The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-01

ter one Of the evangelical churches, you
will likely find it well filed with atten.
tive worshippers; the Sabbath schools
full, and the prayer meetings as well sus.
tanned as they are in the East. The in
fuences that are around Christian peo.
pie here are calculated to make decided
characters There is undoubtedly a
steady gain in tho power OF the evange.
ical churches We were agrecably dis.
appointed in the activity of these churches
in their missionary work among the
Chinese. Religious prejudiccs are not
strong and there is less of sectaran bit.
terness than in most Eastern cities.
There is little difficulty in securing hearty
cooperation in revival efforts, and in en-
terprises for the public good. No church
monopolzes the business, the wealth, the
intelligence or the political government oi
the city. The Catholics are the best or.
ganizcd and the most influenced by sec.
tartan considerations, the Jews have q
large portion Of the importing aud treas.
ure trade, and are thrifty here as they
are everywhere, aud the Protestants are
said to hold most Of the Offices.
Owing to the early history of the state,
full Of miners and adventures, far re.
moved from family influences, a multi
tude of social and benevolent organiza.
tiens have sprung up in the city, AL
most all the nationalities have their
societies the Masons have fifteen lodges,
and the Odd Fellows have nine, and there
are many Of other names. Besides these
iherc are hospitals and asylums, 50 that
the poor and the needy are we'll cared for
San Francisco is said to be the busiest
port in proportion TO its population in the
world The annual exports are about
$4,000 600, its importations the same
its manufactures are worth $20,000,000
annually, and its sales of real estate are
about Sl2, 900 900, and the value of the
real estate is put at S300000,000. 1t
has large traffic in silver and gold bu.
lion, and the steady productiveness of the
mines in the state and in Nevada makes
it possible thing 10 maintain specie
payments, while the states east of Utah
make greenbacks legal tender. About
forty tons Of silver and gold are exported
every month. The silver bars are fifteen
inches long and FIVE inches square, and
the gold bars are about six inches long,
three wide and two thick. All the trade
is carried on upon the specie basis. The
traveller from the East must either bring
silver and gold with him, or exchange his
green5acks for coin before he can make
purchases or settle his hotel bills. The
display of coin in the streets and at the
banks Is on a grand scale. Wagon loads
Of the precious metals in kegs and bags
are common sight. Deposits in the
bauk are made in coin. Checks of tens
of thousands of dollars are paid in gold
The $40 and $50 gold pieces arc piled
up in trays on the counter, each tray
numbered, 80 that business is transacted
with about as much rapidity as if the
payments were in greenbacks. A check
for $4,000 is paid by emptying a tray
containing 500 double eagles into bag =.
During banking hours upon California
street thero is constant current of men
laden with bags Of coin entering and re-.
turning from the banks. The bulk of the
property does not seem to increase its
peril.
The maintenance of trade upon the
specie basis is undoubtedly better for all
classes Of people who mean to do legit.
innate business 1t is not so good for
spectators and gamblers, though uufor.
tunately not fatal to either. The price
of labor is lower and living is cheaper
than in the Eastern states. The motto is,
pay as you co. and the marketman who
sells for cash in hand runs no risk,
and can sell for small profits. The mar
kets are exceedingly good, aud filled the
year round with an abundant display of
everything the climate produces for the
supply OF the table. The city is in daily
communication with southern California,
and tropical fruits are abundant, after the
vineyards and orchards Of tho suburbs are
cleaned.
The hotels of the city were famous be.
fore the Palace Was built. The Occi.
dental and Cosmopolitan have accommo.
dations for about 400 guests each, and
the Lick and Grand, though not quite SO
large, are equally comfortable and in.
viting. These houses compare fsvorably
with the best hotels in our Eastern cities
or in Europe. The charges for board and
lodging are three dollars day, and they
furnish every luxury that a reasonable
man could ask. San Francisco is Justly
the pride of all Californians. 1t is to its
people what Paris is to Frenchmep.
Everybody who lives upon the Pacific
shore wants to live here or spend a part
Of the year in the city. Every success
ful business man is looking forward to
the day when he can make his home here,
and look out upon the Golden Gate and
enjoy the fruits of bis labor in this great
centre of commerce and trade,
San Francisco is becoming moro and
more place of resort for Eastern people,
both in summer and winter. The un.
rlvaled attractions of the big trees and
the Yosemite, Lake Tahoe and the Sierras,
draw people all through the early spring
aud summer; and the soft climate that
lingors the year round on all the shores
of the bay, the sunny skies, the tropical
flowers and fruits make the city charm.
ing place OF resort to many who dread
the rigor of our northern winters. The
city not only draws but holds its visitors.
Those who come once want to come again,
and tho attractions are SO numerous and
SO varied in the state that it takes years
to explore them. This constant tide Of
visitors in summer and winter is an i'm
portant factor in the rapid growth of the
city. Many transient visitors make it a
home San Francisco, which had 150,-
600 inhabitants 10 1870, had over 200,.
600 in lS75.-Country Gent.
A Danbury man, wishing to engage
several bushels Of potatoes from a party