Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-19
WINTER ~ CALIFORNIA.
A Climate OF Eternal Spring Fringed
viii, Pernetual SNOW

! Much has been said and sung ABOUT the
! Climate Of California We will not re-
/ strict it to southern California, for the whole
State has climate to be proud of, that has
( been praised till the Glorious Climate Of
California has become a proverb known
to all lands. so that the simple" G. G. of c"
! is as familiar and well comprehended as
E! 81. o. O. f." Visitors from the East come
| TO enjov climate, and coming they
| mostly do--in d-winter-they mark the
great difference between the snowbanks
| and ice bound streams of their land aud
} the green fields, orange trees and n multi
tude of flowers that greet them on every
side here, until they exciaim III surprise:
=" This Is sprihg-not winter The grest
change acts upon them like recess on the
school boy, and they romp and play and
throw up their hats in exuberance
of iov. This is our winter compared
to the same season at the East,
but not winter in the gloomy acceptance of
the term. Ii is merely an extension of
September 10 Msy-an immense suspension
bridge across the gloomy gulf usually de-
nominated winter. II is the play of
" Winter" with winter left out. A rainy
day will come now and then and cause a
dull day or two. while King Mud holds
high carnival, but the bright sun breaks
through and the whole face of nature lights
no with brilliant smile the birds carol
their sweetest notes; every green thing
seems to leap into renewed life and actiy-
ity: in a few hours the mud has disap
peared. and the visitor exciaims with as
tonishment, This is not winter. but
spring They cannot comprehend it.
Even calling it spring, how does II compare
with their season of the same name?
There the sun will hide its face day
J after day, two or three weeks at time,
y ho1 iralx u
blotted from the universe. while here
week without sunshine is almost
unknown This glorious winter sunshine
gives US the delicious atmosphere that
cheers the invalid, giving new strength and
lite, invigorates the tiller of the soil, and
makes the very earth laugh with the pros
poets Of brilliant harvest. This is our
winter, the Joyous springtime, making the
J heart glad, and preparing the way for the
delicious fruits and bounteous harvests.
Then comes time when the rains cease to
fall and summer is here, when the hus-
bandman knows that fruit can be gathered
and crops garnered without fear of thun-
der-showers. cyclones, or any of the draw
backs that like the sword of Damocles,
hang over the heads of our less favored
Eastern brethren. He knows that if the
work is not all secure at niShtfall he can
commence the next day where he lett oil
the night before, without fear That con-
vulsion of nature will wreck what has
already been accomplished When the
+ heat of the midday sun is oppressive he
can retire to the cooling shade, knowing
that what is done is safe and there is no
hurry about the future. That is our sum-
mer Let the Eastern man compare it
with his and draw his own conclusions.
To thoroughly appreciate our climate the
visitor should reside here full year and
see all seasons-he cannot form any truth
full idea without Our cool, delicious sum
mer evenings would be as much a revela-
ton to him as our verdant winters, and
would be as much enjoyed. The lack OF
moisture in the atmosphere gives the stars
/, peculiar brilIiancy they possess in no
.. other part of this land. and the mooniit
nights cover the earth here with an efful-
gence such as can be seen in no other coun-
try. Winter and summer are alike giori-
/, Gus. elcn in its way, ard both combined
!, give to the glorious climate of California
that charm that has made it famous oyeI
the whole world.-Keirsysiae Press.