Identifier: santabarbaramont00sout (find matches)
Title: Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Southworth, John R. (John Reginald), 1866-
Subjects: Santa Barbara (Calif.) Montecito (Calif.)
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif., Oreña studios
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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cued whole on the spot.The generous fare usually concluded with an as-sortment of dulces (cakes and candied fruits),fresh fruits, nuts, and native and foreign wines. Relations between mistress and maid were in-deed happy in those days; although servants, es-pecially old retainers, were permitted manyprivileges, the master and mistress were re-garded with the greatest respect, as being respon-sible for their welfare. The favored servant,who usually waited at table, would often be per-mitted to break into the conversation, much tothe astonishment of guests who were unac-quainted with this custom. An old Spanishproverb bearing on this is as follows:—^Un buencriado sabe cuando callar y cuando meter sucuchara (A good servant knows when to besilent and when to put in his spoon). *4t 4t 4tt ^ It -ke Ite «1% ^» *f* ^» *J* •!» I* Some of the great ranches were like the an-cient feudal estates, one of the most notable beingthat of Captain Jose de la Guerra y Noriega, a 106 )Kil*= a^-.v\
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^ .-^., SANTA BARBARA Spaniard, and founder of the de la Guerra fam-ily of Santa Barbara. Very wealthy, he ownedfifty leagues of land, 20,000 head of cattle, and12,000 horses. Both he and his wife, who was ofthe family of Carrillo, were ardent supporters ofthe church, and devoted to its interests; so goodwere they to their less fortunate brothers as to becalled ^defender of the poor and that mostcharitable lady. An American visitor to SantaBarbara early in last century is reported to havesaid on her return home that she found two su-perlatively good things in California. *LaSenora Noriega and grapes. It is also told thatCaptain Noriega when about to pay for merch-andise brought in by ship would take his creditorto the attic of his house, a room which was usedsolely for storing his treasure. Here were twoancient Spanish chairs, and at intervals werestanding over a dozen coras (Indian baskets) thelargest holding about half a bushel, all of whichcontained gold, some being almost full. It

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