Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-13
STATE FAIR.
WONDERFUL TROTTING BY THE PALO
ALTO FILLY, sUN0L.
Opening Address by Creed Raymond
The Popular Play-Ground-Yester-
days Racing Events.


ever knew at any State fair. Our carriages
have been doing five times the busines.
| to-day that they ever did on correspond
ing date. And this too Notwithstanding
cars running to the Park, instead of one
as heretofore. think this is a pretty gooG
sign, and look for the best-attended fair We
have had" All the incoming trains yes
terday brought large crowds of visitors
and the streets, hotels and other public
| places are crowded with people. There
was large attendance at the Pavilion yes
terday and last night.
THE OPENING ADDRESS.
The feature Of the evening was the open
ing address, by Hon. Creed Haymond. de-
livered in the Art Gallery. The Directors
| and officers Of the State Board of Agri
| culture were on the platform, which was
neatly decorated. Mr.. Raymond spoke as
| follows
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: Once
more this spacious hall is lighted up, once
wealth have assembled to partake of the gener
| ous hospitality of the Capital City and to exam
inc, criticise and be pleased with and instructed
| by the exhibits which the Agricultural Society
| presents to you. Side by side with the exhibits
which are the results OF patient toll, supple
mented by the highest skilled labor, it displays
| the marvellous products of the soil. 1t brings
! the farmer and the artisan in friendly rivalry
and presents to view the fruits of that competi
tiou-testimonials to the energy and progress ot
| the people OF this great commonwealth.
The mine and the field, the forest and the
stream, were the benefcent gifts of God to man
-glttS so DnDefippUt that their va1na
be conceived of until the mind of man. through
education and cultivation, shall attain its high
est ana greatest developments. When He created
these things, and made man and gave him do.
mtnion over ali, man was without companion
ana al of these gifts were as worthless TO him
as they were to the beast of the field. For com.
panlonshlp He gave him woman, and she il
was who supplemented Gods greatest blessing.
She led him, blind ard helpless as he was 10
the tree of knowledge. She came to man, and
found him more helpless than any other created
ming. he was blind and naked. She found him a
man and made him God She raised him to
thst high estate, so that when the Creator again
visited Eden and locked upon him He said
:, de Is one OF us" 1t was she who gave to man
the first blessing next to his creation So
1t has been throughout life. She has
shed over him the radiance of her
love and charity; illuminated his path
with the splendor of her beauty The mine and
the farm, the field and the forest and the stream,
without intelligence, were worthless Ii was
left for education to lead up to the develop
ments and to the progress OF this great age.
Nor csn anyone, nor dares anyone now to fore
cast the future. When we look back over the
past for hundred years, we find that the con.
diticn of mankind was totally different from
what 1t is to-day Sorrow and misery were the
lot OF the proudest Princes in the land The
men of wealth and of the greatest power were
not able TO compass the comforts, the coed the
pleasure that the humblest mechanic now NAV
have II he be bit frugal and proyident A few
years. as time comes in the life of nations, have
elapsed since Hampden Court one of the state
liest piles in England. was regarded as a worthy
gift from great Cardinal to one of the mightest
potentates upon earth. Yet. no man who works IN
the railroad shops here to-day or at skilled labor
but who would feel badly treated if he had to
reside in such place. With such progress as
we nave made In the past VINO dares to set limits
upon the future? Electricity and steam have
revolutionized the world II is but about thirty
years since great Senator from South Carolina
spoke of the mud-sills of the country That
class has entirely disappeared All mankind
has been elevated in this civilized land and
iron stands for human bones and steam and
electricity stand for the effort of that class.
may not live to see the day, Du; the children
are now living who will see this magnificent
valley lighted by electricity every night; who
will see men take advantage CT it to harvest the
crops at night, to gather the fruit, to do all of
impediment that it has 1t may be that
the first exhibition of this will be
at Vina, upon those great estates
the gift of your illustrious son to you and to
10 possess and have is limited only blythe power
to conceive. The earth ard the field, the mine.
the forest and the stream constitute the preat
sources OF wealth the great reservoirs from
Which IL is TO be drawn in the future and moth
ing can be beyond the reach of man if his in
telligence is developed-if his mind is cult
waited. He is not to be relieved from the curse
OF Eden, for in modern theology Won know that
God never cursed but always blessed. If we be-
lieve the Mosaic account of creation it was not
that man should earn his bread by Drawn and
muscle, for it was said that in the sweat
OF the face-not of the arms or of the legs
he should earn his bread. 1t was both a
declaration of what was to be and q prophecy
OF the future-a prophecy of that time
when labor,aiding machinery should take the
place OF toll, and instead of struggling in the
held with the hand, the mans brain should
work and his hand would touch the electric
button that would set the machinery in motion.
