Year: 1875

April TO November this is literally ,
rainless land unless perchance, thor,
comes shower in August. This feature
Of the climate | especially like. No
5lackened heavens no furious storms
no pealiug thunder nor drenching rain,
are here. Every day is bright clear
beautiful. But you say what of the dust
1t is bad enough | assure you-one of
the most disagreeable things in California
And yet / do not think it so bad an ar,
tlcle Of dust as you have in Tennessee
1t is exceedingly light and volatile more
like fourthan dirt and very easily brushed
off. Nor is it so bad for the lungs and
head as the dust at the East. Still il you
ever come to California you will fad dust
to your hearts content.


Rain here in the summer is not b es,
sing hut a misfortune. When the rains
cease in the spring the food that has grown
duiog the winter dries upon the plaiu
and remains perfectly good throughou,
dry season but the first rain that "a II.
ruins it, of course, and not only that, bu
it also sprouts the seed that is to produce
the next crop and consequently cuts thai
of thus producing the double calamity
OF blighting two crops. The heat is
never SO oppressive here as 1t is in 4
moist climate. l think 9na feels the
heat more in Knoxville when the
mercury stand at 81 degrees than h,
would here Shen the same fluid trem
bles up to leo degrees. may say anl
sure Of this having tried both places
There ssomething bracing and exhilera,
ting in this atmosphere that I have never
experienced elsewhere. One camper
form more labor With less sense of fatigue
then you would possibly suppose. We
have an excellent "sea breeze every
day. This very materially modifes the
heat as well as puri6es the air and makes
it hcalthful. see nothing in this section
to produce disease. The air is SO pure ant
free from miasma as to be rather conducive
to health than productive Of disease.
Still do not consider it so good as tC
form an infallible panacea Many who
come here to be cured of consumption
and its cognate diseases come only
to die in strange land, Eere be
buried or otherwise have their bodies
shipped East at heavy cost. There il
no SORT of sense, except bad, manifested
in bringing dead men and women to this
country in the vain hope that it will raise
them from the dead and give them new
life. 1t will certainly do none of these
mighty works" If one is only in the
incipiency, Or 6rst stage Of consumption
then | would say come but if you have
advanced beyond this, l would advise
you. by all means, stay at home-tbat is
the best place TO die. consider it one
of the meaness and most cruel things that
csn be done, to lie TO and deceive the
sick and the dying. That certain partie,
in this country have done these things
have no doubt. For the sake CT selling
few acres of land, or making money in
so ne other way. they have held tbeil
false keeper to thc.view Of the unfortunate
and the afflicted, and have thus imposed
upon and most wickedly deceived tina
very class Of persons that above all 9th.
ers ought to have the sympathy and he'
of every body. There are certain diseases
for which this climate does seem to be {
specific. Among these is asthma. |
have seen a number Of persons who came
here suffering from this disease, every ont
of whom testified that he or she had
been cured or greatly relieved by the cli-
mate. Isuspect there is no more health
ful country on this continent than South
ern California. and / think this is sayin,
enough, without holding out any false in
ducement. We should like to have grea
many of our East Tennessee friends com
here, but we shall refrain from persua
sion, lest they might be disappointed, an
then ceusure us for bringing them int
trouble, I will only say, we like Cal
ifornia even better than we expected.
Yours truly,


JONATHAN L. MANN.


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