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want to get a living without work — 

 lawyers, doctors, clerks, etc., still there 

 is plenty of room at the top of the ladder. 



Potatoes, tomatoes, melons, castor 

 beans, etc., become weeds here when 

 once planted in this wonderful soil and 

 climate. 



Now I must tell you a story : Three 

 years ago I met an old gentleman on the 

 cars. He said : " A few years ago one 

 of my sons, which I brought up a good, 

 truthful boy, strayed away from Maine 

 to California, and he wrote back such 

 abominable lies about the country and 

 its products, that I sent out another son 

 to see why the first one had become such 

 an abominable liar, and, behold, the sec- 

 ond one wrote back bigger lies, if pos- 

 sible, than the first ; so I came out to 

 try and reform the boys. I have been 

 here one year, and now I am on my way 

 back to Maine to dispose of my property, 

 and move into God's country to spend 

 my days, and I am not going to tell the 

 people back there what I have seen here, 

 and what a paradise this is in compari- 

 son to Maine, for I do not want to be 

 called a liar to my face." 



Even I myself did uot dare to write to 

 my son the particulars, so I asked him 

 if he would come out and pay me a visit, 

 providing I forwarded him the money 

 and paid all his expenses both ways, and 

 he came, and I showed him the country 

 for three weeks. I then said: "You 

 have seen and heard enough. Do you 

 now think that you can go back East 

 and live contented ?" His reply was, 

 "No, father, I know that I never can." 

 He and his family have just got back to 

 God's country after spending three 

 months at the World's Fair and in Wis- 

 consin and Iowa, with friends and rela- 

 tives. 



I have been writing to a cousin up 

 North, to induce her to leave that coun- 

 try. She is in Saskatchawan, North 

 West Territory. She says it is almost 

 impossible for them to believe my stories, 

 but they are coming to see in the spring. 

 So, now, friends, do not ask me any 

 more questions, but take my advice — 

 come and see for yourselves. 



There is no possible chance for a 

 lightning-rod peddler here, nor for an 

 agent to insure against tornadoes or 

 blizzards. 



As to earthquakes, some one that has 

 been in the country a long time will have 

 to tell you that there was an earthquake 

 last night, or you perhaps will not know 

 anything about it. Still, I have felt 

 quite a perceptible jar once in 15 years. 



Some find fault because we do not 



have more manufacturing establish- 

 ments, but I was a pioneer in Wisconsin, 

 and also in Iowa, and as nearly as I can 

 recollect we did not find such establish- 

 ments in those States, when the first 

 settlers went in. The United States is 

 the greatest country on earth when 

 everything is considered, and California 

 will rank as the greatest State in the 

 United States — so think all Califor- 

 nians. The developments in the next 

 ten years must be marvelous. 

 Sant Ana, Calif. 



[The "clipping" referred to by Dr. 

 Gallup is as follows : — Ed.] 



ORANGE COUNTY AT CHICAGO. 



Orange county, the smallest of the South- 

 ern California counties, having an area of 

 661 square miles, and a population of about 

 30,000, has a greater variety of products 

 than any other county in the State. Its 

 display of deciduous and citrus fruits at the 

 World's Fair, brought it prominently be- 

 fore the public as a fruit-producer. Its ex- 

 hibits of fruits in glass Is the largest of the 

 six southern counties, while its exhibit of 

 vegetable products discloses the fact that it 

 is one of the leading counties in the State 

 in raising marketable vegetables and lux- 

 uriant grains. 



Its large beets, squashes, celery, cucum- 

 bers, corn, oats, etc., have attracted univer- 

 sal attention, and its peat soil in the ex- 

 hibit has been the subject of universal 

 comment during the Exposition. Its ex- 

 hibit of nuts, notably its English walnut 

 display, disclosed that Orange county is a 

 great nut-producer, and the home of the 

 English walnut. Besides having such an 

 excellent display in the California building, 

 this county makes exhibits in several other 

 departments at the Fair. 



In the horticultural, agricultural and 

 mining buildings she co-operates with 

 other portions of the State in showing the 

 diversity of her productions. 



Various Bee-Matters anci Experiences. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



BY MESSRS. TODD & ARNOLD. 



October 10th found our bees all packed 

 in double-walled hives, on the summer 

 stands, in as good condition as we ever 

 had them in the last 17 years. 



Our honey crop is all sold. We com- 

 menced to ship honey to Dakota, Ne- 

 braska and Kansas shortly after we be- 

 gan extracting. We got about half a 

 crop of white honey the past season. 

 The prospect for white clover is not very 

 good for next year, as the fall was so 

 dry. We are close to lots of linden, and 



