Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-11

ton safely accomplished, by the
skillful addition of three barrels or
SO of genuine old Bourbon whisky,
with burnt sugar for color, and any
other artistic touches which to
him may seem good, and, presto!
he has thirty-three barrels Of fine
old Kentucky Bourbon or Monon-
gahela rye, as may seem best to
suit his particular market. There
Is no reason why the chronic
drinker of drains should not know
that the ''smooth" whisky which
delights his palate is compounded,
nine times out of ten, precisely in
this manner. 1t lie simply neutral
spirits, colored and sweetened and
cunningiy manipulated. While
this prosaic view of the matter dis.
solves the poetry which may have
hitherto attachedi to his "nip," it
will leave elm a wiser e'en though
q sadder man. That ignorance
which Is bliss will no longer attach
to the man who reads this letter.
But, sad and demoralizing as the
chronicle is, it may be said with
truth, of all caterers to the demand
for strong drink, "they ali do it.p
To return to the cereal aspect OF
this serial letter. The Bay View
Distillery consumes every day
| some twelve hundred bushels Of
corn, wheat and rye, of which
eight hundred bushels are of corn.
Every pound Of this corn was
raised either in Ventura or Los
| Angeles county, our own county
producing infinitely the greater
portion of it. The farmers of the
Monte, the Nietos valley and Cos
pei Swamp are fond Of pointing to
q yield of one hundred bushels Of
corn to the acre. Let US take the
leverage as fifty bushels. We are
thus presented with the spectacle
of the daily disappe arance of the
product of sixteen acres of Los An
geles land in the capacious NAV Of
the Bay View Distillery. To &C.
com modate this demand, 500S acres
of Los Angeles and Ventura land
must be well farmed. Adding the
other two distilleries, ten thousand
acres In the two counties named
will have steady employment,
hereafter, in supplying the diltil-
lleries Of San Francisco alone.
THOROUGH FRIENDS OF SOUTHERN
i CALIFORNIA.
| The friendly service which MI.
Scofield is doing to our section by
no means ends with the large pur-
Ichases of corn for the Bay View
Distillery. In connection with
his partner, Hon. Charles FELTON,,
his attention has been largely di.
rooted to developing the oil inter.
ests of Los Angeles county. At a
time when our own citizens were
lukewarm and faint-hearted, these
gentlemen, with uDfagging perse-
verence, stuck to the Pico district
until they have at last made 1t
pay. 1t Is safe to say that Mr..
FELTON, and his friends have put q
million dollars into this grand
work. Inote with pleasure the
development Of another splendid
we'll in the Pico district. Their
we'll No. 4,whieh has been yielding
.. uninterruptedly during the pact
five or six years, is still reliable
thir.y.thrae barrel we'll. These en-
terprising gentlemen confidently
look upon Southern California as
the future oil belt OF the American
continent. They are at last reap.
ling a pecuniary return for their
colossal lsbsrs and heavy invest
ment, and every one in Southern
california is ready to wish them
God-speed.
IL PERSONAL NOTES.
Il Angeleflos are here just now In
, considerable numbers. Gen. Ban
hing and Gov. Mansfield sre at the
Occidental. Mr.. Meyberg and his
charming young bride have not
, only spent their honeymoon here,
| but month besides, and are
thinking of hieing themselves
back to the Orange Grove City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauvin and daugh-
, ter are at the Occidental. Mrs.
Doria Jones and her eldest daugh-
ter are at the same hostelry. Ru-
mor hath it that trousseau for an
approaching event brings them
here. Prof. Paul Schumacher is at
the Palace. He has been detained
for some days IN mining negotia-
tionS, and instead of going to Quay.
mas by steamer, as he had intend
| ed, the steamer having left, he will
|, 60 overland, which will bring him
again to Los Angeles for few
days. J. d. l..