinion, is about rs fit tn con-
duct an Institute as n hfppopotamus ia to set
type or gather blackbcrries. And then he is
fenrfully ~pinionatei. But, nuf sei.
1t will take us about one month to reap and
on" week to thresh. We will not have more
than 500 bushels on loo acres. There will
bc enough for feed and seed. and some over.
may go to the great Centennial next year.
/ am not certain yet, nor will be until find
myself in your Office, and on my way. GIVE
my respects to all snquiring friends.
ROB ROr.