The Newtown bee., 1898-03-18
Newt"wn, Friday, March IS, 1898
In Litchfield County.
NEW PRESTON.

INTERESTING ADDRESS BY REV HENRY
UPsON.
Despite the threatening weather of last
Friday night, a goOdly number were
present at Rev Henry Upson's to listen
to the address on his Western trip. The
evening opened with singing, lead by
Mrs F. J. HosfOrd, and with entertain
ing selections from the photograph,
kindly furnished by Postmaster Hosford,
and operated by Mrs Hosford. Mr. Up
son talked in an interesting, familiar
way, and said be could, in the brief time
allotted him, touch only here and there
on subject which should really con-
sumo several evenings. In the fret place
he said his trip to California impressed
him with the immenseness of this won
der full country. When he started out
he said he put himself under bonds to
smile all around the circuit" The first
place he stopped at was Salt Lake City,
and he spoke of his surprise at finding
so many wonderful buildings. He de-
scribed the trolley ride of IS miles from
Salt Lake Citv to LIT Air, pleasure
resort built out into the lake. Mr. Epson
spoke of the convention at San Francisco
as a good thing but said he was not i'm
pressed with the sclemnity of the meet
ings. He described at some length the
great resources of California, and gave
this interesting quotation from resi-
dent of the state:
''Now l want you 70 bear in mind that
it Is our climate that makes it possible
for Us to grow these semi-tropical fruits,
ard hence it is climate becomes a re-
source. How many months of profit
able labor are given the farmers Of the
cold regions of the East and West? Yes,
you are right; should think six or
eight at most. In California our climate
makes it possible to profltao bly, use every
day in the year. We have no month
when vegetation, in some form, is not
growing. Our wonderful diversity of
products gives constant employment in
the field, garden, and orchard, and ia all
lires of manufactures the weather is
always propitious. You may not believe
1t, but can take you to property one
hundred miles north Of Sacramento,
where you will find growing in the open,
In one large orchard Of 5000 acres,-ap-
Piles, pears, cherries, prunes, plums, figs,
oranges, lemons, almonds, rsisins, april
cots, olives, guavas, Ioquats, persim-
mons,- in short, every fruit to be found
growing in Russia, France, Egypt,
Greece, Spain, and in the entire Mediter-
ranean basin. l doubt If a like express
sion of climatic possibilities can be found
elsewhere on the globe. One other fact,
and we may leave the matter of climate.
California IL q universal sanitarium. In
the mountains and in the valleys every
where, barring of course here and there
local Influences to the contrary, the
climatic conditions promote improved
health to all who come. Special condi.
tions, more favorable, appear in different
places, but generally all ATTITUDES and al
regions invigorate and build up thu
physical functions. Our great valleys
lie parallel to our mountain ranges ant
the ocean, and residents find quick ant
easy change from one to the other; tn
people of the interior go to the coast o
the mountains for q change, and tn
coast people 90 to the interior and noun
tains. A few houIs brings this mcst dc
lightful change.
Q--You talk great deal about tn
wonderful diversity of your products an
resources; give us some idea Of thit
Some of US live where it is only possibl
: to raise corn, and wheat, and oats.
Al hardly know how to convey q
adequate conception of this feature {
California life. can only suggest i
Your intelligence and your own observi
tion, If you will use your eyes and cal
while here, viii complete the pictur
Our mountains and large part Of II
north coast line are covered with cor
, merclal timber OF high value and alno
|; inexhaustible in quantity. We have 9
J gar pine (similar to your white pine
yellow pine, almost the same, spruce, q
and cedar in the Sierra and in parts
! the high Coast Range. Along the Goa
/ lncr h Of Santa Cruz, are the famous re
wood forests. have seen AZ estims