AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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the very highest grade. We have 8 or 

 ".' churches, besides 3 hired halls. There 

 are 17 churches within a circuit of o 

 miles ; also Masonic, Odd Fellows, and 

 all other secret organizations, public 

 library, etc. 



The prevailing diseases are mostly 

 chronic and consumptives that come 

 here for their health from the East. The 

 largest percentage of deaths are from 

 consumptives that come here too late to 

 be benefited; still, many recover and 

 live. The prevailing disease among 

 children is perfect health. Why? Be- 

 cause they actually can live out-doors 

 the entire year. They have ripe fruit, 

 either from the tree or vine the entire 

 year, and an abundance of it. Fresh 

 vegetables are delivered at our doors 

 the entire year. 



Children are almost without an ex- 

 ception perfect specimens of physical 

 health and vigor. My little Maggie, 

 2K years old, was born of a consump- 

 tive mother, who was in the last stages, 

 contracted in Indiana, and also inherited, 

 as her mother, two sisters and an only 

 brother all died with the dread disease. 

 Well, Maggie is now as perfect a speci- 

 men of health as ever was seen. She is 

 up at 5 o'clock, and out-doors with her 

 papa, bare-headed and bare-footed, in 

 her night-dress, helping to feed the 

 chickens (for her papa is a thorough- 

 bred chicken crank). She has her pet 

 rabbit and pet pigeon to feed. 



The outside doors and windows of our 

 house are all open night and day, with 

 screen doors and windows to keep out 

 flies.. We use Chinese matting — no 

 costly carpets — so we are not afraid to 

 let in sunshine and air. 



Little Maggie is on her feet about 15 

 hours out of every 24, for she scarcely 

 ever takes the time to take a daylight 

 nap. I dress her as soon as I get in 

 from my morning chores, then light the 

 fire and get breakfast. As soon as she 

 is dressed she is out-doors and on the 

 run with her two little brothers. 



When she was barn she weighed 73^ 

 pounds ; and when 9 months old she 

 weighed 9 pounds. Her mother being a 

 helpless invalid, I had sole care of the 

 little thing almost from birth. I took 

 her to town with me, or wherever I went. 

 She slept out-doors under the shade of 

 an evergreen tree in her little carriage, 

 and took in the climate, all she could 

 breathe. Almost every one that saw 

 her, said to me, " You don't expect to 

 raise that child, do you?" My reply 

 was, " God has given her to me on pur- 

 pose to raise." 



What is the price of land? Under- 



stand that you can support a good-sized 

 family here on 5 or 10 acres of land ; 

 so we charge you for the climate and 

 throw in the land. But you can get 

 just as much climate on a lot 50 by 150 

 feet as you can on 10 acres. Climate 

 can be had from $50 to $1,000 per 

 acre, according to location, adaptability, 

 etc. A full bearing orange orchard 

 costs from $500 to $1,000 per acre, 

 but the gross receipts frequently amount 

 to the above sum per acre. 



Don't ask me what we can raise here, 

 for the list is too long. I can tell you 

 better what we do not raise. We don't 

 raise our own cotton, but could. We 

 don't raise our own bananas, but could. 

 We don't raise our tea, coiJee, rice, etc., 

 but we are going to raise our own sugar. 

 We raise all kinds of fruits, nuts, veg- 

 etables, grain, butter, pork, poultry, 

 beef, mutton, wool, etc. 



Our mean temperature is about 75°. 

 Our climate is not debilitating, the 

 nights are always cool — it is always cool 

 in the shade, always warm in the sun- 

 shine. We have from 3 to 5 or 6 rainy 

 days in the entire year. It is called 

 "God's country" by us Californians ; 

 an old man's paradise, etc. 



Santa Ana., Calif., Sept. 22, 1893. 



[Well, Doctor, when we read the first 

 sentence of your interesting article, we 

 were almost tempted to feel sorry for 

 getting you into "trouble," but after 

 reading all you have to say in the fore- 

 going, we were really glad that we pub- 

 lished the former things about you and 

 your glorious part of California. What 

 an Eden you must be in ! Why, it 

 makes us feel just like taking the next 

 train for your country, especially when 

 we remember that it was 20° below 

 zero here last winter. But we will have 

 to be contented, and continue " to labor 

 and to wait." Perhaps some day we 

 may be permitted to go to your heavenly 

 place — 



" Where everlasting spring abides, 

 And never withering flowers." — Ed.] 



Honey as Food and JVIedicine is 



just the thing so help sell honey, as it shows 

 the various ways in which honey may be 

 used as a food and as a medicine. Try 100 

 copies ef it, and see what good "sales- 

 men " they are. See the third page of this 

 number of the Bee Journal for description 

 and prices. 



