The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . a house of roses. Thestage was artistically set with shrubbery and semi-tropical plants, while flowers were literallystrewn throughout the adjoining hallways and parlors. THE PROGRAMME. 67 The ladies parlor was turned into a veritable mining camp, with tents pitched, and liveburros, Chinese lanterns, and all the paraphernalia of a real camp. Spiders and kettles wereon the rocks, apparently cooking miners food; while guns, picks, shovels, and provisions layaround. The following unique programme
The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . a house of roses. Thestage was artistically set with shrubbery and semi-tropical plants, while flowers were literallystrewn throughout the adjoining hallways and parlors. THE PROGRAMME. 67 The ladies parlor was turned into a veritable mining camp, with tents pitched, and liveburros, Chinese lanterns, and all the paraphernalia of a real camp. Spiders and kettles wereon the rocks, apparently cooking miners food; while guns, picks, shovels, and provisions layaround. The following unique programme of dance filled out a delightful evening: — Sicilian CircleWaltz .Cotillon .PolkaQuadrilleWaltz .Portland .PolkaLancers .CotillonWaltz .Reel On the Tramp. The Rich Pocket. Rock the Cradle. The Prospectors. The Pick and Shovel. Fine Gold. * The Big Nugget. The Burro. Wet Diggings. The Flapjack. Struck it Rich. The Last Wash-up. A supper, given by the citizens of Pasadena, in keeping with all their lavish hospitality,terminated at the stroke of midnight, and we closed our weary eyes in PUBLIC LIBRARY, PASADENA AVENUE. 68 PIOJ^EERS OF 49. CHAPTER IX IN MEMORY OF GENERAL CHAPIN. Green be the turf above thee, friend of my better days; None knew thee but to love thee, nor named thee but to praise! — Halleck. SUNDAY morning we attended the services at various churches, Mrs. Ball selecting theUniversalist, to hear our old friend, Rev. P. M. McDonald, deliver a masterly presenta-tion of the possibilities of man, physical, mental, and spiritual, which point towards arealization of the text: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is churches were elaborately decorated. Imagine a cross containing 500 calla lilies ! Inthe afternoon some went to Los Angeles, some strolled, and some wrote home lettersdescribing the good time we were having so many miles away. The stores were closed, andthe churches well patronized; while a baseball team, with a band,
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