The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-04-03

proved lands can be purchased In this
valley Tor 5000 an acre. There are many
places in California that hold out great
inducements to "home builders" to mild
climate permits of out door work all the
year around. The fruit industry offers
employment to women and girls that is
healthful. pleasant, and profitable. With
out in any manner unfavorably affecting
their social standing thousands of women
have come here from the East and re-
gained their health by exercising In the
open air. Many Of them have graduated
from Eastern colleges; they love TO culti-i I
vate fruits and flowers in this glorious sun
shine They tip back their sun shades and
talk in the most charming manner. Many
times they have led me into deep water
talking about the resources CT "our coun
try" would not like 10 see women dong
rough work In the fields, though riding on
Gang plow is play In comparison with
teaching or running sewing machine.
Most Of tho socalled light occupations
which are generally assigned to women
are terrible strain on the nervous sys
ten. l have just been reading about what
a woman did here this winter rs. N.
Mead and his estimable wife have put in
two hundred and forty acres of wheat this
season and are still plowing. Mrs. Mead
not caring to do the housework TOR hired
man concluded II was cheaper TO hire
girl and do the plowing herself. They
commenced about Thanksgiving, both
having four-horse team and agang.plow.
Mrs Mead, who tends to her own team,
has up 10 date plowed and sown as much
as her husband. Up 10 two years ago Mrs
Mead had never been on a farm, having
been born and raised in a city. She is a
refined and intelligent lady, capable of
conversing upon any subject from butter
making to high ari, or the political issues
Of the day" She enjoys this out door ex.
ersize because 1t gives health in addition
to wealth, and health is the greatest bless
ing excepting the rewards that are given
for right doing.
The peach orchards, a vast sea Of pink,
make an impressive floral display, and |
am unable TO decide which is the most
beautiful an orange or peach orchard in
bloom. Some Of you heard lecture in
Wellington a lew years ago that com.
menced like this: "This Isl beautiful
world to live in; cannot think Of better
color for the sky than blue, or the earth
than green; the mountains are high
enough, the valleys wide enough, and the
rivers that wash the foot hills 20 singing
along on their way to the sea. oh this is
q beautiful world TO live In. There are
ten days Of sunshine 10 one Of clouds;
there are ten miles Of gentle flow in the
rivers to one where the waters dash among
the rocks, and so there are ten days Of
happiness to one of sadness. 1t is beau
tiful world to live in" And so / think,
but have noticed IL more since God gave
me pure heart. Life takes Its hues in a
great degree from the purity Of our hearts
and the color Of our own minds. Perfect
happiness comes only to the pure in heart.
There are great many happy people in
California now, but the happiest ones /
know are Rev. DR.. Brown, Of Los Angeles,
Prof. Excel, Sam Jones, and the one that
has the honor Of presenting to you their
thoughts. The kindness In our hearts, the
pleasant smiles we scatter, the loving
words we speak, the generous acts we do,
these make life so bright homes 30 happy,
and heaven so near. True happiness con-
sists in having the heart right toward God
and man. Look on the bright side, walk
on the sunny side Of the way, believe the
Bible, and set the promises Of God to mu-
sic In your soul. But l am preaching
without license,
We have arrived at Oakland. It is a
city OF beautiful homes and It's thorough
fares are rendered very attractive by lines
Of shade trees and borders Of luxurious
gardens, violet and lily, camilla and mag
nolla and their train Of bright-hued blooms
have all seasons for their own. II Is a
progressive city with population.of sixty
thousand.
About four miles from Oakland upon the
hills above Fruit Vale, the poet OF the
Sleiras has his home. joaquin Miller has
l43 acres; it looks to the south and the
setting sun. He says, II have travelled
over most Of the world and / find no spot
more beautiful than lies a, my feet" The
house is rustic and unique, the interior Is
plain; on the wall Is pasted or pinned pic
lures and photographs, and TO one side his
copyright Of "the Danites Of the Sierras''
is tackled. Here also is a general creed
OF faith" as follows; MAN as rule Is
good or trying TO be; the world is beautl-
ful or trying to be, and mans highest duty
if 10 make other men better and the world
more beautiful; where there Is weed in
the heart Of man or mother earth try to
make flower grow" In front of this rus
tic cottage is little porch, where, in a
rocking chair, his good old mother may
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