Show california an old eastern gentlemen visited california during 1 the earlier period of her history when big C licks were struck and piles plies made in a comparatively short space oi of time tune not rugh ly appreciating t the general circumstances and condition of things by which he was surrounded he returned home and thus discoursed sed t to 0 his friends in the east on what he heard saw and thought 0 of the golden land the picture is ia graphically given and in we e think will hold equally true in these days well weil its a beautiful county count county cou con nty y sir no mistake about that a beautiful beautia al country to look at but ail an awful country to live ml int the land is first rate and the climate and the birds f I 1 and the flowers I 1 never did why when I 1 fot got there the birds were all a singing and the he flowers in blow and the weather so splendid di ld I 1 declare I 1 thought it was a kind of heaven hut hut but it aint tho thol I 1 staid th there erelOng long iong enough to find that out anyway any way its a sight bight more like pother place which we dont care to seel why I 1 saw more wicked wickedness ness noss while I 1 was there than I 1 ever supposed there was over the whole facia fac of the earth from the day the creator made it down to the fth of july lying stealing cheari cheating na swearing swearing dr drinking kin sambath gambling horse racing cock fighting sabbath breaking forging counterfeiting murdering all sorts of s sin in barving their master every every way and everywhere I 1 declare I 1 never why you might set on this this bench a whole livelong summers day and shut your our eyes and think over all the sin and wicked wickedness you ever cven heard beard or read or dreamed afy of and add to that all you conid could invent and lor lorl blesa you sir it be of no account at all in Califor california nial why act out all that and a much more in half the time I 1 got kind of scared at last I 1 really thought there would have to be tie another another flood or another fire aud brimstone experience or som sorri thin or nother jest est to purify the land ohl how I 1 thanked god J 1 sent my boys there for they were young and thoughtless and j ignorant borant of evil and may be sip have s showed sa owed all its ugliness to them as it did to me |