The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-09-08
M isc ella n Q O u 9.
Correspondence Of The -Kgis.
From California TO Chicago.


DcW -Hgis While resting to-day in
this great city of busy habits, | thought
perhaps | might communicate few items
of interest to your many intelligent readers.
We are just from the Golden State of the
Pacific coast, on our way to the growing
State of Michigan, fully satisfied that we
have enough of California for the present.
In many respects it is great county,
1t is unlike any other STATEN the Union
It's climate is singularly strange. Once in
California, go which way you will, and
you will observe difference in the climate,
in a very short distance. On leaving Kern
county, in Southern California, (where we
had resided for one year, on the 10th of
July, we still felt comfortable in wooden
clothes by day and under blankets by
night. Living in an altitude of 1900 feet
above sea level, it was never very warm in
summer nor was it high enough to make it
cold in winter. Strange as it may seem to
persons not familiar with the country, we
left at the date mentioned on the cars of
the Southern Pacific r. r. for San Francis
co, distance of over 800 miles by rail, at
night. While yet in the mountains, we
made use of all the blankets allotted us in
our stateroom, and though it was the winter
supply it was none too much for our com
fort. 1t seemed IKE IL cool night in u dry
October, such as you have in Maryland
sometimes. But by sunrise next morning
we had left the mountains and foot hills
Of the coast range, and were rushing
through the great San Joaquin Valley,
and now we could dispense with our
blankets, over coats, etc. Yes, we felt like
giving all we had that had its origin on
sleeps back, for suit of linen and q
palm leaf fan. When how hot Wraps
are thrown off; windows are opened; fans
are brought into use; we go for ice water.
The sun as it looms up in the East looks
much like great ball of fire. At a station
we learn that the mercury for many days
has averaged no degrees in the shade at
noon. We breakfast at 7 A. NJ and feel
refreshed
LAND OF BREAp.
j ust here | would like to tell you about
the immense wheat fields before us, behind
US and all around us. 1t looks like world
of wheat. AS far as the eye can observe all
is wheat, wheat. Surely California may
be called the land of bread, as we'll as the
land of wine and gold. The harvesting OF
course 10 oyer, and threshing now is the
order Of the day
| Steampower does the work and here
and there in every direction, the busy
work goes on. In many instances we saw
two and three threshers at work Oh the
same ranch. Indeed, it would be slow
work for one thresher to thresh out the
grain of thousand acre ranch, and we saw
many that large.
SAN FRANCISCO.
We arrived at Lathrop Junction, at II
A. NJ. This place is ten miles south o.
StoGktOn, end no sooner do we change cars
and turn weetward, going to San Francisco
thar we are refreshed by one of those de.
lightful sea breezes that usually maniiests
itself about noon every day. On reaching
the city of ebay windows and coin,
(San Francisco,) at p. NJ, and coming il
contact with its peculiar climate, we agair
find our "wools" to be the very things
after all, ana we realize what a sad fix ours
would have been had we obtained our sui
of linen. Now we see ladies dressed il
woods and turs, not only fur capes, but il
some instances fur coats. Gentlemen Will
overcoats was the usual case.
PoLITENEss TO STRANGERS.
IHiS Cily3 llke lHc Dlutc, ~ Unlike any
other city on the American Continent il
many respects, Notwithstanding its grea
wealth. The people as IL rule are UMPIRE
tending. Should you be looking for SOM
locality, and venture to ask any one whom
you might chance to meet the direction
very likely instead Of telling you the way
they would take the pains to &iO~ you
even 60 with you, and meanwhile ireel.
converge upon the current topics of tn
day, without any improper familiarity
make themselves simply agreeable to
stranger in q strange land"
We remained In San Francisco from til
18th July until the 25th and visited
number OF places Of note.
OAKLAND.
We visited the beautiful little city q
Oakland, opposite San Francisco, acros
the bay, This place is the home of man
of the leading business men of San Fran
cisco, and is . city Of elegant homes, fowe
gardens and trees, and withal stirring
improving place,
Steamers ply between Oakland and Sa
Francisco wharVes, every hour in the day
t and the people go and come by thousand
{ The usual time to make the trip is trol
. 80 to 40 minutes; fare Is cents. I'll
y climate at Oakland is not so cool as {
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