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2 my health which suffered such wreck in the south has been thouroughly patched mended in the mountains of California. I
had a week or two of fever before leaving the plains for YoSemite, but it was not severe I was only laid up three or four
days, a month in the Sierras cooled with mountain winds delicious crystal water has effected a complete cure, and now Davie
this is a splendid country, one might truthfully make use of more than half of the Methodist hymn 'Land of pure delight' in
describing it, it flows with more of milk more of honey than ever did old Canaan in its happiest prime, Of all the bright
shining ranks of happy days that God has given me since I left Wisconsin these of California are 00445 3 the happiest
This place is ten or a dozen miles from the lowest foot hills of the great Sierra range opposite parallel to it at the distance
of 40 or 50 ms is the Diabolo range, both of which with their gorges, valleys, snow clad peaks, are in full clear view like
a picture in a room . They form together with the purple plains pure sky a source of exhaustless unmeasurable happiness from
all the fields when I work. I have been in the harvest field, but harvest work is easy here where headers are used Many farmers
in this valley raise from 10 to 20 thousand bushels of grain. I never had so easy times in harvest field before. I worked
for sometime here