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ment to a few of the many extra-official friends without whose presence our 

 journeys and receptions and banquets would have lacked a large part of 

 their charm. First, of the Californians who joined us en route, and made 

 us happy in the daily curriculum. Among these one of the foremost places 

 belongs to Mr. A. T. Hatch, of Suisun, President of the California Board of 

 Trade, and to Mr. J. M. Davies, of San Francisco, Secretary of the same 

 board. Several of the distinguished gentlemen under whose direction we 

 enjoyed the advantages of local excursions in fifteen or twenty places of in- 

 terest, have already been mentioned. To these must here be added Mr. N. 

 Cadwallader, of San Jos^ ; Hon. M. M. Estee, of Napa, whose conspicuous 

 abilities have made him one of the foremost citizens of the State; A. A. 

 Hibbard, of Chico ; Mr. George T. Myers and wife and daughter Fannie, of 

 Portland; Professor and Mrs. J. D. Smith, of Livermore College ; Mr. L. M. 

 Holt, Prrsident of the Board of Trade of Riverside ; Mr. H. J. Rudisill, a 

 leading orange-grower; Mr. J. Vandegrift and Mr. C. W. Filkins, of River- 

 side; Dr. 0. P. S. Plummer and Mr. Thomas Paulsen, of Oregon; Mr. Geo. 

 P. Petfer, of Wisconsin; Mr. I. N. Stone and wife, Mr. Henry Avery, of 

 Iowa; Hon. Nelson Bogue, President of the New York Board of Benevolent 

 Institutions ; Dr. C. J. Holmgren, of New York ; Mr. Geo. D. Hewson and 

 wife, of Nova Scotia ; Mr. C. Van Zandt and wife, of New York ; Mr. S. Ber- 

 nard and Miss Dolly Gilman, of Nebraska ; Mr. A. B. Matthews, of Kansas 

 City ; Mr. J. B. Durand, Mr. H. B. Francis and Mrs. Wade Burden, of Mis- 

 souri ; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Grimes and daughters, of Minnesota; Mr. C. Har- 

 rington and wife, Mr. C. M. Shefler, Mr. M. E. Sweet and wife, Mr. Charles A. 

 Townsend and wife, of Ohio; Mr. F. C. Johnson and Mr. D. B. Weir and 

 daughter, of Illinois; Captain W. J. Maltby and Nat. Stevens, of Texas; Pro- 

 fessor J. G. Lemmon and wife and Professor Abbott Kinney, of California ; 

 and especially, Professor and Mrs. H. E. Van Deman, of Washington, D. C. 



In the interim between our sessions we have full opportunity to wander 

 about the little city of Riverside, and inspect her places of interest and prom- 

 ise. Of course, we make our way, at the earliest opportunity, to the hall of 

 the citrus fair. We are already prepared by our experience at San Jos^ to 

 expect much of the exhibit which the rival city of the south has prepared 

 for our inspection. I am here on delicate ground. The comparative method 

 is the one great method of reaching scientific truth ; but in matters of social 

 and civic emulation comparison is generally offensive to the comparees and 

 fatal to the comparer. Nevertheless, the thing must be done in the cause of 

 truth — done judicially and with an impartial hand. The San Joseans had 

 the advantage of a larger and more commodious hall for their exposition _ 

 They also drew from larger districts of country than have the people of Riv- 

 erside. Moreover, the San Jose exposition was more extensive in the variety 

 of things exhibited. It was primarily a citrus fair; but the exhibit of 

 oranges, lemons, limes, etc., was flanked on every hand by other fruits and 

 nuts and products of the garden and field, ad infinitum. The managers at 

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