. The Pacific tourist . p, Tit for Tut.—When Hepworth Dixon wasleaving California, he asked one of our news-paper men to write to him occasionally. Certainly, replied our knight of the paste-pot and shears, whom we will call plain Smith, how shall I address you ? Simply Hepworth Dixon, England, repliedthe modest author of The White Conquest. All right, Mr. Dixon, responded Mr. Smith,choking down his risibilities by a severe effort, I trust to have the pleasure of hearing fromyou in reply. Certainly, Mr. Smith, replied Dixon, howshall I address you ? Simply John Smith, America, triumphantlyrepl
. The Pacific tourist . p, Tit for Tut.—When Hepworth Dixon wasleaving California, he asked one of our news-paper men to write to him occasionally. Certainly, replied our knight of the paste-pot and shears, whom we will call plain Smith, how shall I address you ? Simply Hepworth Dixon, England, repliedthe modest author of The White Conquest. All right, Mr. Dixon, responded Mr. Smith,choking down his risibilities by a severe effort, I trust to have the pleasure of hearing fromyou in reply. Certainly, Mr. Smith, replied Dixon, howshall I address you ? Simply John Smith, America, triumphantlyreplied Mr. Smith. Reno—is 293 miles from San Francisco, sit-uated in the Truckee Meadows, the junction ofthe Virginia & Truckee Railroad, the first pointreached from which there are two daily passengertrains to San Francisco, and the best point of de-parture for tourists going west to visit LakeTahoe. The Meadows, about 15 miles long andeight wide, are mostly covered with sage brush. 206 WBE &&GXFW WINTER FOREST SCENE IN THE SIERRA NEVADAS. BY THOMAS MORAN. The numerous boulders which also strew the mead-ows, are built into fences, and alfalfa seed sownafter digging out the sage brush, and rich pas-turage results on which sheep thrive. Eight orten tons to the acre are cut in a single season,and farms make handsome returns. The boul-ders are most numerous along the river. Reno has an altitude of 4,507 feet, and apopulation of 2,000. A severe fire devastatedit lately. It was named after General Renothe hero of South Mountain—has now 2,000people, and is a county-seat with a $30,000court-house, and is the gate to the West forall the State, and distributing point for alarge portion of it. It has outrun Truckeein competing for the trade of California,east of the Sierras and among the beautifuland fertile valleys north of the railroad,for, from November to May, Truckee is shut inby deep snows, and its roads have steeper grades. Sierra Valley, the Honey Lake Region, LongVa
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