Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-07
CALIFORNIA ON WHEELS. >
THE GREAT TRAVELLING EXHIBITION
ARRIVES IN SACRAMENTO.
What the Cars Contain-CoIossal yege-
tables, Luscious Fruits and
Delicious Wines.

California on Wheels, just starting out
on its second campaign, rolled into the de-
pot ct $40 last evening, and was hailed
with delight By the citizens who had braved
the elements that they might welcome the
great travelling exhibition.
Owing to the storm, it was decided not
to make public exhibition last night but
to-day the cars will be stationed at con-
venient place in the depot, where the pub
lie may behold and admire the magnificent
show of Californa's famous products.
Magnificent it is, indeed Suca fruits,
nuts, cereals, vegetables and wines And
two immense Pullman cars packed full,
with scarcely room left in which to insert
another jar Of preserves.
| Three cars constitute the train, but one
of these is for the accommodation of the
gentlemen having in charge the exhibition.
The other two carry the exhibits. Ore of
the latter is devoted almost exclusively to
| fruits fresh and preserved), vegetables,
I cereals, woods and the like while the
other carries the minerals and wines.
| Some Of the most notable exhibits in the
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| their immensely. or because they are uu-
| known in the East-are peaches which
measure fifteen inches in circumference:
onions two feet in inference; Irish po-
| tatoes fourteen inches long, and weighing
| eight pounds each redwood bark sixteen
| inches thick; pears weighing five pounds
| each: a squash weighing 800 pounds; a
| grapevine which grew thirtysix feet in one
| year lat Indio, on the Colorado desert by
means of irrigation, where il was previously
| believed that nothing would grow; Nikado
persimmons three inches IL diameter;
| Japanese ounces five inches in diameter;
an orange Iree which is fifty six years old;
| California onyx; an India rubber tree;
| cork oak nee; camphor tree Japan
| ese plums; bananas, and an immense
! variety aud display of oranges and pampas
grass An attractive feature, also, is a big
jar containing number Of colossal Sacra-
mento oIange-cling peaches, preserved in
| brandy.
As was before stated, this is the second
campaign of California on Wheels" It's
first sinuous tour between Omaha and
Boston Through all the large cities and
many smaller cities and tOwns) was begun
in December, 1888, and was planned to
last only three months. But the novel
exhibition proved such an attraction
such favorable comment from ali the great
newspapers of the country, thai the trip
had to be continued for nine months.
Nearly million spectators visited the
cars on the first trip; and before the second
campaign is finished it is estimated that
double that number of ladies and gentle
men will have awaited themselves of the
tree privilege ofseeing California's products,
sampling It's fruits and wines, and supply
ing themselves with accurate descriptive
literature of its resources, cheerfully fur
nished all those who visit California on
Wheels
The exhibition is in charge of Mr..
Joseph Mcdonald, whose successfully con-
Quoted last years tour. ]. B Lauck,
Travelling Passenger Agent of the South
ern Pacific Company, also accompanies
the exhibition. The exhibit will remain
in Sacramento until 2:35 Monday morn
ing, when it will leave for Stockton. The
programme so far as laid out thence is as
follows: