Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-09-13
IT'S A NOBLE SHIRE.
MISS PRESCOTT DESCRIBES A
CALIFORNIA COUNTY.
where Nature IL BountifuI Though
Boisterous and Men Of Mind
and Muscle Dwell.
(Concluded.)

yes, 1T rains-rain reigns king
there-rains cats and dogs and
a cold chilly kind too that goes to
the very marrow of your bones;
and then perhaps will come day
or day and half of the mo,
glorious sunshine While the
Humboldters can and do stand a
good deal of rain and fog (scorn-
ing umbrellas) with a courage
such as you here never saw, they
appreciate the sunshine and pay
it more compliments for the small
est quantity than it ever gets any
where else. Ridiculous to a
stranger. The residents get up
and 10 steadily, sturdily to their
work, rain or no rain, and appear
TO pay no attention. When all
has been said of Humboldt folk
"yet will l add an honor-a great
patience Let me add too that
flowers are there everywhere
beautiful roses in Octoberl
This county drafted strongly on
the Provinces in early days--one
Of: the outlying districts being
called Scotia. 1t is a magnificent
county, rich as gold, in lumber,
timber-rich for grazing, rich for
oats and rye, rich in fruits and
vine, and rich in men and women
worthy of the soil. Wherever seven
children can be collected in any
part of this county sch oolroom
door must open to receive them
The rain season is San Francisco
intensified, more rain and more
hail and somewhat colder as a
whole, so it impressed us. Of
course Eureka struggles over
good area of upland country, the
outskirts open on all sides to
every blast that blows.
We visited some of the agricul-
tural districts and the beauty of
the landscapes of farm and hill is
beyond our pen to describe. The
summers again are milder, the
winds not so high and on the
whole an agreeable temperature,
and more desirable than that of
SIN Francisco.
One of the little towns is named
Arcata, just across the bay, but
should be written Arcadia; one is
Ferndale, suggestive of what, little
girl Yes, ferns truly, but one
step more and further. What's a
dale? It's level country, then
Oh! Well, tell us a trifle more.
Where ferns thrive what else will
flourish =? Will farmers Where
does that water come from we see
through that dale, where
does it go? Does it turn a mill.
wheel below, what mill Any
dams or sluices on the way? An
other town The Pacific Ocean
Humph! We must take this sub
ject up for many days. Well |
have a composition on it too, and |
go to the library and find out all |
about this part of the country in
hundred and something,
before you were born-and then,
who knows. some one of you can !
make up cunning Mother Goose
ingle on Ferndale. and we'll say |
it and sing it. Don't you
like, " love- geography ?-Not
too hard. One town is Fortuna
it made poor mans fortune who
bought the farm on speculation
and cot from it town. He had
little money in his purse, but !
heap of rich ideas somewhere in
his Pandora. This wonderful
county is nearly as large as the
State of Connecticut you know
by the : way that Callfor-
MIA is as large as all the
six New England states put
together1, its area being about
1880 miles. but population of
only 25. 900 owing to that bar and
no rail from Ukiah, shut apart as
it were. There are 2,297 600 acres
in all, we believe - 468 900 of
100 mod dSn 00O oJon,ol 70 farno