The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-18
ern or Eastern States. Yes true, the

u farm less than from 600 to 1000 acres
won't support any family. There are no
vegetables, potatoes. cab5ages, onions,
&C.. except those that grow near the
ocean, say in Hum ooldt and other mari
tine regions. and farmers have to buy
everything they eat except wheat. No
corn grows here, except brown corn on
swamp lands. and from April 10 Deem
Der the whole face OF the country, save
near the ocean, is covered over with
dust two feet deep at least Every man
has to eat, they say here, "a couple of
bushels OF dust ere he gets acclimated.
| often attempted to travel ten or twenty
N les oI road, say from NJ to Oryille,
with Il spanking team and a ight buggy,
could not do it for the life Of me.
could not see the horses heads, with the
clouds OF dust. and if a team should come
in an opposite direction, you could not
see the horses until their noses would
collide. SO, that in the whole Of the
summer and tall. when all other regions
in this continent are pleasant and when
- the Mantuan Bard wrote, tn, ! -1snsus
torntos tgSimucs," makes its appearance,
T. alitornl;t, as It's name indicates, = Cal-
tdutorntr," is burning region OF dust,
sickness, distress and stagnation, Dor
dering on death or worse.
But is the winter pleasant, you will
ask? Yes, in some few places, such as
San Francisco, Oakland, &c. But there
can be nothing more horrible, more cal
culated to cause a man to swear and ut
ter loud oaths, than the state OF the coun-
try III winter. In the cities it is tolera-
BILE, especially in the few large cities Of
this state; but in the country there IS no
such thing as travelling IN winter, save
by railroads From the first Of Decem
Der to the first OF May, it takes at least
eight large horses or mules 10 draw an
empty wagon in all parts OF California
often spent s hours travelling Is miles
with hight buggy, and a powerful pair
OF 4orses, and in spite OF my experience
Of 30 years at driving my own horses, l
got upset more than once, and had some
bones broken. When then is the pleas
ant season in California? | never saw
it. We have only two sea sons, summer
and winter, or the dusty and rainy sea-
sous and these two are simply aoomna-
BILE.
There is great talk about the grapes
selling at lbs lOr q cent, and the wine
at z5c gallon But though the grapes
are large, luscious and sweet, vet the
use Of them induces fever, While the
wine is very in furious to those who use
it, on account OF its nauseatiDg qualities
caused by the quantity OF Iusll oil and
other POISONOUS qualities which it con
tains Hence the Calltornlans seldom
or ever use any native wine or brandy,
but consume instead vast quantities oil
bad French claret and whlskey OF the
most fiery kind, all manufactured to suit
tae palate OF our cosmopolitan popula
ton. Well, but have we not lhe hard
cash very abundant2 | answer som.
times We have and some times we have
not Like "Tommy the Mule, OF Iur-
nip prairie ii your nelghborlng state
across the river. whose nose was burnt
of bv the sun aud whose toes We're burnt
0v the lrost,' SO sometimes we ret oul
myers burned by too much and again
Nv too little Of the coin. Last tall " her
The banks broke here the money diSap-
ppared as ii BY magic, and seemed to re
tiara to the entrails OF the earth from
winch ii was purged cut by dlnt Of pow
Ter and steel, ana we had, tor instance
70 PAY tn cents premium on every stivel
trade dollar we fought 10 take with Il:
~ the /. sst. But now silver IS a drag
sun that every body ants to ret rid OF
Tor Il Is III ten per cent. discount, Ia,
rich men buy II III IGOR / per cent. dis
count aud then pay II out Il par 70 thcli
men ana IN their stores. But il you =
t. pav a bill with the same stunt the,
, -, y. .H.4t ~
50 that now we suffer more from i sur
Plus or too much money. than We suffer
81 last Fa ! when money was scarce
Tn trieAery OF the Chi stan Jews. " b
aye me great men Of this state. vii! II
.astra.e the general conduct OF men here
have no hesitation N saying that Their
is moce knavery, deception. fraud. ant
oaregaeed robbery "a i. mode" BeIknap
n California, than in all the easter
states otlt together Ever the schoo
: teachers aere are appointed by men WI
? earry on a profitable brokerage bushes
; y .als department OF kaayery. Ii
Young man or lady wants . sehoo! t
: teach, he or she must apply II the ottic
:. u some male or female oroke:. who. 10
: . haadred or two in gold, will procur
: the situation from the superintendent
! who gets one halt the '.swasH which
2 extracted from the >um purse oil the AZ
! pleau.. 1t a man has real estate to b
assessed lie approaches the assessor
. and. by sgfea>lny his isl he can get
i ne oe r.en, from $4,000 10 100000 Dc
: duc.ed from the value OF his property i
: the assessment. Hence a man who in.
: mi-rate> 10 these parts must be prepare
: - meet aud evaae. # be can. the mo:
!. accomplished swlnilers aud suecessit
4 impo>tors in the world. And the wor:
feature in the whole business IS that .hes
: frauds aad enormous r8hberies II publ
: wealth 10 not seem - render the me
j. convicted Al them less popular; thev ii
! rather elevated, IKE bescher. In publi
j. estimation, IS il the people all SAID. !
! many Of them lie saE. such . rogue ii
: WELL me WAS !. smart man. I'll vel
y 81 b.> place or had Tho same chance,
g weu.a lie tie same think Il Grant