Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-08-12

over All the odceF10S Is q head man. II takes two
mule teams all the time employed in hauling sup
Plies.
Wherever these immense herds of sheep Craze
the ground looks if fire had swept over it.
They not only devour the grass, but destroy all
the roots, so that wherever q sheep pasture is to
be found the ground looks perfectly barren and
desolate. Sheep raising upon such an extensive
scale rs it is carried on in California many con-
tend shosd not be tolerated, unless breeders pro
vide subsistence for their animals, for the reason
as they maintain. that wherever these immense
hocks of sheep are to be found they destroy the
productiveness of the soil and cause an increased
diyness of the season by devouriug all the grass.
CASHMERE AND ANGoRA GOATS.
While am writing about sheep, | might as we'll
have few words to say about Cashmere aud An
CORA goats. There are over $4,000 of these beau
ttu looking creatures in the state, including pure
bloods and grades Their heeces are just like
floss, and measure from six TO ten inches in
length. They sheared once year. and pro-
duce from three to four pounds each, worth say
from 40 to 80 cents pound. They are strong
hardy animals. and will thrive in the poorest of
pastures. The culture of mohair is profitable and
- thHN'hS lNso+ A. - PllhNpahy
robes, gloves and mats An English company
proposes establishing purchasing agency in this
city for all the mohar produced in the State.
Most OF it now goes East. The largest breeders
of Augors goats on this coast live san Jose and
Watsonville. 1t takes four or five years TO breed
a superior grade of animals from the common
goat and full booded animal. The total product
of mohair tue past year was some 10000 pounds,
and the heeces, am assured were equal to the
best of Angoi as in their Asatic homes. Of this
amount FAIR x Co., of Hoyoke, Mass, had 3d.
600 pounds, add Geo. W. Bond x Co., of Boston,
1900 pounds.
TOURISTS TO CALIFORNIA.
Every overland train is now bringing more or
less summer tourists from the East. They come
to see the wonders of California, and to snuff the
"oalmy air" of its capacious climate variatng be-
tween the extremes of heat and cold In this city
they will do up Chinatown, take ride to the Cliff
House, and then they will be of to the Yosemite,
the GeyseIs and the Big Tree Many will
find pleasure with the rod and gun in spite
of the game laws, but more will take
greater satisfaction, perhaps, in beholdIng the
wealth of gold, silver aud other valuable metals
roaming over prolific soil capable of producing
everything raised in the climate Of every zone and
in profus ion and size really marvellous. After
these tourists have gone the grand rounds, while
they will find as the result of their observations
that California contains wealth in itself
that no other State Can boast; that its population
is Cosmopolitan that the representatives of
nearly every civilized race on the globe eau be
found within its borders; that business is done
with rush and dash that would make the head OF
"a conservative New Eogsnder swim tn at mel talk
of making or losing 100000 with apparent in.
difference: that there is scarcely you meet
but who will tell you that he has passed through
every phase of life and fortune and that to be 49er
is greater than TO be king; ttat there more
bay windows in San Francisco than houses, and
that building without flagstaff would be nov
city that there are more rich men and more poor
men, more charlatans aud more scoundrels, more
pianos and buttonhole bouquets to be found in
this city than in any other town OF its size in the
world; that san Francisco with It's population of
800 600 and its immense wealth of hundreds of
millions is only yet in its swsddhng clothes, aud
that it is destined to become the metropolis of the
world that with such aud other impressions
might particularlze that the tourist will get in his
sight seeing he will probably settle down to the in
convection that California with all Its material adj
vantages and remarkable resources, its bravado
and its pretensons has lis hindrances, its ills, its
inconve niences and its privaions, and he will 20
home content with his lot at the East, having no
wish, if he is true New Eng lander, to initiate
a,ft nd ,rJy
of Western civilization.
EMINENT CHINESE VISITORS.
The presence Of the Chinese Embassy here af-
tords high jlnks for the resident Mongollans.
The bestial precincts of Chinatown are resples-
dent with with balloons, placards and the Imperial
Dragon. 1t has been ten years since such dis
tiugui-hed party has been here from the Flowery
Isle. but the present authorities are not treated
" it'll that conside, alton as they were then, when
they were dned and wined without stint by the
authorities Now, under Kearney's shlbboleth that
"the Chinese must CO." the civilites extended are
confined almost entirely to their own countrymen,
who are overwhelming them with banquets, and
scarcely giving them time to have their photo
graphs taken by enterprislng artists You will
soon have these visitors from the banks of the
Ysngtze KIang at the East, and there they
will undoubtedly attract more attention and
more deferential respect than here. The mem
bers of the Embassy drees in the finest of silks,
with inverted washbow hats, decorated with scar
let feathers or horse hair, don't know which. |
saw Chun Ian Pin the Embassador, as he and
portion of his suite, visited the Kong Chow Asy-
lum, day or two ago. His face besmed with in
telligence and was very unlike that of the common
Mongolian. TOBY CANDoR.
Beautiful Helen no doubt had fine compile xion,
but it is more than doubtful whether It exceeded