Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-23
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DAaaETT, CALIFORNIA.
November II, 1888.

En-. SOUTH KENTUCKIAN:
No doubt the many readers of the
South Kentuckian wouldn't object to
brief description Of this part of the
United States, and as have been
asked by several to write letter to
your valuable paper. l have at last
concluded to do so, but / will not say
| am going to give them a true de-
scription, for it is impossible to do so,
for one must see the country to know
how to appreciate it, but l will try
in my poor way to give the best de-
scription | can of this beautiful coun-
try. | left home June Goth, nearly
five months ago. 1t was a beautiful
morning when / took my departure
for the far western country and as |
stepped on the train that morningI |
wondered if would ever see old
Hopkinsville again, and if would
see my relatives and my many friends,
and | felt like was leaving never to
return and though wanted to go, l
also hated to leave the place of my
birth, and where l had spent the most
pleasant days Of my life, but then l
thought it would do me good to strike
out for myself and see little Of the
world, and learn the good and rough
side of things, and have so far not
regretted my step and am glad l came.
came the Southern route Uia Men,
phis, Little Rock and El Paso, then
straight through to Los Angeles. 1t
was the shortest route | could take
and as i wanted to reach my destina-
ton as quick as possible, l took that
route, and l had the luck to come
right through, without making any
stops over an hour on the whole trip.
landed at Los Angeles on Monday
morning June the 25th, at 6 O'Clock,
lay there an hour or so, and arrived at
my destination (Orange) at 10 o'clock
the same day, making the trip in five
days. The trip was well worth the
money, as saw great curiosities and
beautiful scenery on my way; it will
take up too much space to describe
the whole of it, but l must say lit
tie. Every thing was very pleasant
till we reached Fort Yuma, A. T., there
we crossed the Colorado river and en-
tered upon the great Mohair desert in
California, and if any one ever suf-
fered with heat did, but we only had
a day and night ride till we got over
it. Well, hot was not the name for it,
it was just billing" 1t was l25 de-
grees in the car, aud outside l think
it must have been $50 degrees. 1t
was just like being in bake-oven'
no comfort at all, and the breeze we
got was just like fire, and we had to
keep the windows down to keep from
getting it, then it was that much
worse, but we all stood it some way
till night, then it was pleasant, but
if anyone wants to know how it's let
him cross the Desert in the summer
time; but enough on the trip. l ar.
rived at my destination all safe and
sound, and had at last reached my
greatest ambition to get to California
had relations in Orange, and staid
there month, and must say never
had better time il my life. l wa'
carried all around. Orange is small
, place, and well deserves its name, a
, the whole place and country arount
, was set out in orange groves, LEM
, ons and all kinds of fruit; it is {
, beautiful country. 1t is thirty mile
. from Los Angeles, the county-sea
. in Los Angeles county. don't know
1 hardly how to describe the country
I but sufficient to say it is perfect par
+ adise, the farms are divided off int
ten acre lots, and there are roads run
1 ming everywhere, being very conve
n nient to the people. Los Angelo
n county is an immense big one, tha
= and five other counties compose wha
they call semi-tropic California
:, Fruit raising is the chief thing i
!, Los Angeles county; orange an
y lemon groves by the hundred acre
y y and il seems like the whole countr
~ ~ is set out in vineyards of all kind
" The Merino grape is called the raisi
NJ grape and they make raisins out
them. Then there are the viii
DS grapes and other kinds. AT Orans
Dc fruit raising is the chief industry an
36 in fact all around they ship car loal
Dc of fruit away every day. Figs, apr
D6 cots, apples, peaches, plums and
90 fact every kind of fruit that grow
95 Then they have the English walnl
95 and all other kinds of nuts. All h
95 trees and vineyards have to be work'
90 like anything else. The orange al
90 lemon season was just over when
03 arrived, but not all of them had be,