Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-01-13

church building, sxf0 with q symnetrical-
ly shaped stoeplo, ~ feet high This church
* composed OF oranges and lemons, chiefly
tho former, and 5000 are used in the
structure IL has four wlndowa, In lighted
with gas, contains n chuich organ. and
the orange edfce and favor tho audience
with church music Another novelty Is a
harp, 1xO feet composed of 800 oranges
and 100 lemons. An odd conoelt is
an old.fashioned beehive composed of
oranges Two cylinders, or wheels OF
oranges, revolving in opposite direc-
tions, represent tho bees gong In and out
of the hive, The hive Is surmounted by q
| horn OF plenty, at the small end OF which n
revolving wheel of oranges represents tho
bees pouring In the fruits OF their labor, and
ut tho largo end of the horn the result Is dis
played by n huge revolving Cornucopia
composed OF nil kinds OF fruits and nuts
| The whole Is operated by water-power, in
goniously concealed from tho spectator.
Chico, one of the county towns "a miles
| from hero, has an orange cottage most
tnstefully constructed. 1t is 20 feet front
| by ~ high, and j, 900 Seeding oranges are
used in the structure, which is adorned with
mirrors and lace curtains
The exhibit of fruits throughout ia fan
| taste and unique in its pres intation, and
Dcwildcrlng In its immensely There arc
| oranges Is inches in c rcumferenco and
other things. in proportion. There are
apples in profusion, OF course, pears, figs,
| japanese porsimmons, rails ms, pomegran-
ates, shaddocks, lines, olives, almonds,
| English, Caiiforn n and Eastern black wal
NUS, pecans, ohcstnutS, grains of nil kinds
| and the usual garden productions, which
are novel only in size and the fact that they
are fresh from tho ground, but shis is no
novelty here, however It impresses the
btrangcrs 70 mo the greatest novelty was
ho ding, what might practically bo termed
| an open air fruit fair in nid-winter.
The o zens here demonstrate that this
can be done by the stubborn fact that they
have none T., and hoi0 1t can be done Ia
dem onstrntod by two points combined:
First, the rich soil and second, by compnr-
ing the average annual mean temperature
of this plhc, with the same in tbs most
famous citrus regions of the old world.
Hero 9re a few of the figures:
AVERAGE ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURE
tlSg:nse, lay. ...5sg MadsTs tsisnds....",gs6
Malta, city,. ......s13 Orovilc. Cal.,.....C5
. WAR or EMULATION.
Tho rivalry which exists between diff er-
ent sect ons of tho S, tie led some news
paper joker to print the statement that the
people OF Orovi had sent to Los Angeles
Tor five car 10 ds of oranges to ex Ibis at
their +, ir Thc 0rovilie papers retort thtt
the fruit at Los Angeles will not be ripe for
a month. point to tue growing trees vi h
ripe iruit in the paw ion, and wind up by
claiming pii es of land to bo only one-toueth
what theg nie in Southern California, while
every thing that grows there, grows here,
in still pIeater profusion. And thus wordy
and qui amusing o ranger) war Ia in
full blast on the Pacific Coast Statistics
of the killed and wOun ell will be devel-
opel by the census report of 1890. l TX
pect other cit es will take mp The cud-
gels and winter citrus fairs WI bo-
como rs much standard Californian
produc ion as toboggan slides are in
the ST. II any of them equal this initial
exhibit of Butte county, they may have TO
make The joke, relative to going away from
home for tne fruit, reality, by coming here
for supplies.
1t won d be hard to excel the local enthu-
siasm over The display. and the week has
been continuous outdoor holiday, W tn
great throngs in attendance The p lgrims
are asked on Rll hands what they think of
it The waiter Mt my hotel table extracted
my opinion, as he served me, and az Isgrsed
with his views, it proved more successful
tip" than hard cash End he could not
thereafter do too much for me- Even the
sprinking OF Chinese have warmed up slf-
Eciently TO chip IN two bits" for admission
TO the pavilion, and when the point is
reached which makes Chinamau spend any
money, you can calculate that popular On.
thusiasm must be OF blood heat