Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-13

The music has been feature of the fair,
| and the First Artillery Band, under the
leadership of G. A. Neale, has covered it
self with glory" At the Park to-day the
cornet, clarionet and piccolo solos will in
clude all the latest novelties. The pro-
gramme at the Pavilion tonight will be as
| follows:
March-"our Executive ...........C. W. Bennett
0vertuEe-'orphee aux Enters" .........o .offenbach
waltzes-'Loves Dreamland" ........ Bennett
| Overture-"Guy Mannering' '.............M cFarren
e-"!raumerie ..:.:...............Schumann
| Grand Selection-"Lucia di Lammermoor' =.
This is one of the finest selections ever written,
=, and takes thirty minutes for It's rendition.l
saxaphone solo Friendship ........... Conradi
(By Mr. GrosSkurth.)
Galop-'La Mer'' ........... .............. Baker
ART DEPARTMENT.
The art department has already been
mentioned, but here may be stated three
facts all ought to know: First-It is the
largest exhibition ever given under the
State Agricultural Society. Second-It is
/ the best. Third-It is the best arranged.
There is the finest water-color exhibition
ever made in the State, and this is a most
significant fact, since art in water color
has had heretofore least announcement.
1t is the largest and best showing ever
made in the State in blacks and whites,
pastels, etc. 1t will be found that the
central picture is a loan by Mrs. Charles
Croker NO. 1881. 1t is by Kuckert, and
cost the neat sum of $4,000. Just above it
is portrait that is perfect delight, and
| Superintendent Bush has named it Cal
ifornia." Let 1t wear the honor, for it well
deserves it. By the way Superintendent
| Bush has a superior exhibit in the gallery,
of still life, from his own pencil, and one
piece, vase of flowers, is a gem that he
may well boast of.
The Sacramento School of Design has a
| handsome and deserving exhibit in the
northeast corner of the gallery, but there is
nothing whatever to distinguish it, or mark
IT Oft from the surrounding pictures. There
is not even small card to indicate that it
| IS the creditatle work of the pupils of the
school of which Sacramento is Justly so
| proud. Yet the Directors of the Museum
Association, who ought to know what is
going on, and know that Instructor Jack
| son Is sick IN the mountains, must know
that in the Art Gallery, at Second and O
| streets, are plenty of signs of the School of
Design, that might be put up, as they were
last year that there is drapery in plenty
st the gallery to frame in the schools ex-
hlbit; that there are handsomely printed
and painted cards used last year and the
year before that could be used sgain-at
least, they ought to be able to afford, if the
old cards cannot be found-the expense of
having new ones lettered to inform the
public that this beautiful collection of art
work is the product of Sacramento's School
OF Design. Evidently there is lack of in
terest or management in some quarter and
Superintendent Bush is not backward in
saying that it is humiliating that the fine
exhibit of school work is not distinguished
in some way at as late day as this.
PASSING CHANCES AT COUNTY EXHIBITS.
Although free exhibit and not in COM
petition for prizes, the display made of the
resources of Sacramento county is yerv
fine, and compares well with those of other
counties. 1t could have been made to sur
pass them all, perhaps, but only few per-
sons interested themselves in making the
exhibit. Instead of $3.50 having been ap-
propriated for the purpose, it should have
been $1,000. Under the circumstances, it
is very creditable to the committee under
whose supervision it is made.
Colusa county is represented by large
exhibit-grains, fruits, vegetables, native
woods, etc. The collection is arranged in
very attractive manner, and has received
warm praise from visitors to the Pavilion,
Fresno IS in the field, also, as a candidate
for public favor and State premiums. The
varied resources of that county are well
represented. Fresno is one of the most
progressive and wealthiest counties in the
State, and her people are wise in displaying
to the world the results of their enterprise
and labor.
Far-away Humboldt county shows what
she is capable of by sending a very inviting
exhibit to the fair, to be viewed by the
thn1Gan1S Hf ctr I.
resources and latent wealth.
San Joaquin has large and attractiyely
displayed exhibit of her products, and will
prove strong competitor of Amador, Ne
vada, Colusa and Fresno for the first pre-
MUM. Her people seem to be alive to the
advantages to be derived from making
creditable showing at the State Fair.
For some years past Nevada county has
attracted much attention from horticultur-
lists and dealers in fruits. as she always
had from the output of her mines. Nevada
Is the natural home of the pear, but is also
coming to the front as the producer of
various other fruits. Her mineral wealth
is great, and samples of her ores, as well as
fruits and vegetables, are shown As
whole, the exhibit is an excellent one
For the first time in the history of the
State Agricultural Society, Amador county
makes an exhibition of her resources. 1t
is a wonderful success, and is worthy of
more than one or two or a half.dozen ex-
aminations. What will strike the observer
most forcibly is the marvellous variety of
the exhibit from one of the lesser counties
OF the State that is just shaking off its
lethargy. Is there in all the world another
section of equal area that can make any
thing like an equal showing? Let us see
from gold to fire-clsy; from sandstone TO
slate; from semi-tropic fruits to wheat
from barley to granite; from iron to chalk
from wine to soapstone; from pOrce-
lain clay to all manner of nuts: from
huge sections of huger trees to oats
and corn; from melons TO pottery; from
fire-clay to brandy; from berries to the
wondrous products of the 80" ranch,
which are complete exhibition in them.
selves; from many kinds of marbles to all
kinds Of building stone; from hops to
George Woolsey's dried and preserved
fruits; from vegetables to copper ore from
a cube, representing les tons of gold taken
from Amador's bosom, to manufactured
ice; from coal to limest ne; from flour to
strawberries from wood to raisins. Let
no one fail to see this wonderful display.
OTHER EXHIBITS.
The California Wine Growers Union of
San Francisco makes fine display OF wines
loh tne FRESNO flneyaru ana the racine
Wine Company of San Jose
H. c. Shaw of Stockton-Lightning hay
press.
Huntington-H Hopkins Company-Speci-
mems of corrugated iron.
S. G. Stone of Yolo county displays sew
eral grapevines heavily laden with fine
punches of grapes.
Capital Furniture Company, Sacramento
Bedroom sets, wsrdrobes, ETC.
w. +. Gibbs of Oakland exhibits Doud's
Formulation lock, for doors, which is
claimed to be absolutely burglar proof.
A. Meister makes a fine exhibit of open
and top carriages, phaetons, buggies,
children's cab and a pleasure cart, at the
Pavilion. OF this display it may be said
that the work is Gone by Mr.. Meister at
! his factory on Ninth street, between and
! ], opposite the Plaza. The different vehi-
cles shown are very attractive in appear
ance and show good workmanship Mr.
Meister claims that the products of his car
| iiage factory are particularly adapted to
the wants of the people of California.
| d. a. Jackson, of Woodland, has on ex-
hibition at the Pavilion in the Yolo county
! department, several varieties Of grapes
| grown in his vineyard at that place. They
are all splendid specimens of table grapes.
| Those shown ere of the Muscatele rsisin