The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-02-11


'o'h' the courteous gentleman whC
controls, and believe owns, the Lex
lhStOh waterwOrks, asked me TO meet
some gentlemen and inform them of the
7'a'us MS enterprise had with us. Iii.
purpose IN having me do this was 10
ehaoie MIN to negotiate some OF his
ponds, or rather exchange them for
real estate a Gttte beyond the present
'iihits OF the corporation OF Los
Angeles. After the transaction Was
completed he informed me that the
title acquired was to unirnporved lots
IN an enUt,On called Hesperia, one
hundred and ten miles east from NV
motel on the AtchisOn, Topeka IL Santa
re IL. I'm not writing this 10 make
you smile; 'ttS q fact, aud given thai
you may know how wild in calculation
people have become over speculation
III Southern California.
rode ten miles southwest, one dav,
ON "a dummy" TO the growing city ui
hosecrans, where the improvement j
consist of one incomplete frame.
Intended for hotel, and one hundred
and nifty thousand pegs to Indicate
where "suckers" may have the privilege
OF putting down money, and sticking
up shanties. From this point you eau
see ten or twelve miles further away
from Los Angeles, where a building to
cost $z0O.0OO, for scientific studies, is
being erected. This, also, is to DO u
part OF "the angel city" Here, her
people have played big trump card
ia donating home to Gen, John G..
fremont, who, with his wife, is here
now, being Iionized and attitudi.
nizlhg for the benefit of real estate
dealers and their multitude of peg
drivers. I'll cease with the real estate
Juror Tor the present; may resume
hereafter, as it pertains TO other dis
tricts.
This is the land of sunshine (O
Since Christmas day, the time of my
arrival, the rainfall marks fifteen
Inches. 'Tis the home of everlasting
sumner, never too cold, never too
warM (O. On the eighth day OF this
month, III company with Mr.. Briggs, Il
distinguished citizen of Oakland, and
Judge Sawyer, of the U. 3. district
court. | spent the day ut Santa
Monica, 10 miles from Los Angeles
On the seaside, during the morning,
each OF us walked Oh ice, and Garth
frozen stiff enough to sustain our
weight.
Here the orange aud citron are iuirest of
fruit,
And the voice Of the nightingale never is
mute"
During the month of my sojourn the
notes OF but one bird-a mocker has
reached my ear. The best orange
have tasted in California would be un
indifferent one among hundreds of the
meanest | ever saw on table in Fiori-
da. | avn talking plain; Pun talking
truth.
But tell of the people, their manners
and customs, etc, etc, ls u request
made In letters.
A vast multitude OF tourists NAV be
seen conmingling withsresidents in the
principal towns. For instance, in
Los Angeles OH the principal street! s,
i'll walk OF One.half mile from south
10 north, more people may be met
every day than can be counted Gu Main
aud Delaware streets iu Kansas City,
between Armour's bank and 18th street.
You can distinguish amid the crowd the
earnest man of business, you can spot
the effervescing speculator in yeRI
estate, his agents, his stGol pigeons and
his peg drivers. The light, gay step
and luQuiring eye OF the bouyant, ,pejE-
TO DO tourist gives him away. TIE
tattered ralment, uncombed hair aud
haggard looks OF Inahng crowds,
stranded as It were upon tne waysidc,
desoiate "forlorn and shipwrecked
BROTHER" "who have abandoned hope
and will ne'er take heart again"
Conversing with my good Friend,
Pigou, receu,ly, alter q heightened
apOstrophe to the blue skies and In
spring climate, he undertook 10 ex-
plain TO me Why the glorious combine
ton Was not compatible with all hum, n
organizations. Whilst it engendered an
ease and happiness of existence TO TIE
many, it was productive Of vice in
others. "For instance said he, "no
eXertion is required to procure the
necesssries OF liie; idleuess leads on to
crime. Our iails are full Of Offenders.
Think OF it, sir; on Christmas day a
boy lighted u bunch of fire crackers
and cast them into the street Us IL car
riage was passing" Horrible" re-
sponded. "Yes," he said. '"lis true.
Who ever heard of such an enormity7 z
Even women commit murder here.
There are two now in Jail for that
crime. One of them invited 9 man to
ride with her short distance In tie
country, shot him dead in the buggy,
drove iuto q barn, tunbled his dead
body into the straw, and fired the
building 10 destroy the evidence of her
work" "a Jriend," said I, ''pe form
ing meditated job. Though 1t he leap
year, and tits permitted Ihat
women may Invite men 10 ride
l will accept no initiation. "
"Do not It will be unsafe to do so;"
said +. "can you realize itp' he con
iinued, "there are t,Oo Uit,IOi throWery
IN town. They have been at their infer
nal work for months. They are both
females" "GOd saUe the comnaon-
Usalth i" ! shouted. "For there be three
in Los Angeles to-day. One came on
the train with me. She carries the
raw material on the end of her tongue,
and whenever she finds occasion. Or
descries me admiring pretty dress
pattern or jaunty bonnet, net on Il
dummy. abe acatters it all around
scarities me all over with that Grecian
fire. The burn is sharper than II
serpent's tooth. Good bye, MIR. Pi.utt
cannot walk the streets of u city with
any degree of comfort, when am liable
to be ambushed by three different
vendors in vitriol. I'm off for San!a
Barbara, where such demons are not
tolerated In riot0us numbers
"Santa Barbara is fair Indeed all
of Southern California that has como
under my observation may Eo tS.ultd
"a land of beauty and OF grandeur.
Who're the latiage looks out upon ii domain,
The palace cannot boast of,
Its green valley are the homes for
hearts.
This bright little sca port nestIcs IN Il
cove of thousand umdulaling acres,
save AT its wa CT front, by
mountains whose tall forms
are casting shadows forever somewhere
over the delightful retreat. II there is
peace in the wide wCrld, the IMAM Who
pays his bills "msy look for il her.
Tennyson, believe Il is, who record
ing the journey oil lie "i.Dtus hunters"
says
= In the niteraOOn theY came un!O ii ltE!,
Ia which II seemed always AFTERNOON.
All round the coast the lanSusheti ri did
sWoOn,
Breathing like enc mat hath Il pleasant
aream."
We have been here eight DAYS enjoy
ing this serenity. "There is no need"
| said this morning, to Los Angelo
friend, "for my moving further Tor u
resting place. will Iemain here until
the :'Ine axed for returning To my
hornn y EunInn ~ La exclninnI ,..i1L