Year: 1873

Especial Correspondence of the HERALD


SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4.


The first and second numbers of your
weekly paper came to hand, and a re-
freshing looking sheet it is, can as
sure you; one that We good people of
Los Angeles have reason to be proud
of. Your daily issue has taken good
hold here. The dailies quote continu-
ally from it, giving credit. where
credit is undoubtedly due. The NeWs
Letter speaks in the most glowing
terms of the sparkling nature of the
news you give, and its last issue pays
warm tribute to the individual merit
of your working editor Go on and
prosper; wipe everything out of the
field-as you undoubtedly will do if
YOU continue In the good style you
have commenced. If l can forward
your views by sending all occasional
dish of gossip from the Bay City,
shall be glad to serve you, so place me
ut your command and here goes:


The New steam Plows.


In course of conversation with q
large farmer from Solano, he informed
me that he had just received the first
steam plow ever used successfully in
California. He speaks of it in the
most glowing terms, not only for its
marvellous simplicity, but also for the
thorough manner in which it performs
its work and the easy way in which it
is managed. The invention has been
perfected by the Parvin Manufactur-
ing Company of Pennington, Illinois,
and its cost is $4,000. The President OF
the company is now i'm Frisco, and
feels confident of being able to intro
duce his patent OH all the large farms
of the State. So important an inven-
ton as this will undoubtedly wake up
your farmers, and in time we may look
forward to the hand plow as being a
thing of the past.


The Lay Of the last Balloon.


The biggest of all sells was perpe-
trated on our ever suffering public last
Sunday, by the ,proprietors of the City
Gardens. For weeks past it has been
freely advertised that Professor Lay,
of aeronautic fame, proposed plunging
into matrimOny with young lady OF
the name of Smith, and in order that
so important an event should be con-
summated in the highest style of
fashion, the ceremony would be per-
formed in balloon mOOred 1000 feet
above the gardens. Naturally, so
startling an announcement attracted
large crowd; in fact the people were
packed as close as sardines. The time
liked was o'clock. At that hour the
balloon was inflated, the Professor was
here, there and everywhere; the tow
ering form of the Justice of the Peace
surveyed the crowd with calm nom
chalance, and the bride elect was, it is
presumed, receiving the coincidence of
her female friends in some neighbOr-
ing arbOr, as she was not visible. All
were on the tip toe of expectation, the
car was attached, the Professor gave
the word "Let CO." and as the balloon
shot up sang out again "Hold on" but
as the rope attached was nearer
ten feet to one thousand feet in length,
his order was in vain, for although
willing hands grasped at the cord, it
was of no avail, it slipped through the
many hands, and the air ship went
floating through the air with the
RfedUeSt Ol ease, llkc u udIluS youhS
man we have read of on flying ira
peze. An open-mouthed crowd gazed
skywards for moment or so, and then
alas the thorough sell of the whole
affair was realized, and many SUNK
off heartily ashamed of the manner
in which they had been taken in.


1t has since transpired that the bal
loon was rotten and useless, owing to
the salt water bath it received in con-
junction with two newspaper reporters
on recent occasion, and that Profess
sOr Lay thought to make little more
coin out of his worn out bag before
parting with it forever.


Board Ship Horrors.


You have doubtless heard of the
trial of Captain Clarke, of the Sunrise,
how he ill treated his crew, how two
men and boy, to escape his cruelties,
jumped overheard, how his mate took
leg bail, how the little Post took the
matter up, and the Chronicle, CAL and
Alta followed suit, what fuss was
made of the whole concern, principally
because there was a dearth of news Of
any other kind. Public excitement
was supposed to run very high on the
matter, but public excitement did very
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