There has been very warm weather in San Joaquin County. At one village the mercury stood one day at 190 decrees in the sun. It was attempted to ascertain how high it would be Ul the shade ; but every man who stood, up to make a shade was sun-struck, and the observations had to be abandoned. One citizen was in possession of an old stable door that cast a fine shadow, but he refused to loan it, because ho **a. using it to keep his whiskey from .boil* A gentleman who was calmly spreading his youngest child on a piece of bread, remarked that he had a tub which would do to turn over the ther. mometer, if anybody would lend, him something to pour his wife into. •.. The San Joaquin Valley ha.? the finest climate in the world.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 139, 27 October 1871, Page 5
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150Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 139, 27 October 1871, Page 5
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