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Show 140 NATIONAL 'WAGON ROAD GUIDE. one hundred or even fifty dollars in pocket, COME TO CALIFORNIA. It is a land full of glorious promise, a land where the tmost diversit,r of pursuits is presented to the enterprising of every capacity, from the man of Vt'ealth, to the day-laborer, whose only capital is his . h~nds. A land above all others, where industry and prudence make I poor men rich; but to t11e indolent and improvident, who wants to live "rithout work, or get his living off from others, to the loafer, gambler, or sporting gentleman, we say most emphatically, California has lost many of its attractions. I To the unmarried woman, if desirous of marrying, we say, come ; if you can come with~ and con1e to, or among true friends; or if alone, possessed of an unyielding virtue. We want you to come, because California wants more farailies, more permanent households. We want families, because we do see.. that as year after year, they n1ultiply a1nong us, a decided change for the better is apparent in every phase of society. We want fan1ilies, be-cause their homes and hearth-stones everywhere, are . the only true and reliable basis of any nation ; and APPENDIX. 141 as we know of very many young men in our midst, who would lend their aid in increasing the nu1nbe~ of families, provided the necessary material could be obtained I ' we sincerely hope, that the true philanthropists of the gentler sex, resident of the Eastern States, will take the ca.se of California, her welfare, and that of her young men, and many of the older ones, into their most serious consideration ; bearing in mind, that at present, our male population as compared with the female, is nearly as four to one. Thus we see~ California wants more wives; nd why not? just see the inducen1ents. HAS HAD A WIFE A YEAR .AND .A. HALF, DO YOU SEE THAT BOY? In further proof that wives are really wanted, at the .. |