The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-10

RED BLUFF, Cal, 1876.

is unequalled. There Is no malaria,
and the mir is the lightest. purest.
clearest and most life-inspiring in the
world. The air is dry one can sleep
out on the ground without taking
cold; and then the scenery is so beau
tiful. The extreme hot weather is al
ways tempered by refreshing breezes,
and the nights and mornings are al
ways pleasantly cool even in mid-sum-
mer. | am really charmed with the
appearance of California and its eli
mate, but the society is not so good as
IN Kentucky. 1t is composed of amer
leans. Spaniards, Portuguese, Italians
and French, yet find some very nice
people, and all seem to be kind, hos
pitnble, and very accommodating.
They are not so cultivated and refined
as in Kentucky, but better than had
expected to find them. Society is i'm
proving very fast and some of the peo-
pie are ambitious and aspiring. Red
Bluff, is a aoorishing little city, with
a population of about 1000, and broad
streets regularly laid off The public
buildings are of brick, principally, and
the residences are of wood, few are
built of eobbie stone, which is very
pretty and singular in appearance.
The orange, fg. almond and palm,
flourish here. and the grape, too. is Gull
tivated here very extensively.
The city is lighted with gas, has
water works and is supplied with water
from the Sacramento river. There are
many wells of pure cold water besides
and it il considered one Of the most
healthful places in the State There
is a bank, theatre, 6ae court house,
Jail, several churches school buildings
and two newspapers Some Of the
buildings are half concealed by the
semi-tropicai trees and the rich old
Ivy that grows in luxurianoe- Oh,
the beautiful, beautiful flowers. fl
was only good at pen painting, I'd
send you glorious picture of il as l
gaze upon it this morning. The
Coast-range mountains form the back
ground, they hare dark purplish ap-
pearance from the foliage of the trees
and shrubs that cover them-here
and there rises a tall peak, whose
snowy summit rests like As9cy cloud
against the blue sky-wide extended
plains dotted with groves ofevergreens,
live oak and manzanita. through which
winds the Sacramento rlver like a silver
ribbon, Its clear crystal water spark
ling in Ia, sunlight-yar.ls, gardens
and fields, with the loveliest flowers
and shrubbery-tsll oleander trees,
white and red, where rich blossoms
cover the whole top-iarge rose trees
bending under the weight ofthe creamy
white and soft pink tea-roses, from
which the sweetest fragrance comes
pulsing up.
The mountains are 50 enormous and
grand and the scenery battles descriPt-
ion. There's Mount Shasta, many
thousand feet above the level of the
sea, and covered in snow the year
round. 1t shows volcanic eruption,
for its top is followed out.l like basin
and filled with snow from seventeen to
twenty feet deep and right in the CEN
ter is miniature lake Of pure clear
water from the melting snow. l have
visited several Ranches and have just
returned from Mr.. Cohens Ranch.
They cut ten thousand acres Of wheat
this year. 1t was sowed up in sacks
and strewn along the railroad track
without covering as there is never
any fear of rain here in summer or
early fall. The machinery was great
curiosity to me and to describe it would
be too tedious. The heads are taken
off and the straw left standing and it
is wonderful how rapidly the work is
done.
This is a very rich country its re-
sourses are wool, million, wheat, a
million or more, lumber, a million and
half and cattle a million.
The lumber is brought down from
the mountains in aume and shipped
from this place.
Nothing but gold and silver is used
here and ten cents is the smallest coin
in circulation. The winter and fall
are the most delightful Of all the year.
H. P. E.