Middletown transcript., 1882-03-17

1 l1ey are Ill tue EdSL. DuC, Ou0 E6ctlILeE
at the end of the year, when he is sup
posed to straighten up his bank account,
that he has no more to show for salary
of 5000 month than his friend in the
East who has received, say, $75 per
month. But this is his own fault. So
ciety, they say, has SO many demands ~
upon them here. Like the California
lady who tips the cup of the sweet nee
tar to her willing lips, and apologies on
the grounds "of the demands of the
climate. +" Color, rudy complexion,
are strong points with our ladies, and
they claim superiority in this accom-
plishment. This, then, partially ex-
plains the "climate demands" The
method is more expensive than the old
One-which, | blush to remark-but l
am persuaded to the belief that it is a
great improvement. The young man
who courts, or the bald-headed bachelor
who flirts, if he desires to accompany a
lady to the opera in any kind of style
and not considered extravagant. must
carry out the following program =
Tickets for reserved seats, So hack for
the evening, S. bouquet for your lady,
$3.50 button-hole bouquet for self, 81 !;
box of French candies for between acts,
S1.25; supper, with two wines after
theatre, $500; total, S17.75. This par
ticulariZes one of the many customs
popularity called "sOciety demands. "
But to go back, California needs more
men, and the right kind of men IN everv
department of business. There are
chances open and many opportunities
to be made. Sometimes one has to
rough it little, but the smoothness is
sure to follow. Our railroad facilities.
are good, money is plentiful and can be
had at low rates of interest. OpppOr-
tunities ormanufacturinga are excellent,
but we need skilled Eastern men to
show us how. For the susceptible we
have as pretty and graceful ladies as
there are anywhere in the United States,
except Delaware. Our climate can
adapt itself to circumstances. We can
cure the invalid or kill the living. We
can give you the chilling winds of the
snow capped Sierras, the balmy and
refreshing air of the Sacramento Valley,
or the parching suns of the San Joaquin,
where, in two days, you can be melted
into what Prof. Morse says man is, ga
bucket Of water and handful of
dust" But before closing l must not
neglect to mention another need of
California, viz: That of good farmers.
We have spectators, but few or no
farmers. We have men who buy up
or rent land by the thousands of acres
and put it all in wheat, or utilize it all
as stock ranch with extravagant ideas
of riches therefrom in few years but
at the expiration of this time about
ninety per cent. for reasons l cannot
here give find themselves totally bank
rupt. Their ideas are big and their
judgment is self annihilation. 1t is al
ways big thing or nothing. If these
same men would be contented witha few
hundred acres, and till it as many of
your good farmers do their land, with
the superior facilities nature has pro-
vided for us here, they would make five
times the amount of money with one
fifth the labor, capital and risk that
your Eastern farmers employ, in much
less time. Farms of hundred thou
sand acres are quite common and
when they are cultivated on right and
scientific principles, it is worth the
trip to California to see them. Eastern
people do not always appreciate the
scale upon which Californians lay out
their work. have case in mind of
an Eastern merchant who wrote to a
farmer here, doing some business in
the bee line, for sample of his extract
ed honey. His request was complied
with, and the merchant was so we'll
pleased with the quality of the honey
that he sent an order for all the bee
man had like it. The gentleman re-
piled that he had nn hand just twenty
six tons, but that he might as well
make it thirty tons, which would make
just three car loads, and that he would
ship it Immediately. The bee man was
quite surprised by receiving, a few
hours after, a telegram telling him,
g For Gods sake keep your honey, I
only want case or two." Now, Mr..
Editor, could fill the whole side of
your paper with my observations, but
must not. Realizing my length, !
shall abruptly stop, right here, by say !.
ing that perhaps you will receive +.
another article from me soon. :
Respectfully, P. R. BOONE. :
BERKELEY, CAL, Feby %, 1882.
Elder Cannon, the Mormon delegate q
to Congress, has been bereaved, in d
One of his four wives has .
lied, and one-quarter of the elders a
lpart is shrouded in ploom the other i