The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-22
OUR OVERLAND LETTER.
The Blessed Rain at Last-Tho Central Cali
fornia Colony-Large and Small ones--Col-
onel HOLSTERS Ideas-S15 por Month At
tainablo in the "Land Of Gold"-Vermont vs..

The Blessed Rain at Last-Tho Central Cali |
fornia Colony-Large and Small 0nes--Col- |
onel HOLSTERS Ideas-S15 por Month At
tainablo in the "Land Of Gold"-Vermont vs..
California for Homes-Iglesias or Dias
VIRGINIA, New, Feb. 12.
Editor Rutland Globe For the past
two weeks we have been having winter.
There have been few days when water
froze under shelter and there was sleighing
and coasting, of which the latter was more
improved than the former. Hundreds Of
both sexes and of all ages were out night
after night while the snow lasted. The
police established limits beyond which the
coasters could not go, and several boys
who violated the ordinance were brought
into the police court and paid $1,000 each.
AS the city is situated on the side Of
steep mountain, of course one could start
on his sled and go as far as the street ex-
tended, and, it he broke a road, go on
down mile Or two farther. A week ago
last night Sunday night there.was a coast
ing race for $40 side. The chap who
lost the race was dissatisfied and challenged
the other for another race. The challenge
was accepted and $50 a side was put up,
but thaw came along and declared bets
off,"
Speaking of betting reminds me that
while the knibgt of the cockpit referred to
in former letter, who lived three days
,.,,,L q ,,oI;oor,o "a b,,1iat Il, b;a hood xyaa
lying in that state, pool rooms were opened
by his cronies and pools sold on the result.
The betting was two to one that he would
die, and die he did
or course when we got our snow, suffer
ing California got rain, and it came just in
time to save the wheat crop, provided they
get another good soaking or two in the
spring. Usually there is moisture stored
in the soil during the rainy season which
will suffice to carry the crops through, but
the rainy season was go short and 30 light
that spring rains are indispensable to good
| crop.
CALIFORNIA HOMES.
are extensively advertised as being cheap
and nearly paradises. The latter they
might be, were it not fact that the Cali
fornia farmer, as rule, when he gets a
few dollars ahead, instead of improving
the home, planting shade trees, etc., as he
would do in New England, inveet0 his cash
iu stocks. As for cheapness, land 10 cheap
er, as compared to the prices of other
things than in the east, but it takes as
large an actual capital to buy farm here
as east. The Central California colony is
a private concern which has taken up a
tract at Fresno, laid it out in farms of
twenty acres, advertised it extensively and
sold large number Of farms at $50 an
acre. notice being published in the San
Francisco papers by the Colony company,
as an advertisement, letter from Mis-.
JEANNE 9. Carr, wife of the superinten-
dent of public instruction Of California, in
answer to letter from r. B. i. Westovel
of Castleton, VT, wherein that lady does
ample justice, and, am afraid, something
more, to the colony. Let man figure or
what this land will cost him and then looh
around and see if he cannot do quite al
well at home. A twenty acre farm in the
colony will cost 81 1000, about one thirt
payable now and the balance in easy in
stallments. There are acres of grape vines
set ON the land, and water for ir
Ier year. 4 uelf7oui ed =, ent. ...1aj ~
out his household goods at home at los
and buy new here. He must pay 8l4O tt
Sl6O fare for each of his family to Sal
Francisco, and $ll.35 per head from Sal
Francisco to Fresno. He must build
house in q country where timber, labor an
materials are high, and when done he ha
twenty acres of land that will, perhap,
produce as much as forty acres would 9
, home. have not figured any loss on stock
for suppose 1t can be bought as chea
here as it will sell there. Then all the pre-
duce of this twenty acres must be
WIRING FROM THE SOIL BY HARD WORK.
I No beef can grow upon the broad mel
Y dows, and no wool and lambs can be ma
( keted as the product of the 'back pasture
for on this twenty acre lot there are neith'
, meadow nor pasture. And In March
i cannot make sugar enough for the yei
|. and few hundred pounds to exchange
Y the store for groceries, jack-knives ar
calico gowns. He can raise, as set for
in the circulars of the company, his chol
from an almost endless variety of product
T. from specialties, which require much lab
- and return large incomes, like raisin
~ which sometimes bring in $500 per scI
AZ to twenty acres of wheat, which, with smi
lie outlay for labor, and leaving him the INC
in of the year to himself, sells to-day f
II two cents per pound in San Francisco.
A man with money enough to give hill
self a start can make home in Califorr
and live as comfortably as anywhere in t
=, world. And if he has much energy a
=, pluck be can gather q good many duca
10 There is no better country in the wol
for men to live upon the fruit Of their t
and leave portion of that fruit for co
y ing generations to liugate over. A doz
e, families coming together and taking
a. land in the newer sections will, if they {
a, operate inteligently, find themselves {
q Toying a society of their own creation a
Vn reaping abundant harvests from will
w soil. Most of the soil is in tracts of ihC
1T sands of acres of pasture lands, but thu
I'd are destined to give way to small homes
time.
A REPRESENTATIVES, FARMER
- of the Pacific coast is Colonel HOLSTER
sft Santa Barbara. One of the frat itemi
oh noticed after arriving here told of
d. planting by him of grove of trees fir
ire that city to his residence, ten miles,
of either side of highway which he had @
built himself. He has thousands of &C
and more thousands of dollars, and his
flueuce is seen in everything. AS sam
led will mention that when spoke to ~
foundry man about the report that da