Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1882 — California Cerrespendence. [ARTICLE]

California Cerrespendence.

Here we are on the Gelden Shore of' California. We hare come wi h you ia our ’ chatty way from the eastern elope of the great Miseitsippi Valley to the great Metropolis of the Pacific coast; we hare giren a brief description of th* part we have eeen of this great city. Ke hare seen but little of thij country, and with your per-i Mission we will make a few excuretons First, at rhe whats beside the Oa land ferry and where we first landed iu this city we find one of the larje steam ferry boats which run between the city San Quentin. Leaving the wharf our course' IS to the north, with Goat Islas i some distance to our right, which is nearly round, ana lies immediately in front of the Oakland wharf, and belongs to th * government as does all the surrounding islands of the Bay. On our left is Alestras Islam 1 with its heavy fortifications, and still beyend this may be seen the Golden Gate, which is open to the world uni ihe nation* are invited to enter with their ships ladened with tho merchandise of foreign land* But on either -ide rise the bold dark*Null's where tbe boys in blue, wi h ample fir i - •ations surmounted by the bull degsef Un n’e Past are ever ready to shut them at a moments n itice. Fan bur on an i tj our fight i« Angel Is’and, and after an hours pleasant ride we reach San Gwent in, a noted place »*f suaim-T and winter resort, quarters ate furnished the resident touriste by the taste frv* as charge, for a »erni varying from air me a ths to a li*et itne. Altheniib tlvv npp-are to be « pleasant little hamlet, nestled at Hueny side of th-»>foot-hille, w-» did not apply far qnarVre, but Mapped quickly on board the nacre w gauge railroad f,.r Ban Rafael, the county Sdlt of Mavin eeugty. Hera we change ears for the P.4H Franchise and Nerta P»<ufic railroad, and s<*in we are 01 our way passing through a long t'.ianel, «nd erwtnd I prejectißg pointe, our roai winds its way I along the western shorn of the Boy until it reaches the valley es Petaluma Creek, up which it follows until it reaches the town es PKslukk, the largest town in Begonia county. There in k great amount es hueiaess done nt this place at the present tins -, hut om-eit w.w the'shipping t mrt for the whole and Ru-eizn River Valley «, whiah ext eid baek for a distance of seen- CO utiles, and is one of the richest portions of thia part of the state, and 1 might say of .any part of the stats. »Wheat and potatoes-are the standerd production while fruits of all kinds are raised in abundance There :s eoniel2or If* huge warehouses at this place All grain, potatoes, coal Ac. are heeled here *n (acks ant, sol i by the hundred. There are many places of interest here, one or two of h I mu’t mention, and then we will continue our journey. Here I visited the Argus Ofiidf, a daily paper which is printed on a press run by W F., Eyster's Water Motor, the first time I ever saw printing done by wa-. ter power. Tt c visited the cetnetry, which is one of the~rno4 beautiful resting places for the silent dead we have ever seen. These gtcund* wire laid out by Mr. McNair and it-is private property until he sell* a buryin* lot, then the party keeps up his own, and the prime-ds are taken to beautify the grounds. But we must hi i adieu to this city and once more seated in the ears, we cr oes Petslunrnu creek a’d proceed up I’etalumna Valley. with rolling hills ou etther, side. This valley ia very rich ur>d produces enurmona crops At Pou’s Gro*e we cross the divide and, enter Russian River Valley, and at a disUnee es 1€ tniles we come to Santa Rosa, county seat of Sonoma county. This is a beautiful and enterprising to&n of about 4,500 inhabitants. The city has wator-

works, and u gnu-house and its streets is -litied v/ith beautiful shade trees. Life and en rey is seen on eery kand. From here we pass through ss rich it vsiley as there is on tkeeoaot, Sixteen miles brmglift to IL-aliieburg, ene of the lovlieet little cities in the world for a home, situated cm the Hussion river. 'Here we rnuet warm friends who took a grevt interest in showing us this town and surrounding country. This is a small valley, but the soil is 'very productive. There we were twenty acres of meadow land off from which was eut last f easJa 120 tons efAlfolfa bay. It was mowed three times. Mr. Gladden sold off from 2U acres of orchard anl vinyard in various kinds of fruit $3,000 best le what the used and a part of his peach orchard was but three years. 1 would like to hvo at tlys place, but land improved, but without fruit of asy kind of buildings, ij held tit s2<)l) per acre. This railroad extends 13 miles farther nor?h, to Cloverdale where the mountains come tegether and form U bower beyend which we cannot pttn. We will now bid farewell to this valley for the present and return to Baa Francisco. j oJ£< • Chronic constipation, chronic dyspepsia, shronic diaibsn, promptly cured by using Brcwn’n Iron E ilers. It is a templets strevgih'ener of the digestive organa. 1

Affection has hitherto been called to the fact that the ratio of illiteracy is lees in the Northwestern States than in the East and South, but tne complete statistics have not been before prfesented. According to the report of the educational division of the Census Oilice, tiie number of people who cannot read and write is proportionately smaller in Nebraska and lowa than in any pther States, bejng but 1.73 per 1,000. Then comes Wyoming,2.os, Dakota 2.29, and Kansas with a ratio of 2.56 per 1.000, then Minnesota with 2.63 per 1.000, which seems to indicate that intelligent people go out west. The other States and Territories follow in this order: Ohio 2 71, Maine 2.80, Michigan 2.88, Wisconsin 294, Oregon 3.08. Illinois 3. *5, New York 3.28, Utah and Connecticut 3.47, New Hampkliiro 3.45, New J.ersey 3.46, Pennsylvania 3.51, J iithana 3.54, Montana an 1\ • o t3.91,Wa hington 4.29, Massauh*ic»ebis and Idaho 4.24, Colorado 4 80, California 5.82. Nevada 5.96, lUiotte Island 6,3', Missouri 6.50, West Virginia 8.41, Delaware 11.54, Maryland 11.91, District of Columbia 12.13, Arizona 13.56, Kentucky 15.66, Teias 16.<0, Tenness<id sad Arkansas 19.09, Virginia 23.81, Florida 26. 5, North Carolina 26.28, Missteeippi 2i'.89, Geogia 28.86, Alabama 29 53, Louisi mu 31.63, South Carolina 32.32, and New Mexico 44.22.