Sept 16, 1872

We visited the stock exchange whare the bears & lions meet
to buy & sell stock. It was the greatest scene of Bedlam that I Ever
saw I wrote a letter to Mrs Woodruff & sent a Telegram to her

September 17, 1872 ~ Tuesday

17 Mr Ralston the Money king of Calafornia sent an Agent
[FIGURE] with a coach & team to take us to the rail Road so we could visit
San Jose & the country. Mr B Thompkins who accompanied us
was Mr Ralstons clerk in the Bank we were drove to the cars
which we took to San Jose there we met Mr Ralston coach in
waiting for us to take us through the various gardens, orchards, vine-
yards, & parks of the Gentlemen of that country. There was one feature
of that country which was interesting we found the whole country
intersperced with a tree called the live oak an Evergreen from one
foot to 6 feet through, those trees were preserved so that all the gardens
parks & grounds had the appearance of a hundred years growth looks
some like the oak openings of Ohio. In many parts also was a
vine or low shrub called poison oak which was much worse in
poisoning the flesh than poison Ivy. We visited NGeneral Nagles
garden & Grounds & vineyard, containing 160 Acres, 40 of which
was a fine yvineyard, he watered it with Artecian wells which
he got in diging 70 feet. His grounds were vary tastefully aranged
they contained many tropical fruits, flowers, & shrubery among
which were many pepper trees & centaury plants leaves 8 feet long
& 12 inches wide they bloomed evry 7 years instead of 100. Gen Nagles
had spent 2 years in France & Jermany in order to learn the best
process of manufacturing wine & Brandy. He had introduced the
best grapes & Esstablished the best distilary in the state. He made
100000 gallons of wine & 20000 gallons of Branndy each year His
brandy was as clear as cristal No coulering whatever in init. He did
not sell his brandy but put it up into 1000 gallon casks untill it was
5 or 6 years old & had age then He said this Generation should
for once have the privilege of buying a pure article, it took 5 gallons
of wine to make one gallon of Brandy. He paid $20 a ton for the
Mission Grape & $30 for the grapes He had imported. we went
all through his grounds & dined with him & when I left him
He shook me by the hand & said God Bless you

Sept 16, 1872

we visited the stock Exchange whare the bears & lions meet to buy & sell stock. It was the greatest scene of bedlam that I Ever saw [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Mrs Woodruff & sent a Telegram to her

September 17, 1872 ~ Tuesday

17 Mr Ralston the Money king of Calafornia sent an Agent [FIGURE] with a coach & team to take us to the rail Road so we could visit San Jose & the Country. Mr B Thompkins who accompanied us was Mr Ralstons Clerk in the Bank we were drove to the cars which we took to San Jose there we met Mr Ralston coach in waiting for us to take us through the various gardens, orchards, vineyards, & parks of the Gentlemen of that Country. There was one feature of that country which was interesting we found the whole country intersperced with a tree called the live Oak an Evergreen from one foot to 6 feet through, those trees were preserved so that all the gardens parks & grounds had the appearance of a hundred years growth looks some like the oak openings of Ohio. In many parts also was a vine or low shrub called poison oak which was much worse in poisoning the flesh than poison Ivy. We visitedGeneral Nagles garden & Grounds & vineyard, containing 160 Acres, 40 of which was a fine vineyard, he watered it with Artecian wells which he got in diging 70 feet. His grounds were vary tastefully aranged they contained many tropical fruits, flowers, & shrubury among which were many pepper trees & centaury plants, leaves 8 feet long & 12 inches wide they Bloomed Evry 7 years instead of 100. Gen Nagles had spent 2 years in France & Jermany in order to learn the best process of manufacturing wine & Brandy. He had introduced the best grapes & Esstablished the best distilary in the State. He made 100000 gallons of wine & 20000 gallons of Brandy Each year His brandy was as clear as cristal No coulering whatever init. He did not sell his brandy but put it up into 1000 gallon casks untill it was 5 or 6 years old & had age then He said this Generation should for once have the privilege of buying a pure article, it took 5 gallons of wine to make 1 gallon of Brandy He paid $20 a ton for the Mission Grape & $30 for the grapes He had imported. we went all through his grounds & dined with him & when I left him He shook me by the hand & said God Bless you