Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-06
y Grand FIoraI restiyal.

We acknowledge the receipt of an invi-
tation TO be present AZ a grand floral festi-
Z val to be given at Sacramento May &. 1885,
/ in honor of Mrs. NJ. T.. CrOckcr. who re-
Ecently presented To that city the CrOCker
fart Gallery. We regret very much that
business demanding our constant Attentions
Twill not permit our attendance. Sacra-
kmento is our birthplace. We partook of
klll its ups and downs in. those troublous
kimes when food and fire and epidemicS
eft their blighting influences on every
k1and. We were there, too. when the
Streets were lined with successful miners
Frhen times We're flush and money plenty.
Sacramento is dear to the hearts OF all old
e'alifornians, and her success and good for
une awakens Il feeling of pride in their
Blossoms Mrs. Crocker's noble deed
strengthens ones faith in humanity. Peo-
ple OF wealth are generally SO sordid that
one possessed of such extreme kindness
and open-hearted generosity rs is Mrs.
Crocker commands not only our respect
but Umfeigncd admiration. There is hardly
a church, asylum, school or private or pub
lie charitable institution i'll Sacramento
that is not indebted to her for material aid.
She has erected and richly endowed home
for aged, helpless women; she ha> sought
out the distressed and relieved them-the
feeble and lifted them up-thc orphans
and cared for them. She has aided all
public-spirited enterprises. The people Of
Sacramento have resolved to testify to Mrs.
CrOcker in the form of floral testimonials,
the gratitude and respect they entertain
toward her, and at the same time celebrate
the floral season by grand festival of
flowers. The presence of all old Sacra-
mentans is desired.-[Stanslaus Wheat
Grower.
DESERVED HoNoBs TO a NOBLE WOMAN.
The citizens of Sacramento have Get apart
Wednesday next, the 9Th inst. for grand
floral festival III honor of one of the noblest
women of our country-Of the wOrld-MrS.
Margaret T.. Crocker. who, through her
loveliness Of character and unbounded acts
of charity, has endeared herself to every
Sacramentan, whether at home or abroad.
Our Capital city has every reason to be
proud of Margaret +. Crockcr. Ever since
her circumstances have permitted it, she
has been untiring i'll her deeds OF charity
assisting the needy, sick and distressed of
that city and doing these good offices
quietly and rnostentatiously, not even let
ting her riost intimate friends know of
what she was doing. While she has given
away thousands of dollars in private chari-
ties, notice what she has done of public
character. She gave to the city large tract
of land for the cemetery; she erected an
extensive and beautiful conservatory she
built, furnished and endowed, at a cost of
$4,000, the . Marguerite Home" where
worthy old ladies can have Il home in their
declining years. And she recently presented
to the city her magnificent art gallery,
worth, with the contents, buildings aud
grounds, about $500,000. Ii will be seen
from this that Sacramentans should be
proud of, and cannot too highly honor, such
weman.-[ Bridgeport Chronicle-Union.
BLESSED.
The city of Sacramento is blessed fl hav-
ing such a rich, nob!e-spirited and chari
table woman as Mrs Margaret f. Crocker,
and as public testimonial TO her worth
the people OF that city. and in fact the State,
will hold free Floral Festival at the great
Pavilion of the State Horticultural Society
on the 9th of May. This lady has endeared
herself to the people Of Sacramento and vi
cinity by a long life of general sociability,
enriched by numerous private charities.
She has, from time to time, added many
acts ofpuble ebenefcence.-[Be Berkeley Advo-
cate.
\ UNIQUE HONOR.
Mrs Margaret E. Crocller, of Sacramento,
is to be the recipient of a unique honor on
Wednesday next. As a manifestation of
the appreciation felt for her many philan-
thropic acts, a floral festival will be held in
the Pavilion of the State Agricultural So
ciety. The business of the city will be
suspended for the day, and the various fra
ternal, religious and social organizations,
as well as the people generally, are to take
part Addresses, poems, May pole dance
and music will be among the features oil
the happy occasion. X is not often that
whole community gives such evidence as
this of its admiration and affection upon
one Of its people. Mrs. Crocker IS how 1!S
ever, woman the nobility OF whose me u,
merits this extraordinary recognlton.-los