The record-union., 1896-05-24
SACRAMENTO GRANGE DAY.
The Annual Strawberry Festival Held
Yesterday.

Sacramento Grange held its annual
strawberry festival yesterday. as it has
done for many years past, and the MEM
bers and visitors turned out in large
numbers, making it a most enjoyable
reunion
The grange-room was beautifully dec
GRATED with roses and other flowers,
presenting a pleasing appearance. After
the morning session of the grange all
adjourned to the banquet hall. where
the tables groaned under the weight of
the delicacies provided by the ladies Of
the grange, whose ability in that line
is we'll and favorably known through
the country, and it seemed as if the
finest strawberries had been saved for
the occasion, for the markets showed
none like them
After dinner was disposed Of, those
who felt able to exercise adjourned to
the grange-room and listened to an ex-
cellent entertainment, the programme
being as follows:
opening song by grange; address Of
welcome, d. Flint, Master of Sacra-
mento Grange; solo, Miss Gussie Will
cox; address, w. w. Greer, w. NJ. Cal
ifornia State Grange: the color drill,
eight young ladies, Misses Della Krull,
Lulu Rich, Jennie Sims, Ella Klotz,
Meta Watson, Mamie Welty, Lydia
Davis and Laura Hill: remarks by
Worthy Steward of State Grange J.
Cornell; instrumental duet. Misses Har-
ris and Green; remarks, District Lee
turer II. Waite; vocal solo, Miss Lulu
Rich; farce, The Singles Family"
Misses Lizzie Klotz, Oracle Klotz, Lii
liam Duden, Alice Duden, Florence
Davis. Susie Birch, Edna Rich, Katie
Winn.
d. Flint, in his usual happy manner
spoke to the assembly for a few minutes
upon the Best Manner of Living"
w. w. Greer alluded to his return
from grange picnic at San Jose; to the
work being done by the Worthy Lee
turer Of the National Grange, Alpha
Messer of Vermont; to the indefatigable
laborS of the Patrons of Husbandry in
Pennsylvania, where the order has
taken the lead in the agricultural re
gion; the need of cooperation, etc.
The colors in the drill were pink, pale
blue, green, orange, lemon, lavender,
white and red, with flowers and rib
bons to correspond, and as they wound
in and out in the intricates figures of
the drill, and their pure, beautiful faces
and costumes a la Empire, graceful and
becoming, caught the suns bright rays,
| it was really a dazzling tropical pic
ture in color and activity.
J. Cornell took up the subject of tax
alton, and favored a reduction of sal
aries among the county officials. He
said the farmers should work for their
| own protection, and, by taking a firm
stand in their organization, could eff
| feet it.
| The instrumental duet by the Misses
| Harris and Green was SO loudly en-
| cored as to bring them back with an
| other bright, catchy duet that made
| the old wish they, too, were young
again.
"The Singles Family" took "the
cake" in originality of costume and
style of speech. They were appropri-
ately named Singles.
I. Waite, District Lecturer, spoke in
behalf of the free market IN Sacra-
mento.
Human happiness is the acme of
earthly ambition" in the Granger's pre-
amble, served D. Flint for a subject.
The assembly broke up late in the
afternoon, having thoroughly enjoyed
the reunion.