Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-22
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The breath of the south wind and
the warm flush of the spring days that
have prevailed in this portion of the
world for the past few days has caused
q many sigh of envy to arise in the
breasts of the old Californians who
have drifted into this part Of the coun-
try. The remembrances of the glories
that characterize the climate of the
Golden State at this season of the year
give n Il longing 10 enjoy them.
Who that has ever lived in the valleys,
or camped in the foothills Of the ST.
erras, but does not recall the signs of
promise that betoken the new life of
the year. The fresher hues of the
mountain pine, the rush of water in
the rills, the swelling buds of the
white : blossomed peach trees, the
blooming roses in the gardens, the
green carpet of the fields, v~ariegated
with gaudy patterns of flowers inter.
woven and screening the blades of
grass, intoxicating the senses with per.
fumes and exhaling balsamic doors,
all nature giving promise of a renewal
of her fruits and harvests. And then
the appeal to the grosser ~tastes-the
strawberries fresh from the fields,
green peas and new potatoes, yellow
cream and golden butter fresh from
the dairy, and other concomitants that
harmonic with and are a part of the
spring months luxuries. That is the
picture that an old Californian will
draw in his mind, and smack his lips
over the bare contemplation OF it. A
great many do take advantage of their
means and HE away to our sister State,
there to enjoy the earthly paradise.
After all, they are glad to return to the
Base Range after a surfeit of these
good things and find that life is endur-
able even in this desolate region.
There Is a charm in the barren mount
aims and rocky exterior Of this
part of natures domains. The quaint
brown shades and subdued tones of
the hillsides that bound the vision
may be a trine ~monotonous, but I'M
derneath lays untold riches, wealth
that once acquired will procure all the
luxuries that we dream of or sigh for.
And as for pleasure, what excels the
delight of developing the treasure
lOusc vi art y fIClIc~s tltCoN q
spangled vein, or reading the seduc
tive report of a rich ore assay? Cali.
fornia is peculiarly blessed in the mat.
ter of climate. but a decade OF civiliza-
ton is narrowing her ideas and cir.
cuinscribing the old free life that ruled
there when we pioneered it over into
Sill verland. until one feels cramped
and confined. They are getting too
decorous on the surface, and hide
their little vices under a polished TX
terror. An old Nevadaite feels like the
boy at the PRAYER meeting, where they
wee all so good and pious that it vas
a relief for him to crawl out behind
the church and swear a little just to
break the monotony. Our Eastern
visitors hold mp their hand in horror
at what they call the wickedness of
community, but after a while they
find out that il is all on the surface. II
a man wants a drink he goes in and
takes it. and does not ask the proprie-
tor to put up a screen at II door so
hat his neighbor won't see him. II
he CANDLES he does it openly, and Is
not forced to creep up the back stairs
into a dark room to indulge his pas
sion. A dance with the hurdy girls
lets off the surplus steam, and does not
contaminate a man any nor than a
half shell masquerade ball of an East
ern city. If he oes to church he con
tributes his half-dollar without the
mean consciousness of the fact that
five cent nickles were providentially
coined for this purpose. Petty larceny
thieves are scarce, and the pilfering
rascals detected are invariably new
comer> who have not been here long
enough to have the climate influences
x pand and hunanize them. No old cit
izen would disgrace himself with a
crime the penalty of which was less
than a Stale Prison offense. TO sum il
all up, If one wants to acquire a vigor
of thought, "A bodily invigoration, an
expansion Of ideas or an acceleration
of the generous impulses of his ma
ture, let him come and live over here
for a few years, and ii there is any de-
cent material to start with we promise
that he will forget all the littleness of
his former existence in the freer and
purer atmosphere of Eastern Nevada.