Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-27


But it is seldom cold in the Needles and
the Mohuyc Desert "a -hmuerinE aka
line waste - in March and say l2O To
1870 in July 1t doe, not matter. The few
people IN the far apart stations live in
houses that have second detached roof.
put on like the fly of tent and the heated,
de,olatc passage /, providential arrange
ment to lower the spirit, of the traveller to
the enjoyment Of the irrigated country re
covered from the desert, in southern CHl
fornia 1t is vcritable paradise, a, really
such as the oasis of Fayoum in Egypt
Heavens now the human eye does crave
the green color how grateful it is for a
field of barley, a straight eucalyptus tree,
vines and roses clambcring over the houses,
the luStrous foliage of the orange groves
starred with globes of gold This is Para
disc And the climate Perpetual sum
mer lhut daily rising in price, There Is no
doubt of this when YOU reach the san TIA
briel Valley, Pasadena, and Los Angeles.
Avenues Of eucalyptus, pepper, and orange
trees two, three, four rows Of them. seven
and eight miles long vast plumed heds OF
oranges the vine stubs in the grape plan.
tations beginning to bud barley fodder
Cthe substitute for hayl we'll up and YER
daut palmettos aud other semi tropical
plants. and AL the flowers, and shrubs and
vines gay, rampant, vigorous, ever bloom
ing. in dOoryards. gardens, uver-running
trees and houses.-surcly it is summer.
There is snow spriukled un the bare, ashy
hills but every where IN the plain Is water,
from the uuiailng mountain springs, run
ming in wooden conduits aud bitches. You
can buy th, water at So much an hour. All
YOU need 10 buy is climate and water, the
land is thrown in.
1t is warm in the sun, the thermometer
may indicate 20 it is even hot, walking
out through the endless orange plantations
and gardens that surround Los Angeles :,
but there is chill the instant YOU pass into
the SHADE you still need your winter cloth
/ ing, aud if you drive or ride in the grip
cars over the steep hills, you require win
| ter overcoat The night temperature
/ throughout California j, invariably in great
/ contrast tu that in the dayt nearly ey-
| ervw here fire is necessary at night the year
| round, and agreeable nearly all the year,
! even in Southern California ! Doubt if IT
! is ever pleasant to sit ont Of doors or on the
pin2zas at night though it may he III the
| hotter months. in the southern portion But
| it is very confusing to the mind of the new
! conner to reconcile his necessity for winter
clothing to what he sees and almost feels
! in short to get used to the climate The
| invalid is thrown off his guard by appear
ances aud should say that there Is no
country in the world where IA person needs
to usr more care about taking cold. Yet
this must he said the air is bracing and
life giving / did not, in any part of the
state. in walking or taking any sort Of eN-
erJise feel the least fatigue. "cpld,
therefore, for person m ordinary health
and condition is not the dragging nearly
mortal experience that 1t is apt tn be IN the
| East Then the crowning advantage of the
| country, even II the climate is treacherou-
and needs watching in its effects, Is that
one ran be- ont o1 doors all the time, nearly
every day in the year. Meantime, he caI
eat oranges. if he is not particular about
the variety. and get rich selling prosperity,
or real orange groves to Eastern people
But he will never get over the surprises an'
contrasts of the country. We went on,
day, hy ruil eighteen miles over the gentle
hills, from Los Angelo. to its lovely seaport
of Santa Monica. Fine hotel, charming
beach and sand bluffs illimiuibr Pacific
Ocean It was not "a warm day nor "A col,
dav, lust the ordinary kind of day to sci
Il suppose one could buy days climate
there, or half day or swap oil a morning
for am afternoon with the real estate hruk
ers,-and every man and woman iS a real
estate brokerl, but We wore thick winter
clothing, and carried uYercuats, which occa
| siunullv were needed, Yet as many as sew
puty five sane people were bathing in th,
Pacific ocean rs if it had been August
Flowers, fruits, summer bathing and win
ter overcoats You have TO get used to 1t