Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-22
OUR FRUIT.
PRESENTED TO THE ODD FELLOWS
AT Los ANGELES.
Courtesy of the Los Angeles People
to the Northern Friends
Grand Display.

The following interesting account { { what
is going on at Los Angeles, from IL e pen of
one of our towrsmen, will be read with in
terest:
Los ANGELES Septenbs Z Is. 1883.
EDS. REcoRD-UNIoN Ne nv Of your
readers will be pleased to lef m something
regarding the success of the ,1roieot to dis,
play the products of Sac ssn,enfo placer
and El Dorado counties OF the session of
the Sovereign Grand l. sSga j, O. o. r.,
now being held at Los Angeles. To en-
hgnteh sucn Is the apo sesgyf for these lines. |
gathered from the cor r,ties ;sbove named q !
carload OF choicest A,uits. aud left Sacra- /
mento IN charge OF fle sane on the noon |
passenger lraln on September 18Th, arriving |
AZ this city next ID 6lrning. He was met at
the depot oy Liep tenant Colonel Charles &. |
Uauie' on the sTiarcb5 Militant, Chair
man OF the gen sral committee in charge.
ar. Gsui', o. lbehaHcf the Odd Fellows, 4
rendered the sse OF any space at the dispo-
sition Of the es.nmittee for the display. and
suggested ID = room be taken in the large
nall N the sE.ksr block, used Gs the general
heaGqaafte ~. After visiting various locsl-
ines, thls Fas found to be by all odds the
oess iof u Ee purpose, and the committee,
with gre # consideration and kindness, SET
apart on s|3lalf oi-the entire hall for our use,
hauleq Glo ftuit up from the depot, fur
nlshed al necessary assistance, and from
the ste ri made US feel at home.
For : tables, each forty feet long and fopT
| feet flGe, were put up, and with the assist
| ance 81 TeHdy hands (for Sacramento Can
ton arrived or the next train and detail
OF En- men was furnished) were soon COW
ere d with the fruit OF Central California,
| We r. much to the wonder and delight Of
! al I moth EastErn visitors and lonul
d ents.
The following account, taken from the
LOS Angeles Times OF this morning, gives a
full and better description than / can write.
and is noteworthy as being impartial and
doing full justice TO the northern section OF
4 our common State:
Not to be outdone in hospitality and fraternal
| feeling by their brethren of the Angel City
| though laboring under greater obstacles by rea-
! son OF the distance, the Odd Fellows of Sacra-
me1to nit upon happy P plan to make fayora
and visiting members of the order Canton Sac
ramento No /, of Patriarchs Militant, has sent
to the headquarters in the Baker block full
carload of the finest fruit to be found in the cen
trail part of the state. A sufficient portion they
have placed on exhibition, the display filing
iour large tables forty feet long. and it is in
/ tended to keep them on view during the week.
Another table extending clear across the hall is
| kept well filed with the toothsome products for
gratuitous distribution among the Grand Repre-
sentatiVes and the members of the order gen
orally, and, judging from the large crowd that
surrounds this table, the hospitality OF the Patri-
archs is fully appreciated.
e word regarding the exhibition may not be
: out of place. The principal features are the
very fine teaches and grapes, both of which are
shown iii large prOfuson and in large variety
; | Times reporter was shown some especially
meritorious samples of Georges late peaches
3 | from Placer county, several varieties from El
| Dorado, and CoTnichOn grapes from SacrE-
| | mento. Besides these, pears, plums apples and
!. other fruits I'LL up the space, and arranged
| an fta -lt Il
! designs being well executed, showing various
| embiens of the order. The entire display is
under the management of Chevalier p E. Plat
| VINO as Il member OF the firm of w. r. Strong d
Co., triIit shippers, 6eyotes much of his time to
the shipping OF oranges from this section of the
State. The canton has complimented various
| branches of the order by presenting them with
quantities of the fruit, and distributes with the
same neat souvenir printed in colors, bearing
the motto OF the degree OF emblenls on the out
side pages, and the following short address on
| the inner pages:
10 tle QticeTS and Grand Representatives Of Ae
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. o. F-GREETING
sacramento city Is located very near the center
Of the State of California. on the river of the
| same name. It is the capital city of California
and has population of nearly 0000
Thirteen hundred Odd Fellows live here and
support six hourishing lodges, two encalnp
mentS two Rebecca Degree lodges, one Subor-
dinate Degree lodge, one Grand Canton of Pa.
