Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-20
AT THE BAY.
OBSERVANCE AND SERVICES on
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
Obsequies OF Senator MiIler-Poli-
ticians Beseeching the Governor
Various Ways Of the World.
SAN Francisco. March 1s. 1886.

land the frogs and snakes. l know that
frogs have their uses, and l suppose snakes
have also. have seen rattlesnake used as an
article of food and must confess that have
myself partaken OF the flesh of that variety
of serpent, and found it fully az palatable
and more delicate than that of the eel. The
recipe for cooking rattlesnake is to cut its
head of before it gets chance to bite it.
self, as the varmint has a trick of stinging
itself when wounded, and the virus instan-
taneously permeates the entire body and
renders the flesh poisonous. Having killed
your game. strip off the skin and cut in
sections, as you would an eel, and fry
brown in boiling bacon fat. The flesh is
white and sweet but to have a true appe-
tite for misunderstanding that it is rattle
snake-one must be hungry and have been
living for some time on salt food, when
anything in the shape of fresh food, from
prairie dog to grizzly bear, is welcome As
to the frogs, | think st. Patrick made a
financial mistake in evicting them from
Ireland. as ifhe had allowed them to remain
they would now constitute productive in
dustry in supplying the markets of London
and leading continental cities, in which
there is a large and profitable demand for
frogs.
San Francisco cannot get enough frogs TO
supply the demand, even at So dozen at
the fish stalls, and So a dozen for frogs legs
and trimmings at French restaurant. The
ever economical French restaurateur in
culinary matters also offers you a dish of
stewed frogs, made up of the remains after
the legs are amputated. This dish consists
principally of minute bones, frog skin and
sauce. My advice to persons eating stewed
frog is to eat the sauce and let the rest
alone. They would probably do that any
how, for there is hardly enough of the rest
to detect with microscope.
In my depression about snakes and frogs.
had almost forgotten about the celebra-
ton oil Saint Patrick's day in San Francisco.
better effort was made to celebrate it
this year than TOR many years past, and the
management was in the hands of repre-
sentative and intelligent men, and it would
undoubtedly have been a great success but
Tor the heavy rain-storm and muddy
streets, which interfered somewhat with
the procession. However there was more
interest displayed, and more influential
men took part in the celebration, than for
a number OF years past.
sENARoR MILLER.
The remains of the late John f. Miller.
United States Senator from California. ar
rived in this city from Washington to-day.
in charge of the Congressional escort and
delegations of the Grand Army of the Re-
public and Loyal Legion, which went I'D
the road to meet the funeral train The
body was placed in the mortuary chapel of
Trinity Church, where the Veteran Guard
of George II. Thomas Post G. A. R., will
mount guard over it until the funeral on
Sunday. In all my experience in Califor-
MIA, covering period of over quarter of
| have NJ
and sincere regret for the death of a Cali
tornIa public man as is expressed for the
death of John +. Miller That this respect
and regret are fifty bestowed is within nv
personal knowledge. While he never at
tempted to pose as either hero or a states
man, he was both in a degree A brave
and dutiful soldier, an upright business
man, warm friend and an honest, able
and conscientious public officer he died
full of honors, but unfortunately in the
prime of career which, if not brilliant,
was upright and honorable
THE OPERA
An auction sale of seats for the season of
grand opera of Her Majesty's Opera Com
pany, under the generaisshhip CT lie ever.
lrrepressible Colonel Mapleson. was held at
the Grany nnera House TO-DAY. Dasr;ta
the active pras3cciiice of numerous clacquers,
or 'cappers," as we would say in the YER
nacular, and good many dummy bids, the
sale was not strictly success. Some choice
seats were bid in at high prices by men,
bers of the elite and young men anxious TO
shine in society, but the public at large
were not enthusiastic nor disposed TO part
with a weeks income for one night of
opera. Lovers and appreciators of music
whose financial resources are limited will
wait for the popular nights, when they can
get as much opera for dollar as Mr. and
Mrs. Ingot can get for $780, At all events,
society folks don't go to the opera for the
sake of the music, but to see and be seen
and to show off their good clothes and
jewels, and some of them are even frank
enough to confess that they don't know
any more about Italian opera than a sand
lot labor demagogue knows of political
economy.
PEsTERED GOVERNOR.
Governor Stoneman has quarters at the
Occidental Hotel and the halls and CORR
doris of that usually quiet and respectable
hosiery are overrun with Democratic poll
ticians seeking to get the Governors ear
on the appointments to the successorship
to the places made vacant by Senator
Miller and Harbor Com missioner Irwin.
To representatives of the press the Gov
ernor cautiously says that he is not Off
ciaily aware OF vacancy in the seat of
Senator Miller, and therefore has not vet
gwen thought to the matter of his sue
cessor, AS q number of leading Stockton
Convention Democrats are constantly in
council with him, perhaps he Is more con-
fidential with them. He complains, how
ever, that he is "pestered to death with
politicians. Mr.. Stoneman's friends say
he is a good deal like petty iury-the
Lord himself can't tell what he is going to
do until he does it.
THE RATE WAR.
The railroad passenger rate war is
working both ways" so lar as passenger
movement is concerned, and though to an
on-looker ii seems as though the move
ment is greater eastward than westward, it
is stated by those informed that the differ
ence is but little. That we are receiving an
extraordinary number of strangers is evil
denced by the fact that with remarkably
extensive hotel accommodations for a city
OF this size, the proprietors of hotels of all
classes have their hands full in furnishing
quarters for guests.
OPEN PRIMARIES
The new-hedged Republican bosses-the
Chute-Conroy crowd-are moving the
Sums to substitute open primaries under
the Porter law, for the existing club svs
tenn. This they are doing under the cloak
OF reform. The club system is bad enough
in all conscience, but it is respectable as
compared to the primary election methods
as pursued in San Francisco. A respectable
citizen, who has his business to attend 10
is scarcely given show TO express his
preference at the primary polls of his party.
AT an early hour the bosses form a line of
toughs, who hold the line till the polls
close, alternating places with each other,
and respectable citizen may stand for
hOlr- ppfOrp no l.
expresses an intention of voting the boss
ticket. If he protests, he is liable to
be hustled by the toughs, and he is lucky
If he escapes without personal injury. ii
the bosses men are sure he Will vote their
ticket, place is accommodatinay made
for him at the head of the line. He thinks
he is voting. He isn't; he is merely ex-