The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-16
70 one hundred and twenty pounds each.

I MOkNlNG, NONEA
to one hundred and twenty pounds each
I saw the Baby Grapevine, the body o
which measures fiityseven inches in cir
conference, and covers an arbor seventy
FIVE by one hundred feet, or seyenty.fyl
hundred square feet Of surface. On JudRl
Fernald's place I saw vining rose-bust
that had taken possession OF locust tree
aud had grown up twenty-five feet through
its branches, its weight being so great thai
It had bent the tree over. The Poor House
farm OF fifteen acres is on the route we
took. It Is model institution, as there Ii
not single pauper in 1t and 1t is Q source
of revenue TO the county. Near this Is the
pampas plume nursery OF Mr.. John Spence
consisting OF nineteen acres. The raising
OF these plumes has gotten to be quite bus.
iness, and their culture and curing re-
quirea great care. They are planted in
rows about eight feet apart. The stems
are carefully pulled and laid out on the
ground in rows to bleach and left there
Tor two days and nights. This operation
OF bleaching Is ike bleaching linen except
that no water is used, as the heavy dew
answers the purpese. The plumes ore
shaken In the sunshine to swell them. II
there Is any moisture left In the stem, the
whole plume will mould and spoil. They
vary in length from eighteen TO forty eight
inches..
Bdhches Of the grass produce from FIVE
to ten. .plumes the first year and from, 100
to $50 the fourth year. The number oi
plumes raised each year is increasing, as
more people are engaged 10 the business.
Mr.. Spence expected this year to gather
100 900 Of them.
They are generally shipped 10 New
York, and from there they 60 to England
aud France. Mr.. 8. had contracted for all
he could raise for the next ten year., with
Eastern dealers at two and one'half TO five
cents each, which will yield him about
$40 per acre, income from his nursery
this year. He expects next year that i.
will increase about one.third. Some oi
the residents Of Santa Barbara have very
large ranches. Mr.. Dibbi,a Learned, had
one containing $1,000 acres, on which he
had 90, 1000 sheep. He ls building the finest
residence in the place, on an eminenca on
the ocean shore about 100 feet above the
level OF the valley, containing forty acres.
The view up the valley aud OF the ocean
from this point is lovely learned
that Mr.. D had refused $3.50 for his
house and grounds. l heard OF another
rancho containing 10000 acres, on which
were &C, COO sheep. How. ia this for high
THE CLIMATE
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The climate here may be said to be as
near perfection as 1t is possibleto get. From
May till November there ia uosrain and
seldom q cloud, is seen. Tho winter, o.
rather tho rainy season, is from November
TO May. The usual rainfall is from thir.
teen to eighteen weeks. The rain usually
falls at night las II does at San Francisco).
When it does, the day following will be
clear and bracing. Not mora than two or
three times in q year will there be two
successive sunless, rainy days. In re.
cord OF this remarkable weather kept by
Mr.. Bradley for one year is the following !:
$40 pleasant days, s1ch that invalids
could be out five or six hours, 20 cloudy,
l2 showery, 10 windy and ) rainy days.
From the number cf days II must have
been leap year, The great bsauty of the
whole Off is that there is neither thunder
nor lightning, 50 that a man with a tender
conscience is not bsing torn up" every
once in while. The average Of the ther.
for January Is 81 degrees and for
July CT.
THIS wonderful equabili.y CT climate is
attributed TO vast ccsan stream called the
"Kurosiwo" which comes from Alaska,
and by tho time 1t reSches here has tenn.
peratnre never varying over three degrees
frora 66S. This body Of cool water Is esti.
mated 10 be q mile deep and 500 miles
wide of San Francisco, and | suppose
fully that here. 1t is said it is wider, runs
q longer conrse and is probably deeper
than the Gull Stream. Sea ice here is
unknown, and the iolks bathe in the
ocean in the winter the same as summer.
. Amongst tho institutions" VI the place
Is Col. y. W. Hollister, who Is an Ohio
N n, having emigrated TO California in
1862, from Newark. He was the first
man 10 introduce msrino sheep into
the State, and at one time largely inter
ested In wool growing. lie told me
that for several yearsit had paid him q
clean Sl0e 900 per year. Ha also wres.led
hard for the pa.sIge OF tho "Fever law" 1t
was mainly through his influence and un.
firing energy that this law was passed,
which prohibits stock from running al
large, rendering the building OF fences un.
The interest he took in this,
made him very unpopular with the
Spsnisrds, who raised large herds on other
peoples lands. In fact the feeling was SO
great that u meeting OF cattle rangers was
had to adopt measures TO rid the country
Of him. II WAS resolved that he should be
put out Of the way and committee was
appointed for the purpose. They were
charged 10 be expeditions about 1t and net
allow him to argue or talk, for II they did
he would talk them ont Of it. Hsis one OF
the best takers | have ever met
aud states his views In such succinct and
lucid mRnner that there Is no difficulty in
understanding what he In 4ans, especially
when he speaks on the Chinese" ques-
ton, OF which he appears TO hsve takcn
the sensible but unpopular view, that as
there is no other labor to be- had II was sill
ly to attempt to drive the Chineee away
because they were Chinese, or because
they didn't identify themselves with the
country or become citizens, bu! that It was
right and proper to use them for the de.
velopment OF the State until such time as
q better clasSoi laborers present themselves
lie has studied the subject long and care.
fully and lays down the following proposi.
tion: The progress Of a C ,untry il in ex.
act proportion OF the amount of
labor intelligently applied" In speaking
Of the equitable partnership that must
exis between muscls, brains and capital,
be. dtfues capital as "brains and muscle
done up ina form agreed upon by the
world and carried conveniently In the
He is quite wealthy and very liberal
with his means, both as to the assistance
be renders toward all public improve.
ments and private charities, and Is Q solid
pannh nhliran Iia made the Atav at tha