The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-10-25
Fer tine S-tAnaa. d.
Letter from California.

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August 22nd. sailed out the "Goldel
State" and was snnn being rocked il
the cradle ot the deep" Pacific After
voyage OF two nights and part oi ihre,
davs. we reached Eur.ka away in tn,
north western part of California on Hum
boldt Bnv. passing Cape Mendocino on
the second night out. After remaining
near thr"e weeks. ] started back on th-
steamer IIumboldt. All went smooth
while siepring down the B,y Z mil.-. bu,
! W. had to cToss y very dangerous bar
mid n terrible storm. Some said W..
c .uld not do it. The people on shore
riimhed 10 the tops OF their houses with
| spy glasses To see our ship as rh" struck
the great Oc-sn. On. it was horrible -
/ hr sra was being lA-hrd la all its fury,
aud Yet our captain concluded he could
60 Oar ship was losd. Il with pt-seugcrs
and freight Finally We b-gan To he
thrown away Iuto the air, then down.
down as though We were never going to
stop We were iullowed by y tug which
came after us to see Us over the dauger-
Gus bar. L1ngu ,se tails tn describe the
fearful scrn- before us. ! closed my eyes
that ] might not see our danger The
tug made signs tor Us To return We
then returned TO port unatle In hattie
with the monster Sea. Mkt day aund
waving bsndkrrchIei- from u great mui
utude, We again set sail and committed
ourselves to the sea. storm It'll raging
IL wa time tor the Methodist confer
ence aud 80 We had A great many Mrtho
dist ministers Ola board. We agHin got
on the bar. and cur ship began Ia gfoan
under the mighty sea Waves came roll
ing upon nur Irsii bark like great noun
taihs. ! saw with my own eyes water
that was thrown over the distance ot 100
ieet into the AR. or higher than the trees
IN OhI". Many Is the vessel that ha>
been wrecked on that very spot ] could
scarcely ever hope To- br saved All the
tinI. thought oi the iiitis. girl who said,
" Isn't God upon the ocean just the same
ar on the landP It WAS Impossible To
stand 0u one : feet Onc. | wa thinwu
hrHd long and lit on my head. The water
Was thrown from six to ten feet over our
vrss"i Yet u rusir safely, though part
oi the time under water.
When over the worst and still being
tempest Io>t. We all collected together
holding To something began To sing, Out
Oh all ocean
All bOundles- we ride,
Me'f~ honI wand hsuud.
Steady - Pilot, stand nfIn a. the wheel,
steiny, W. S's'n hail out ws'sI tier tiI- gales,
y, now We Nv heath the lOui crgak iiIg sail,
Me'Ir hOIuewaId bOuDd."
Talk about the poetry of being lost at
s'-a, about going down m 2OO iathnms of
water with no other shrOuh than the
ocean Lriny waters for a winding sheet.
while the wind tossing mountain waves
over u sishs u requiem to our remains.
IL takes the poetry out OF fellow. "A |
voyage Of two days landed u back ia San |
Francisco Part of the time We were out
OF sight of land ] was very, very sea |
sick have to make the same trip again |
IN November. Hope ! will not suffer |
from So fearful trip ~ the last.
When vessel Is wrecked on Hum |
holdL bar scarcely any ever survives IL |
tell the story Just before starting out |
our names are taken aud publishrd ia al |
the d ID. rent newspsp-r and then II u
vessel Is loot they know who went down |
with her. ! may not write again before. |
gong on the OCEAN IL | go down. why |
good bye old Joe Old sailors tell mr |
tn'y would rather 90 any where elss |
thAn attempt to cross that bar over which |
must co twice more. But shall do ~ ~ |
s'lrr said. Take my lite in my hand |
and trust ia God
Mhile in Humbnldt I went on exam |
ination. Ia California they sxamin.. Va |
IN tn. following branches. VIZ: Arithm-
C. Grammar, Typography. Prnmanship. /
Reading, School Law Music, Constitu
lion. Word Analysis. Drs~in.. U ; HIS
t1ry. Physiology. Composition, Pniloso |
E'hy. Mental Arithmetic. Botany. Algebra.
4nd Orrhography. Here are some AZ tn |
wnrd-, Sequel. Vallejo. Tuolumna. M"kr
lImne. SIskiyau Sane, Tito, San Joaquin. |
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rulare. Lo- Angeles. Gait. and Stani-lnns.
You zee the Orthograpby j. very hard.
About one Of every twenty passes here, |
not 40 many ~ that.
] was at John Browns house while /
gone. His son is one of the examiner
He got mad when | spoke of, John |
Browns body lies mouldrring in the
Iomh"
IL has not rained here for near two
years. skipped one rainy season. Moth
ng hut beautiful Sunshine. IL il so cold /
"a summer at San Francisco that we wear
1vercoat-: and 20 warm in winter that
Se dnn't need any fire, and can go in our
shirt sleeves if W. choose Al Humboldt
saw trees Of an enormous height
200 feet tn the first limb You
,an drive u team into some ot them.
rode my horrP into tree one day and
l'trr riding in there awhile ! rode nut
where | went in Some stumls of trees
are - large that 200 p.rsons may stand
90 hem ~ once Some tres arr. 80 feet
"a thickness and 20n0 year, old Some
pf the trees are used iur stables and h"l
ow stump- Tor barns Families live IN
hollow stumps This is all true
Yours Respectfully.
j. T FARRAR.
40Sk Matuma St
Sept 30 1877. San Francisco