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Letter from California.Two boat.-- leave San Francisco every af-terAoon for Valejo, at which place one, the New World, connects with the car* running up through Napa; and the other, Antelope, transfers its passengers to a smal 1 steamer which goes plodding along up the till it reaches Napa wharf—and 1 never said but what it was a very good thing for Napa to have a wbnrf, and a little steamer to come up to it, never; though I don't wish to inud there ugnin.living a stranger I happened to choose the Antelope, ihiuking that as it started half an hour earlier than the oilier boat, I should get there sooner by taking it. Mistaken idea! Certainly it was pleasant longh going up Pablo bay und on till we come in sight of Valejo, where most of the passengers stopped. The few who were going on to Napa here entered the smaller steamer that came alongside; only oneinto going I*. Napa by this route, and we were a lonesome two. A* the boat toiled slowly lip the winding river, we vainly wished we were in the ears which we had fo speeding out of sight behind some hill* along the shore. We listened to three Irishmen who were discussing the Chinese question, pounding their knee* with violence a* they told of the barrels of money t off to China by the Last steamer.An sbure, thct's what makes the money scarce, ju*U» hairken to thef, not*,in my counting house who is paid $1200 a year for beeping my boobs; now, suppose I engage a woman to do that same work, ought I to pay her only ¥000 a year? No. certainly not; I ought to pay her the same wages 1 do the man.I glanced carelessly round at tlic speak-, he had an easy, good natured face and longhair; he did not look as though he had a counting house, and books to beep ; hut I suppose lie mutt have had. These talked all the way from Napa to Valejo. f^incc that I don't feel quite so lmdlv think I'm not a great talker. But I linve made my letter too long, that will be equally deplorable.Laura J. Dakis.WiseWid«only three or four gentlemen p scngers beside these, so you may know the not crowded. We could sec along the shore some pleasant farm*, and passed some two or three muuII town*.—Disco was the largest of these, I believe; the country was rather hilly, with *•■ mountain forests in the far distance.steamer crept and struggled alum: tin- tortuous river—it stopped. We thought wt were there ami went out on d-ck !■• be ready to laud, and there we enough, up against a bunk covered with marsh gras.* and rushe*. We re n in red ask where the town wa«. ” lt;. weare pretty near it now, we have to back the *u*i up to it, you know, said the -t. ward.iro the steamer rang It* hell and backi d, Midd and rang it* lull to let Naptkn-w wew-ue the $the wharf, which L* behind a hill, behind be pt a ham. We went up flic bill and round I Loui the barn into the street, where the old lady, abmr-my companion, inquired tin way to the *eor g* I Napa hotel, of a p .—ing laborer, r.n-1 I. A liking heart, u*k.*i for tlic friends I cuuie Waal to see. Walking m tin- direction (minted Bran 1 happily met my friends, a goad old minister and lus wife, in the street. so al! my anxiety at being in a strange city in the gathering twilight was immediately *ei at rest. I *oon Warned that the travelers «• went by the car* from Vulijujiail beenBy morning light Napa proved to l»e a beautiful town, -»me of the street* are “haded bv row* oi locust tris * on curb side.In the gardens wero evergreen shade tree*I hud never sent except in rau i- lb Francisco. I a-k« d what names thoy bore, may and got the-auie un-w.rr I had there. ’ I R^I“ don't know, i’m sure. what kind «l tree* they arep some of them euiuo Eh*in the mountain* on the renut. ands-juic from the Sandwich bhiud*. 1 believe.'There are not *• many fruit tn e~ in the.-,-garden* a* we have in Knight's Ferry.—Fruit is brought into Napa by farmer*, while the farmers about the Ferry come into town for their fruit, so we plant very few tree* for shade alone,There arc live churches in Napa. I wcul into the Methodist church and found it veay nicely finished inside, it wits vacation In the schools when 1 wo* to ere; they have a very large piiitlie school building just finished; not very far from it is the ladies' seminary. In another direction are some college, building* which have not been u*od for some time, but are being pm in repair this year, and will very sq«u behere that many scholars come fr.lt;u* abroad.The court house i* a large brick building, very handsome, and with beautiful grounds around it. trees und graveled walks in every direction, f think it is rather more imposing tbun either the Stuck?, m Santa Crux court hou-.I passed through two =trccU that were quite like the streets of a city—dry- good* stores, jewelry store*, saloons, wure houses —quite compact and bu-iue** like, though has in ess in reality is very duil here a* well as iu Man Francisco and Stockton, They say that the Pacific Railroad we have so rejoiced over is tlic cau**: of it; before we had the railroad all town* awav toward Sait Luke came to San Francisco for good* which they now send to Chicago ft There have also corne merchant* from Ch.- a,u cago with goods which they are contentoil to sell at ies* profit titan the .San Francisco , -1merchant s have always demanded, so down I1*11 go prices, down go rents and wage*, l'rob-ably all this will be lor tlic best in the end, r,‘l' but it is terrible for the pre.jaTty holder*. *n‘* - | The street grading dvpreci.U'* the value of W *1icial j many fine building* in .Sun Francisco, ami ing. the owner* can’t help themselves. Rincon rac- Ilill, where many grandees live, Senator- 1 and Generals, is soon to he leveled, and it but cm* such a pity. L’oiWeill this general dullness, from many * uses in Son Francisco, seems reflected 1111 upon Napa; very quiet it is here indeed, f11 except when the car- go up or down. Ini-from the north, long strings of ears freighted with wood come down nearly every day. and cords on cords of wood are piled along the shore of Napa river.This season has been much lt;Napa than usual, they have not had their ' uceustomed fogs which come down and cool the air like your gentle showers in thedingAfter a pleasant day in the most pleasant of California towns, 1 took the cur* at four o’clock foi my return tn Sun Francisco. These cars also run up north of Napa to the .Soda, Sulphur and Hot Springs, these last being a curiosity I would Lave been glad to see. There were many passenger* coming down from there ami from Palwtnga which is above them. A* it grew cool I noticed a party of gentlemen putting on their thick coat* in place of their light linen duster*. Pretty soon oi them says—Floys, do you know why I don't put on thick coat?”No; why don't you?’’ they answered“ Because it is all rolled up back therei top of the stage at Helena.Immediately there wa* laughter among the boys, louder than I ever heard on aMen do forgtl things as well a* women, thought 1 comfortably, lor I wa* serenely conscious that I had left ray parasol on tho Oakland cars not long before. And these thought* fitted nicely the arguments between a ladv and gentleman in the Beat behind me. T^e lady was uut a “ woman's rights woman,” but alie said in her high, clear, treble voice, that women were intel lectually equal to men, that they might if they wished fit themselves by study, to be doctors and lawyers, and so be of great l»elp to their husbands when they married, hut she did not wish to sec them practice
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Irasburgh Orleans Independent Standard
Irasburg, Vermont, US
Tue, Sep 27, 1870
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