The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-29
PETALUMA,
Notes From That City and Vicin-
ity-A Poultry Farm.

| Editor Morning Call: A. Armstrong,
| Secretary of the Petaluma Poultry and PET
! Stock Association, a recognized authority
| on such matters. has been repeatedly asked
! the questions docs a poultry farm pay?
| Can family be supported from the pro-
| ceedS of say $50 hens?" His answer Is an
emphatic affirmative. 'If person wants
| to follow rural pursuit and has only a
| little ready money l know of no better in
vestment than to embark in the poultry
! business. A man can do but little with IA
| small capital in the mercantile line but
| with 500 good hens there is some revenue
| comes every day. and, if desirable the
| eggs can be turned into cash. and on short
notice" To confirm his ideas in this line,
| Mr.. Armstrong produces the annual figures
of several poultry farms, every one of
| which show a handsome proft-at least
| 81 80 or 81 on each hen. OF course, Peta-
| luna is an especially favored locality for
| this business.
w. A. T. SIratton, florist and nurseryman
| of Petaluma, is shipping large number of
| blue gum trees to Fresno and Tulare. He
| fears that Petaluma will be cleaned out of
| gum trees this year, as the Southern Pacific
Company are just now dividing up large
| tracts OF land in that section. selling them
off in five and ten acres and setting these
trees around the tracts. He will ship this
year $4,000 gums and $4,000 cypress trees,
and next year expects to double, and prob
ably triple, that output He says: "In other
departments of Horticulture the outlook is
extremely fatteriDg. We are growing a
large amount Of Gala lilies for the Easter
trade, and propagating a large amount of
! roses or varieties that cannot bo grown IN
| the East that are imported from Europe"
Mark l.. Mcdonald of Santa Rosa,
| State Commissioner of the Columbian Ex-
| position at Chicago and a representative
man on the line OF public improvements,
says of SOnoma County: I" | believe in the
great future of S0noma County. l have
lived within her borders for many years
and have invested a great deal in Santa
Rosa, in fact, was about thinking TO call
halt, but Will tell you people OF Petaluma
| that If you will push this matter of an cleo
| trio railroad between Petaluma and Santa
| Rosa | will take it all back, ana you may
| count on ME for $500 right down, and per-
| haps | may be induced to raise the figure"
On his return from his late trip north,
| Professor Lippltt brought from OroVille
two specimens of pomelo The fruit be-
| longs to the citrOn family, and Is priced for
| its beauty and size. One of the specimens
| has the appearance and color of an enOT-
nous lemon, measuring about 81 inches
| in height and q inches in circumference.
NJ u. Hopkins of this city shipped to San
| Francisco this week some calves, bull and
| a heifer, also 10 Santa Barbara County
| breeder and importer Of short-horn cattle.
William Hill, the banker, returned has
| from weeks stay at FOTestville. He
| reports the country looking we'll and says
| the fruit men III the neighbOrhoOd are
| we'll along in their pruning. There is much
Improvement going on and many new houses
| being built. The orange orchards look re-
markabiy hne and promise a big crop.
c. Caldwell of Stony Point, an extensive
| fruit-grOwer, has sold 5000 boxes OF apples
laat - nj cl,a4t M
| left Usually he sells from 5000 to 10000
| boxes. He says there are many acres OF
| new orchard being set out in MS neighbor-
| hood
Last Monday evening District Deputy
| Grand Chancellor Thomas Maclay installed
| the following newly elected officers of Peta-
| luna Lodge. No. 100. X. of p. for the en-
| suing year: Henry Seiss, p. c.; Fred
| Hearn, c. c.; John Chamberlain, V. c.;
| \. Berlin. P; Thomas Macay, NJ. of Z
| Joseph NaylOr, K. of r. and s.; George c.
| Young, NJ. of. F.. Z. w. NJ. Evans, NJ. of
| A. Thomas Mcclure, Trustee
On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors ap-
| pointed Charles Solomon a Justice of the
| Peace for Analy Township to I'LL the vacancy
| that has existed for some time, caused by
| the death of Justice Berry.
| The Petaluma Whist Club met at the elC-
| CANT residence of Mr.. and Mrs. |. G.. Wick
| ersham on the corner Of d aud Fifth streets,
| last Thursday evening. The Whist Club
! has but two officers, President and Secre-
| tary. Mrs. II. g. Wickersham is President
and MIS-. F. Il. Atwater, Secretary. The
! membership is confined to married ladies
| the husbands composing honorary adjuucts
| The meetings are held at the residences of
| the members in turn and form one of the
| most delightful feature of Petaluma's social
| life. Among those present on Thursday
| evening were the following: Mrs. and Mrs.
\ pard and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
| IL. Atwater. Mr.. and Mrs. Il. L. Weston,
| Mr.. and Mrs. George 2. McNear, Mr.. and
| Mrs. p. j. Hopkins, Mr. and MRS. Zarlmau,
Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Atwater, Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. A. Gilbert Mr.. and Mrs II. I. Fair
| banks, Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Denman, Mr..
aud Mrs. F. A. Wickersham, Mr.. and Mrs.
| w. y. SelkiTk, Mr. and Mrs. A. j. Show,
! Mr.. j. l.. Winans Mr.. Henry Snow, Mr.. w.
| A. Lewis, Mrs. Clark, Mr. 6. W Griffiths,
Daisy Shaw. Miss Nellie Williams, Miss
| Kate Bower. Miss Lizzie WickeTsham and
| Miss Nellie Denman.
| Mr. and Mrs. +, c. OYerman have re-
! turned from a short visit to San Francisco.
| The Petaluma Choral Society, under the
! leadership Of Professor LlDpitt cOntem-
| plate presenting Niels W. Gad's cantata of
| the ErI Kings Daughter" the first week
| in February, with Professor j. Wesley Viii
kins as Sir Aluf; Mrs j. NJ. Proctor, the
| mother and Miss Josephine Brown in
the titIe-rOle. the ErI Kings Daughter.
| This performance is looked forward to
with great pleasure as the efforts of
| this society are always appreciated by the
| music-lOylng people or this city. 1t boasts
| of membership of forty-six already, as fol-
| lows: The Misses A j. and j. Brown,
Miss X. Bower, Mr.. J. Il. Brown, the Misses
| H. and f. Canteu, Mr.. George d. Camp
| bell. Miss Sarah Cassidy, Miss c. Denman,
| Mr.. and Mrs. ". p. Edwards, Miss L. Els
worth, Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. NJ. Evans. Mr..
| Lyman Green. Mr.. II. G. Gray. Mr.. Il.
| Gutermute, the Misses K. and a. HaskinS,
Miss II. Hail. he Misses A. and E. McNabb,
| DIR. and Mrs. |. NJ. Proctor, Miss Daisy
| Proctor, Mrs. NJ. J. Pierce, Miss Jennie
| Pierce, Rev. J. Partridge, Mrs. NJ. Peurod,
Mrs. j. p Rodgers, Miss E. Robinson, DR..
! c. Z. Reed Miss r. Ranarde. Mr.. c. E.
| Singley, Miss Kate Singley. Miss NJ. Shat
tuck, Miss Scott. Miss Anna X. Silkuk,
| Miss TOwnP, Mrs Thomas, Miss NJ. Sharp,
! Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Wiekersham, Mr.. ii.
] Weston, Miss X. Weston and Mr.. c. r.
| Wnghed.
| PetaitfBld jan IS. 1899. ZACCHEUs-