The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-01

ihc ranches by the inch. Inc ditche
which run through the sand fill up soon
II is great expense TO the company {,
keep them clear. Some of the river
that run through the sand plains sul
through the dry time and are lost. |
is claimed that under some parts O
California are large lakes fed by thes
streams. The districts where artesiai
wells are found go to show that tn
ground is filled by waters having thei
Source in the mountains. l have see
rivers rise six or eight feet in less thai
ten minutes, and have seen the Sal
Joaquin (he second river in the state,
rise 8 fl. in less than 10 minutes. /
is explained in this way. The land get
as hard as ii. can be. SO when the frs
ram comes IL does not soak in but rum
OIL. 1t usually rains very hard in th
mountains, then it runs into the eulche
and mountain streams. BY the tim
the water reaches the valley it fills tn
channels full, and comes like a gres
bank, rolling and tumbling. II can b.
heard for miles, taking everything tha
is before it. Many miners have los
their fortunes in that way.
A large part ofCalifornia is tule land
This land is low and swampy, covered
with tules, sort of flag, growing iron
0-to 10 1T. high and very thick. Thes,
lands are bought in large tracts by com
panies who reclaim them. 1t takes al
amount of money to do this. 1t is don,
by ditching and leveling. The levees
are made strong enough to keep ou
The floods and tides. The tules arc
burned of. We saw miles of then
burning by night. 1t was a grand
sight; They are burned n 4 the 700" .c..;.
III Is hardito stop The fire when once be-
gun. The tules are full of wild hogs
The roots are burned by digging hole
II to 10 inches deep as large as spade
every G or s #. and putting coal oil in
This burns them ont very quickly. 1t
leaves the land more like an ash heap
than like soil. The seed for the first
crop is put in and covered by driving a
herd of sheep over it.
The bitches have aood gates banging
Oh hinges. The lands are irrigated by
he tide. All one has 10 do is to lift
he latchcs. When the tide comes the
gates are pushed in and the water fills
he bitches and runs over the land.
When the tide goes back the gates
lose and the wafer is held on the land.
March and April is the time to ir-
'igate when water is plenty. Reclaim
""dS can be wa!sreal llMs Mhen IN 9S siarIyy
Most of the work not done by machine
y is done by Cinnamon, A Chinaman
vail work for four bits a day, board
himself and make money. They live
mostly on rice, ten. and fish. Their
clothing is inexpensive. All they wear
$ a shirt and pants made of duck, and
'oois. AS rule their feet are small,
'nt when they buy pair of boots they
,et the largest they can find. Theye
ay 'Liltle boot no welly chcepec, me-
reap likee largee boot, heap cheapee."
There is no work a white can do but
What he can initiate. They will work
Or wages that white man will starve
m, and make money. This is why a
'oor white cannot live in California.
The Cinnamon ore good cooks and
lriNc the white girl out of place. They
earn very quickly and do all the hard
work. Ii they don't suit all the lady
a ,iIu nuusc does IL to tell John to go.
All john says is, You paycc me, me
20. Nou no likee me, me no likee You
vantec- high Mclean gal, me ketchI Inow
eepe work sinsico." They thing OF
lothing but money, never bringing
heir wives with them, all intending 10
20 back TO China as soon as they get
money enough. They are brought
lere mostly by the six companies and
re slaves ihl they buy their freedom,
which they buy by monthly install
nenis. The six companies show that
here are in the U. S. over 200, 900
Jhinamen, 10000 in California, and in
San Francisco alone there are 10000.
Most Of the washing in cities is d)ne
'y Cinnamon. If they cut of their cue
II pigtail they can never return TO Chi
IA. 1t is $50 fine for white man to
,ut it oil.
We saw Chinaman drank in San
Francisco. lh was singing, "Me al
ee samec as Mclean man, hair cut
short, drunkec like hell" Each year
hey have great meetings both in and
out of doors, called driving
away the devil; enough noise is made
o do it. They burn up their old idols
and have new ones, and scatter bits of
colored paper all through and around
their town. If Chinaman has small
pox, lcprosy, OF any other contagious
disease, they are taken with a bit of
food usually 10 the tules, away from
every body, and left to die or get well.
When Chinaman dies a whole sheep
aud pig are cooked, rice and other food
(enough TO keep man three months)
are put on the grave for the devil and
angels TO eat, So tho Chinaman's body
will not be molesied. White is used
for mourning. All the Chinamcn's
bones are sent back TO China. They
intend TO leave nothing in this country.
They are great opium eaters and
smokers, having places where they pay
for II smoke the same as We for drink.
Some whites are found in these places.
They smoke lying down. The pipes
are made with long stem and a large