Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-10-26
Al California Paradises

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A resident of the San Bernardina
valley, California, sends b following
glowing account of that locality to the
Philadelphia Press Iwp# 80.
TTf'T TTea swsetened with pure, white,
} strained honey, thick cream and bread,
milk. eggs Hubbard SQUASH, ham,
'''" pomearanate, black Hamburg grapes,
Flamme, de Tokay. grapes, yAlnscatP Of
Alexandria, grapes, green figs, and
peaches. Cost of breakfast, Is cents
for man and wife. ,OY re city thousands!
who swelter in summer and, live from
s. hand TO mouth, come and liy, like us.
We have two acres of 1ChiliAn clover,
as.y which can feed three cows and two
horses. / am laying ine winter wood
for kitchen andparlor and study stoves
at a cost of ST., and will keep the kitch-
en- stove going for, one year! Three
- acres in raisin grapes viii. yield an in
come of $1,000, and. will occupy but q
7tr7 few DAYS of attendance p The cost ,of
preparing ground, : etc y for plants is
about S12 per acre. The cost of good
e. land, with WATER is S1o0 per acre. Wa
ter is the most important and costly
~ item The gardens producesyF during
summer and winter. f;loyer matures
: & in five months sends rs roots 20 feet
: 20, down. yields eight crops per annum is
!, pastured during ting wiqter, and putlives
h]G r Vines rs Siei Sf s ; R"p I'll fi ts'lta gs ssesr
from planting. Fig, almond, april
cot, peach, plum and rectarine trees
bear fruit in the third year. Who
gaT need s~tarveswhen such a.pitolifc para
disc can be found as this beautifully val
80 ley in Southern California; The cli-
mate is almost as regular as a good
~chronometer. Lean tell the morning
hour of haff-past 8 o'clock by the move.
ment of the air, . All the day long, un-
' = from the sonthw esHtduThg The summer
heat. After 6Ap.Tn. q iliglsted candle
does not flicker in the open air. At 9
p. III. a breeze from the northwestern
mountains comes down, cool and sooth-
v ing--se much so that sleeHlngEis an ac-
tiYsihduatfz NossQsaf Uses Ian
guishihgE md i ndI mossrre sheep;
~ Ehei II wide awakeana hffnseIflAat once.
The coolsand1balmy morning air is Ia
den with perfume from gardens and
semi-tropical trees, whose every @feaf
delights the olfactory nerves, and makes
us more contented with our lot than
any city fop that treads Partisan tapes
try. The danger here is, where life is
aeT 50 ,~abundantlY mirfstered amto by gen
erous nature, that heaavenllis mot hall
thought of. During the heat of sum
mer | can ride but Is miles and camp
or board on one of our mountains,
where hot water was poured down
the pumps on July mornings in
order to make the kettle poll! . Think
F=E of that for Southern California last Ju-
ly, when you Philadelphians were rising
from your breakfast tables exhausted
with heat! Live in a valley SO. beauti-
full that to be known Il must, be seen.
Mountains rise on almost everysiGe, and
are distant enough to be clothed in
azure, and high enough. tl be glorious
and grand. There are places inEthis
valley which to fpulmoifarys ihvalids
should be named the stplanes of saliva
ton" There are CONDITIONS material
ly affecting invalids which vary within
three miles or less. Irhey arise from
where water flows to the east Or west.
Winds blow during summer from the
southwest, and if it, passes over a dry
land there can not be found greater Sc
curity from fevers or pulmonary dis.
eases. Along our coast fCgs prevail SC
much that oranges and lemons are en-
crusted with a,salne fungus off, black
color. 1t grows upon the fruit in solid
patches. Where fogs prevail asthma,
SlC.. prevail. AaE . SifG III
other cautionary advice TO invalids
who come to our interior valleys; avoid
a soil called '..adobe,i" for it is c~ontinu-
ally decomposing, Ny place is not for
sale; it can not be Bought. | thank
ss,, God every day that He g~raciously
81 ! brought me fr6anSthe unkind Eastern
climate to this valley. Italy is good
enough for a rain-battered Englishman,
but give, me this virgin land, this CHI
mate, where grape-vb1esf q 80 fee,
in a season, and aneighbor gatherstwc
tons of grapes, from one vine annually
whose lime and oran5e-trees yield 1900
lines and 5000 oranges each; where
white, transparent honey can be bought
for 8 cents per pound, and where a mar
is faulty If he does not have both mill
and honey without cost; and where ex'
pensive barns are not needed, and
horses. and cattle ara prospecting in the
open air, and where rain has it's APP
pointed time, and known to man.
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