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•canyon nearly opposite the direction in which 

 we ihonglit we ought to ^o. When about to 

 cross a little sticam we iieard a festive voice 

 rising ill musical tones, and. searching a few 

 rods further down among the trees, we found 

 some young men camping, and from them 

 learned that we were headed into the Castail 

 •Canyon. We turned arotuid and retraced the 

 lost mile and took the road with a gate across 

 it. Now, the mistake we made in not follow- 

 ing up our mistake, was that, just about a mile 

 •or so up the Castail Canyon, we should have 

 found Mr. Mercer's apiary, and at that time he 

 was at work in it, as we afterward learned; 

 and, not far from the Mercer apiary, Mr. Hewes 

 holds forth. Had we called upon our friends, 

 no doubt we should have enjoyed a sort of 

 picnic. It is, however, too late for regrets, and 

 we will try to do better next time. 



After passing the aforesaid gate we rode at 

 least ten miles and saw no signs of habitation, 

 with the exception of a couple of bee-ranches 

 off to the right in the foot-hills. One of these, 

 known as the Black apiary, on account of the 

 dark and weather-beaten appearance of the 

 hives, is owned by Mr. Moffat, of Los Angeles. 

 It is in the midst of the best black-sage country 

 an Los Angeles or Ventura Counties, and has 

 yielded as much as 400 lbs. to the colony. Mr. 

 Hewes, being located not far from it, should 

 exi^rcise a little of his surplus energy, and raise 

 his average a little. From later information. I 

 learn that Mr. Moffat always leaves an abun- 

 dance of stores in the hives for wintering, and 

 requeens his colonies often, which is the proper 

 idea entertained by the Ramhi.kr. 



POMONA COLLEGE. 



AM. ABOUT IT, ETC. 



By Prof. A. J. Cook. 



Dear Mr. Editor:— I have been requested, 

 ■and even urged by many, to send to you, for 

 publication, answers to the following questions: 

 What kind of an institution is Pomona College? 

 Would you advise any one to make California a 

 home? 



Pomona College is situated in the San Ga- 

 briel Valley. The mountains compass it about, 

 and are very high and close on the north. To the 

 soutli. for forty miles, is a valley of wondrous 

 fertility and beauty. Thus we look down on 

 hundreds of acres of orchards, bearing the fruits 

 of every zone, whose rich verdure gladdens the 

 eye alike in winter and summer. The climate 

 is delicious. I doubt whether Italy can boast 

 of any thing more delightful. What is equally 

 important, it is as famed for its salubrity as for 

 its beauty. Health-seekers come here from all 

 regions of the world. Claremont, the seat of 

 the college, is situated on the Santa Fe R. R., 

 midway between Los Angeles and San Bernar- 



dino, the two largest cities of Southern Cali- 

 fornia, ana is 35 miles from the former place. 

 The soil is gratiite gravel, and so it is never 

 muddy about the college. I have ridden on 

 my wheel every day since I came here, Dec. 39, 

 and have never had to clean mud from my bi- 

 cycle, though we have had some very hard 

 rains. Claremont is yet new, but is rapidly im- 

 proving, and will soon be one of the most love- 

 ly places in Southern California. 



Pomona, Chino, and Ontario, are all close by, 

 almost in sight. The people in the whole San 

 Gabriel Valley, from Los Angeles to Redlands 

 and Riverside, are exceptionally cultured, in- 

 telligent, and refined. It is common to find 

 graduates from all the eastern colleges, culti- 

 vating their own orange, lemon, or olive groves. 

 Nearly all are church-going, Christian men 

 and women. Two of the largest cities in the 

 valh y, and all the small towns, entirely prohib- 

 it the saloon. There is probably no country in 

 the world where the fruit and bee-keeping in- 

 dustries can be more successfully and profitably 

 prosecuted than liere. Thus I have said enough 

 to show that Pomona College is most fortunate 

 in its location. Scenic beauty and grandeur; 

 lovely, healthful surroundings ; refined Chris- 

 tian people, are a trio of circumstances in 

 which any college would thrive with vigor. 



Pomona College is only six years old, and has 

 just graduated its first class of eleven— a class 

 of whom all here are justly proud. There are 

 fourteen in the corps of instruction; and there 

 have been lUO students in attendance during 

 the past year. There are two fine buildings, 

 which were well shown in a recent number of 

 Gleanings. Notwithstanding the great busi- 

 ness depression, $50,000 has been raised the past 

 season, which secured a gift of another $.50,000, 

 thus giving us an endowment of $100,000. Two 

 professorships are endowed, and, aside from 

 the $.50,000, enough has been raised the past 

 season to pay all current expenses, and., pro- 

 visionally, the same for five years to come. 

 Pomona College has a host of friends in the 

 State, and is confessedly the best college in 

 Southern California, as she is the largest. She 

 deserves it all, for she does exceptionally good 

 work, and is working successfully to develop 

 grand Christian character. In short, Pomona 

 College is a Christian college, like Oberlin, 

 Amherst, Williams, etc., with an able faculty 

 of earnest Christians, and with a grand lot 

 of Christian students, loyal to the core. Thus 

 the spirit and work of the college attracts 

 all who become acquainted with its influence 

 and management. It is a safe place to send 

 young ladies and gentlemen. The studious 

 and right-minded will find all congenial; the 

 unchristian and wayward will likely be won by 

 the spirit of the place, and will fall in to the 

 general trend of industry and rigiit living. 

 Our country, and especially California, needs 



