Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-28
MONDAY. OCTOBER ss. 1889.
The Edge of a Semi-Trspic win
teF.,,

MONDAY OCTOBEk $Ss 1885,
The Edge of a semi-Trspic swim
ter.',
Following habits contracted in our old
homes it is customary for us to say as we
meet on street corners or at our homes
"the winter is setting in" The phrase Is,
of course, utterly unwarrantable on.|
any line that follows the facts in the
case. There is no winter here. But
waving that for the moment let us see
what are the conditions that surround
life here in these closing days of October.
In the first place we find the thermometer
ranging ct from 60 degrees. about the
lowest point of the night, up to so de-
grees, the temperature of the greater
portion of the day. Even the weakest
invalids have scarcely begun to think of
making any change of their garments
from those worn in July and August.
There has not yet been much demand
for overcoats even on the part of people
of delicate health, while those Of robust
constitution would prefer to feel the air
q bit sharper than it is. Nor have fires
been resorted to even in the evenings,
which thus far are not accompanied by
chill that is uncomfortable in the least
degree.
The first seasonal rain has fallen by
divine dispensation on the just and I'm.
just with natural impartiality. 1t was
no mist or drizzle, but a thoroughly soak.
ing downpour that has wet the soil to
its lowest depths. In period of
seven days nearly as many inches of
moisture was precipitated on the plains
while the high mountain tops were
deluged with at least twice that volume
of water. This rain came with warm
southerly winds, and has been followed
by soft atmosphere and bright SUD-
shine. The result is that one can almost
hear the grass growing along the hill
sides and over all the plains. 1t is al
ready several inches high, and coming
on so rapidly that each days growth is
perceptible as compared with that o.
yesterday.
The ladies of Los Angeles are busily
engaged in arranging the prelim'
mary details for a great chrysanthe-
mum fair to lap over from the
end Of October into the beginning
of November. The gardens all over
the city and in all its suburbs are aglow
with the rainbow hues of all the flowers
that grow. Brilliant are the colors and
fresh as those which made Eden gay af
it lay under the ardent beams of a newly
created Hun. This fair of the ladies will
be resplendent with the rich hues Of
every known variety of the beautiful
2Swer it takes it's name from, and the
size of the specimens will be
something to sstonish eyes not &C
customed to California products. They
will all come from the gardens of our
citizens, not foot Of glass or other pro.
lection being necessary now or at any
other period of the winter.
Out in the fields the farmers are busy
getting in the last of their crops and get.
ting ready for the active campaign Of
the wet season. There is no dead season
of the year here. Many people have al.
ready begun the work of pruning Their
vineyards to be ready to pillow them OF an
early date. At once the gang plows will
be set in motion, and they will be kept
in active operation until the last days OF
March putting in the wheat and barley
crops. Lands are being prepared for the
planting of all sorts of trees, and this
will cont nue. until planting time next
February.
Last week E. j. Baldwin's race
horses returned here from beyond the
Rockies, because there will be no more
races there for many long day. The
rigors of the winter forbid that. This
week the races of this district are to
open in Los Angeles. Our stock will
roam rich meadows all the weeks Of what
we call winter, and with the exception
OF an occasional rainy day there will be
nothing to suggest the housing of the
best of it.
Here at the edge of "winter" there is
no hot haste to fill all the barns with
fodder, to cause the coal bins and wood.
houses to burst out with winter fuel; no
speed to put everything away under
cover for six idle months. We stand on
this edge of winter" and for US there is
no "raggedness" about the prospect as it
lies before us. 1t will be q period of
great activity, of perfect comfort, of
progress along all lines, of bright Gun.
shine and genial airs.
To say word of contrast with less
genial chimes were more superfuous
than odious.
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