Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-30
Gus allusions to his pioneer days passed in
the foothills of that section.


THE PROCESSION.
At the close of the Governors address
the Grand Marshal, J. j. Crawford, formed
the procession in the following order:
Marshal and Aids.
Placerville Brass Band.
Placerville Post No. los, G. A. R.
Placerville Parlor, No. O. N. S. G. W.
Placervilie Fire Observation-Disclosures En-
CINE Company No. l, Neptune Engine
Company No. 2.
Ell Dorado County Delegation of Citizens in
charge of f. f. Barss
81 Dorado County Board OF Trade.
First Artillery Regimental Band.
Governor Waterman and staff in carriages
Sacramento Organization of California Pioneers
Sacramento Board of Trade.
Representatives of the Railroad Company.
Delegates from Sacramento.
Ladies OF Sacramento delegation in carriages.
The line of march was up Spring street
70 Coloma, down Coloma to Main, up
Main TO Sigwerts Opera House. Here the
head OF the column formed in open order
and the Sacramento people marched be-
| tween the lines and into the hall.
THE BANQUET.
The hall was most beautifully and taste
fully decorated with bunting evergreens
! and flowers. Over the front entrance had
been erected beautiful arch, upon which,
in letters of gold, was written the word
welcome" The arch was supported by
two magnificent columns embellished with
the following letters in silver: w. A. N.
c. w. I. c. o. 0. S. B. r. R., which was
interpreted to read as follows; 1--WE are
now connected with the Capital of our
State by railroad"
The interior of the Opera House was ell
egantly decorated. Four long tables ex-
tended the entire length of the hall, upon
h oh 1o,I Gov ha
tables were covered with snow-white linen,
the dishes and glassware was of the best,
the floral pieces were numerous and as to
the eatables all who partook of the sumpt-
| uous banquet said they never sat down to
| banquet that equaled it either in quality
or quantity. The roast yellow-legged
chicken would have tickled the palate of a
circuit riding preacher, while the roast
| meats and cold dishes, pies, cakes and
CONNECTIONS were only such as can be
| cooked by those who have graduated in
the culinary art. Tea, coffee and milk
| were served and the one hundred young
ladies that waited upon the table lent an
additional charm, and one that will not
soon be forgotten by the young men pres
| ent from the Capital City. The first table
The Artillery Band occupied the stage,
where table was also spread for them.
ToAsTs.
Governor Waterman had the post of
| honor at one table, Mayor Gregory at an
other, Judge Williams ana Thomas Frazier
| the other two. MIR. Frazier acted as toast
| master. Toasts were responded to as fol-
| lows
"State of California" Responded to by
| Governor Waterman. He made short
| address, which was frequently interrupted
| with applause. He paid a high compli-
| ment to the ladies of Placerville.
The Sacramento and Placerville Rail-
| road" Responded to by G. H. Cummings.
| Sacramento City" Responded to by
| the Mayor.
