Year: 1859




The rains, long looked for have at last
come. No sensible man, in whatsoever bu-
siness he may be engaged. is unprepared
for them. They have come, if there be any
thing out of the usual way at all, a little
later than they were expected. The farmers.
the mechanics, the miners are all prepared
for them.


1t is blessing peculiar to our climate.
that seasons Of wet and dry are uniform and
regular No sudden showers and storms in
terrupt the routine Of the farmers duty He
can safely calculate on certain number of
months in the year as the dry season, and so
he ready for the season which is wet. He
need never be taken unawHres. Elsewhere,
his hay OF his grain, recently moved or cut,
may be destroyed Lefore he has gathered it
up; but here there need be 10 such catas
trophe. He can divide his time with an alb
solute certainty, doing this for the dry wealth
er, and hdt for the rainy season, with the
utmost accuracy. So much wood will be
necessary for cooking, and none for warmth
during the dry period. No expense will be
needed for repairs upon the roof. until the
approach of October or November. BY that
time he will be able to have them made His
lowland will not be overhowed until a GER
tain period, and in the meantime he can raise
his crop adapted to the season. A due di-
vision of labor and an absolutely certain
calculation for the future are the advantages
which every cultivator Of the soil possesses
in California.


The mechanic is no less blest by the Ger
tainty of his calculations. A given number
Of months in the year he knows that he will
be uninterrupted by the weather in the con-
struction of his houses, the building of his
bridges, or whatsoever work he has under
taken to do. The advantage of this certain
ty in calculation scarcely any one but me-
chauic, can truly estimate


So with the dry goods merchant. and
every other dealer with the buyers in the in
terror and the mountains So with the team
sters who haul their goods. All can make
their calculations for the rainy and the dry
seasons with a precision which is exceeding.
ly advantageous to their business.


With the miners. who furnish forth the
great staple of the country, gold, it is no less
an advantage. In the dry diggings. the dry
months are devoted to piling up in the dry
ravines and gulches the heaps of auriferous
dirt which is to be washed, during the fall
and winter months, when the water is pour
ing down from the mountains, soaked 10y the
abundant rains The miners, upon the rivers
during the same season, are turning the river
bed. wing daming its stream, and tearing up
its channel. They know almost exactly how
many months will he allowed them for the
that they are disappointed by any sudden
overflow. The owners of bitches can esti-
mate their full value at one. period and an
other, and manage their business 50 as to
make all ends meet


There is no character of business in Cali
fornia which is not affected more or less by
the two grand divisions of the climate in
= California, the wet and the dry. For the
millions of dollars Of gold which have beer
exported during the year, everybody, il
whatever business or occupation, knows, tina
= millions more will be produeed-so mucI
during the dry and SO much during the we
months-to be put into temporary circula
tion and finally to be exported, as before


The advantage of these divisions are
more than q full compensation for ell the in
convenienees attending them, and, therefore,
it is that we, with all true Californians in
general, cry, Welcome, welcome to the
rains !"