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low ; further back thrive all the fruits of the temperate and many of the 

 torrid zone ; a team of horses, a carriage, a cow, sometimes a pig and 

 chickens complete the picture. We have ceased to be an experiment. We 

 are an acknowledged success. To have failed would have been the basest 

 ingratitude to Nature." 



See some further account of this first Fair, written by Hon. P. M. Green, 

 page 112. 



SECOND GREAT CITRUS FAIR. 



The next eventful day that seems to call for special historic recognition 

 was the second general Citrus Fair, which was held on March 3, 4, 5, 6, 

 1885, in the roller skating rink on the corner of Fair Oakes Avenue and 

 Dayton street, where the large three-story Doty block now stands. The 

 principal address was a learned presentation of the history and quality of all 

 the citrus fruits, by Abbot Kinney. Mayor E. F. Spence of I,os Angeles 

 presented the greeting of that city, and from his brief address I quote the 

 following passages : 



"A few years ago, on my way to the Mission San Gabriel, I traveled 

 over the rancho, a part of which we now stand upon ; and had it then been 

 tendered to me as a gift with the obligation on my part that I should pay all 

 the taxes, I verily believe I should have rejected the offer, and charged the 

 would-be donor with considering me a tender-foot. I am almost ashamed to 

 make the statement, as it is a confession of my own lack of foresight, and 

 inability to comprehend the immediate coming greatness of our Southern 

 country. 



The old San Pasqual Rancho is transformed ; the Major Domo and his 

 subordinates are dead ; the vaquero, the shepherd and his dogs are seen and 

 heard no more, for the old things have passed away and behold all things 

 have become new. 



Pasadena ! The city of Los Angeles is proud of her little sister. 



Pasadena ! The county of Los Angeles ought to be proud to have such 

 a jewel in her setting. 



Pasadena ! The happy home of cultured men and women, intelligent 

 and well-trained men and maidens. 



Pasadena ! Protected by the rugged Sierra from the desert blasts and 

 northern winds, who can foretell thy greatness ? 



Is it too much to expect that ere long Los Angeles city will extend her 

 boundaries and capture this golden prize and make it a part of her rich 

 municipality ? 



What a grand boulevard would then be constructed through Lincoln 

 Park and the Arroyo Seco ! 



It takes not the ken of a prophet to tell that the habitations of both 

 places will soon spread out and touch each other. 



Pasadena ! In the name of Los Angeles city, I greet thee again ! " 



This Fair was gotten up by the officers of the Public Library, and all 

 profits from admission fees went to the Library fund. The Fair was held 

 four days, the third (March 5th) being "IOWA DAY," when 195 settlers 

 here from Iowa registered their names and the county in Iowa from which 