Mayor Gregory spoke as follows:
| The grand old county of FL Dorado-famous
in American history for the discovery of gold in
| CalifoInia-is now developing new and import
| ant interests that add materially TO the com
| mercial advantages of the Pacific coast. When
the early settlers first located among her lovely
] hills and beautiful valleys it was during time
when such conyeniences as now surround the
present generation were either unknown or en-
| tirely out OF reach; when the comforts of life
| were embraced within the confines of the his
| torical log cabin when the prairie schooner
and the traditional stage coach were the only
| available means of transportation, and the pick
and shovel, the pan and rocker, were the medi
| ators of civilization; when every man exercised
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wrong, and punishment was meted in accord
| ance with circumstantial evidenceor prevailing
| opinion, without regard to the restrictions OF
law or its authorized dispensers. IL their search
for gold they found an advantage in climatic
/ influences not possessed by the most favored
portions of the United States from which they
had originally hailed, and which savored OF
| comfort and freedom from the inconvenience
of rigid winters ard severe summers with which
| they had been heretofore discommodt d. They
| found the soil bursting with fruitfulness and
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gotd and silver, but as well the pro
| duets of a semi-tropieal clime-all classes and
varieties of vegetation, in profusion, excellence
and abundance With the introduction of that
| great ciyilizer, the railroad and its successive
| development throughout California, began the
prosperity of Ell Dorado county, and to-day the
| production of gold and silver are secondary in
| her Importance to the propagation of the tree
and the vine. lApplause.l
| Under the influences of modern progress the
| conditions have changed to comfort and pros
perity; from lawlessness and disregard of gov
| eminent came system and order; practical
| knowledge and experience have developed il
revelation of commercial worth ana production;
| from 1S49 q period which was characterized by
| the occupancy of a shiftlesS semi-nomadic pop
ulation, whose apparent ambition was to live in
| the present and disregard the future, has in
| 1883, in the consummation of the event which
| we celebrate, whereby close railway connection
| is afforded to the " City of the Mountains" +"
with all portions OF the United States, developed
a condition of prosperity and affluence which
charaetcr1ZeS I'll DORADO county as Delng one OF
| the banner counties of California. Applause.
The citizens of Sacramento cordially extend
| the right hand of fellowship to our brethren of
| the mountains, and the sincere con-fraternal
| greetings which are due from one community
| to another where the interests of both are so
mutual as in this case Applause
Sacramento and Placerville's wedding
| day-afteI twenty-five years of courtship
| the King of the Valley and the Queen of
! the Mountains has at last been consum-
mated joined by bands OF steel and with
hearts beating in unison their course
| henceforth will be one of mutual interest
and helptulness." Responded to by Joseph
| Steffens, President ofthe Sacramento Board
of Trade.
In reponse, Mr.. Steifens said:
| To-day the King as bridegroom, has come in
the glory Of his strength, and the Queen bride
has received him in the beauty of her life, and
| the jog Of her triumph.
| True, It has been after many years that the
| happy day has arrived, and the nuptials are
made ready yet time, in this instance has done
| as it often has heretofore done-removed diff
cultieS, settled differences, and bound together
two interests in one lasting and endurable
union.
| To-day Sacramento as King takes proper pride
in the strength of ats accumulations in ener.
getic business outpushings and far and near
searchlDgs and ingatherings. That pride also
extends to an inherited fortune of centrality OF
wealth of varied and valued surroundings.
| These interests were secured and held together
| only by toll and trial. Triumph has often been
wrung from O promised defeat and a lasting
| benefit at times has followed a severe and dis
couraging disaster.
| Though all the contests of these many
| changeable years, he has grown with his growth,
and so strengthened with his strength until
the endowmentS of his manhood are so self
evidently adorning and uplifting that we
wonder not that you call hint he King of the
| Valleys" Hail thee most worthy, most de-
| serving and most fortunate King Yet we bid
| thee bow and salute the Queen of the noun
| tains" thy bride of to-day and forever. Behold
| the beauty of her life. See yonder placesr
which were her caskets of the long ago.
1t was from these that she took her Jewels to
save this nation in its day of peril and to cheer
the needy and the industrious of the human
| kind. Truly she can now rejoice most tri-
umphantly, for on this her bridal day Queen
Pomona is again refilling those csskets with
| most wonderful and varied gems of earth that
| most magically reproduce themselves year after
year. aud are destined to make her the "sheba''
| of all mountain queens, and to give her q
wreath beyond compare.
See yonder her many thousand hills that vie
with their wales in wealth-giving possibilities,
OF which man now barely dreams. Just back
| background of beauty and proDation-the grand
| old silver tipped Sierra Nevadas, whose tops
tower TO gather rains from Italian skies, and
whose many square miles Of base are decked
with most wondrous pines. These must now
\ and henceforth follow their sunrise shadows to
| deck and make still more precious the grand est
valley OF any rea N of earth.
Long live the King Live and be ioyous for.
/ ever, most beautiful Queen. for within the con-
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