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

) three pipes full will get the smoker op-
ium drunk. Eating opium will kill
} quicker than smoking. The Chinese
8 live by themselves and their streets arc
( called Chinatown. They learn to read
t and write our language very readily
f There are schools in San Francisco fol
. them, aud some are being converted.
! The Sabbath In California is made a
. holiday. The theaters are opened day
+ and evening. Excursion parties, horse
4 racing, balls &C., are the order of the
, day. Still the people take great pride
, in building churches, and more in fl
ling them. Attending church in The
[ forenoon, the afternoon is devoted tt
8 amusements of all kinds. Such noticel
Z | as this nra to - re.-a ;~ Tho peperei
Excursion next Sabbath morning
D The - will leave Oakland wharf and
8 reach - in time for thvse VINO wisf
, to attend divine service. During the
} afternoon there will be races, bull pla4.
ing and dancing at the Park. Goot
, music on the boat and at the park. The
t boat will return at 1OP. NJ"
San Francisco is blessed with fleas
The better the man the better the field
We attended church one evening. We
noticed that the people could not ST
still. The minister when he was pray.
ing could not keep on one knee, bu
kept changing, taking out and putting
back his handkerchief in his coat.iai
pocket. q suppose ought TO have had
mr. eyes covered, bat just then was
following snit.) When he said amen
it was with groan. While reading
the hymn he kept up sort of waltz
step. The hymn was thet one that has
somethinn about fsu~~---i-- -.
it. When he got to that he was getting
excited, and hollered, 80 Heavenly
Noses" The way he said II and went
for his coat-tail pockets, was, l think,
in the key of ID and F.
There is an amount of drinking here.
The first thing that greets an Eastern
mans ear after he has had an introduce
ton is, "Won't you have something's
This something" seems TO open the
way to a chat. Every four or five
miles along the highways will DC found
drinking places for man and beast.
These places are usually kept by wo-
men. Beer is drunk mostly. Califor-
MIA barley makes the best beer in the
world. A great deal of the barley is
sent to Milwaukee.
Ranchug is carried on different from
in the east. A farmer that raises grain
iHiift' ifhit aHd hSiH'1S Vegetables. " 1t takes an
amount of money to get started here, as
everything is done on large scale. A
man must have money to start in busi-
ness. l never was in country where
there are so many broken down men,
Lie here 10 not much iiho wnaI IL Is
in the east. One day we rode 90 miles
on horseback through grain fields, moth
ing but waving grain all around as far
as we could see. Some of the ranches
are fenced. Most of the timber comes
from Oregon. Most of the lumber cut
by the Truckee lumber companies goes
TO timbe er the mines of Nevada. Red
wood of California is something like tho
red cedar, and works nicely. Host
of the houses are finished with it. IL is
used for fence posts as it will not rot.
The trees grow to a great height and as
straight rs an arrow, without limbs 100
tO 1h0 feet NVa hnn-I 50 a. --I-;c- i
forest with petriiied trees, with petri-
fed limbs filed with petrified birds
that sung pctrified songs with petrified
voices by petrified notes to petrified
listeners with petrificd ears, but as we
have no ears for petriiied music we did
not go there.
Coal is found in different parts of the
state. On Mount Diablo great quanti-
ties of coal are taken out. From the
wharf 10 the mines is railroad, the
cars drawn by mules. The best of coal
comes from Seattle. Peat is used on
some of the river boats; it is found Oh
the tmle land. The rivers are full of
fish. Salmon are caught in the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin rivers, but ure
not as good as those found in the colder
waters of the Columbia.
Ifit were not for the sea breeze that
comes each day, nothing could live
here. From March until December the
wind comes from the northwest. The
trees all lean TO the southeast. The
mountains keep the rain from coming.
Tho rest of the year the wind comes
from the southwest; then California
gets rain of from the ocean. The fruit
would be better if there was more rain.
Fruit trees are pruned very low and set
close together, so as to shade the fruit.
1t would bake on tho trees II not shaded.
The fruit shipped East Is picked and
packed before near ripe. The best fruit
comes from the foothills. A great
many raisins are raised here; they are
sun dried. Almonds and black walnuts
are grown in all parts of the state.
While here we saw several mirages,
which ale seen on very clear days. In
these mirages the cohntry is brought
out In oil ofits beanty. Towns are seen
with their streets, churches with tall
spires, and trees with their dark foliage.
Ii the mirage is noar any port, ships
with tall masts aud white sails stand
before you. One can watch them for
hours; the many sights and colors are
very captivating. They are to be seen
till a change Of light or covered by
cloud. The grandest sight In the far