Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-16

WINCH Sch III -OuC6 III awhile IL tuo uSy
ing season, at the end of July. I.
The highest temperature i have re-
corded for four years was 112 degs.
Fahr. in the shade. must say for q
person coming. from a cool climate, ike
thatsof England, this is anything but
agreeable. But then 112 degs. up in the
lmonnt,ins feels nothing like that heat
in the valley, where no air may blow at
the time. Hot spells last usually from
three to FIVE days, and then again we
record 90 degs.- to 95 degs.. or even Sd
degs. Fahr. for weeks at time. By
the time person has been living here
for say five years he gets pretty well
used to it and lives through it Just like
everybody else.
A HEALTHY CLIMATE.
1t is healthy here. The air is won.
derfully pure. and the fogs which visit
us from the ocean are quite pleasant,
pure and refreshing The Coast range
is different altogether. 1t is affected BY
the evaporation of the. ocean, and conse-
qnently cooler and temperate. The
Coast range cuts the valley sharply
from the ocean border, and its peculiar
{ @ity is best demonstrated by alluding to
the fact that, while the grape never
ripens atsSan Francisco, ten miles from
it, Just behind the Coast range, there
lies the land which supplies the city
nearly all the year round with the most
delicious strawberries.
Most people who come to California
usually stop and stay at San Francisco.
The climate is more agreeable, and there
are more fellow countrymen, and all the
advantages which city life offers. But
the most ceptable openings are in tho
interior. Gardeners, as rule, are pco-
pie who are least afraid of nything. .anG
if they cannot get JOB at their owl.
trade, very well, they Try another. q
Fruit growing is at its very best IL
Calf and ats climatesis adapt ts
every kind Sin every part The gy,:p.s
sgiill grow and ripen, rich IN alcoEol osI
sour Ikea Riesling just5as you choose
sto.pick your location. The orange is at
home south and north up to 1880 feet,s
and, wonderful to note, the apple will
ripen side by, side with this subtropicals
fruit. Olives seem destined to shade,
every hillside which now gives ground
to pines and underbrush, and peaches
and apricots bring such wonderful re-
turns that it is not surprising that Eng
5lish capital seeks investment by the
million.
GOOD ADVICE.
If only the ground is kept cultivated
it needs no irrigation, and shoots OFTEN,
twelve or even fifteen feet in length on
two-year-old trees are something per-
son may see from the railroad car while
travelling through our glorious state.
The population of California is still
small. One million and a quarter is all
this states census gave as the number
of inhabitants. There will be homes for
just as many asmay choose to come and
work their way. The great danger is
that the warm climate and the ease with
which the soil gives return will make
the people too lazy. The young genera
ton springing up at the present is not
as energetic as their forefathers, from
whatever country they came. Times
have been too easy for the old folks-if
they did not make any money through
labor they did SO in trading, and as a
last and most important resource they
can fall back upon their real estate and
turn into money what the emigrants are
willing to buy. The estates are too
large altogether at present, and the
more they are cut up the better it
will be.
The man who comes here ought to
know trade, and be a handy man all
around. He should be content to work
for other people for time until he gets.
accustomed to the ways of this climate.
And he should work at the wages which
the trade Unions have established. As
he works for other people he has the best
opportunity to watch his chance without
running any risk.-Jackson (Cal.) Cor.
Gardner's Chronicle.