Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-27
A LARGE PICNIC.

The picnic exclusion TO Natome UroVe
yesterday in honor of the anniversary day OF
the Order of Odd Fellows was the largest
picnic excursion which ever went out OF Sac
ramento. The train, in two sections, con-
sisted Of thirty-seven passenger cars and one
baggage car, with twenty four employees, and
two others with baggage. Placing the num-
Der per car at 20, and adding the "a in the
baggage car, gives 3,6l4 excursionists. Large
numbers went up in carriages, many came
from the vicinity of Auburn, r seville, Rock
lin. Florin, Michigan Bar, Latrobe, Elk
Grove, Plymouth and other points, and
the population of Folsom was largely repre-
scented, as also the country between Sacra-
mento and Folsom. An estimate. therefore,
placing the whole number upon the grounds
at from 3, eco to 500, will be fair 1t is to
be regretted that it seems irnpo ;sble to start
picnic train at the announced hour. Thelast
section did not leave until nearly Ga II. yester-
| day. In this case it was probably attribut-
| able to the great crowd and the necessity for
adding more cars to the train. Nevertheless
| 1t is very trying to women and little ones to
have to sit in close cars in the depot 50 long.
Excepting this infiiclion. the management
yesterday by the Odd Fellows committees
was good, and reflects credit upon them.
were dbtSuJlhe, At-NlI cI>pcScH III
answer ali requests, and what was best, were
not grouped about the dancing platform,
but constantly and thoroughly patroiling the
grounds. To the committeeman it was a day
Of hard work and no enjoyment. The
grounds were found in good condition, and
the only worthy complaint laid was that
the water barrels were not widely distributed
by the lessons, and while plentiful enough,
were all central, thus compelling those pic
havt hano-,so
shade in the grove to carry water long dis
tances. A couple of barrels OF water at re-
moter points would have proved very con
venient to hundreds. The committees pro
v;ded e cd music, plenty of games, had re-
freshment stands let out that were equil TO |
the demands of the people, attended in per- |
son to details, and so managed that there was
not during the entire day the slightest in |
fringement of good order. No large con- |
pany of people ever went cut of the city on
a like excursion that more thoroughly enjoyed |
itself Swings were provided, goodly num-
Der Of seats and benches, footballs, racing |
grounds, archery ranges and targets. ETC., |
and fine lot of prizes were awarded |
winners in the games. These were
Archery for men, 80 arrows, 40 yards, won
by n. E. White; score, 13i. Ladies-30 |
arrows, 30 yards, Won by Miss Emily Boyne
score, 1876. To each solid silver medal.
DsSeD2il-A silver I1SGat Id lLe u mon SIuD.
Score, II to for the Capitols. Running
Girls, 3 to 10, 100 yards silver napkin ring,
Alice hurry; boys, to 10, 100 yards. silver
cup. Frank Lambert; girls, 10 to 10, 150
yard., fine fan, Eva Boyne boys, 10 to Is
$50 yards, pocket knife, Dennis Haley
ladies, over is, 200 yards, shawl pin,
Lizzie Studeris; boys, Is to is, 200
yards, q fine hat, William Swift
ladies' bliudfold race, hunting the bell, silk
rasol, Miss N. Orth; gents three legged
race, two boxes cigars, VIM. Nolan and Chas.
cigar holder, VIM. Nolan boys, Is to Is
years. wheel5arrow race, fine scarf and pin,
Ed Simpson; egg race for ladies' photograph
album, Emma Ross egg race for girls, 10 to
Is, fine toilet set, Mary Farnsworth chicken
hunting, blindfold by ladies, the chickens to
Mrs. Francis; gents sack race, fine inkstand,
Nash Lewis; boys sack race, fine scarf and
pin, c. Genner; running, one-half mile,
q free for ali" So, C. Genner chicken hunt
ing, for youths, the chickens to Geo. hurry
and VIM. Talbot; gents standing jump, book
OF poems, to Ed. Taylor; gents hop, step and
jump, sleeve buttons, to w. Schmidt.
One Of the especially convenient arrange
meDts of the committees was the sending of
express wagons to q different points in the
city to gather up luncheon baskets free, and
them TO the cars, and again at the
grounds from the cars TO the committee
headquarters. Liquors were not allowed
to be sold on the grounds. For the
delight of the children ''the man with the
flying horses was permitted to hold forth,
and for the satisfaction of the muscular the
man with the base-halls and wooden dolls
was allowed to run his game of skill. The
first return train left the grounds about P.
N. to accommodate those desiring to return
early, and reached the city shortly before P.
". Those who wished to still further pro-
long the pleasures OF the day were permitted
to remain until night almost tred upon the
skirts of departing day, when the second
train was started, and It arrived in the city
just before S P. VI. On the down trip, in sec
ton No. l a hrake-rod fell down and COM
pelled pause for repairs, but it was trivial
matter. The committees in charge yester-
DAY wera subcommittee of the general com
nittee of arrangements, composed as follows
W. II. Sherburn, Nelson Wilcox, John Watt,
E. Glover, G. w Siddall, w. d. Stalker, P.
Newman. S. Morris, George Boyne, W. B.
Davies, Daniel Flint, 7. d. Moore, Z. J.
Clark. George Murray, D. Johnston, John
Talbot, 7. G. Tice, NJ. Howard, e. NJ. Mar
tin, S. w. Butler, b. Wilson, c. T. Noyes,
Thomas Warmly, George B. Dean, S. A.
Wolf, George b. Blue, H. c. Hays. Jacob
Lang, Mrs. Ida Hillebrand and Mrs. Mayer.
Large numbers of the picnickers visited the
grounds and buildings of the Branch Prison
during the day, and line of wagons and
buses running between the prison and the
grove was kept actively at work all day.
The visitors speak of their reception at the
prison by the officers as courteous and
Obliriru