Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-05-19


tor % Hebron Academy. aud later preached
At Canton. therefore mi. letter will be
rad with Interest ~ macy friends 10 Or.
ford COauiy 10
S.cR,NENTo. C.LIFoRSi..
March gith. l.s5
ssss We have bcen here four
monih.. and already feel quite well &C.
qaainied and very much a. home !, il
like being Ia q different world. coming
here from Maine. The lovely ~arm ell
mate. the fuses aud oranges. the style Of
architecture. the way. u the people. ev-
efything. i 20 dihsrn, from what we have
left. There has been no cold weather
since We came. For mon,h, perhaps.
we hep, little wood FIRE al day. Now,
Cor weeks !, has been Aboa, Ike June ia
Maine one day the same as the last II
., grows warmer Il i % gradual a. 10 be
almost unnoiiceable. We have a little
ire in the siitlng-room ~hen We first get
up-ihen no more until the neu NOM
ing The night. are al~ays cool. and
they say they are all summer Roses.
stray ones. have been on the bushes all
winter. bl, nov We are jus, ., the be
ginning Of the season of rosss. and the
city !. perfect neutrality-suspicious. va
fieties grow out door. here tea roses
srls 20 immense bushes. And climber
Of the most magnihesn, variety are com
mon evcryshere. The city i fall u
great bunche. o. Gala lilies which are nos
in bloom; sometimes | count a dozsa OF
more grsa, lille. in one bunch. A month
ago IL Vas the cameIlias that made a
srea, .hos never $40 them bloom Ia
the open air before. We have oFangss
a. plenty as you do apples. They have
already sent East two thousand car loads
Of them from one place. L. Aagelo..
The city i a beautiful one, toll OF eles'n,
residences. al Of which have fi1e lasrs,
With .hrub. and ajsers May II The
small houses are very pretty and n
yards well KEEP, 10 keep the gras
alive they have 70 irrisAie all summer.
Everybody doe. ihi. With q hose loi
knos We doat have occasioaAl sho~efs
and rains. Z. in the East. The houses
are m ,.ily built With the main 4 30 high
up. and you ~ up by long alsh's Of
siep, There are no cellars % The houses.
ADD sometime. the basement ]. hal'hei.
sometime. not. The house se have IL a
small one bat pretty, With q hne. veil
Kept yard one hpor only. with b,semen'
storage. water and Gas throughout. !
mus, say like thi, way Of hsviag every
thing on one hoJr. u make. the 90 ~
much lighter keep no help, no. do ]
need any T. !. much the eu'om h'r-
o dispense vim help. even smins tno'e
sh0 can veil .dird . keep T.. % u 80
easy % x, labf from oa''iie. VI,
~a.hias d. done by Cain.n,n. all |
have hal q Cniasm.n % elan sin ios..
etc. Tney are clnja' so'i Of e'esiu''
Il cant sp-.k Il them sl'h micn IN
tha.iA.n. though they certainly cin ID
up 'hids.
We have iolai the oh ,rch all that Il
"a. represented to u.. tn cingr-ss.
ton. are l.rs-,ai tia, j. an u1usi,'
thins IN California many P-oPle h'r
never -, their FOO, inside a church II IN
one year 10 another 50 many children
come 10 ; :. whose parenis never 10 IA
church. and - many wives unite with
the church IN spite Of the oPP'sI''on OF
their husbands. OF stay ou, Of !, when
they you'd unite bat for that, sunday
-. especially With the q rm,n.. q h1li'
day. aud the grocerie, aad beef.saloon'
are open al day lntemoer.ncs IL con-
mon-'here ATE four HUNDRED saloon' hrr'
--1oaly twelve or thirteen churches, and
May Of them small IA immens'
amoan, Of liquor Is consumed, YET on'
seldom see. q drunken man. ! am told
that's man can drink three times VIA
would pa, him in,o the gutter "a 'h'
Est, on sccoun, Of something Ia the ell
mate They say. also. tina, though IN
thermometer sometimes get. uP TO lO'
here, there i. never . case Of san.s'roke
and many Eastern people tell M they d.
no, feel the hes, as they did IN the h"'
We meet people from everywhere her
they seem much the same as else"he"
in fact We fad the same types OF char
.c,er everywhere. We have all bee'
~ell. though | think We are undoubtedly
going through the process Of aeclims''z'
ton. A. .iroasly attached as | beam
to people in Maine. there Is 'ome'h'ns /"
fascinating aboa, the climate. the place
and the whole Atmosphere Of tnias' on
here tina, il would be hard for me I
make up my mind TO go back. | ha'
enjoyed the fruit and vegetables 50 mae
fresh vegetables al winter, aud