Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-16

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Crescent City,
three months in Pan
than two months on then
nous for having landed
: misfortune on the voyage more q
tlan any o,her sailing vessel took iutoN
tornis. We passed through the GoldN
/ Gate July 5.h in the wake Of ship whose
! name, LacAore, we could barely distinguish
on the srE, just i've months from Boston.
1he had sailed thence on the same dav that
I Brother Mason usd sailed from New York.
and doubling Cape Horn had beaten Us on
! toe voyage by lhe length OF ships cable.
f; He ass laid us Sndsr further obligation by
preserving rs With number OF drawings,
made by him on the way, Of scenery ana
SCENES oH sHIryoNRD.
On The lSthmus ana at Panama and Of IA
miilsr Flsces amoDE the mines and red
woods IS SSiii0rniS. Also our brother J.
i. Howe, who az three score end ten years
we find eSain on his ustive heath. He
too, hiss favored us with portion of his
narrative which is Of peculiar interest, for
i describes TIE trying experiences of those
pioneers, who, worn out while waiting at
Panama for means of transportation, fitted
up old huiks Ike the Humboldt ana the
Calypso AMI tee Feliz and various small
crafts, snd even sea osnosS and ships
boats, to help them on their way, lew of
which ever reached the expected desiina-
ton. We watched these vessels as our
Yankee carpenters rebuilt and repaired
them; we locked at them to sec whether or
rot like the SHIPS which 81. Paul sailed
on, they were fitted with appliances for
casting the anchors out OF the stern in
case of need.
We saw them sail ont OF the bay with
many misgivings as 10 the fate IN store for
them, and we were reminded OF the tales
of that oiG-tirle voyage from Mt Ida 20 the
Ilber, It's peiils, priva,iouS and DELAYS.
how the storms shattered the ships, ard
hunger and thirst weakened the men, and
catastrOphes overwhelmed them, until a,
length mysterious hands, with secret and
provIdenusl help, brought The remnants Of
them TO the wished for haven. Dos Her.
mandus-the Two Sisters~that was the
name OF The wretched galley Of about 20
tons (sDcient, we verify believed, as those
same Maids of the myths on which
BRO. HOWE AND HIS COMPANIONS
Nentured sud hoped to coast along the
desolate shores and cross the gulf, potori-
Gus for its treaCheroUs storms. Three
sb ut, from the time he sailed
away were spent by Bro. Howe in strug.
giles on the sea ard land before he reached
our Ell Dorado. He is now in feeble heslth.
or he would be here in person. But in the
midst of physical disabilities he remembers
us, and he has composed some verses for
this occasion lie is with us in good fell
lowship and spirit. Applause
The verses were entitled Retrospective"
and were set to the air Good Old DAYS
of Adam and Eve which the orchestra
played. The exercises at the tables closed
with remarks by Secretary Spur, highly
complimentary to the ladies and au earnest
talk to the boys"
Lemuel Gibson of Waltham, Gecrge w.
Souie of Boston, William II Rand OF Chi
cago, Stephen \. Fish Of Stoughtou. James
o. Draper Of Pawtucke,, r. and Henry
NJ. Howard of Ballardvale, Mich, were
elected to membership. Many of the ladies
and gentlemen fingered in the parlors to
further talk over old times, and it was after
o'clock when the last "Forty-niner''
turned his bsck upon the scene of this very
pleasant re.uaion.