Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-06

called the StUr, whose manage
ment has been happily character
ized by the Cotton Semi. Tropic as
suffering from "a rush of mush to
the head" Day in and day out it
has been dealing ouS to its few and
fugitive readers, tempted to sort
of feast of the Dunciad by getting
the paper for nothing, sort of in
spissated twaddle compounded of
the metaphysics of boy of sixteen
and the politics Of fellow who,
having no exchequer of his own,
believes in the campus partire
which the English common law
has consecrated under the name of
champerty in other words, in
communism, and AN old granny
communism at that. For months
and months We have been content
to listen to its drool and dfivel
without so much as an ill-natured
word. Its ideas and its antics re.
called to us the callow episodes of
boyhood, when the adolescent hu.
man mind is intent upon profound
cogitations as to the Why and
wherefore foX's tail is bushy, and
other esoteric problems which most
people are ashamed of entertaining
after they have left the nursery.
Picking up copy of the Star for
weeks was like reading the charm
ing dialogues in which Dogberry,
Verges and the rest participated,
but we were too good natured
to make any note of its
harmless " Jim along Josey" dis
sertations. This luminous journal
has lately assumed the critical role.
The style in which certain articles
which have appeared in the HER.
AID was written does not please
this fastidious oracle of Los Ange-
les transcendentalism. For this
fact, from the bottom of our hearts,
we are plenteously and devoutly
grateful. We know of few ealami.
ties which would overwhelm us so
completely as consciousness of
The fact that the HERALD was be.
ing run in accordance with the
eanons of the Star, whether in the
department. Of good taste or poll
lies. OF this honest declaration of
III overtlowing heart we may be
permitted to say, in the language
,f the poet of all time, "tis true,
tis pity, and pity tits tits true"
Mr.. John Gwin Las sown six
hundred acres in Odessa wheat,
md is very sanguine of its making
successful growth. So certain is
ne that it is impervious to rust that
ne has told farmers who bought
mall quantities of seed that he
will refund the money to them If
,he wheat rusts. Mr.. Gwin sent
samples of this wheat to San Fran
,isco some months ago, and it was
'ated there as worth $I.40@1.45.
when other wheat was quoted at
But this difference in
price is more than made up by the
superior yield of Odessa over other
average yield being
,25O pounds to the acre. We will
30 able next season to make an in
.eresting comparison both as to
quality and yield, of Club aud
odessa wheat, as Mr.. Gelwicks has
own four hundred acres of the
ormer variety north east of town.
-Anaheim Gazette.
1t will be perceived, by adver-
isement elsewhere, that a "grand
weep. stake race" is to come off at
Agricultural Park on Saturday,
February 22d. Entries will close
With J. G.. de Turk, No. q Spring
treet, on Saturday, February 18th.
Half mile and repeat, free for
vi, Is the programme. If more than
hree horses enter the second horse
will save his entrance. These af-
airs, during the Agricultural Park
administration of Mr.. Durfee, have
,een noted for their pleasant at
endants and decided success.
Says the Anaheim Gazette: Rev.
w. Ii. Hill, who is to lecture to-
morrow evening at Kroegers Hall
on "Secret Societies, their Place
md Influence" made Il very sharp
effort to one of his congregat ion
who some time ago demanded why
le gave SO much of his time to se-
,ret orders. "When churches prac-
ice what they preach" said the
'everend gentleman, "when they
distribute that charity of which
hey profess to have such abund-
INT store, 1 will then think of aban-
loning my labors in behalf of se-
,ret organizations"
1t is reported by the Riverside
Press that Mr.. William Z. Price of
hat place, who has just lost fine
heifer, traces its sickness to the
known fact of its having eaten some
,prigs of oleander, which had been
allowed to lie around the yard.
They had a bright green color, and
the animal doubtless mistook them
for grass and ate number of the
leaves. Soon after she took sick,
fingered for some days and died.
Children have been poisoned from
eating meat broiled over fire of |
sticks. Look out for them.
Mr.. Mills, of New York, a gen.
tleman who accompanied Colonel |
Crocker and Mr.. G. +. Crocker to
the Colorado and beyond to Texas !
Hill, is registered at the Pico
House. We understand that Mr..
Mills is q capitalist interested in
the development of California and
Arizona and a near relative Of the