Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-16

| day was good. at night the pavilion was
crowded almost to its full capacity.
By the noon train members of the San
Francisco Board of Trade arrived and
few citizens of San Francisco, with
promise of large delegation to-day and
tomorrow.
NOTES.
The Placer county Citrus Directors have
called a meeting of exhibitors from that
county for to-day at l P. N, at the citrus
hall, to decide on the disposal OF their ex-
hibits at the close of the fair.
Friday has been set apart by the Citrus
Fair for private and public school children.
The intermediate and primary will as
semble and march down in the forenoon,
and the Grammar and High School pupils
in the afternoon. The Board of Education
request that all teachers accompany the
children in their respective departments.
James /. Felter, A. Connect and julius
Strutz, of this city, and w. B. West, of
Stockton, the Committee on Wines and
Brandies, examined the clarets, white
wines, Rieslings and hooks yesterday, and
at 10 A. NJ. to-day will resume their labors,
and pass upon the brandies, ports, sherries
find that the exhibition of wines and BRAN
dies of vintages from 1880 to 1885 is of so
extensive character that they will prob
ably be unable to report before tomorrow.
One of the amusing incidents of the fair
is the earnest labors of southern California
nurserymen to sell fine budded trees to
northern California people. notwithstand-
ing the south has so long laughed at the
idea of attempting the culture of the orange
and lemon here for commerce.
A Riverside grower yesterday, in the
hail. admitted frankly that the fair fully
and amply proved the claims made for
Central and northern California.
Solano's exhibit attracts more and more
of attention, because of the persistent pres
entation of the fact that no irrigation is
needed there, and yesterday quite crowd
gathered TO hear Solanoites explain the
capacity Of the soil and climate of that fruit
section.
Butte, Yuba and Placer exhibits con-
tinue to excite the admiration of visitors
as spectaces, irrespective of all questions
of merit as to fruit, etc.
The ladies of Sacramento yesterday ar
ranged beautiful floral frame, showing
fresh cuttings of Sacramento flowers.
Great numbers of people are here from
all the interior, north, east ard west and
southwest of Sacramento. and the strange
faces on the street increase with each trains
arrival.
Santa Clara county has sent up more
handsome exhibits of oranges, lines, per-
simmons and nuts from the grounds of the
| Catholic Fathers residence at Los Gatos,
and from the farm of J. A. Wilcox, Santa
| Clara.
The aggregate of goods for the fair
brought by Wells, Fargo & Co. is nearly
sixteen tons, and as much more was car
ried by the railroad company.
The one constant cry and iteration at the
| fair, that rings in the ears and fills the air,
so that escape from it is impossible, is,
"0h if this could only be set down in
Chicago or some Eastern city, 1t can.
| There is no need to pack it much. Secure
| immigrant cars that have heating con-
venience-or any car so provided. Put
the exhibits into the car without much
handling or packing. Maintain just heat
enough to prevent freezing as they pass
| through the land of ice and snow, and
they will reach Chicago as well-conditioned
as they leave here. An experienced ship
per yesterday said they ought, if moved, to
| be moved in a way to avoid repacking
where not absolutely necessary. All now
| in boxes and baskets would ride Just as
they are in car where the temperature
can be regulated TO point just above freez-
ing. By reference to report of the Di-
rectors meeting yesterday, it will be seen
| that the subject was fully discussed and
| conclusions arrived at favorable to the
| transit 10 Chicago.
The Nevada xbibit is the object of much
| interest, as showing what can be done by
tilling the soil in a county which it was
supposed was dependent wholly upon
mining.
There will be no speaking at the fair to-
inhf v-hf io 10 nf nu
that it will be " Promenade Night in the |
fullest sense.
SPEECH OF HON. L. D. FREER OF oRovILLE. |
Last evening A S:Hopkins presided, and
introduced as the first speaker of the even
ing Judge Freer of Oroville, Butte county.
The Judge was listened to with profound
attention by very large audience:
Judge Freer said he did not intend to make
speech, but only proposed to give some facts
which would prove of general interest. He
went on to say that, when boy, crossing the
Isthmus on his way to California, for the first
time he saw oranges dangling from the trees.
He was enchanted by the sight, and loIged to
always linger and feast his eyes on the beauti- |
ful vision. But the scene then painted on his
mind is now reproduced here tonight. Thirty
one years ago citizen of Bidwelrs Bar, nine |
miles above oroville, against the rid
ieule of his neighbors and that class OF croak |
ers to be found in all communities, and
with some slight misgivings on his own
part planted an orange tree in his garden. Con
trary TO the expectations OF all eognizant OF the
act that tree grew and fourished. and to day it
| is a living monument of the wisdom of the
planter and of the ignorance of those who ridi-
culed his venture. That tree, planted so many
! years ago, has become
THE PARENT
| OF more orange trees than any other to-day in
| California. In that county there are now about
/ 600 trees growing from cuttings obtained from
that tree, and seed have been sent and planted
| rfad nf th.aG
| But in those days little attention was paid to
such golden fruit as this. Men were then en-
| gagged in delving in the ground for solid gold,
| and they continued to send both gold and slick
| ems down to the people of the farming section
and to the cities by the sea. But it appears the
people of this section fit to draw the line at
| slickens, and now the hydraulic miners are not
sending down much of anything. They could
| not however, live on climate and air, and are
now turning their attention to the growing of
| citrus fruit and in the coming years they will
| again be sending down golden avalanches
| upon the people below them but of an
| other kind-something that will demand
| nally dug from the soil on which !
their orange orchards will be growing Through
the energy of the press in this city, and the en-
| terprlse OF the people in this section of the
| State there has been gathered here wondrous
| exhibition of semi-tropeal fruits. and the en-
| chanting scene presented here tonight must
make even the oldest inhabitantn believe he
is viewing it under the spell OF "AIaddin's
| Lamp.
| THE FAIR HAS COME TO STAY,
And will grow better with each succeeding
year. He did not know but that even the pres
| ent exhibition would excel anything that could
| be shown by any portion of the much-vaunted
southern counties. Northern and Central Cali
! fornia have been most grossly misrepresented
| among other parts Of the Union Il was but a
few weeks ago thata journal published in San
! Francisco was circulated throughout the country
| with a libelOus cartoon representing what pur-
! ported to be winter scene in northern Cali
i fornia. 1t was p sketch of farm and land
/ scape with the field and buildings covered with
| snow and ice-just such picture as one might
! expect to look upon in the Northern or Atlantic
| States at this season of the year. He could say
from his own knowledge that in the fruit belt
| OF Butte county, where he resides,
! NOT FLAKE OF SNOW
Has been seen since 1875 when there was
| a slight sprinkle. which was surprise to both
! the oldst inhabitant and the native. Doubtless
| some of the southern California gold had found
! its way into the pocket of the San Francisco
4 editor of the journal referred to.
| Judge Freer here read from printed reports OF
/ the Signal Service statistics, showing the COM
| paratiye average and mean temperatures of
Oroyille butte county, and Riverside Q1os An
geles county, showing very slight differences
between them, and what difference did exist
was in favor of the 0roviile section of northern
! California. Compared with Algiers one of the
most successful and prominent growing
portions OF the world, the climate and tempera-
! ture OF Butte county was 50 nearly the same