Year: 1859

dered at the fOOliShncsS OF man build
ing mill out of mahogany at an ex-
pense almost fabulous. They need
wonder 10 longer. The mahogany mill
| find looking on the outside like almost
any other grist mill built of brick, only
perhaps a trihe neater. 1t is a pretty
fine water mill outside and in, consider
ing that it stands upon stream that is
so near dry but little discount could be
made on the water and leave any. The
frames in which the machinery runs,
and other appointments requiring small
sticks of timber, are made of Honduras
mahogany, polished and vanished in
good style. No other real mahog any
could l see about the concern, thoug b it
is gotten up in good taste throughout.
The mill has three or four run of stone,
and when water runs in the creek /
doubt not does good execution. Mr..
Lick, the owner. is erecting circular
storehouse some sixty feet in diameter
with an asphaltum floor and conical
roof, which is designed to be fine thing
of its kind. Somehow l took greater
fancy to his orchard in front of the mill
than to his expensive piles of brick and
show of mahogany. He has. should
say. forty acres in orchard, and finer
apple trees never saw. You may take
a row of four year old trees and not one
differs materially in size or shape from
another. tits astonishing how trees can
be grown SO nearly alike. Mr.. Lick
digs a large hole for each tree, laying
aside the rich top soil and carting the
poorer subsoil away. The hole remains
empty for long time to allow the ele-
ments to act upon the bottom and Sides
The trees are then set carefully in their
proper places and rich dirt drawn from
another point sufficient to replace the
subsoil ed away. Mr.. Lick adds
yearly to his orchard large number of
acres. aud certainly is deserving of the
credit of having one of the most thriving
and handsome orchards in this or any
other State.


Farther on towards Santa Clara, as
you ride along the road, you see at the
distance of half mile on the left farm
houses apparently embosomed among
green foliage. Two rows of locust trees
run IN straight line acfoss the plain
from one of these to the road, and be-
tween is a carriage track thrown up and
praveled This leads to the fine
grounds ofSheriff Thornburg formerly of
Yuba County. To the left of the gate
as YOU enter the lane, ii famous arteslan
we'll attracts attention. discharging a
torrent of water over pipe ten or twelve
inches in diameter and three feet from
the surface, which runs off to irrigate the
grounds about the mansion in the dis
tance. Thornburg has vines. apple,
peach, plum, apricot and other fruit
trees in profusion. Native hedges sur
round some parts Of the grounds. A
magnificent arbor made by vines running
up a circular wicker work to meet the
ends of the branches Of spreading oak
ard continuing over the entire tree, is a
marked and charming feature of the
grounds. The alcove within is more
than fifty feet in diameter shady, COO, and
delightful The vines were loaded with
young fruit.


The garden of Mr.. w. NJ. Lent to the
west of Santa Clara consists of twenty
acres in high state of cultivation. The
grounds are watercd by three artesian
wells which fail to discharge at the top
but by the aid of wind mills. We passed
through splendid arbors covered with
many varieties of the choicest grapes
in the selection and culture of which Mr.
Lent allows no one to excel him, admir-.
ed the extent and variety of his orchard,
saw some fine specimens of cows and
blooded horses, than which there is none
in California superior. visited the poul'
try yard and pig pen, and saw nothing
but to please about the home OF Mr.
Lent. He has made little paradise
about him. which we hope he will long
live to enjoy as he deserves.


The old mission pear orchard near
Santa Clara, now called Redmond Park
produces an immense quantity of rath'
er inferior quality ofpears. The pear
crop of last year is said to have sold fol
S26, 900 over and above expenses.


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