Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-29
IMPoSToRS,

Truth and honesty are not only the founda-
ton of all good character. but the super
| structure also,
IMPosToRs.
Day after day reports are received concern
ing the great battalion of impostors who are
roaming over the country. and numerous
warnings in the press are scattered broadcast
through the land, notifying people of the
danger of imposition being practiced upon
them. But it seems that in whichever direc-
ton one of these conscienceless rascals turns
he finds unsophisticated and plastic material
to work upon. a gentleman, whose name is
withheld, out of consideration for the sim
| pie creature, comes in from an adjoining
town with the usual Woeful tale. He met a
gentle-voicsd stranger near his farm, and af-
ter few moments conversation invited him
! into his house. The guest was an English
| philanthropist, moving in the odor of sane
| tity, and hunting a site for colony which
| he proposed to transport from England. He
wanted to find location, he said, where he
| could rear sort of Arcadia, where the vine
and fg-tree would only shade the hand that
| planted them-a place far removed from the
rude sounds of elemental warfare, and where
the sun loves to pause with so fond delay
! that night only draws a thin veil DER the
| day The bower of the poet, he claimed
was Sacramento valley he would settle, and
under his miraculous husbandry the slickens.
| beds would blossom as the rose. Relentless
! Time blighted the u opia in prospective, and
the philsathropist stole 50 from his host and
left by the ,oad that leads down to the Gala
bose.
a prosperous life, an honored tomb and a
marble statue awaits the man who will IL
vent some method of imparting the necessary
wisdom and warning to the unsuspecting
creatures which shall prevent them from fall.
ing an easy prey to the wiles of these ubiqut-
Gus confidence operators. If the honest man
could awake to the fact that nneteen-twen-
tisths of the people who roll mossess from
! place to place are rOgues and cheats, the
ways OF these transgressors would become so
hard that the class would eventually die out
| But the latter live wisely and well, and
when one section Of the country is worked
over, they navigate to another
| All over the coast they go; naither time nor
space is limited TO their existence. In the
sunny vine-lands of the south, where the
| grapes ripen in the VINEYARD groves of Bac-
! chus; in the broad interior valleys, where the
/ sea winds blow over the alfalfa fields, and in
| tins upper Sierra slopes, where the c,ispy
snow air tones his voracious appetite, the
! dishonest rogue beats up each day his daily
| bread.
VALUABLE WORKS PURCHASED The State
Librarian, T. H Wallis, after several
months search, has succeeded in procuring
Thomas Carries General History of Eng.
land, from the Earliest Times to a. d. 1864 -
London 1747.55, vols, folio. This copy
was for long period the property Of two
| English noblemen, Thomas Amyot and
| Charles freezing, succsssively. This work is
the basis Of nearly all English histories since
published, and concerning it Warton says /:
" You may read Hume for eloquence, but
Carte Is the historian Tor facts. This is
valuable addition to the historical works in
the State Library. The Sacred Books of
the Eat" lately purchased, are also a val
liable acquisition. Eighteen volumes of the
work, comprising Chinese, Farther India
and Hindoo sacred books, are already on
HAND, and six more are in press. Max Mul-
! Ter, the eminent philoloeist is the editor. and
/ tor the frat time presents these books to the
| English world. Those who have wished to
see the Fedas and 4 ndavests, aad generally
/ the Buddhist and tre-worshipers literature.
may now have an opportunity to do so.
FIRE COMMISSIONERS. - The regular
monthly meeting of the Board of Fire Com
missiouers was held last evening, President
! Jackson presiding all the members being
present. On motion, the payroll of the De-
psrtment. for 81, 525, was duly allowed and
/ ordered paid. Also the following bills were
! duly audited and allowed ordered paid H.
NJ. Bernard, 50; James McCaw, IS: Geo.
/ Schroth, 81 g. +. A. Fisk, SO: N. Nc
! clancy, SIT 30; L. Scott S34 10; CAPITAL
! q ~ ~ -
/ 81 D c. a. Gillespie, S45; A. Deunery,
! 81 %; Meyers 4 Barber, 50; California
Wire Works. s. 81; n. p. Osborne, 800 ::
Ed. Goepel. 81 Ben. Cohen, 81; NJ. Regain,
So; Bee Hive Store, So co; Union Wood
Yard, 81 y; We've! & Son, 81 80 ; John
Breuuer, s. Whittier, Fuller & Co., 50 :; c.
Sullivan, 81 80; c. +. Adams, 81 Is; y.
Castro & Sor, s. 70. Reports of different
foremen on fires and alarms for the month Of
December were received and placed on file.
Board adjourned,
STATE PRISON LoAN.-Governor Stone
man yesterday received g telegram from State
Prison Director Van Fleet informing him
that the $50, 900 loan for the support of the
San Quentin State Prison had been negoti.
atel The loan, as we are Informed, is from
J. c. Flood. Some weeks since Charles
. NlIJhEE b4AttGtl " lbotA bhc AAtCNtH hAA"Aub ~
the State, but was advised by legal counsel
that not only the Endorsement of the Board
of Examiners, but also that Of the State
Controller was necessary to render the losn
secure. The Board Of Examiners unani-
mously approved the loan, but Controller
Dunn declined to give his approval, on the
ground that the law did not require it, and
for the further reason that his approval would
commit him to the auditing of the accounts
incurred in expanding the funds
ORGAN RECITAL.-Tbe grand organ recital
to be given on the new organ in st. PauIs
Church by Professor g. c. Klopfel, Of San
Francisco. bids fair to he q very interesting
musical entertainment. The selections which
the Professor will give on this great instru
ment are "a follows: Grand 0fertoire de st.
Cecilia overture to william Tell :" March
of the ConQuerer; march, from Tsnuhsuser
Mendelsshon's s. Wedding March" and
several selections from various composers
also vocal selections from the choir No ad-
mission will be charged, as the recital is free
TO sill who msy wish to attend.
AUcTIoS.-To at 1870 A. ". Bell &
Co. will sell st Eighth and X streets all kinds
of household furniture. In the evening, st Z
o'clock, they will also sell large lot OF Gil
paintings, e6romos and engra wings.
WrurrsDav nart at Red HOuse st :