Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-24


fore US. 1t is a masterly piece of engineer
ing. which required nearly three years Of
constant work of a party of sklliul engin-
eers to establish the line. From eight
O'Clock until nearly two, we were making
the descent Of the mountain. and traversing
a part of the great desert" of California
When we arrived at Los Angeles, nearly
FIVE hundred miles from San Francisco. We
were as much covered and filled with dust
as if we had been walking a sand plain in a
whirlwind.
Los Angeles city. the principal town of
county of the same name, is situated in
valley os vast extent. surrounded on its
three sides by ranges of mountains the
other lays open tJwards the ocean. Here is
where General Fremont fought his blood
less battle" A range of bills on ore border
Of the city was pointed out as where the
closing scene transpired The city has its
old part ard the new, which intermingle by
almost imperceptible gradatlons. The long
lines of one story. fat. wide projecting roofs
of adobe buildings were formerly occupied
by the Mexicans. and are now used
as tenements by the Cinnamon
those of later build are of modern
architecture, many of them quite
imposing in appearance. They are the
dwellings, shops, hotels and banking houses
of the fortune seekers and fortune makers
OF modern times. 1t is an inland city at
oae time it was the capital of California. 1t
is place of scme business importance now;
the sun of its old glory has set, and the guild
ing star of its piodern prosperity shines but
dimly. The country in its immediate vi
ciDity has been for some time under cultiva-
ton, and within eight or ten miles are fruit
ranches Of considerable magnitude, and
doubtless they are yielding some profit
now for tho outlay in working them, but
not adding much in the way of interest up
on tho original investment. and the ex-
| penSes incurred by the development OF them.
We visited several of the smaller orchards
and few Of the most celebrated for their
elaborateness and perfection of arrangement
| and treatment Of the trees and the grounds.
| One of them is worthy of particular notice.
1t is surrounded by dense hedge impene-
trabie by mau or beast. about ten ioet high,
of lime trees in full bearing, which incloses
the orchard containing two Thousand eight
hundred and htty orange trees, four hun
dred and seventy lemon trees. two hundred
| fg trees, besides large numbers Of aprico.
/
end apple trees. Eugiish walnut. almond.
| ounce. blackberry bushes, strawberry
plants, and dbSsriag shrubs and plants;
there il also very large vineyard aud vege-
table garden; vladGct' ior water cross and
rccross 1t IN every direction, to transmit
water obta inei nom a river there arc also
,i. , a., ;so, ,,,,h c,.o,
"A'J "ei'7 1P''' '"o pionis"'' WIN 'o''
pumps worked by wind mills. The pack
| ing houses and dwelling houses and the
an, b,Id;n,s ,,-r,r,aoJ v;,b sh,do tres0
anu uo"erlAg plants, were poinleu 10 US Us
| we were passing through the grounds. Ii
| ali anns,r.d dol;gb,f,i and varv a,tr,ctive
g., a~oa -,
W Us ar uihefen'iy "efc We impresSeu ny
its appearance, doubtless. than Is the pro-
prietor when with his yearly summing M
rH,, - ,a,- L ,,oio, h;a
balance sheet
| We extended our Journey to Auahsim,
verv nrs,tv t,wn of orsnge urnves and
49,. 8 ,..a.;- ,,
'ineS "iu' anu VI '0'S nth"o'' ''o"eiS'
where We passed the night with jolly old
| German, who came to California near thirty
y,,,s on, ". xnr b;u Affections from
naVins paIu 'ist ic" Scsrs ago u MS
| old home in the "iader land" Early the
| next morning with horses and carriage We
d.,. All f,,,bor s,,,,. tb,orc,h = oha-
uio'o ''-'
ing little town called orange to santa
| Cora, a distance of some eight or ten miles,
where We passed the Sabbath with family
from the East, where CJl. Merriam and
| myself enjoyed for the first time since We
lett Minnesota home like visit and d home
| like dinner Of frc seed chicken, corn bread
and all the ct ceteras of New England
| dinner, prepared by the mistress of the
| house herself and presided over by her in
telligent and gentleInanly husband. Grand
mother was present. who, with her inquir-
| les about uncls Job, Elias and Uriah and
| aunt Sarah, Mary and Ruth whom she left
behind her years agone in Vermont, mon
| opolzed the time and left half eaten the
| food upon her plate. She took q few cups
of tea, however, her choice between that
| beverage and coffee The small ranch
| occupied BY our VeTmopter il the first We
have visited where there appears to be an
abundant supply of water, which is part
| derived from an artesian we'll. but mainly
| from q source OF Simultaneous origin
| few wears apo in the night time a loud re-
| mort was heard rs il from tho discbsrge of
artillery; the morning alter large stream of
water sufficient TO fill a twenty-i pips
was seen boiling no from the earth and
spreadiny over Adj tcent lands An adobe
wall encio,iny an sroa nf ahnut re, wards
has been built around il. with an onsbing
| in ora aide for the water +, escans which iS
conducted nv bitches in the gronnd and ele-
vated tronob, wbe-ever rennired for ntilix
inn n,rnouo. ia eI;mata i, ~, ,n;f,-mIy
I'D al.Sar,b s,o-oai,, ~ ;a, b.,
| It,Io a.. in H. ar,,o !, fo- c,mrort -oor;r
| cd thar tuoI ia NOT ,vcsnt in small ouanti.
ties m,cb nsrdes wbI,arar IL n.sd tbsy
p,ncn-e irnm tho monn,oirs and tha trim.
mings oi niortsd ,rsos ubich ara sat ont
far hedges m ufF,rd nrntacti,n f,,m the
wi,ds and for tho nr,noss of sbad;ng Tbs
synam,ra - toI 80 ,ho A,s,ral;an ,,,,,n
trea for oh ID. ers tho r,-;st;ss wh hich az
nlantsd and which e-ow 70 gnoJIv s;gawitb
wondartmi ran;J;,y an,n troe M Iarger
th,n waIt;ra s,,cL wGon nIsn,sd viii In
tho VOC - -, =, ,ta bsi,,h, IF ,vantn
fset Win a trrnt 6vs cr six iocbss !, dan,
49, Whoravar ,hara il mois,nr, wbatbor
no,rroIly or ar,;fe;.IIy nrns;daJ ,ha ran;d.
;,u Of vs,s,a hls arawtb ia marvsIIons The
nnln ,rsss ,b,t ,s c,I,;ssteJ ,or tbs ma, of
StncL tsnt in stabIes ~ ,he oif,lf, whi,b
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