Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-18

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They got in their infelicitous work,
though, before they were sent away.
One man, it is said, put a piece of the
thorny fruit down much quicker than
he picked it up, and uttered short
word of four letters which cannot be
found in the revised edition, and he
hasn't been in since. Perhaps he has
gone out to Southern California to see
all about its brist!ing resources.
All About Squashes.
The 250-pound squash looks like a
stage squash since it was vanished, and
lots of people circumvent it daily who
do not believe it is a vegetable produc-
ton at all. Notwithstanding the words,
''do not touch," lie upon its glistening
summit, people persist in patting and
pressing it, rapping and punching it
with their canes and umbrellas, swapping
| it, kicking it gently and otherwise in
vestigating it in cruel way. Two
squashes have fallen in and gone to
some bourne for such colossi. Those
who are not up on squashes have no
idea how rapidly they mush up as soon
as decay, sets in. l should call it a sort
of vegetable la grippe, as the victim is
Knocked completely out at the drop of
the flag.
Not So With the Watermelon.
1t is altogether different with the fes-
tive watermelon; when they let 60,
they bulge out. so to speak, and do not
leak. Why, one morning, after all had
been serene and dry in the vicinity of
that gigantic squash the night before,
it was found in pool of water almost
big enough for fsh-small fish of course.
Monster Beets Hold Their Own.
The monster beets attract good deal
Of admiration. One gentleman re-
marked in my presence, day or two
ago, that they were the biggest dead
beats he had ever seen. except some of
the real estate dealers and lake front
brokers of Chicago. | think it must
have been st. Louis man who re-
marked, however, because heard him
declare afterward that, although they
kill more hogs here than any other
place in the country, the late census
shows greater increase of population
than any other CITY," / Ialso heard him
say to his wife that "every other store
on State street is shoe store," and that
last remark convinced me that he was
surely not citizen OF Chicago. The big
onions and the big sweet potatoes, the
enormous Murphys, and the big
pumpkins are viewed with curious
eyes. The sky-scraping stalks of corn,
wheat, wild oats, mlllet, alfalfa, broom
corn, and corn, and smaller grains in
jars, get good share OF the general ad-
miration which is bestowed upon the
,bo1o Of Ia al L,
fruits and the dried fruits and fruits in
jars are the most admired.
Some people visit the exhibit and stay
long time, and others drop in for few
moments and then bring in ladies after
about week ago, and said: Boss,
wants to be yere wen We cuts one O. dem
watermillions he dodges in and
out every day about 4, and his mouth
waters more than the melons.
Other Attractions.
Among the many other exhibits that
attract especial attention are pyramid
each of condensed coffee and milk from
the Pacific Condensed Milk, Coffee and
Canning company, Buena Park, Orange
county; pyramids of baked beans and
brown bread, lemon and orange Juice
and tomato catsup, from Philbrook Il
Stetson, Pasadena, Los Angeles county /;
a table OF minerals from South River
side, San Bernardino county; tremen.
dous pyramid OF assorted canned
fruits and vegetables from the Southern
California Packing company, Los Ange-
les number of beautiful specimens of
variegated marble from Kimball Bros,
National City, San Diego county; Egvp-
tian corn and a 93%-pound watermelon
| from Chino, San Bernardino county,
and some monster apples and oranges
from the same county; some magnificent
cases of dried fruit from the Pasadena
Drying and Packing company; some
beautiful exhibits of dried fruits from
Monrovia; a bewildering array of dried
fruits from Pomona; sewer and water
pipe from Elsinore, San Diego county;
two 50-year-old grape vines from Mrs.
Coronel, Los Angeles; large variety of
citrus fruits from E. +. Wells, Inter-
laken, San Diego county; tremendous
ounces from Los Angeles, San Bernar-
dino, Orange and San Diego counties, the
very largest from Poway; fine apples
and pears from Julian and Banner,
San Diego county; raisins from
Ell Cajon, San Diego county;
case OF orange plaques and ostrich eggs
from Mrs. j. M. Patterson, Los Angeles; !;
English walnuts, pecans, almonds, pea
nuts, barley, corn, wheat, flour, rye, all
in jars, from various parties; case of
honey from E. Mercer d Sons four oil
paintings from Mrs. Ellen B. Farr of
Pasadena, and q great number of other
things too numerous to mention.
California on Wheels.
The weather has been generally pro-
pitous, and so the fresh fruits and vege-
tables kept well, and the turn out to see
the exhibit is proportionately large.
Apropos. have met quite number of
people during the past week who claim
that they are going to California to live
on account of having seen California on
Wheels. have never got sight of that
unique caravan yet, but it has un-
doubtedly sent thousands of people to
California, and is a perfect stem-winder
as an advertising medium. The demand
for dried fruits, as well as for other pro-
ductions, is also advertising our state in
more ways than one, and home-seekers
and visitors are alike looking toward
that country, where equability of tenn
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