The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-10-05
CALIFORNIA
AS 1t Appears to Those Who Are
Lying Among Its Beau
ties Every Day.

THE following letter from former
Sedalian, will prove of interest.
Les Angeles, CAL, Sept. "a.
After living in California for q
period of several months, can truth
| fully say that / am delighted with it
and would not go back to Sedaiia to
live for any consideration. The climate
is wonderful, never too hot, or too
cold, but simply and undeniably per-
feet. There is no marked difference
between summer and winter. We
have rains in the winter and it is
slightly cooler. IL the mornings and
evenings little fire is required TO in
sure perfect comfort, but during the
middle of the day it is warm enough
without, and doors and windows are
all wide open. 1t is the common Gus
tom in the east to speak of winter as
the "rainy season" in California, and
it is the general belief that at this
time, there is a continual drizzle.
This is a great mistake. 1t
does not in reality rain here with
greater frequency than it does in the
inter states in the summer. The
"weather clerk" is very accommOda-
ting, too, and the rains nearly all
make their visits
DURING THE NIGHT,
and upon rising in the morning it
is generally found to be perfectly clear
and the sun shining, as only Califor-
MIA sun can shine. The soil is Of a
light, porous and sandy nature, hence
none of the kind of mud which
makes the lives of Sedalia ladies
a torment is found here and yet it is
never unduly dusty.
Los Angeles is sixteen miles from
the ocean and we always have the
benefit of the "salt sea breezes"
even i'm the hottest summer day. /
have visited the beach twice, at one
time remaining a week. L enjoyed
it so much, especially the bathing.
There were nearly
TWO HUNDRED FATHERS
in the water at once and it was
great fun. Of course it
looks a little dangerous when one
first dares the great big breakers and
timid person is apt to get shaky,
but you soon get accustomed to that
and even rather enjoy being swallow
ed up, because the safety ropes are al
ways at hand and it is very easy to
get back to a place of safety. The
fruits here are especially abund-
dant and delicious. On our place we
had four acres of such nice
white grapes, also fine figs. The fig
tree itself is very beautiful aud the
fresh figs are lucious and appetizing.
We have banana trees but they do
not do very well here. The olive
trees. however, are pretty and loaded
down with olives. We have also
English walnut trees, almond trees
and lime trees. The lines are very
MUCH LIKE A LEMON
only not so large and finer favored.
Thefowers are profuse, rich and beau
tiful. Gala lilies grow to the
size of a dinner plate, geraniums grow
ON bushes from six to eight feet high,
and the roses are often so high up on
the bushes that | cannot reach them.
From my window the scenery is most
magnificent. There is an orange or
chard in full view, with its dark, rich,
green foliage; little beyond there is
a long line of elegant residences
with their smooth and beautiful
lawns, and away in the distance
is the grand and solemn
mountains towering up until they seem
to kiss the purple sky arching above
them. There are many birds here !
and the hooking bird sings his merry !
lay all day and all night until one is |
apt to think that to cage one for the !
purpose of hearing him sing is a super
fluffy which would seem ridiculous.
Houses are going up here by the {
hundred and still il is almost impossible e
to 0nd one for rent. In this connec- b
ton il is well to say that rents are
high and so is fuel, but with this ex-
ception everything is as cheap as any
where. Wages are excellent, the n
very poorest mechanics are paid $50 Z
per day, and there is a demand for
them all the time, especially painters o