The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-05-24
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Letter from California.
YoUNrsvIILE, CAL, April 3Oth.

AOONAS' Lille, OAL', Apiil OODbs
EDITOR CITIZEN II emigrated
from near Lynnville, Giles county,
Tennessee, to this country a little
more than one year ago. 1 am sit
uated in Napa Valley fifty miles
north of San Francisco. II is
beautiful valley about eight miles
in width by about fifty miles in
length. Eight miles south lies tho
city of Napa and nine miles north
is the city of st. Helena, both in
plain view. Napa river divides
this fertile and thickly populated
valley into two equal parts and is
navigable for schOoners as far up
as Napa. The scenery in this val
ley is unsurpassed by any my eyes
ever beheld. The valley is almost
as level as floor, except it is inter
spersed with an occasional small
mountain that somewhat resembles
an inverted bowl. This only lends
beauty to the scene, being all COW
cred with a beautiful growth Of ev-
ergreens. The whole face of the
country is now arrayed in all the
beauty and grandeur that the hand
of lavish nature can bestoW upon
it. Wild flowers adorn the whole
face of the country in every direc-
ton as far as the eye can see.
Large and we'll kept vineyards and
almost Unlimited fields of grain,
alfalfa, market gardens, extensive
orchards of all kinds of fruit that
can thrive in any temperate climate,
lend to the beauty of this glorious
country. Magnificent dwellings
and huge wine cellars are seen in
every direction. We have the very
best of roads and road laws. The
climate is mild and salubrious.
The atmosphere is very pure and
clear, so much so that an object
(for instance a mountain) forty
miles away does not appear to an
inexperienced eye to be more than
one eighth that distance. The sea
sons are the wet or rainy and the
dry. We never have any rain after
the 10th of May until October and
frequently not until Christmas.
Our soil is so much adapted to
drouth that we get along better
without summer rains. The dry
est weather we have, real dampness
can be found one inch beneath the
surface. All kinds of farm pro-
ducts. grow luxuriantly here, the
grape being the staple of the coun-
try. The yield Of grapes in this
valley is enormous, often being
from four to nine tons per acre. /
weighed over eight tons per acre
from four choice acres the past
season. Grapes are worth from
twenty five to thirty five dollars per
ton, twenty five dollars amply pay
ing all expenses of cultivation.
Fruit grows to perfection. We
have an abundance of figs of the
finest quality, but the climate is
rather too cool for lemons and Or
anges. Horticultural products are
far superior to anything ever saw
in any other country. Churches
of smost all protestant denomina-
tions are scattered throughout the
country, but l must say that the
people are generally speaking very
irreligious. Infidelity seems TO be
the prevailing idea. Yet society is
good and the people seem ever
ready to lend helping hand to all
objects of charity. Our schools are
the best in che land, the school
funds being sufficient to give free
schools eight months in the year,
accessible to all from six to twenty
one, without limitation to any par
ticular studies. Our money hero
is gold and silver principally gold.
L have not seen any other kind of
money since my arrival. There is
no such thing here as hard times
and scarcity of money. Every
body seems to be prosperous and
happy.
will say for the benefit of young
men who wish TO emigrate, that or
binary wages her e are one dollar
per day with board. Young men,
if you are doing well stay in Ten
nessee. If you have a farm freeze
to it. Tennessee is not to be
scoffed at. am well pleased and
doing well. L would not be back
there for any reasonable considera-
ton. When / came here / was a
victim of chronic laryngetis. Now
l am well and robust and all my
family are in the best Of health.
People afflicted with throat and
lung disease always find partial and
often permanent relief here. Cali
fornia is destined some day in the
near future to become the foremost
state in the union. Her manufac-
turing is all done within her Dor
ders, land consequently all or near
ly all her money is kept at home,
augmented by her annual millions
that are being taken from her mex
haustible mines. In speaking Of
the natural advantages enjoyed
here L neglected to say that we
have the finest water in the world.
All the water used in the valley is
sues from high up in the noun
tains and is piped to where it is
wanted at no very great cost and is
more convenient than
springs or wells. / could mention
many other blessings that the all
wise creator has bestowed upon
this land but will let this suffice
for the present With kindest re-
CARDS and good wishes to all my
friends in Giles, especially the err
IzEN which falls at my door once a
week, l am respectfully.
CECIL l.. GRIGsBr.