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California Correspondence.NEW SERIES – No. VI.Milpitas, Santa Clara Co.,Cal., Feb. 16th, 1859.
DEAR ROCK:--
Just at the present time is the busiest part of the sowing season, and everybody is hard at work, early and late, plowing and "putting in" their crops. The season commenced with December, and many were sowing grain even before that; but with March the dry weather generally sets in, and grain sown then is rather late to produce a good crop, although it may in a favorable season do well. There will probably be more grain raised this year in California than ever before. Thus far the season... |
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California Correspondence.NEW SERIES – No. VII.Milpitas, Santa Clara Co.,Cal., April 3d, 1859.
DEAR ROCK: -- This side of Uncle Sam's continent still continues to roll 'round with the balance of the world, and as it ever has been here in California, we rarely lack something to keep up the natural excitability of our excitable population.
Frazer River still continues to attract many of the floating classes of society, and late news from there, as usual, report still farther discoveries of the precious metal. No such "rich strikes," however, are made there, as in our mines, and those icy... |
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California Correspondence.NEW SERIES – No. VIII.Milpitas, Santa Clara Co.,Cal., May 18th, 1859.
DEAR ROCK: -
All's well in this quarter just at present, and for the past few weeks few incidents have occurred calculated to disturb California equanimity; but such a state of things can't last long. Somebody must be shot, a town or so must burn up, or else some extra earthquake must give the state a jolly good shaking, just to stir up the people and give us all something to talk about.
We have had good seasonable rains, which have brought the grain crops forward finely, although in some portions... |
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California Correspondence.NEW SERIES – No. IX.Milpitas, Santa Clara Co.,Cal., Aug. 3d, 1859.
DEAR ROCK: - Perhaps you thought from my long silence, that your old correspondent had quite forgotten you; but let me assure you, such is not the case. As excuse for not having written you for the last few weeks, I must plead hard work, busy times harvesting, no opportunity &c., and promise to do better in future.
Throughout the valley part at the present time, everybody is very busy indeed, and on all the surrounding ranches, the ripe, golden grain may be seen, in process of being harvested. No... |
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California Correspondence.NEW SERIES – No. X. Milpitas, Santa Clara Co.,Cal., Sept. 18th, 1859.
DEAR ROCK:
Since my last, much has transpired to interest the California public, and keep our minds in an unusual state of ferment.
Horace Greeley has been here, taken a hurried, though perhaps sufficient view of us, spoken to us on various occasions, and gone home to New York to report as well as his limited stay among us may have qualified him. Of course, while here, he was lionized and made much of, as "one of the most extraordinary men of the age." Everybody saw him that could. He was the... |
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California Correspondence.
NEW SERIES – No. XI.
Milpitas, Santa Clara Co.,Cal., Nov. 18th, 1859.
DEAR ROCK:-
Time flies on; but yet little news of much interest transpires within the Golden State. Our annual state and county fairs are now all over with for this year. The fair in this county closed a few days ago, and it decidedly surpassed any previous one that has been held here, and in some points rather went ahead of the state fair which was held at Sacramento.
The show of stock was especially fine, and so choice a lot of thoroughbred horseflesh is hard to find in any state. "Belmont,"... |
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California Correspondence.
NEW SERIES – No. XII.
Milpitas, Santa Clara Co., Cal., Jan. 1st, 1860.
DEAR ROCK:-
Another "happy new year" to you. Ever "moving on” toward the unknown future, ever progressing onward in the journey of life, hopefully we look forward to each coming year; and as one after another, they glide so noiselessly by to join their companions of the past, let us bid them a kind adieu with their joys and their sorrows, and trustingly look forward to the good that may be in store for us. If there is trouble and sorrow ahead, we shall meet it soon enough, without anticipating it... |
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California Correspondence.NEW SERIES – No. XIII.Milpitas, Santa Clara Co.,Cal., March 19th, 1860.
DEAR ROCK:--
We have but little news in this quarter now-a-days, worth writing about, therefore, of course, I can tell you but little. All classes of us are anxiously looking forward and wondering who are to be the two great nominees for the presidency and our standard bearers in the approaching campaign.
The nominating conventions soon to assemble, have a heavy responsibility resting upon them, and have nice points to discuss as to the suitability and availability of those whom they may nominate... |
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California Correspondence.NEW SERIES – N. XIV.Milpitas, Santa Clara Co.,Cal., May 20th, 1860.
DEAR ROCK:--
At the present writing, great excitement exists in regard to the late and important news of the Indian massacres in Carson Valley. The new mining region has suddenly become the theatre of wholesale butchery. The blood of friends and fellow citizens cries for vengeance. The Indian warriors are out upon the war-path, and the fresh blood upon their scalping knives is the blood of the white man. The call is "to arms!" The country is aroused, and troops are hurrying across the Sierra, to the... |
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California Correspondence.No XVMilpitas, Santa Clara, Co., Cal.,Aug. 17th, 1860.
DEAR ROCK: -- The usual yearly routine of natural consequences, brings us round to harvest once more, and we are now right in the midst of the busiest doings of the whole year. On all sides, far and near, is heard the busy rattle and hum of the various paterned machines employed in cutting and threshing the grain, and everybody is extremely busy. No one has any excuse for being idle. Even the stragglers who are ever ranging the country in search of a "job," easily find work now, at the standing harvest wages, - $... |
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