Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1888 — A Colony Up in the Clouds. [ARTICLE]

A Colony Up in the Clouds.

s«n Francisco Bulletin. Life at the Lick Observatory, over 4,ooofeet above the ocean levol,on a lofty summit, with other mountain crests only for neighbors, is an interesting study. Here is probably the highest colony in California. The astronomers and necessary ; employes of the observatory form a little world of their own, and few of them care often to go outside of it. The stage that comes once a day brings news from the world outside, and viafe tors, curious to see the wonders of tbs mountain. A contract with a San Jose expressman secures all needed freight once a month, sometimes oftener. A butcher with supplies comes up the twenty-eight miles of tortuous mountain road once a week. Cows and chickens are adjuncts to the Commissary Department. • Quail, rabbits and deer are plentiful in surrounding canyons, and some of the sportsmen-astronomers came from cities, yet none complain or sigh for attractions beyond those revealed by the marvelous telescopes. Detroit Free Press: are the only persons who do not believe in their convictions.