The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-08
A LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA.
A Description of the Countrywide People
Its Healthfulness-C Chances for Business.
SAN JOSE, Jan. 26, 1876.
eANTA CTARA VALLEY

SANTA CLARA VALLEY.
Edito, Rntland Globe My honest i'm
pressions upon arriving in this valley were
truly pleasing and satisfactory, and the
longer stop the more 10th l am to leave
it. San Jose as beautiful little city Of
10000 inhabitants has a variety of charm
ing features. The grand old Alameda de-
lights one, also the Almaden mines, Alum
rock, Saratoga trips, etc, besides the hospi-
table kind people. You meet and form the
acquaintance of help to occasion content
ment, and the winter SO far has been
almost as pleasant as summer. We have
had occasional seasons of rain-sometimes
only as "Scotch mist, three drops TO the
bucket full" but the weather is never cold;
and, who can quarrel with little moisture
when the entire face of the country is
green as an emerald, from valley to noun
tain top If he can find fault with a coun-
try where he can work in or out doors, in
fire are lighted except for cooking in one
dwelling out of ninety and in business
places stoves and CRATES are generally un-
used the whole year. To be sure we have
little mud, but the flowers are blooming
den vegetation is growing vigorously. In
fact, but few who are non-resdents of Cal
ifornis can imagine the grandeur of the
landscape in winter, in this valley par,cu-
larly 1t were well worth voyage half
around the globe to behold the valleys and
mountains in California at this season. In
few weeks, if not now, both will be Gov
cred with wild flowers, unknown elsewhere,
the sweetest that ever delighted the eye of
man. The grain fields, are to-day more
beautiful than those of Vermont. June
LIST little later and the almond and peach
trees will send forth their exquisite bios
SONS and the orange trees OF the more
southern counties will be in fruit, flower
and leaf at the same time, so beautiful in
their rich contrasts of green and geld, so
vigorous and so exutlant in their growth
that. the looker-on is almost ready to fancy
that he is in a realm Of enchantment. OF
course in a region SO extensive and so pc
cular, one cannot see and appreciate every
thing at a glance. The new conner meets
nature in but one of the phases through
which she passes during the year, but
having since my arrival, invested in the
study of this state and especially of Santa
Clara valley, / am prepared to say that the
climate il more uniformly mild and genial
than | expected to find it, and | believe
that there is not any where to be found,
pleasanter climate for thOGe who would en-
joy life, or one in which invaids can have
better prospect for restoration to health.
People are not free from sickness upon
this coast, but the average ofhealth is much
greater than in other parts of the land,
although many invalids come here every
year. But you may ask if | consider Cali
fornia good state to live in, in other re-
spects | reply That in this valley
society is as intelligent and refined, as can
be found anywhere, the educational OPP
portunties or facilities are of high
order, also full supply of churches
where you can hear both excellent
preaching and magnificent scenery
and splendid drives are every where,
observable. You can go from this city,
San Jose, in few hours either to the ocean
or the mountains. There are mineral
springs of various kinds all around us
north, south, east and west. Railroads and
telegraph lines connect the place with all
parts of the world. Flowers bloom in the
yards every month in the year, and most OF
the tropical fruits grow and rpen in the
open air. The climate is delightful,
though 1t is not the only attraction of this
beautiful valley; for l know well the
Green Mountain boy, like true American,
would ask about the main chance how
about getting into business can you make |
money, etc. You cannot find openings
waiting for you, nor could you expect II |
where people are pouring in at the rate of |
about 5000 per month But California Is |
next in size to Texas, Qhe largest state in |
the union, please remember and is rich in |
undeveloped resources. 1t is region |
where all kinds of property especially real |
estates steadily becoming more valuable, |
and In such country patient industry ard |
judlciOus Investment cannot fail where so |
many are coming. Those who come early |
have the best opportunities for those that |
come after help to increase the value of |
what they bring. II, then, you are willing
to work for the good things of life as hard |
as you are working now, have no hesta-
tion in advising you to come to California,
but don't come dead broke bring few
hundred dollars If you can, and don't antici-
pate getting pay for doing nothing, as
many have ere their departure from home,
for you will find that the scrip
tural passage, "Man must earn his bread
by the sweat of his brow" applies to Cali
fOrnians as well as New England people,
and although during the past year Calltor-
mia has suffered from frosts which killed
tho fruits, and by drouth, which injured
the gram and hay, by fire which obstructed
the mines by panic, which has locked no
the coin, everyone is beginning to feel that
the hard times are about over and that a
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