The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-14
VOLUME xXXH.""NUMBER 81.
but always walk single file. Nor did l
ever hear them engage in conversation
while walking.
rnR UPPER oIAI.

THE UPPER oJA.
Visiting the Upper ojai, We stopped al
the ranch OF Mr.. Hobart, who raises a
large quantity crop Of apricots and dries
them. He preserves their beautiful yellow
color by treating them to sulphur bath
before they are thoroughly dried. This
little valley Is about five miles long
by one mile wide, and | observed the
mountains on the north side Of it were bar
rem and rocky, while those on the south
side were covered with growth Of trees.
The almond trees here had not she'd their
leaves and the almonds were ripsning; the
yellow NIL. being seen where the hulls bad
cracked open. This Is about the quietest
spot ever was In, In fact 1t was 30 still
you could hear It. This valley appeared
to be in higher state Of cultivation than
Its lower neighbor and ives to me one Of
the prettiest landscapes l ever viewed.
With some Of the nelghbors OF the Oak
Glen Cottagers we had another Of "them
picnics" in the Maiillija pronounced
Matilliha) Canon, some four or Eve miles
from ita mouth. This canon is about as
rocky and tortuons. as Nature could have
madeitand as wild Es can be. Its bed Is very
narrow and the sides OF the mountains are
very rugged. steep and barren, and from
the irregular manner in which the strata
runs 1t would seem that some time zines
Dame Nature has been on terrible tear.
Things look about as much torn up as they
do at Harperis Ferry, only more so. AZ
one point there was wall jutting out from
the mountain sixteen to eighteen feet,
In hai Nf VhaE Boo f1nE
and abeut two feUt wide, and 1t looked as
though it had been built there by mau-
so perfect and regular was II. Through this
canon meandeIs Mstillija creek, very
pretty, clear littie stream, full OF trout, so
SO wild that catching them was out OF the
question. l tried 1t and soon got tired.
The only bait l could get YVES venison,
which was new and fresh, but they didn't
seem to want any Of II.
Selecting nice Lille spot Of grass in the
shade, We kindled our flre THAT is the rest
did while was troutinR) and set the table
and Uncle kee boiled the vension. lis
astonishing how good everything tsstsI on
a little excursion OF this kind. Alter clos.
ing thepicnic we went several miles furih-
or up the Canon and passed an apiaiy OF
100 TO. 200 hives Of bees, kept by man
named Wilson, who manages to hoard
some wealth from his bee ranch. Although
there didn't appear to be land enough to
plant two rows OF trees abreast In this
canonyet some as fac fruit as l ever aaw
is grown here-peais that would make
your mouth water and plenty oil grapes
0ae objective point was the Hot Sulphur
Springs.
The hotel was a frame building set up
on pins and boulders and had very
tumble down appearance, but the sulphur
is loud enough in smell and the water hot
enoughto compensate fer the shortcomings
oil the:ho.el. The bath houses looked very
much ss though somebody had built them
themselves The water although very
highly periumed and 30 hot that 1t has to
be drank elowly, tsstes rather pleasant
after you have taken several glasses.
asked man standing on the notel
porch II Hade3 wssu't close by? He re-
piled by pointing up the mountains, where
the spring rose. IL