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 theV
nous for having landed w
misfortune on the voyage more Ia
tlan any Other sailing vessel took iutSy
I tornis. We passed through the GoldsN
Gate July oh in the wake Of ship whose
name, LeCaore, we could barely distinguish
on the srE, Just I've months from Boston
| She had sailed thence on the same dav that
! Brother Mason asd sailed from New York
. ard doubling Cape Horn. had beaten lis o.,
toe voyage by Ihe length o! q ships cable.
, He asS laid us UCdsr further obligation by
! presea'iug us with number OF drswiosS.
made BY him on the way, of scenery and
SCENES on sH,rDoARD.
On The ISthmus ana at Panama, and of IA
mi,ier Pisces amoDg the mines and red
woods y California. Also our brother J.
i, Howe ho AZ three score and ten wears
we find esain on his us,iye heath. He.
too, hiss favored us with portion of his
narrative, which is of psculisr interest, for
i describes the trying experiences of those
pioneers, who, worn out while waiting at
Panama for means of transportation. fitted
up old hulks Ike the Humboldt ana the
Calypso and the Feiiz and various small
crafts, snd even sea Csnoss ana ships
boats, TO help them on their way, few of
which ever reached the expected destina-
ton. We watched those 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 out of the bay with
MANY nliSglyluuS 81 Z A he IA 81, s.tCra
them, and we were reminded of the tales
OF that olc-tlrle voyage from Mt. Ida 20 the
Ilber, It's peiils, prIve,iouS and DELAYS,
how the storms shattered the ships. and
hunger and thirst weakened the m IN, and
catastrophes overwhelmed them, until al
length mysterious hands; with secret and
proVidenlsl help, brought the remnants of
them 70 the wished for haven. Dos Her
mandos-the Two Sis.erS-that was the
name OF The wretChed galley Of about 20
toDS (ancient, We verify believed, rs those
same Maids OF the myths, on which
BRO. HOWE AND HIS COMPANIONS
Nentured snd hoped TO coast along the
desolate shores and cross the gu;f, botori-
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 FL Dorado. He is now in feeble health,
or he would be here in person. But in the
midst OF physical disabilities he rememb ers
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 aud au earnest
talk to the boys"
Lemuel ellison of Weltham, George w.
Soule of Boston, William II Rand OF Chi
cago, Stephen y. Fish OF Syough;on. James
o. Draper of Pawtucket, r. l and Henry
NJ. Howard of BaIlardvale, Mich, were
elected to membership, Many of the ladies
and gentlemen fingered in the parlors to
further talk over old times, and it Yves after
3 o'clock when the last "Forty-niner''
turned his back upon the scene of this very
pleasant reunion.