KLDORADO 277 



(The judg-e's avoir(luix)is is alxjut three hundred and 

 fifty pounds.) He is an upright man, a good Judge 

 and a prominent Mason." 



On m\- return to Red IjIuIT I dehvered a lecture, by 

 invitation, upon "Popular Education," which was re- 

 peated in the principal towns of the State and before 

 County Institutes. The pastors and teachers of the 

 city united in a recfuest for its ]mblication, to which 

 consent was given and large numbers were ])rinted in 

 pamphlet form for general distribution. 



My ])rincipal object in this "additional," and, in fact, 

 entire narrative is to parallel earlier conditions of our 

 beloved v'^tate with the present ; reference being had to 

 its wonderful development and growth in all educa- 

 tional and industrial lines. 



T was recently informed by a teacher in a Los An- 

 geles public .school that some of her larger pupils 

 when his name was mentioned, had never before heard 

 of General Fremont, who was so largely instrumental 

 in acqiiiring the territory that now constitutes our 

 State and helped to lay the foundation of its present 

 greatness ; and who, at one time, was a candidate for 

 the ofifice of President of the United States. A better 

 knowledge of the history of oiu* own times should be 

 taught, even if ancient history be neglected. The 

 knowledge acquired and habits formed in the common 

 schools cannot be over-estimated. It is all that the 

 great majority of our children will ever receive and 

 possiblv ever need. 



Our trip to San Francisco was made bv staple to 

 Sacramento and from there by steamer to the P>ay City 

 where we remained two days. We took passage on 

 the steamer Philadelphia for Xcw ^'ork, via Central 



