Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02
A SACRAMENTAN ABROAD.
THE RELATION BETWEEN GOOD FARMS
AND RED BARNS.
Boston. its Streets. its Crowds, Its Ami
versary.
SYRACUSE. n. Y. Sept. 20. 1850.

I
"trip from this city to Boston and return
noticed that every farm that was well
titled, fenced and housed, was ornamented
by red barn, and the ulcer the farm the
redder the barn. propose to make thor
ough inquiry and furnish the bucolical
portion of California careful statistics upon
the red barn business when l return. 1t is
useless for me at present to even moralize
upon the subject, for | am not too well
informed upon agricultural pursuits here
or on the Pacific coast and ana not posted
as to all shades OF red color, but l am
working hard at the problem.
The scenery from here to the Hub is
beautiful. Descriptions are but common
place at best. The country should be seen
not read about. The painters who seek
Italian scenes and western wilds for sub
jects could more proftably employ their
themselves before my eyes in New York
and Massachusetts,. In the Bay State |
was very much surprised to see so much
woodland-why it seemed to me that no
man need 90 west to find forests to clear.
for here in the thickly settled common
wealth were thousands of acres of wooded
slope and plain. l am not farmer enough
to know, but | think that land that will
raise such trees will raise grain also. The
crop of rocks must have been tremendous,
for stone fences are the rule. can believe
now the old story that the early New
Highlander planted corn and sowed wheat
with shot gun, and made soup of rich
looking stones.
THE FIELDS WERE SMALL
But well cared for and the fences pictur-
esque, looking at a distance like castle
walls. In Eastern New York, from SYRIA
cuse to Albany, 1t looked like one grand
succession of fields dividing large farm,
with every now and then city or town to
hold the people, In Massachusetts we be-
came accustomed to the tall factory CHM
news and as we neared one of the numerous
towns and villages that dot that State in
every quarter, we would begin to look for
the factory that made and supported the
town. We found, l believe, two places
where there were no factories, and felt
really defrauded when we searched for the
chimney and big building full of operatives
and found it not. We were somewhat
cheered by learning in response to our
anxious inquiries as to how a Massachusetts,
town dared to exist without factory, that
there was one few miles up the river.
Every stream seemed to be river in the
nomenclature of the natives. We stopped
one day in Albany and visited the new
capitol building, Washington Park, and
other points. The new capitol of New
York is grand, massive, beautiful and
ornate. The Assembly chamber is as
beautiful as picture When full of men,
bers and spectators and lighted at night it
must be an inspiring and ever to be remem-
bered sight. About ], 800 men are at work
upon the capitol now, and it is expected to
be finished when-the New Yorker says
"I'll pay no more taxes for this, my ele-
phant." The Senate Chamber is unfin-
ished, but "they' hope to have it ready by
January. l cannot describe either the
style or workmanship, or material, except
by saying that each and all appeared to me
to be mixture of every known style of
ancient and modern times. On one side
could be seen huted columns and plain pill
lars, on another Gothic curves and points,
on another swelling arabesque and rounded
shafts, while windows were generally
square with decided tendency to be
homely. The inside work is most beauti-
full. The marble, and granite and stone
being polished until they resemble mirrors,
and the fresco and decorative painting be-
ing tasteful and rich. Two most elaborate
and gigantic paintings adorn the Assembly
Chamber, one representing day dispensing
night, and the other the voyage of progress.
They are both by Hunt, now dead, by his
own hand. Other paintings are to be put
in their appointed places as already desig-
mated, as soon as the building is completed
sufficiently to permit. The Court of APP
peals room is finished in mahogany, and, as
my wife expressed it for both of us, sis
Just splendid" 1 apologize to you and
myself for attempting a description, and
for any failure to make decent attempt.
WASHINGTON PARK
Is very beautiful spot in the city, and
would be an ornament to New York or
Philadelphia. 1t is very well kept indeed,
and although small ia comparison with
Central or Golden Gate Parks, yet the
space is well economical, and the drives so
artistically arranged, that it appears four
or five times as large as it really is. 1t is
great resort for rich and poor alike, and
adds another illustration to the truth OF
the proposition that to maintain a city park
is the wisest expenditure of city money
possible. The streets of Albany, barring
one or two, are narrow In the business part
of the city, and the pavements while good,
are cobble, hence the noise is horrible.
We arrived in Boston Monday evening
at $50, too late to see anything save the
splendid manner in which the hack and
ccachmen were controlled. No wild rush
upon the traveller no shouting or yelling,
but simply standing in row, separated
from the travelling public by a strong rail
ing, reckoning for fares. This was in the
Boston and Albany Railroad Depot. This
| railroad deserves credit for the manner il
which it runs its trains and manages its sta.
tions. We put up at the Hotel Brunswick,
! and found it to be splendid hotel in rooms
| and food and attendance, but too far out
of the city for people like us. total strang'
ers. 1t is the same as though grand ho-
| tel was at East Park in Sacramento.
Tuesday morning we changed to the Revere,
and felt Immediately like Bostonians, for
| 10 here had Daniel Webster eaten and
SleDC anu dI lcdSG VIC WOlC oo
informed ninety-nine times. 1t is a good
hotel and in town. | hunted up
THE GREAT COUNCIL
OF the United States of the Improved Or
der of Red Men, and devoted myself to
the duties incumbent upon each member
/ thereof, while my wife and boy sought to
find a straight street in Boston. 1t is
needless to say that they failed. | tried
my banda fewdays afterwards and thought
1 had found one. when suddenly l came
upon the balance of the street about mile
away from what appeared to be its legiti-
mate end. We all became convinced that
if the end of man was as hard to find as
the end of Boston street that spanking in
youthful days and rest in manhood's hours
would be things unknown.
The Great Council finished its labor;
Thursday morning at $50 after a harmo
nious and interesting session. There were
delegates present from nearly every State
in the Union, and enjoyed very much the
| nv Of copvar,fvo Nth than Pol.