Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-29
THIRTY YEARS ago.
HOW JENNY LIND REBUKED QUEEN
vICTORIA'S UNCLE.
A Sacramentan's Dream of a Marble Pal
ace That Was Never Fulfilled
uld-Time Cyclone.

Victoria) was very pompous parsonage
and often made himself obnoxious atp places
of amusement by his loud talk and disa.
greeable manners But Jenny Lind taught
him a lesson one night. She was perform
ing the role of Armina in La Sonnam-
bula,n and was greatly annoyed by the
Duke keeping up a conversation with
friends in an adjoining box. Suddenly she
stopped short. Queen Victoria leaned out
of her box to see what was the trouble, and
noticed the songstress looking straight at
the Dukes box. The latter was then con.
andin an Extensively loud tone of voice. The
entire audience looked on at the picture.
There stood Jenny Lind upon the stage in
silence, while her eyes flashed IRE at the
royal box. The Queen was evidently
greatly embarrassed, but could no nothing.
This awkward situation lasted until a man
in the pit jumped upon his seat and cried
out who disturbs the audience? Who
but that old man with star on his breast /!
Do we pay him forty thousand pounds a
year to annoy the public in the opera
house? Three groans for the Duke of
Cambridgew The audience gave three
groans, the Duke became silent, and the
opera went on.
...... On the 10th of this month an invita-
ton WIS rendered to members of the Cali
fornia Pioneers of New England and their
wives to visit the beautifully laid-out
grounds of Hon. John Conness, in Dor
chester, one of the suburbs of Boston, for
an outing and to partake of some of the
large, luscious strawberries of his own
raising. There were just forty-n nine who
availed themselves of the opportunity,
and very enjoyable time they had, ram
bling around the fields and partaking of
the good things placed before them by Mr.
and Mrs. Conness. Letters of regret were
read from many who could not be present.
Speeches and singing were INDUCED in,
and after three or four hours of social
conversation and cheers for the host and
hostess, they returned to the city highly
delighted with the trip. Nearly all of
those present were of the party who re-
Gently returned from visit to the Pacific
slope.
Ex-senator Conness' home is near the
bank of Stony Brook, stream whose crys-
tai waters course down from the highlands,
and after meandering through stretch of
beautiful meadows furnish the motive
power for many large chocolate and other
mills in the town of Milton. Between
thirty and forty years ago it was favorite
trout and pickerel stream, and many day
the writer spent, in childhood, in angling
from its banks or the rustic bridges that
SPAWNED its sparkling waters in many
places. Many Californians have wondered
why it is that Senator Conness does not re-
turn and make his home here. The an
swer is, that Mrs. CONFESS relatives all
live near her present home, and she can
not find it in her heart to sever the ties
that have endeared the locality to her,
from childhood, and remove to a State
where all are strangers to her. Mr.. Con-
ness is devoted to his family, is in very
comfortable circumstances, financially, and
is taking the world easy in his charming
New England home. He is very glad to
meet Californians when they visit Boston,
and, as he recently wrote to friend in
old Ell Dorado, his ''latch-string always
, hangs on the outside to wayfarers from the
land of fruit and gold"
.........In one respect at least the city
has not advanced in the past thirty years,
as will be seen by the following paragraph,
which appeared in the UNION one morn
ing in the long ago: THE sprinklers of
streets are too profuse with the water.
Mud is equally as offensive as dust, and is
just as disagreeable in June as ii is in De-
cember 1t is disgraceful the way in
which our streets are sprinkled. The Su-
pervisors (the city and county were then
consolidated) could compel the contractors
to do the work properly, and everybody is
wondering why they do not" The same
item would answer for the present time by
substituting Trustees for Supervisors.
How will it be thirty years from now?
.........It was announced by Marysyille
paper that William Gwynn, the Sacra-
mento owner of the newly-discovered Ala
baster Cave in Placer county, was about to
erect there hotel, to be built wholly of
native marble, and one that would be in
keeping with the gorgeous character of the
great natural wonder. "a boundless
realm is the land of dreams" indeed. The
cave is still there, but the marble palace
has not materialized, while swamp land
reclamation brought financial ruin upon
its once prospective landlord.
........A striking instance of canine
sagacity was mentioned in the papers. A
citizen of Folsom removed to Sacramento,
leaving behind him a little dog of I'm.
known lineage-]ust simply dog. Two
DAYS after the man had reached this city
the dog presented himself, footsore and
weary, having made the journey from Fol-
som all by himself. He had been here but
once before, and then on the cars. He not
only found his way to the city, but he even
found the house in which his master had
taken up his abode.
........J. II. Strowbridge and W. A. Haw-
thorne resided in American Township, and
were not coed friends. Indeed they had
fought to finish on more than one occa-
sion, but had not met for about two years
until they encountered one another one
day in Beck & Ackley's store at Eighth
and streets. And then they went at it
again, and were having good rough-and-
tumble fight when Constable Lansing raj.
in, separated and arrested them.
......A number of patriotic and public
spirited citizens, who had become disguised
at the failure of the first attempt to get up
Fourth OF July celebration met and re-
solved to have one. a Finance Committee
was appointed consisting of James Lam
sing, l.. Duck, A. Badlam, c. c. Hayden,
Joseph Friend, j. II. Carroll, John Ar
mold, T. NJ Lindley, Charles Croker, c.
Powell
,.,,,.The residents of the northern por-
ton of the city witnessed curious race. A
gang OF boys and youths, who were bath
ing in Suffer Lake had been annoying
some Chinese washermen, who took af
ter" them with poles and clubs and ran
them off up town. The boys, being unin.
numbered with clothing, outran their pur-
surers, but the race created sensation
along the residence streets.
.........A fearful cyclone swept over the
West in June, 1860. Its force was felt
most in Illinois, where several small towns
were literally wiped out Of existence. Only
two houses were left in the town of Co
manche, and among the debris not q
vestige was found of furniture. clothing
etc. Everything, except q few heavy tim
bers had been carried off in the terrible
whirlwind. Thirty persons were killed in
the town.
........The Canada thistle had just
made Its appearance in the State. In the
thirty years that have since come and gone
it has proved its title as a thrifty grower
and prolific producer. A week ago a resi-
dent in the southern part of the city was
seen with scythe moving down hall
block of Canada thistles that stood about
eight feet high and as thick as wheat stalks
IN grain field
.........Miss Davenport, then playing al
the Metropolitan ThesieI in "Mesallance.'
one OF the sensational dramas of the day
was supported by II. A. Perry, Mr.. Thayer
Alice and Jennie Vaudeville and Sophie
Edwin The latter was then referred TO q!