St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-04-21


But Il l. seldom eold n IL usedlss
snd Nohave dessft-a shlanssing -
kaline waste: eighty-1vs degrees ~
March. and say one hundrsa and
twenty degrees 70 one hssdFsd snd
thirty degrees in July b doss not
mastse Tho Ssw people in IL far.
apart stations I've In heasss hat Aave .
second detached root put On Ike ~
Of Q tent; and the hsatsd dseslate
passage b . providsntial araagsosst
10 lower the spirits Of . traveller e IL
emf ,ymsnt Of the irrigated country
recovered from tie desert. IN Southern
CaliSornia Il h veritsbls paradise
a. really such - the oasls a lAyoam
In Egypt Heavensi how IL human
eye does crave the green color; hew
grateful It = for . Aeld of barley. .
straight eucalyptus. trsa vines snd
roses 6lambsring over ~ houssa
the lustrous fotisgs a - grange
groves starred with globes ofessd This
Is paradise And the elimstee ter.
pstual summer Out daily risiag In
prioel Thses = No doabt a this
when Won reach tAS oaa Gabriel Val
10y, Pasadena and Los Angeles
Avenues Of eucalyptus. pepper 80
orange trees two. threA four rows ef
them. seven and eight miles long; vest
plumed fields Of oranges, ths vine stebs
in the grape plantations beginnins -
bud; barley fodder (tAs substitute 1er
hay) we'll up the verdaats palDsttes
and other semi-tropiesl plantA Ind
all the flowers and shrubs. and vineA
gay. rampant vigorous evsr-bloom.
Ing. in doory afdA GardsnA over-run-
ming trees and houses-sursly n 10
summer There b snow sprinklsd on
the bare ashy hillA bat everywhere
in the plain Is w.tse: from the unfaih
ing mountain speingA running In
wooden conduits and ditchea Ton
can buy this water at - much IN
hour All you need to buy b climate
and water-the land ID thrown in. II
10 warm in the sun-the thefmsmeter
may indicate seventy degrees; II =
even hot walking out through the
endless orange plantations and gar.
dcns that surround Los Angeles; but
there b chill the instant you pass
into the shade. you still nsed your
winter clothing. and Il you drive. o.
ride in the grip-eaEs over the stesp
hills. you require . winter overcoat
The night temperature throughout Cal
iornia ID invariably In great contrast
to that in the daytime; nearly every.
where fro is necessary at night the
year round. and agreeable nearly all
the year. even in Southern California
/ doubt il it is ever pleasant to sit ont.
of-doors or on the piazsas at night
though It may be In the hotter months.
in the southern portion Bot 1t 10 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 10 thrown on
his guard By appearances; and ]
should say thai thers Is NO country In
the " orld where . person needs to use
more care about taking cold Yet this
must be, said. tho air b bracing and
life-giving Ibid not in any part Il
The State. in walking or taking any
sort Of exercise. fell the least fatigue.
A cold" therefore. for . person In
ordinary health and condition. Il not
tho dragging. nearly..mortal exps-
riencc that it b apt to b in the East.
Then the crowning advantage Of the
even II the climate Is treach-
erous and needs watching in Ito e3eciA
is that one can be out Of doors all the
time nearly every day in the year.
Meantime he can cot oranges IL he h
not particular about the variety. and
get rich selling prospective or real
orange groves to Eastern people. But
he will never get over the surprises and
contrasts Of the codntry.-Ailassio.