Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-04-11
OUR CALIFORNIA LETTER.

1UDA CITY, March 3Oth, 1879.
FRIEND TIMMoNs Since last wrote
YOU | have been living on haautifnl
Island, surrounded by seas and lakes in
terspersed with beautiful little Islands
all covered with flowers. l have Just re-
turned from n ride in my little boat, in
which l and my little boy, four years old,
had gently padded down stream in the
cool of the morning air, floating with the
current, and being lured from one little
promontory TO another by the persuasion
OF my little companion, and the sight of
new and rare flowers ahead. And when
the sun had fairly arisen, SO that he began
to look more squarely at me, found that
| was long way from home; and while
rowing against the stream, under the
business. like conntenance of Old SOL" /
began to perspire and before l got home
| was we'll worn. Frank was much fretted
and even our flowers were bowing their
heads and looking serious.
Moral. Don't allow yourselves to drift
| last lilo mo, Ysu have 10 rvturrr ia tire
meridian of life, tired and worn, to the
place whence you started, with your i'm
aginary pleasures all wilted and faded
But rather struggle up the stream in tie
morning OF life, 30 that when you become
| fatgued and need rest, the current NAV
quietly bear you home; while you have
leisure to attend your boque-, and all
reach the end OF life's journey with pleas.
ure and profit. II you start from any
respectable point in life, you will find
your credit good enough to easily drift
you into debt, which, in after life, will
require many bold pull on the oar to
| liqudate honOrably.
On the night of the 9th of March, the
Inba river became unable to carry the
mighty torrent of rain and melted snow
from the vast Sierra slopes, within its
levied banks and suddenly the levee Mt
Brows's Valley gave way. This forced
the water across the country, behind n
range OF hills north OF Marysville, into
the Feather river. As this heavy slrean,
fell crosswlse upon the already much
swollen Feather river from the east, the
levee on the west gave way. This torrent
now came rushing down toward Yubn
City, which II would have DESTROYED but
l"r the X. X. grade which held il in check
until luckily for them the grade gave way
about miles above Yuba Civ; this
threw the water right on the center of
this plain. happened to be awake aud
heard il coming. The air was filled with
that strange hollow roaring, or sighing
which is peculiar to large bodies Of water,
and AZ the country as Hsual-rather dry
Ia hult-when / returned from nv
school in the evening, YOU will not blame
me for accusing myself OF Nightmare >
or delirum, while trying to persuade my,
self to lie still and try to sleep. But my
convictions became stronger every moment
until at last veniured one peep from the
window, when II beautiful and sublime
scene greeted my drowsy optics. The wa
ter was rolling nt that moment across the
foot al the orchard, about M fast M n mar
could walk, with front fnll . feet high
while to the north and east all was water
and in less than Is minutes we we're cut of
from the rest Of the world on an island. b,
ourselves, which was less than 40 ~. 1
IN area. Well We looked and began Il
speculate whether we possessed the rcoui
site material aud mechanism 10 construct /.
boat, but ! can't tell il nll, yon can imag
, Inc the rest, but we finally concluded I,
call onr little Island "Utopia," aud her,
we s'il live and are happy The water
: spread over a strip about miles wide
: across to the "Tule," that runs parable
with the Sacramento Motives were lost ,bnt
thousands OF nores Of wheat are losl, and a.
the country is fiat and mndrained, the low
grounds must be covered with water nnti
II evapoIates. Luckily my potatoes
planted about acres for an experiment
are on sand bank, aud are doing well
bill we can only get 10 them by boat.
Ny school still goes on but the irs
mile OF my road Gin'l" dusty.
S. II, RAUB.