triarchs Militant, and an Association of Veteran
Odd Fellows. The order owns temple valued
at Sl5U000, the cornerstone of which was laid
by the Sovereign Lodge at its session of 1862
sacramento IS located in the center of the
great deciduous fruit-ploducing section of the
| State, and it is from her depotS that the ship
ments of summer fruits to the East are mostly
made. For this purpose special fast fruit trains
are run during the summer months, and an
average of about thirty cars daily are sent tC
nearly every important city in the Union.
All lines of agriculture and horticulture are
extensively followed in this favored section
and, while fruit-growing in all its branches is
fast becoming leading pursuit. still il is true
that every kind of farming is profitable in the
flG ~,
Central California. Fruits are early, and
September finds the great bulk of the cror
gathered, but as an imperfect sample of what
is done in this line, Sacramento Canton No. l.
begs leave to call your attention to the display
now exhibited, and with its compliments pre-
Sents the same to you. . he fruit was all grown
in the counties of Sacramento, Placer and ri
- Dorado. Ffaternally yours Grand Canton Sac.
remento Nc. |; latriarchs Militant.
W. II SHERBURN, Commandant.
W. II. STEPHENSON, Clerk.
Our exhibit being in room where all
Odd Fellows gather daily, it is of necessity
seen by all, and it is no exsggeration to sa7
1t is carefully examined by thousands
daily, and it is truly gratifying TO hear the
excialnations of delight that are made
continually. Four or more competent
rs men are in charge day and evening, and
are kept busy answering questions and dc
1n seribiDg the section OF California where the
u, fruit was grown.
~ Ia the center Of the hail. and extending
across it is a large table which is kept con
stantly filed with fruit, which is distrib-
10 uted freely TO the Eastern visitors
le' Above this table large sign was
in stretched across the room, bearing the fol
lowing inscription:
Northern California fruits. Saora.
ar mento Placer and Ell Dorado counties
Exhibited by Sacramento Canton, No.
Ill Patriarchs Militant"
as II has sometimes been said that there
was some kind of jealousy between North.
ern and Southern California. This may be
be so, but our experience has not confirmed
the report, and certain it is that the Ode
ng Fellows, at least, of this portion of tht
State do not entertain any animosity To-
on wards us of the north. As intimated above
everything has been done to help make oul
enterprise successful We are much in
III debted to Colonel Eugene German and ths
he Secretary OF the committee, H. V. Var
Dusen, Colonies Gault, DDprey and other.
er for courtcsies extended.
This morning tie annual fair of the Io
Angeles Pulnological Society was opened
We in the Horticultural Pavilion and we ar,
very much gratified TO be invited to makt
~ display OF our fruits there also. Thi
IN, proposition was readily accepted, and
quantity of choice fruit was sent up anC
ra. | Iiaced on exhibition with that shown b.
Los Angeles county. For this courtesy VI
nd feel deeply grateful to the officers of th
society. The fair being gotten up as
~ special compliment TO and for the edifca
ton OF the visiting thousands Of Odt
Fellows, it became medium Of unusua
importance for the display of cur produc
tons.
&. 1t is fair to say that the fair as G whole !;
a grand success and is being greatly ad
ng nlired, our portion receiving its full meet
r. of praise.
tn Nj Thomas A. Garry is President, ant
". Mr.. Harrison Fuller Vice President of tn,
society, which is doing much good in pro
IS noting the interests of horticulture.
Ut Yours respectfully, =. E. PLATT.
Elk
a Important Business.
: Oh, papa" she said, with blush
Cd young MIR. Chestnut, who owns SO many