The record-union., 1895-03-09
4 RETURNED POMOLOGIOT TALKS.
Pleasant ReCOIIections of the Visit to
Sacramento.
What a Connecticut Delegate to the
Convention Has to Say of the
Capital City.

In the Rigdefield Comm Press of Feb
ruary 22d appeared a two-column letter
from j. W. Rockwell. one of the dele
gates to the National Pathological Con-
vention held in this city last January,
from which the following extracts are
taken:
We were informed when we arrived at
Sacramento at 8 \. NJ. that our trip across
the continent, 5000 miles, was completed
just one minute late. A trip, in antici-
patton, long, dreary. wearisome, proved
restful, cheerful and short, so rapidly
that we could hardly realize it.
The Golden Eagle Hotel had been
chosen as the headquarters of the Ameri-
can Pathological Society, and our party
being met on our arrival by a committee
of citizens, were escorted thither.
AS the meeting OF the society was
called for Wednesday, January 9Th, this
Tuesday was at our command IN which
to see the city.
Our friends We're unwearied in their
attentions to US, taking US first to the
Capitol, where the Legislature was in
session. There we were received by
Governor Budd, conducted to the top of
the dome and had a fine view of the city.
thence to Suffers Fort, three miles out,
by electric car. This afternoon was de-
voted to the Crocker Art Gallery.
The Capitol is a noble building, sur
rounded by large park filled with
choice flowers and sbrubberY. Two
large pictures, one-third life-siZe one on
each side OF the vestibule, strikingly
represent the early days OF California.
The one on the right represents miner s
cabin in which, by the light of a candle.
one man is holding pair of scales into
which another Is pouring the golden
grains of his days work Another is
i1r- h,Nr+
while still another party is indulging in
the tavorlte pastlme of gambling. In the
picture on the left the artist has depicted
most pathethically the sorrow and despair
of an emigrant party whose oxen have
fallen to the ground in exhaustion while
still in the yoke. 4 young girl with d
basin OF water at the mouths OF the ami
mails tries to bring relief to the dying
beasts, while the father with faced buried
in his hands, the mother with clasped
hands and stricken brow, the wondering
children peerlng out Of the canvas-coy-
cred wagon-all attest that they realize
the fearful loss of their faithful animals.
God only knows how many times in
early days that scene has been repeated,
and l can fancy some of the old men-and
not SO very old either-wilI pause and
drop a tear as they recall the sceno that
picture may viyidly recall in their own
experience.
suffers L ort Is another reminder of the
times of '49. Long before the days of
gold, Sutter came to this country and be-
gan trading with the Indians, erecting a
small defense against attack and finally
building this large incIosure, 175x3O0 feet.
with adobe walls twelve feet high and
three feet thick.
Aside from the historical associations.
the most interesting relics were an old
stage coach, Wells, Fargo & Co., direct
to the mines," with several bullet holes
in its panels. Men of nerve were in
vogue in those days, and 1 doubt if our
friend WhitIock, skillfui driver as he is,
would have been equal to the task of
guiding his siX-horse team as they thun-
dered down the mountain passes with
horde OF Indians on their fleet ponies in
pursuit; and the old prairie schooner with
its cumbrous wheels, the home of the
family for many long day as they slowly
crossed the great plains in privation and
suffering, which we had so recently COW
cred in as many hours in comfort and
luxury.
The day closed with visit to the
Crocker Art Gallery, magnificent build
ing hIled with costly paintings and min
eral exhibits, presented by Mrs. Charles
Crocker for the free use OF the citizens of
Sacramento. 1t has also a large studio in
which we found several artists engaged
with their sketches.