Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-23
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

Miss Sarah lawson, of Folsom, has returned from
Napa
NJ. NJ Estee and W. W. Morrow were in the city
| yesterday.
Miss Sadie Bellmer has returned from a visit &c
San Francisco
J. Jeorger and family, OF Folsom, have returned
| from Truckee.
J. X. Byrne passed through the city yesterday ell
route to Marysvile.
| Judge S. c. benson and D. NJ Burns arrived yes
terday from San Francisco.
| George Sayles and family returned to Folsom
| from the mountains last week.
Relatives OF J. Gable have lately arrived from the
East and will become residents OF FOLSOM.
Rev. DR.. George H. jerks, assistlnt pastor Of
Trinity Church, San Francisco. has resigned
H,mi ton Smith Jr, Of San Francisc, was in the
cry y,sterdsy aud in the afternoon lett for Marys
/ Vile.
Hon. Angus Cameron, United States Senator from
| W!scon in, and Mrs. Cameron, spending few
! days at Santa Cruz.
Charles W. Me.clH, Of Sacramento, has returned
from the st with his bride, formerly Miss Frances
iiobinson, OF Airqu1, Wis.
Yrs Stamper, mother Of Mrs. }. Hyman, and Mr..
| :. stimper, his be visiting Folsom for several
| days, aud left for San Francisco Tuesday.
W. II. Galbraith, Prii cipll of the luoc school OF
SBnta Cruz, has resigned his position and will here.
after be connected with the public schools OF Oak
| land.
s. Grant Moore. J. B. Thompson. c. H. Canon,
San Francisco; II. 5. Gardner, L. Morris, Alex
ander Martin, ii. HAYES, oakland; +. Henry,
Moore's lat Thomas X. Stephens, PlaCeryille J..
A. shepherd, Lathrop; o. r. Runyon, CORTLAND
Miss Emma Urban. Breckenridge, Cot; L. Mayer
| and wife, Red Buff
State House Hotel Mrs A. McGraw, Cincinnati;
! G. W. Loeder. Yolo; Frank Eldred, Elk Grove; j.
| Murchison, Pleasant Grove; X. P. Newt1n, C.
| Graves, Menlo Park F. Durant, Antelope W. G
| Hunt, A. w. Gable, Dan Fraser, Woodland; A.
GOvan, Alameda p. c. Gaity, Penryn; John Phil
| Ups, Gait.
+. George Hanlon and family, of Reuters Station,
| and Miss Martha Rogers, of Ohio, neice of Mrs.
| Hanlon, accompanied by John McDermott, returned
a day two ago from trip to the Yosemite valley,
Big Trees and other places OF interest. They WIS.,
tied Hope valley, where Mr. Hanlon has large dairy
| interests. At that place they we joined by Col.
Brammel, of Missouri. The party found goo
hunting and killed number of deer
On Saturday evening the members of Sumner
Post No. 3, G. A. R., gave Que Of their camp fires,
| to which were invited the old veterans and num-
Der of citizens. The evening was devoted to the
lating OF st res and incidents connected with camp
and battle field life during the late war. For re
freshments the boys" served salt horse" hard
| tack and clay pipes with tobacco The company
broke up at late hour, well satisfied with the
evenings entertainment. 1t is the purpose of the
old soldiers of this city to hold reunions once a
month during the coming winter
Brainard F. Smith, a commercial traveller whom
| nearly every one knows, and WhO enjoys a repUta.
ton for practical joking and mirttful originality,
during the fall races in Sacramento made bet with
two ladies for oyster supper on the cute Jme OF
certain race in which Fred. Collier the favorte,
| and Smith CALAMITY took second choice" He
lost, and determined to pay the wager stake IN a
novel way, aud the ladies seconded the plan with
heartiness and contributed their skill to the carry
ing of it out. 1t Lroved to be old, and resulted
N such a social gathering thai more than ordinary
note is made of it, as Illustrative ci the ways OF
| wag. The supper served Saturday night at the
| residence of P. II. Russell, Eleventh and sire It's
| The card of invitation, on which was pictured a
| voracious sparrow gobb'ing up innocent butter
| fly, read " Complimentary supper rendered Mrs.
Horatio Hurd and Miss Susie Russell by Braiuard
F. Smith, Saturday evening, October 81 1887 at the
| residence Of Miss Russell.
| Come and help eat oyster
At o'clock we twist her:
At 10 o'clock We dance, sir;
| At u o'clock We pTance sir.
"Nota Bena.-The occasion is due to lack of horse
| sense in the donor"
The guests present were Mr.. and Mrs. P. II.
Russell, Miss Susie Russell, Mr.. and Mrs Horatio
| Hurd, c. s. Houghton and wife, J. T. Mills and
wife, H.. A. Weaver and wife, D. A, Houghton,
Misses Lottie and Josie Wilsey Miss Lizzie Crocker
San Francisco; W. r. Ormsby, Miss Florence Nc
| Kune, Harry Houghton, Oakland Mr.. Worden,
San Francisco; Miss Fannie Tyrel Percy Russ
Harry RUSSELL Miss Minnie Clark, Miss May Mill.
ken and the Smith, the loser The table was spread
in the dining room Through the center of the
board ran long line of plate mirror, without mold
ing, and laid fat upon the cloth. AT intervals the
| mirror plates parted and from each DIVISION arose
elegant floral designs In the center was one in q
silver stand Of especial beauty and luXuriauce. Al
around the board ran Gordon OF beautiful fora
decorations in nearly all conceivable designs, and
embracing the choicest flowers procurable. Some
of the floral designs were sent by friend.
in San Francisco and in Oakland IL wa:
probably one Of the most richly and profnsely
fower-dressed tables ever set out in Sacramento
The supper strictly oyster supper For
souvenir the ladies presented each person present
with oyster-shell, on which some landscape OF
other sketch in oil had been painted by them. This
odd souvenir was hung up by a ribbon, caught by
horseshoe. nail in the upper edge of the shell. IL
addition, each guest found at his her plate ele
CANT printed card, silk frihged, in the form Of
cloyer-leaf, and knotted at the stem with pinl
bow. On side the title OF the occasion ant
the line, :" A horse a horse Ny kingdom lost by
a horse - On the reverse was the motto, 81
there is anything better than oysters it is NOR
oysters" Menu lin three stanZas): sin thi
pool of oysters the has first pace Goe
faster than Collier, who in the race. In tn,
field are cream oysters to make us rejoice, Espe
oially Brainard, who likes second choice TheI
the scaops good in their wav, But selling thirt
choice. Twill be cold day. Then oysters freC
come last in the line; If you can't eat 'em now
we'll have em next time. salad Of chicken AM
champagne water Come in as dark horses down tn
last quarter" The affair proved one of great mrtl
and sociabity, and carried out as the invita-
ton lust quoted indicates.