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r* tot Weekly eertion r have thor of ^Yhereyears, foes, if jafc be qtb and\ Iter in mouth* £ixodej ( year*, #, the turday» itb theEgypt J7U. offar 4th,ih theieal A.Vbib, is landar; ide an*-bread,* struck, t them of thedn that tr any q dif-Up to tl|0 demandThe Bfostoms In California.ri.♦oe%Amer*0 most rirorldt i*gnifime of great lent .to asn lav* seently Faris,1 Tho jShoto-eSnarki rpnem i Chase lae andHH un if lace Inland •rtsider*■ A iThat aelect circle oi the Tammany ttxen knbir as the Blossom club, and just bacjc from a royal trip to Cali for* via, muet have drunk deeply of tho thiu air of tho plains and the moun«* tains. They oorao back quite light headed) and boat all previous travel-in reports of tho strange sights a'nd'marvelous experiences ol the jour-neyw The tn reports n few of the moro modest and believable ot, their tales:Alderman Mitchell says that the bi«r nirect BXn very big. Thotr trunks aroseveral -miles in diameter, and ono ot tliom Is Jabout to bo tunnel led by a railroad company. Tho bark on tho tree* bo says, Is three quarters of a mile thick. drubs as big as whales and ants as big as elephants live iu this bark, and terrify all who behold thorn. Tho cones on the trees, the alderman avers, are larger than beer vats. For innately nqne of these eonos fell whilo tha Blossoms were visiting tho trees. Owen Brennan told p wonderful story ot the snow on the SSerr* Nevada, Ho said that, op one side of the dra could be seen strawberries ps largo as water-mellont) while on t|ie other side tho anoW would bo piled up thousands otteet, Those sitting op tho tight of thepara would swelter '\n tholr shirt', sleeves, While thpso On the left would •hive* in their overcoats. It is evident from What Hr* B rennet* my a that California hop p Woodferfirl icUmnt^ Tho falls Of the Yo Semite, according to these,gentlemen are auchjj bigger than has been : • opposed. | Tho | ajderman•ay* that- He timed 4 If 4* P* wont over the Brifal Veil f4ll# pud It wasfour hours *rid ^hirty lt;s|x| jpipntos infoiling from the bop tb |ht bottom ottihe cataract. Mn. MifoUeU thtnk* thofoils at leapt £30 mile# ^ngh, but Mr.BrennpQ believes that; tidy arc muchhigher. tp }s evident ih|t not oneHas Horhalf of the truth Has H$feW°Ce been told abont ,thps* fj^ll*. ( \ jMr. Brahma and hfy Mjufcell, it is Said will phbhHH In b^o* jfofn| tbelradventures tbo Yo, Sbii^e valley * Such * boo^ Jrpul^ bej alvilha^le ad*4ition to Ajflfrfcap Htapalntfo #\ I1. 4 I ifA \___ l.tl
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Beardstown Central Illinoian
Beardstown, Illinois, US
Thu, Jun 22, 1871
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