The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-04
WAY BACK IN '4s.
Forty-Fourth Anniversary of the Dis
covery of Gold.
How the New England Associated Cal.
ifornfa Pioneers VIII Celebrate
the 18th of This Month.

George q. Spurr-whose fathers bones
lie beneath the soil of the old Suffer Fort
Enclosure in this city-and who is Secre-
tary of the New England Associated
California Pioneers of '49, fayors the
RECORD UNION with the programme of
exercises to be held at the Revere House,
in Boston, on the 18th of the present
month, when the old Californians in the
far East will commemorate the discovery
of gold at Suffers mill near Coloma.
The reception will be from ito O'Clock,
when the pioneers will settle themselves
at the dinner table. At the proper time
the exercises will open by the singing of
the following song, written for the coca
sion by Mr.. Spur:
Beneath Sierras frowning cliffs.
Beneath her tow'rIng pines
Iney sang and rocked the cradle there
Way back in-'49.
Again they meet in-'92,
With locks as white as snow,
AND sing the same old songs they sang
some forty years ago.
And ere they pass fond adieu,
They drink one cup Of wine
To days of old, to days of gold,
70 days of-'49.
The following announcements are made.
and any old Californian who may happen
to be in Boston will be heartily welcomed
by these "old boys'' of New England:
Honors for the occasion-The grizzly
bear flag, its emblem, will be set at sun
rise and allowed to float over the Revere
House until sunset. in honor of the event
which aWoke civilization from a pro-
tracted dream and changed the commerce
of the world.
The post-prandial exercises will be
original, varied and replete with remin-
iscences.
The music will be of the highest order.
1t will be furnished by Baldwin's Cadet
Orchestra of eight pieces.
The menu viii furnish q dinner never
surpassed by any previous attempt.
The accommodations will be ample for
both ladies and gentlemen. Parlors open
at II o'clock, noon.
Seats at the table are limited to $40. so
that 1t Will be wise to secure tickets as
early as possible.
Price of tickets, So each, which can be
procured of the following Committee of
Arrangements: Henry L. Lawrence.
solomon 5. Rowe, Warren Fletcher. Mar
shall Russell, Joseph Holmes, Stephen
A. Cornell, James h. Bennett, Joseph b.
Diltaway. BENZ. f. Griggs. Alexis Torrey,
w. Cranston Taylor and George G. Spur.
Committee of Reception-Edwin Itch
field, Alvin R. Richardson, Samuel T.
Manson, Charles F. Mcclure, n. NJ.
Hunnewell, Colonel Charles NJ. WHEEL
den, Daniel R. Child, August L. Dole.
DR.. c. Hodge Johnson, Joseph P. Blake
Robert Parkin, David \. Hodgdon.
Ladies' Committee on Reception-Mrs.
Mary Sinclair Davis, Mrs. Henry l..
Lawrence, Mrs. James H. Bennett, Mrs.
Joseph Holmes, Mrs. Stephen A. Cornell.
Mrs. John H. Eveleth, Mrs. Daniel w
Mason, Mrs. Marshall Russell, Mrs. AL
fred Bicknell, Miss Pauline Rowe, Miss
Mable Snow, Miss Helen Dole, Miss
Gerty Lawrence, Miss Helen Ledyard,
Miss Gerty Cornell.
Committee on Banquet, Music and
corations-Lawrence. Snow, Bennett,
Rowe, Spur and Russell
Committee on Invitation - Griggs.
Lltchheld. Child, Cornell, Blake, Parkin
and Smith.
Committee on Printing-Bennett, Spur
and Snow