The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-03-06

first, but when we come to know that sew
eral here have refused one thousand dol
lars an acre offered by the packers for the
crop Of fruit on the trees, we are not sur
prised at the value placed on the groves.
Unimproved land can be bought for four
or five hundred dollars an acre and orch
ards will bear q good crop the fifth year.
Small fruits and vegetables are raised on
the land while the trees are growing, and
poultry pays a good profit These ten
acre farms with their pretty cottages,
cypress hedges, clean lawn, flower beds,
and borders present perfect pictures of
peace and plenty.
This semi-tropic horticulture is as much
superior 10 common eastern farming as
buckwheat cakes and maple syrup are to
common soda crackers; the pursuit is
pleasing, profitable, and health-giving.
Riverside is temperance town and the
moral atmosphere is very pure. Human
lives are largely influenced by surround
ings, especially during the formation
stages of character. The town is not only
free fiom evil associations hut possesses
something on the other side to take its
place. The churches and schools have so.
cieties of earnest worker in the direction OF
intellectual expansion, and moral i'm
provement, and outside of these there are
musical and literary societies. In addi-
tion to these safeguards the young are
surrounded by the refining influences Of
nature IN her mildest mood. Delicate
flowers at all seasons Of the year tend to
soften and infuse into the coarser natures
gentleness and consideration, while the
overpowering beauty and abundance
must excite love and admiration for the
creator. True there are those who would
not teel at ease in this healthy moral at
mosphere just as there are some Lopreier
the bar.room to the sanctuary, or low
songs in beer garden to the most sub
lime music Of the oratorio so they prefer
to live in those towns where whisky Is
blighting the life and blasting the hopes
Of men.
We had the good fortune TO arrive at
Los Angeles in time 10 attend the great
revival meetings held by the Rev. Sam
Jones, of Georgia. Los Angeles, a city OF
sixty thousand, never saw anything like
this before. The great "prevelion" seat
ing five thousand, would not hold the peo-
pie and thousands were turned away in
disappointment. Sam Jones preached
fifty two sermons here in four weeks and
over twelve hundred found the way into
the kingdom. Many oil these were thought
to be beyond the reach sf gospel influence.
It'was no uncommon scene TO see strong
men come up TO the alter weeping like
little children. All classes were reached
and the preaching was attended by demon.
strations Of the spirit and of power. 1t
was worth coming over the mountains 10
see the faces of these twelve hundred new
corners into the KINGDOM. AS Sam Jones
I'd and looked at them he said, my,
my, myr The singing, led by Prof. Ex-
cell with chorus of one thousand voices,
was simply wonderful. wish you could
have heard him sing " rhe lily OF the val
leyt" and The road to heaven" with the
chorus and refrain. These are the richest
gifts have found on my prospecting
tour, for these gifts are the greatest bless.
ings in this life and give the richest re-
wards in the world TO come.