The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-05-14

dissemination OF the Sputa IN Lne form
of dust must stand serious menance to
their general health in the more populous
localities.
The ''rainy season. is delightful por-
ton of the year-a statement which is con-
trary to the popular impression-but the
long months of summer heat are tedious.
Not by the ntolerability of the tempera-
ture so much as by the enervating monot-
ony of many days of that cloudless, dry
and dusty weather without respite The
'tenderfoot' will long for a shower, but
if by chance he experiences that rare
phenomenon. the odor from the desiccat-
ed filth Just moistened will forever allay
that longing. The sea shore offers ref
uge from the heat of the interior, but
nothing in the way of business, so that only
the fortunate can lay aside care and seek
the relief Of the coast breezes. On a ''dry
ranch summer is as incubus. All ma
ture is scar and brown, while the sun from
an absolutely cloudless sky beats fiercely
down upon silence broken only by the
harsh note of an occasional hooking bird
OF the melancholy tone of a mourning
dove in a neighboring canon. The daz-
zling light shows a landscape wavering and
tremllous in the reflected heat, with the
distant mountains seeming close at hand,
While the nakedness of the desert exagger-
ates the distance of nearby objects.
Think of cultivating fire wood. But
that is precisely what is done in many
cases, and grease wood roots are a source of
supply of fuel beside which the proverbial
ram S horn is in a deep and lasting shade.
Coal is expensive, of poor quality, and a
fire OF it requires the same attention as
one of soft wood
1t would seem captious criticism 10
Iremark against the food supply, but it is
true that the beef is dry and tasteless, the
mutton rank, and vegetables grown under
irrigation lack the sweetness and flavor OF
/ those Of slower growth
California mud is beyond description,
but it soon gives way to dust that sur
passes the Imagination. The ssnorthers'
take up the dirt from every acre Of land
for land never spontaneously grasses over
/ and lawns are luxury eyeloping veri-
/ table clouds Of dust and sand, running
( painted surfaces, poWde1ing all vegetation
and penetrating everywhere. f'leas, file.
and moths abound in such quantities as
to make life burden at times They are
more than an incidental annoyance. il
/ that 10 season OF lie year il exempt from
/ THEN active operations. Social conditions
so differ IN the various sections. and the
( transitions are so abrupt, that it is imprac-
ticable to make criticism. There is a
general tendency towards moro formalit,
! in social relations than the average Maine
I bred persons OF maturer years finds
agreeable; but this is offered as a fact auC
not as an Objectionable feature The low
standards which obtain i'll some places are
! seldom marked by piquant wickedness, but
rather appear to be the result of az
apathetic indifference to moral considera-
lions due to the somnolent effect of the
climate. To illustrate the claim that all
Name people are not delighted with the
realization of their fancies let it be stated
that in 1891 five men with their families.
animated by tie glowing letters of a
1ornel resident, left town in the west
eln part Of this State with the intention
OF making new homes in the admittedly
most prosperous section of Southern Cali
lorna Atter survey of the conditions,
three returned to Maine without HAVING
nnpacked their effects. Of the two re-
naming, one purchased a ranch and iu=
side of six months confessed that he did not
feel any enthusiasm, but thought his health
better than when working under cover
10 years III grocery store The other in
stalled as proprietor Of lodging house
over a Mexican chophouse declared his
delight over everything.
1t would appear then that none but a
personal estimate of the country can be of
service to one, but, whatever the conclu-
sion, the he me-seeker finds that the law of
compensation applies. After the novelty
OF the change has worn off, the new life
becomes a continuation of the old one
under altered conditions, with care. ankle
ties and disappointments as before, Man.
strangely over fitted for life of eating.
sleeping and dying, rapidly exhausts the
satisfaction afforded by changes of for
tune and ever strongly desires that which
is not. Vague dreams have small place
IN practical results, for complete happiness
and perfect contentment can only exist in
that land which by faith we can see affair."
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