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Letter from California.Two boat# leave rfan Francisco every af-terrtoon for Valejn, at which place one, the New World, connects with the car* running up through Napa; and the other. Antelope, transfer* it* passengers to a small steamer which goes plodding along up the river till it readies Napa wharf—and I never said but wbat it was a very good thing for Napa to have a wbarf, and a little steamer to como up to it, never; though I don’t wish to land there again.Being a stranger I happened to choose the Antelope, thinking that as it started half an hour earlier than the other boat, I should get there sooner by taking it. Mistaken idea! Certainly it was pleasant nough going up Pablo bay and on till we come in sight of Valejo, where most of the passenger* stopped. The few who were going on to Napa here entered the smaller steamer that came alongside; only oneinto going to Napa by this route, and we * a lonesome t wo. As the boat toiled slowly up the winding river, we vainly wished we were in the ears which we had speeding out of sight behind some hills along the shore. Wt- listened tothree Irishmen who were discussing the Chinese question, pounding their kne#-. with violence as they told of the barrels of money sent off to China by the last steamer.• An shure, thcl’s what makes the money scarce, justh hairken to tltef, noo. wull ye?”.• only three or four gentlemen passengers beside these, so you may know thethe shore some pleasant farms, and Wc pawed some two or three small towns.— Disco was- the largest of these, I believe; the country was rather hilly, with some mountain forests in the far distance.getting nearly dark ; our little steamer crept and struggled along ihei river—it stopped. We thought we there and Went oqt on drck be• to laud, and there we were sure enough, up again-! a bunk covered with marsh grass mid rush'-. We ventured to ask where the town was. «». we are pretty• it now, we have to buck the -torum r ttp to it, you know.” .mid the -1,-ward.man in my counting house who is paid Si2'M) a year for keeping my book*; now, suppose 1 engage a woman to do that same work, ought I to pay her only $600 a year 1 j No. certainly not; 1 ought to pay her the ] name wages I do the man.”I glanced carelessly round at the speak- . er, he bad an easy, good natured face and longhair; he did not look as though he had a counting house, and books to keep ; hut I suppose lie mutt have had. These two talked all the wav from Napa to Valejo. Fince that I don't feci quite so badly to think I'm not a great talker. But I have made my letter too long, that will be equally deplorable.La g it a J. Dak in.it wil l*eenWiser-o the steamer rang Its hell and back. d. Midi and rang it- bell to let Nap i km w we n r ■ the ?the wbarf, which is l«-hind a hill, behind be pi a barn. We went up the hill ami round 1- '“! the barn into tin: street, where the old Indy, u’.mv my companion, inquired th« way to the Deor » j Napa hotel, of a p. -- :,g ialmrer, and I. -V liking heart, rt-k-s! for the friend- 1 ciimo A u-see. Walking in tlte direction puiuUtd Hn»r. I happily met my friends, a good ,dd brid. miniHi-r and hi* wife. In the st my anxiety at being in a strange city in the gathering twilight wit* immediately »ei at rest. 1 -oon learned that the travelers m went by the ear- from V'ulejoltad been * Nuptt two Imurs.By morning light Nnpa proves] to Ihs a beautiful (own. -omc of the street, an 1 dtadtd by row- of locust tre#_s on each side. ;In the garden- were evergnen shade trees I bod never wvtt except in Sau i. I asked what nuuies they horc. | and gut the ranie un-wc-r I had there, I don’t know, I'lU ?ut.. what kind ol tree-xa ol’ them Came l'n.m the mountain* i»n the eoitst. and some from the Sandwich l-lund*. I believe.There are not -n many fruit tree-in thc.se gardens a- wc have in Knight's Fvny.—Fruit i- brought into Napa by farmers, while the farmer- about the Kerry co into town for tbetr fruit, mi we plant v few tnw for shade alone.There are five lt;h inches in Napa, I went Into the Methodist church and found it veay nicely finished inside. It vthe schools when I was there ; they havu a very large public school building jutil flubbed ; not very far from it is the ladies' seminary. I u another direction are college buildings which have i been used for some time, but are being put la repair this year, aud tvtll very soon be opened. The climate is so very healthful here that many scholars come fr.un abroad.The court huttso i# a large brlek building, very handsome, and with beautiful ground- around it. inand graveled walk-in every direction. I think it is rather more im poring than either the Siockim Santa I'rua court home-.I passed through two street* ilmt w quite like the streets of a city—dry good* stores, jewelry stores, saloon#, ware houses —quite compact and business like, though business in reality i- very duil here a- well 'as in r-au Francisco and Stockton They i t say that the Pacific Railroad we have *u 1 rejoiced over is the cau-e of it; before wu ' luid tin railroad all town, awav toward * n Salt Lake catne to Sari Fran :i* for g.md* ',u: which they uow send to Oltieago for.— i': There have also come merchants from Oh:- an‘ cogo with goods which they are mu ton to. I to sell at It -# profit tlmn the San Francisco merchant# have always demanded, sodown P°' go prices, down go rent- and wage*. Proh-ably all this will be lor the best in the end, r*T | but it is terrible for the prujicrty holders. *n‘ r«c- | The street grading depreciate* the value of w|‘ cial many fine building# in San Francisco, and Uuj ing. the ownc-r# can’t help themselvc#. Rinenn lic‘ rac- Hill, where many grandee- live. Senator# ' as ! and Generals, i- -non to lie leveled, ami it *£n uch seem* such a pity.Well! this general dullness, from n causes in San Francisco, seems reflected upon Napa; very quiet it is here indeed, “'I1 except when the car- go up or down. Immense quantities of wood passthrough here from tlie north, long siring# of cars freighted with wood come down nearly every day. and cord# on cords of wood are piled nlong the shore of Niipa river.This season has been much warmer ii Napa than usual, they have not hud their accustomed fogs which come down and cool the air like your gentle showers in the. *i dufhatAfter a pleasant day in the most plea— nut of California town*, I took the cur* at four o’clock foi my rolura to San Francisco. These car* also run up north of Napa to the Soda, Sulphur and Hot Springs, these lost being a curiosity 1 would hare been glad to *ce. There were many jnu*-sengers coming down from there and from Pali.#toga 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 dusters. Pretty soon oi them says—Boy*, do you know why I don't put on thick coat?”No; why don’t you t” they an-wercd lazily.“ Because it is all rolled up hack there i top of the stage at Helena.”Immediately there was laughter among the boys, louder than I ever heard on aMen do forget things a# well as women, thought I comfortably, lor I was serenely conscious that I had loft my parasol on the Oakland cars not long before. And these thought# fitted nicely the arguments between a lady and gentleman in the seat behind me. T^e lady was not a “ woman’s right* woman,” but she said in her high, clear, treble voice, that women were intellectually equal to men, that they might if they wished fit themselves by study, to be doetora and lawyer*, and so be of great lielp to their husbands when they married, but she did not wish t- sec them practice law ; she thought woman must ever be the clinging vine and man the supporting oak. As to work, whatever they could do as well as men ought to receive equal recompense. I “ Yes, said the geatlouiun, “ I have a |
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Irasburgh Orleans Independent Standard
Irasburg, Vermont, US
Tue, Sep 27, 1870
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