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Show liETTEB FBOW ST CEOBGE. j Ft. Geobge, August 4, 1872. Dear Herald.' To-day and for several days past tho mercury his been up, not aiuoh short of 1 lu degrees, and singular enough quite cool before morotoir, enough o to make bed clothes feel quite com-tbrtablo. com-tbrtablo. Our usual July rains have failed, and tho heated term continues and blazes down on us, ripening fruit off very rapidly and maturing crops with great speed, if they have f-tvor of moisture. Wears having in fiir alundance now, ripe, most sorts of fruit wo grow, and even the early grapes begin to bo quite presentable and sweet. To day we saw fine specimens speci-mens of second crop of white tigs ripe, and third orop setting finely. Of Dec-I Dec-I tar ices we never saw so fine specimens j as we havo now ripening off, and as red as a cherry all over. Our crop of pears is breaking down tbo trees. Our soil and climate seem especially and happily adapted to the growth of that delicate fruit. Kipe melons are becoming be-coming quite abundant, and are do-licious do-licious when taken cool under Sol's kindling and diolving rays. Our unusually quiet city was yesterday yester-day thrown into quite a fever by a reported re-ported Iodiao robbery of tho cow herd, but it proved a false alarm. Some powder was burnt, and we tear some of the natives were seriously injured, but wo have not yet learned. We have now quite a trade with Pioche in the shape of supplying them with choice fruit, veg tables aod other produce. Bees are doing first rate: Ooe apiary wo wot of has increased its colonies from twenty to seventy-aix, ''with prospects." pros-pects." It is a general time of good health, eating fruit and looking lor the densest shade. J. |