Outing . for alarge part of Central California. On December 12 last year 1 attended the annual*Citrus Fair in the foothill town of Oroville, on the Feather River. The southerncounties of the State have held many and very beautiful citrus fairs, but it is only oflate years that the central counties have had the oranges to exhibit. This Orovillefair, however, was held in alarge canvas pavilion, underthe bluest of California were chrysanthemums,roses, lilies, sweet peas, freshfrom the gardens, and wildflowers gathered from theforests. Oranges were dis-played in wagon loads, andamong o
Outing . for alarge part of Central California. On December 12 last year 1 attended the annual*Citrus Fair in the foothill town of Oroville, on the Feather River. The southerncounties of the State have held many and very beautiful citrus fairs, but it is only oflate years that the central counties have had the oranges to exhibit. This Orovillefair, however, was held in alarge canvas pavilion, underthe bluest of California were chrysanthemums,roses, lilies, sweet peas, freshfrom the gardens, and wildflowers gathered from theforests. Oranges were dis-played in wagon loads, andamong other exhibits of theseason were ripe raspber-ries, strawberries, melons, pep-pers and tomatoes, besidesgreen peas and new climate during the weekI v/as in Oroville appeared asmild and warm as a week ofMay weather in the rolling hillcountry of Maryland. Allthese old mining towns of theSierras arewell withinreach ofgood hunt-ing m artsville,Oroville,Newcastle,P e n r y n ,Ophir, PI a-. UNDER THE PALMS. 250 OUTING FOR JANUARY. cerville, Lancha Plana, Jenny Lind, Chero-kee and dozens of other camps liein a region as healthful as, and farmilder than, any of the most widely-known resorts of the southern Allegha-nies. They are situated on vast, shelter- ed mountain promontories stretching outinto the plain from the vaster mountainwall of the Sierra, and behind them arethe snow peaks, miles distant, with im-mense forests of sugar pine and oaks totemper the air between. To be continued. FIGURE SKATING BY C. BOWYER VAUX.
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