Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-12

according to his view, as he insists that |
arabic public land is exceeding scarce
while there is any quantity" of Gov
eminent land of Indifferent quality, so
that he who secures fifteen or twenty acres
that is prime must needs take 100 acres
that is practically worthless But he finds
that there is plenty OF cheap land and of
as good quality as the highest priced, and
much Of this is for sale by the railroad
companies. Whea he says cheap" land
he desires, and correctly so, to be under
stood in the California sense-that is, to
say it is remarkably cheap when there is
taken into account soil and climate
capabilities and advantages. Such adj
vantages attaching to like desirable land
at the East would rank the latter as
enormously high.
While it is true that the Eastern farmer
knows nothing Of dessicating north winds,
the California farmer knows nothing of
haii-storms in summer, or atmospheric
disturbances that wreck his crops. If the
crop of the Eastern farmer fails him his loss
IS usually total one, but the California
farmer at least gets value received for the
last spear of his short crop in one way or
another If the Californian pays exorb-
liant prices for his fuel, there is compensa-
ton in the small amount needed. There
is hot weather in California, but ii is true
that both men and horses can work as hard
| and as long, aad with far less danger OF
prostration from heat in this State than in
Pennsylvania or Ohio, because of the dry
ness of the atmosphere and the unfailing
breezes. There is, in California, no " fall
work" to be doae, no winter" to get ready
for, but these facts disclose the cause OF
an incalculable amount of shiftlessness "
that would be imply objectionable in the
Eastern fftrrner:. As to earthquakes, they
are infrequent, and not worthy Of consid-
Grafton
As to the Chinese he insists that a senti-
ment in opposition represented by Id, 63S
as against 1873 votes, is worthy of respect
and represents the real thought of the
people on the subject. But at least in the
south part Of the State he does not believe
there are enough Chinese to interfere with
any deserving white person, There at
taches to California a reputation for law
lessness in the form of shooting afirays,
that is, in his opinion, toe we'll deserved,
but he finds that robbery and burglary are
not so common as in most parts Of the East,
while the cowboy element would not be
tolerated here for an instant.
He believes, as we have for years, and so
expressed, that the State has been absurdly
over praised and thus injured. Thousands
have been led to expect Paradise here,
with eternal sunshine, flowers, milk and
honey flowing, fruit ready to be picked with
in the stretching distance of the arm at all
seasons, so that about all the Californian has
to do is to take things easy and live with
out work. No such lodging of the Curse
he points out, is possible in California He
concludes in strain that rises to the
plane of eloquence:
1t is a land of solid realities and glittering
frauds. As usual, the trash floats on the sur
face, the good lies beneath. Ones first contact
is apt to be with the frauds. II takes longer to
| find out the realities. When you stay long
| enough to see them and find out that the coun-
| try is not to blame for your overweight imagi-
nation, the unwise enthusiasm of friends, or the
deliberate lies of others. you viii begin to like
1t. Year after year an affection that you cannot
and would not resist winds itself more closely
around your soul. Life comes so easily and so
naturally time flies so swiftly, yet so softly :
You feel the thread of life fly faster from the
spindle, yet you hear no whizz. There are so
few breaks or jars in the train of comfort as the
long line of cloudless days roll on appetite and
sleep hang around you SO wOoingly in the con-
slant out of-dOor life, that you are enthralled
before you know it. There are many who re-
turn disappointed to the East after few days
or weeks visit. But rare indeed is he who re-
turns to the East after living here two or three
years; and still rarer he who stays East more
than one winter if hedoes return.