Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-10-17
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MANY WONDERS OF THE WESTERN STATE.
FRUITS AND 81 OVERS,
(Prof. j. G. Brodfuhrer, d. d.

The Lutheran Evangelist of Septem-
Der 7th:
California is the State of magnifi-
cent distances, as well as of sunshine,
flowers, gold, fruit, climate and
health. L presume its coast line is
as long as that of Boston to Charles
ton, S. c.; its mountain tops 80 near
heaven that whilst thousands see
them in their glorious height, only a
select few have the courage and en-
durance to climb their lofty summits.
This is just like in human affairs |;
whilst the multitudes see the holy
Christian church and it's cloud. envel-
oped Head, it is only the choice few
that choose to take up the cross and
follow him, up and up, to the heights
of heavenly love and snow-white
holiness including visions to delight
the eye, charm the ear and rejoice
the heart of them that love God as
we all may and should delight in
Him, and His wonderful works.
Jesus often went up into the noun
tains to mediate and pray, 80 should
His disciples when they are in reach
of one of these stately domes of
nature.
To person from the East (and
every State of the Union is east to
the Californian,) the climate is Pc
culiar. Here in Southern California,
where we arrived the first of July,
the sun shines every day, and ninety
degrees in the shade is about the
average temperature LOG degrees
was the highest this season in Pasa-
dena. This degree of heat can be
more easily endured than 86 degrees
in humid atmosphere like that of
Columbia, Chicago or Cincinnati.
Regularly at about two hours before
sunset cool breeze blows from the
southwest, coming from the Pacific
ocean, which calls for warm wrap
and blankets for comfort. 1t can be
truthfully reported that not a single
uncomfortable night has been ex-
perienced thus far. Neither are
there any sunstrokes, strange to say.
Workmen can be seen bareheaded
in the hottest part of the day. Yet
the shade of umbrella or tree or
building is grateful to the tender
foot like your correspondent. The
dry season is an Improvement on the
thunder and lightning weather of
the East; and the majority of the
people here speak favorably of the
rainy term.
The newcomer is struck by the
large, well-kept lawns, fine flowers
and many strange trees and fruits.
The lawns are the work of the land
scape gardener or the cwner os tha the
spacious lot or villa; and the abun-
dant flowers were all planted, for in
the native soil only weeds were
found by the first settlers of Pasa.
dena. What change twenty-five
years have wrought in this county of
Los Angeles, in human abodes, gar
dens, streets, transportation, markets,
schools and churches!
Peaches are in their height Just
now, selling at about one cent per
pound-nearly everything sells by
weight--apples are three to six times
as high priced as the peach, because
apples come from the North and
East, this climate not being adapted
to them as it is to the orange, lemon,
apricot, prune, plum, loquat, necta-
rine, olive, English walnut, almond,
grape, fig, melons, corn, wheat, al
falfa and the various garden vegeta-
bles. l presume the right variety
OF apple, ounce and pear would yield
good results, and wizard Burbank
may apply himself to the cultivation
Of the apple, as he has done to the
potato and berry.
Schools are first class; educational
advantages abound, SO that no one