Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-24
THE COLUMBUS EXHIBIT.
Further. Accounts of the sacramer to Fruit
Sensation

sensation.
The exhibition of California products a
the great Centennial Exposition at Colum.
bus, Ohio, by the State Board of Trade, has
probably done more to enlighten the peo.
pie of the East upon the quality of our fruit
and the resources of our State than any
effort which has preceded it. The display
sent from Sacramento was the best in the
whole exhibit, and was fully described in
the RECORD UNION at the time it was sent
In addition TO the collection prepared
specially for exhibition, carload of fruit
was sent from here to be given away.
This met with much commendation and
favor, and the press of Columbus was out
spoken in its praise
In the Columbus Dispatch of the 18th
instant there appeared a two. column ar
ticle devoted entirely to the California ex-
hlbit, which gives fair idea of how cur
display impressed the Fasteners. The ar
ticle is headed with wood cut of T. n.
Goodman, the prominent San Franciscan
who headed the G. A. r. delegation to Co.
!umbus, and also went as a member of the
Board of Trade. Following this is a BIZ
ography of Mr.. Goodman, and a general
mention of the other Cslifornians having
the exhibit in charge. An interesting par
agraph reads as follows:
This exhibit, which has attracted so
much attention at the City Hall, and has
drawn thousands of visitors every day and
evening, required four cars TO bring il here
and three days hard work to place it in DO
sltlon. 1t came through on passenger-train
time, and the fruits, glassware, etc, were
rlost carefully packed, SO that everything
was in the safest condition. The display
presents beautiful sight, with its pyra.
mtds OF cases and bottles, plumes of pam
pas grass, fresh fruits. punches of wheat,
superb pictures and hundreds of other feat
ures. In this rush of matter it is only pos
sible to give q general description. The
exhibit was sent on by the California State
Board OF Trade, which is represented by w.
ii. Mills, OF San Francisco, and e. X.
Alslp of Sacramento. The exhibit is
enough TO make ones mouth water. From
Fresno county are seen sun-dried fruits
looking fresh and inviting, and of great
perfection. Peaches, rsisins, apricots, plums,
ngs, ETC, are shown that cause exclamations
OF delight from all. These fruits are simply
split open and dried in the sun on boards
the drying taking FIVE or six DAYS. The
raising of hgs IS new industry, and pro-
mises TO be one OF the biggest, as the figs are
fully equal to the celebrated Smyrna figs"
Sacramento and the other counties are
then spoken of in a similar strain. Cali
iornias great staple-redwood- the SUBJ
lect OF long description, and our wines
are announced as being second to none.
Continuing, the Dispatch says: "The
fruit, which was purchased and donated 10
the citizens of Columbus and the G.. A. r.
by the citizens of Sacramento, arrived, and
part of it was distributed YESTERDAY, and
the struggle to gain possession of bunch
OF grapes or peach was sight worth wit
Messing. Over three thousand partook of
the delicious fruit handed to them by Ed.
ward Alsip, representative of Sacramento
county, for the State Board of Trade.
Taken as whole the exhibit represents
the products of California better than anv
ever witnessed by the residents east of the
Rocky Mountains, and the managers of the
State Board of Trade deserve great deal
OF credit for the zeal manifested and the
trouble and expense of shipping this large
exhibit over three thousand miles. II has
been one of the drawing features of the
Centennial of Columbus