Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-02
BAY BREEzEs.
LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO = OF
MINISTERIAL MATTERS.
4 Boom Promised A Portrait = Some
Refreshment Eotes-Electricity
Utilized.
Correspondence of the RECORD USros.I

DAN hANLiSlO, NOfCiHUOt lOD-'
Once in great while we have concert
as sweet and refreshing as drop OF rain
after a season of drought. Just now we
have had two such drops of rain, with
fashion and tone reflected on their globular
surfaces. No matter how sweetly singer
may cling, something there lacks in the en-
tertainment if the audience be not also
attuned. One of these concerts was given
t. Mrs. Howell and Mrs. Stetson, the go.
prano and the contralto of church choir.
The Orchestral Union played, little Mrs.
Eva Towne-Shaw was the pianiste, and,
among others, the very well.known benef.
Charles sang. In speaking of the solo fur
nished by very reverend and
HIGHLY ADMIRED DIVINE,
It seems to me the hight of amusing alb.
surdity is reached at bound when sec.
ulsr newspaper affectionately calls the
minister brother" "There ia divinity
doth hedge king and preachers seem to be
fenced off from the rest of humanity either
by their own notion or the worlds notion.
A little lady, lately married, described
how odd it was to meet in private the
dreadful man who weekly preached over
her head from his pulpit. Said she, "He
came up stairs and rehearsed us informally
Tor the ceremony, and so that Jimmie
might be sure of the moment, ne said,
"Now look straight at me, and iChen rink
put on the ring !" / rather think that
minister knocked the fence down then be.
tween himself and our parishioner. At an.
other time an organist inquired particu.
larry as to the time for mis- wedding
march. Well" replied the minister,
with twinkle 81 shall say, Whom
God hath Joined together, let no man put
asunder.' When l say asunder, then do
yod play like thunder" There is worldly
flavor about such man which recon.
mends him both to Heaven and his flock.
1t is interesting to note that three Congre-
gational churches, Unitarian church and
Baptist church unite in a Thanks giving
service this year. Surely the prophecy is
fulfilled which reads: ''And the lion and
the lamb shall lie down together" I re.
member, and it was not so many years
ago, when one of these Congregational
churches refused letter of dismission and
recommendation TO a young lady who
wished to take it to the Hamilton Church.
Oakland, the reason being that that church
was not considered orthodox, according to
Congregational ideas, and it certainly is
NOT ORTHODOX.
Yet Rev. DR.. Stebbins, of the Unitarian
Church here, has frequently used its pull
pit, and DR.. Stebbins' congregation unites
in Thanksgiving service with this same
Congregational Church. Sort of odd, isn't
it Our pulpit seems to be changing &C.
cupants all round, Rev. Mr.. Hemphill, of
Calvary, going to Philadelphia, and Rev.
Mr.. Sprecher, of Oakland, coming to Cal.
vary, while Rev. Robert Mackenzie is
looked TO to fill DIR. Sprecher's vacant
place. 1t must be wonderful relief to
man who has been writing fresh sermons
for years to go where he can turn his barrel
over and preach the same sermons again.
Every sheep comes to the end of his tether.
and men must confess to time when they
are talked out, written out, worked out,
1t is sorry day, but it must be locked in
the face. do not mean these gentlemen
have come to it yet it may be even they
are glad to turn their barrel and rest. Rev.
Or. Piatt IS no longer at Grace Church
Grace with its pillars, its stained win
Nc"Hs ASo "SdAlny ESSlIyiilcu lGs hue
families, and its dozens of young girls
having gone to New York where he offici.
ated at the Hopkins Crittenden wedding
the other day. There is picture done in
oils by Mr.. jerks, the English artist;
which hangs in prominent window on
Market street, which attracts much attsn.
ton. Il is of the little girl of Mr.. Ed.
Hopkins, and she is represented as sitting
IN low chair by an old.fashioned fire.
place, with her hands clasping her crossed
knees and her hair escaping from the hood
which confines it. very pokY and slow
old line OF cars has Oeen showing signs of
life for some time, and with some scorn of
the cable, the latest running invention, now
proposes to
UTILIZE ELECTRICITY
And get ahead of everybody. envy and
yet l pity posterity; it will have no dis
,coyeries, no inventions to make, because
these will have been exhausted in the pres.
ent day. Posterity will have nothing to
do but luxuriate and grow lazy-that is, if
the comet permits of posterity at all
What tragic farce seems the Jeanette
expedition after all the fine talk about
brave explorers. men devoting their lives
to the North Pole, etc., when print now
stigmatizes the adventure as a mere clap.
trap and advertising the expedition. II it
be true, the advertisement was a dear pur.
chase at cost of starvation, freezing and
death. San Francisco is of course the
nerve center, as any metropolis must be,
but it is true that you may feel the pulse
beats up and down the coast and in various
parts of California. 1t has been said MANY
and many time that pft ba = I
venture In stocks came from outside the
"go" in San Francisco, and that the
farmers of the valleys exhibited an ener-
getic eagerness to snap at bait also. In
and out of some of the little streets in the
business part of the city you may have
noticed score Of restaurants chiefly de-
voted to lunches. Business men rush
in, bolt food and rush out again,
Sheir whole time of absence being
perhaps half an hour. IL takes a
certain energy to do this. Not in.
frequently you may see ladies here,
but these seem transgressors, because
outside of the three leading and fashion.
able places of refreshment. 1t was the
proprietor OF one of these restaurants who
was betrayed into little gossip the other
day. It's dull times now" said he " il
always is when stocks are down, but when
stocks are booming dollars fairly chink in
the air. Why, you'd scarcely think so,
but that little deal the boys had the other
day mentioning it" made a difference
of $40 to me on one lunch. You see when
a man must put up with
- CENT LUNCH
He does it, but when the market is lively
he feels rich enough to take treat in the
way of six-bt meal. Now, I'll tell you
something else. though you won't believe it
There's going to be boom inside of year
thatll go way ahead of any other boom we
ever had. There's going to be bonanza
on the Comstock, toos that'Il make the old
days of Con. Virginia and Sierra Nevada