15/17 California can bear to have the whole truth told, and still be far ahead. Who wants eternal sunshine, eternal monotony? I see that one resident compares it with May in other parts of the country. I think he has never tried to find a picnic day in early May in New England. He says: "Our coldest month is warmer than April at Philadelphia, and our warmest one much cooler than June at same place." They did have one simoon in 1859, when the mercury rose to 133 deg., and stayed there for eight hours. |