The record-union., 1898-08-07

! 100 years and as having been the
| father of agriculture and horticulture
1 in the West. He was, as boy
| guard of honor to Lafayette at the
| laying of the cornerstone of Bunker
| Hill monument. The old papers refer
| ence to his activity in horticulture in
! 1855 shows that he was always active
| in the lines of work that pleased him.
Sacramentans appear to have been
greatly outraged about this time by a
clever swindler. THE Spirit Of the
Age" was published every afternoon.
| and much of its space was devoted TO
the narration of the sins of the commu-
nifty and to a portrayal of its crimes
The editor does not mention any names.
| but he gives warning that there is
| trouble in store for the man who has
been swindling the people of this com
| munity by selling them alleged milch
COWS, which aIe scarce, at a very high
/ price" The way the swindler worked
| his game was TO get dry cows and put
young calves with them. selling the two
as mother and calf
/ In the issue of December Sth the fol-
/ lowing lines show how the Chinese
question was going at that time: 1T
4 is pleasing to observe" says the editor,
that the newspapers of California
have ceased their violent attacks upon
the Chinese, and that the exclusion pol
\ icy now finds many opponents" The
editor then moralizes that the high
taxes against Chinese have driven
them to other States, mot only to the
disadvantage of the revenues of Cali
fornia, but 10 its disadvantage in other
ways"
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that Sacramento is becoming the place
toward which conventions and gather
ings naturally come, particularly those
Of political and benevolent character.
But there is much in the social life that
displeases the editor. In the issue of
/ December 14th he bewails the rotten
ness of our body polite, the lack of
moral sentiment pervading the commu-
munty. the wild extravaganza Of taste,
the reign Of sensuality and sel1ishness."
1t is interesting to hear him prophecy
that there cannot be any railroad
| building o. any progress until the peo
| pie become morally purified. He con-
tinues, in the same editorial, as fol-
| lows: I'VE talk of Atlantic railways.
Pacific commerce, boundless resources
and immigration societies; but these
cherished dreams will never be realized
so long as true morality is wanting.
public infamy is honored, and private
virtue goes unrewarded." He then
says: The only kind of immigration
we can get is of thieves, rogues and
murderers Of whom we have more than
enough now" Again. the editor speaks
/ Of the vulgar display of wealth. the
worship of Mammon. Where are
poetry, art, music?" he asks. He com
plains that Judges and legislators are
corrupt, and that many of the most
| prominent citizens associate with
! hlacklegs and thieves. or live openly
with negro women. and still they are
not barred from the best homes"
The news columns tell of a notorious
/ woman who killed a man the day be-
| fore. having murdered a woman some
months earlier. The editor says: she
/ has been arrested, but does any one
! suppose she will ever be convicted?"
/ There are mnay like items and edi-
| torials to show that in the old days
Sacramento, the home of so many men
who became rich and famous. was a
pretty wild place a generation ago.