The only problem presented to us is how are
these things TO be done? l answer by system OF
education leading up to them; and, first, who
should be the teacher? and of that l desire to
speak for moment.
The problem which is presented to us is how
the destiny OF man is to be worked out and how
he is to avail himself of the muniicent gifts of
Providence and to discharge the trusts which
those gifts impose upon him The solution lies
in system of education which will teach
man not only what these gifts have been, but
which shall develop his powers so that he NAV
conceive of new wants. thereby creating new
desires. In this Office of education the Clergy
must play prominent part. The clergyman
must fit himself for this teaching He must
prepare himself to be the adviser of his pa: ish-
ioneis, of his friends and of his neighbors He
must be able to teach them when to sow and
when to reap-what Industries of life are the
most profitable. He must teach them how to
live upon this earth and enjoy It's richness and
thereby fit him for the world 10 come. Through
our common schools and colleges, now open
10 all, much may be done in this direction,
but II may well be doubted whether the modern
colleges come up 10 the standard of the age
NAV be IOubtnn w NYhetbpr nttr col "a,
cate men Tor labor-and l use the term in It's
hghtest sense. ] fear that they have not pro.
gressed with the age, that they follow the ira
di ions of the past and educate men for an age
which has gone by and not for the present, Tor
an age which gave TO those who could read
and write privileges, legal aud otherwise
which the less favored did not possess IL may
be that they turn into The world men learned
oIly in booss-men whose knowledge is so lin
tied when compared with the sum of human
learning that they may be comparatively help
less in the community. Beyond this. however
they must go in order to maintain themselves
ana must send forth their graduates crowned
with the knowledge which is necessary to en-
able lhem to make their way in this busy
world.
Cornell has pointed out the way to higher
and grsnder system, aud our own Palo Alto viii
lead all others in that direction. Our common
school system and our system of private schools
have done wonders. il may be that no. so
much depends upon the systems OF these schools
as upon The fact that mind comes in contact
Win Inlnu. ana all are Drought TO the standard
of the highest-thus from the honest rivalries
which exist between students. minds are so
frightened and eleTated that from this source
come the men that move the world. The state
Agricultural Society has done much in this direc-
ton. II is great educator. No can visit this
ball, no one can look upon this exhibit without
learning things which not only tend to develop
his intellect bat TO make him more useful citi-
zen In the community in which he lives. From
the foundation of this society, the men " no
have controlled its dest ny have cone all
within their powe. to advance the prosperity OF
the State. They have done much under disad-
yantageous circumstances, In the halls of legis
lation they had to combat ignorance and
prejudice, and on the outside they have had 10
endure the criticisms of men who neither un-
ders;ood nor appreciated their labors Faithful
in all things, they have been sustained by the
intelligence of our people. L, voting themselves
20 the advancement of the prosperity of the
State. they have not been exempt from
criticism. The right TO criticise Is one OF the
preroeatiyes claimed by the American people
No public servant can be exempt from it. The
right to srowl is rega ded as inalienable aud the
| people viii not surrender it.
| Efficient as this society has been in the past,
and as much good as IL has accomplished, i,
has still fallen tar short of what il should have
done, but through no iault of its own. The
paltry sums doled out from the public treasury
/ have enabled the men who give their time 10
| It's service TO do but little. AS the world goes
| it docs not fill the place which il was de,tiped
/ II ill. The people Of the State cannot find 4
more efficient body of men than those now
| people to support them and TO give them
| the means 10 do the work which should
| BE- done. Instead of this pavilion spaeiou.
| as IL is we should have one many