The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-16
WINTER IN CALIFORNIA.
Row It Differs from the Winter Weather
in New England.

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After Thanksgiving. winter. In the
Atlantic States, east of the Hudson,
good sleighing is expected at this date.
Here nothing more than few white
frosts indicate that winter has come.
There have been frosts in the lowlands
during the past week. Last night the
frost crept up on the hnllsides a little.
The crystals lag on the plank side
walks in the suburban towns, and
sparkled as the rays of the rising sun
touched them. For moment or two
there were millions of diamonds, then
small drops of wafer. and then moth
ing. But the frost makes crisp MORN
ings. and d coal or wood fire most en-
ioyable morning and evening-the
wood fire especially. Moreover, the
frosts help to color the foliage, although
in this country the deciduous trees drop
the greater part Of their foliage before
the frosts come. The soft naples.
elms. white birches and locust trees,
which have been naturalized here. for
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Yet the naples take on a wealth of col
nr before tne leaves fall; so the frost
does not do all the coloring. Even
the eucalyptus, which casts its leaves at
/ midsummer and continues dropping
them until late in autumn. has a wealth
of color which is hardy noticed. The
| coniferous trees prevail so largely in
California that The high coior5 OF !ccii-
uGus trees which grow on the hiilsideS
and mountain slope; of eastern States
| are rarely seen here. YET in every dell
| after the first frosts have come in this
| latitude, one may find patches of color
| shading off from gold to scarlet. with
great many sHbdued tones, which art
| lists, who are good colOrists, do not fail
to notice. The frs and the pines clothe
many of the mountains in eternal
green. When they are bare, they are as
desolate as in Spain until the vernal sea-
son sets in.
The first rains have already come
But the winter rains have not vet APP
peared. There is sort of hush between
autumn and winter. If one goes to the
wood, he will hardly hear any other
sound than that of the harsh and OBJ
strcperous blue-jay. Here and there
will be tapping on the trunks, and an
occasional squirrel descends to see what
provision in the way of acorns there
may yet be left on the ground. In the
open. where the ground is soft, there
are the tracks Of the sneaking coyote.
Even owls cease in measure to boot in
the winter season, and the mournful
Of hnS oil
4 great silence has fallen upon the
woods. There is hardly singing bird.
The linnets in the suburban gardens,
which two months ago were so active in
feaSting on the ripe fruit, beginning
with cherries, and continuing until the
last ripe pear had disappeared. have
become silent also. No more songs and
no more depredations. for the good rea-
son that there is nothing to steal, and
the pairing season has not begun. The
white frosts are the fitting introduction
Of winter. They precede the heavier
rains.
The trade winds have died out. They
will not prevail in this latitude before
the middle of next MAY. Some are I'M
kind enough to say that it is pity that
they should ever prevail. But these
winds are the Lords scavengers, sent
up as so many messengers from the salt
ocean to deliver the city from plaques
and pestilence. San Francisco has not
been clean city from the day of its
foundation. There is Oriental dirt, and
Occidental dirt. 1t has come to be
foreign city. Merchandise fills the side
walks. and in many places crowds the
pedestrian into the street. Offal is
thrown there. The six months trade
winds of summer and the six months
rain are the two sanitary agents which
keep watch and ward over the city.
The most dangerous weeks of the year.
on the score of health, are those when
neither the trade winds nor the rains
prevail. The winter season being less
pronounced in this latitude, there is
less disposition to store up anything.
All the season is open, and even now
the bees are making honey, or are 60
ing to rob other hives. They get a part
of their honey honestly, and, as to the
rest, they do not scrup:e to get it DIS
honestly. San Francisco Bulletin.