Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-15
PIONEER BANQUET.
An Evening With the Pioneer Association
"Reminiscences of 1919.

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Last evening at Pioneer Hall a banquet
was held in honor of the seventy-third
birthday of Louis Callisch, an honored
member of the Association, and the thirty
seventh anniversary of the arrival in San
Francisco of the President of the Associa-
tion-G. W Chesley. 1t goes without say
1 ing that all gatherings of the Pioneers are
/ happy social reunions. and that of last
evening was no exception. The banquet
table was spread with all the toothsome
/ edibles, and the sparkling juice of the
grape and russell apple flowed without
stint, while the sallies of wit and flights of
eloquence were only such as are heard in
assemblages where each man feels
himself his fellows equal and each
accords the right to the others
of being heard. At the table
were seated the following Pioneers-G. w.
| Chesley at the head and L. Callisch at the
| foot William Johnston, Judge McKune
w. +. knox, John s. Miller, William f.
| Farnsworth, Archie Logan, George A Put
nam, DR.. w. W. Light, A. H. Powers. r.
Butterfeld, \. D. Goodell, David S. Ross,
| P. S. Lawson, Robert Allen, E. NJ. Twitch-
| ell, Professor H. Winters, e. A. Burr, P.W.
Burnett, W. II. Luther, Henry Treichler,
ArenZ, w. 3. Freeman, John E. Brian,
Hiram Clark. Guests-Judge w. A. Henry,
j. III. Miller.
After the speech of welcome by the Pres
ldent, and all had partaken of the bountiful
feast, each individual was called upon for
a speech. Each pioneer gave brief history
of his coming TO California, and his per-
sonal experience Immediately after his
arrival here-most of them were Young
men, under thirty years of age, and arrived
here without cent of money, but strong
arms, willing hands, lots of energy and
endowed with that characteristic necessary
to all who would win in this western world,
indomitable pluck. Some came the "plains
across" others rounded the Horn and
others came by the way of the Isthnus'
All arrived in Sacramento in 1919, and
with but few exceptions all have resided
IN this vicinity ever since. All went
to work. with one exception, on the day
they arrived here, and the lowest wages
any one received for any kind of labor that
offered itself was $40 per day. All carried
their blankets upon their backs, mother
earth and the shade of an oak tree was their
bed, and their canopy the starry heavens.
As soon as they were rested from their trip
from the East, and their purses sufficiently
replenished, most of them were off for the
ih4hSe3 NHeAS tuty rocked tne cTdule
and worked the long-tom" in quest of
the tickle goddess that had lured them
from home and friends in the East. The
speeches were all interesting, and, if writ
ten out, would fill volume that would
be an excellent acquisition to the
pioneer history of the State Some
soon forsook the hunt for gold,
the lawyer hung out his single, the doctor
located to a practice, the farmer fenced the
rich bottoms and the productive plains,
and the young man who had been raised to
mercantile pursuits began to engage in
that branch OF business. One of the most
interesting recitals was that of Judge Nc
Kune, who, in company with nineteen
companions, crossed the mountains from
Truckee and reached the first mining set
Element in almost famished condition.
Flour was obtained by his party at fifty
cents per pound, which, together with
some Bologna sausage, bought at price so
fabulously high that the story almost
sounds like fiction, was what their first
meal was made of after striking the mining
camp. The banquet did not adjourn until
q late hOur