Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-15
CHANGERS AND FRJIT-GRoNERS.
THEY HAD A BIG TIME IN THE TOWN
OF FLORIN YESTERDAY.
A Determination to Push Sacramento
County to the Fore at the
Next State Fair.

| honor of the Changers of Sacramento
county and the Florin Fruit Growers As
ISOLATION. The affair was under the auspice.
of Pomona Grange, which is the Florir
Granger lodge. Most of the business
houses were closed and private residences
were decorated in honor of the event
Visitors came in crowds from all parts Of
the 5ounty-Grangers and their friends
in such numbers that the hospitable Flor.
mites had to rustic" to provide accommo.
dations for them
During the forenoon, before the bulk Of
the visitors arrived, Pomona Grange held
an executive session. in which the visiting
Changers were invited to participate
| Those who took advantage of the invita-
| ton were members of Sacramento Grange.
Enterprise Grange and Elk Grove Grange.
Twelve brothers and sisters flour of the
former and eight of the latter were init
| ated into the fourth degree, after which the
| Oranges took up for discussion PROPOSE
ton to make Sacramento county exhibit
at the next State Fair, for the purpose OF
! winning the county premium if possible.
| Heretofore Sacramento county has not
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simply through courtesy for the outside
| counties. But the majority of those pres
| ent at this meeting were of the opinion
that Sacramento had held off long enough,
and should this year go in for the prize. A
| motion to this effect was carried unani-
! mously, after which the executive session
adjourned.
THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATES.
| Then all of Florin was thrown open 10
| the two or three hundred visitors who had
| come from this city and other parts of the
| county. All were invited to splendid
| banquet, which was served in the dining.
room connected with Florin Hall. The
| dining-r room was tastefullv decorated with
| flowers, festoons and national colors, while
| the tables were literally loaded down with
| delicacies, and such fruit and strawberries
as only Florin can produce.
1t was jolly spectacle; and how those
guests did punish The eatables
After all had had their fill, they ad-
journed to the big hall upstairs, where the
| literary and musical exercises were to be
held. The place was jammed almost to
suffocation.
Cyrus Tolle raped the assemblage to
| order and then called on ellis Doty for a
| few remarks on the subject of the proposed
| Sacramento county exhibit-the purpose
being to give the guests an idea of the
| determination reached by the Changers
while in executive session. Mr.. Doty re-
| sponded in an intelligent and comprehen-
| sive manner. "My plan," he said, lis
! that each subordinate grange in the county
shall take hold of the matter with a vim.
| Each should select Its own committee and
arrange for the provision of funds to back
| up its committee. You will get nearer to
1 hav anKlta Of no nv, ttx,&x
1t might be well enough to let Pomona
Grange manage the affair from here and
other oranges from other localities, but it
is not the surest way. The surest way is
| to bring the task directly upon the people
every person in the county. All hands
should be interested. There is plenty of
time for preparation, provided we begin at
once. l do not think that any one
man or set of men in any Sec
ton of the county could make
as good a selection as the people in that
particular section. This is, of course,
merely my personal opinion. / was one
of the believers, when the first State Fair
was held in the new pavilion at Sacra-
mento, that Sacramento county should not
compete for the county prize l believed
it to be nice courtesy and emblematic of
| our hospitality to leave the field open TO
the outside counties. Probably many of
| you know that there was great opposition
| from all paris of the State to the appropri-
alton to locate the State Fair in Sacra-
| mento. They all thought that Sacramento
| would reap all the benefits, and other
counties would stand no show. But
matters are different now. We are be-
ginning to realize that we have great
county of our own. and / think that it is
| now time for US to step forward and let
others see what we have, too. We have
| the right to do it now. We have stood
| back long enough. We can make our
| exhibit, grand success, and can carry off
| the premium, if we will only put our
shoulders tc the wheel and interest the
| people of the entire county in the move
| ment."
| Mr.. Doty was greeted with applause, long
| and loud, upon the conclusion of his re.
marks, and it was evident that all were in
hearty accord with his sentiments.
THEY WILL DO IT.
| Abner Burns, John A. Simons, CYRUS
Tolle and Supervisor Erskiae Greer fol.
| lowed Mr.. Doly, and all were enthusiastic
in their support of his plans. They said
they thought they could answer for the
county in general, that there would be
nothing lacking TO make the exhibit the
| feature of the State Fair. They promised
to lend their individual assistance, too, to
their utmost abilities.
Ex-senator L. w. Buck, of Vaca valley
| who was present as an invited guest, en-.
| couraged the Sacramentans in their efforts
He said that, although his county would
| 'be there" he realized that unusual efforts
would be necessary to keep in the swim, il
Sacramento county carried out what was
projected. He complimented the Florir
Fruit Growers Union for the business-like
and careful manner in which they handled
its affairs, and predicted great prosperity
for that section under the unions infiu.
ence.
Thomas Taylor, one of the most sue
cessful of Florin's fruit.raisers, was called
upon for some remarks, but. not being
speech maker, he contributed to the pro-
gramme by exhibiting q string of mann
moth Jessie strawberries. the average cir
conference of which was 81 inches BY
actual measurement. Mr. Taylor claim.
to be the first person in the State to intro
duce this variety of strawberry, and hi.
success with them in shipping them cas-
and north is the talk of the section il
which he resides.
LITERATURE AND MUSIC.
Following the speech. making, a fin,
literary and musical programme was car
| out, Tic ulISCtlOu VI y. i
Casey, Lecturer of Pomona Grange. Tn,
programme comprised the following events
Song, by the Florin chorus essay, Mrs
B. NJ. Jackman, of Sacramento Grange
duet, Dreaming of Home and Mother,
Misses Susie Bates and Nettie Jackson
recitation, 1.-The Two Glasses" Mrs. Mollit
Davis; song, II Love all the Songs" Mis-
Lille Casey; recitation, Beautiful Hands,
Miss Marett; humorous reading, II Wish
was Woman" Jesse Casey; reply, an
Glad I'm Not Man." Mrs. Myra Reese
recitation, Something Spilled, Miss Net
tie Jackson duet. Misses Susie Bates ant
Lucy Darling; song. Miss Effie Dresser
recitation. Jesse Casey; song, Miss Minni
Robinson essay, Mrs. II. Johnson, of tn,
Sacramento Grange.
This programme was interrupted ono
very pleasantly. Two young ladies, Misse
Marett and Ellie Dresser, marched acros
the hall-the former armed with long
slim package-and both stopped in front o
jolly William HI. Robinson, the Presiden
OF the Florin Fruit Growers Union.
"AhemW said Miss Dresser, trying {.
look very serious. but at the same time al
most bubbling over with Joy. Mr.. Robin
son: The members of the Florin Frui
Growers Association have given us thu
pleasing duty of rendering you their thank
for the able manner in which, as thei
President, you have conducted the affair
| of the association and wa heO nf var, o.