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SEMr-TROPJC < ’ I UFORN'IA. 
CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL 
A SURPRISE DAY AT PASADENA, decoration of 'he interior, and artistic ur- 
rrWF r„i],e.h I Hlructmo of which the | artsi woxdkh makes v mi sbowwo i rangement of the exhibit*. I'lowcra, ever- 
T en R mvh. g in S « re,,,*- « her mut, . u,smox. «»•-« ««1 1«®P“■!*»“«' "“M®" 1 “ ,d - 
sonlation, wan commenced in 1*71. and CJtJRPHISE to i vory one, even to them-' ,I' 1 ' 1 " 1 '' 1 i' 1 -*^ont 1 '' ' ° ' 
t i selves, «n» the exhibition of citrus 
fruits id Pnsndetin on the twentv-fourth 
finished, dedicated and consecrated April 
30, 1R7C. It lms n frontage of eio-bt% feet, 
and extends in depth one hundred and and twenty-fifth of March, 
sixty foot. It was r.umlrueled at nn ex¬ 
pense of some «ighty-tire thousand dollars 
Eastern visitors present. 
The long tables ranged around tbo walls 
and occupying the center of the room wero 
The architecture is a rare combination the Sierra Mad re, is Pasadena with her 
of strength and m mTnetry It wa* modeled beautiful homes of comfort and plenty. 
Tin '• Mend of tin Valiev" of San (,la-i«»xewd with white cloth, and piled up nl- 
brinl, picturesquely nestled at the foot of 
after the Cathedral of Ihii’celona, in Spain, 
the predecessor of which was destroyed by 
an enrthqanke, and was designed and con¬ 
structed with r* ano- 
cinl purpose to 
the ronvuWona M 
prevalent in that re¬ 
gion. The exterior 
of the Los Angeles 
Cburoh is h 
posito of the Moor¬ 
ish and Spanish or- 
d ers, so in o w hn t 
quaint and yet very 
pleasing. Its interi¬ 
or, with its large yet 
proportionate space-, 
its excellent fresco¬ 
ing, its Corintbiau 
columns, and chaste 
nninmeutation, mid 
exquisite acoustic 
properties, has re¬ 
ceived general ad¬ 
miration from trav¬ 
eled connoisseurs. 
It has no superior 
n p o n the Pacific 
Const. It may be 
remarked that it is 
the only Catholic 
Church edifice in 
California flint has 
passed through tin: 
Catholic ceremonies 
of consecration. 
most loovi i (lowingwith pyrumidsof golden 
omagra, lemons, and limes, with pleasing 
.. m variety in exhibits of vaulted and preserved 
(six vnnn* ago not a font of overturned fruits, raisins and other dried fruits ar- 
Hled C’obn. — If 
any one’s lust crop 
of corn was not of wr 
go.»l quality as de¬ 
sirable, and a neigh¬ 
bor or distant friend 
ha. some belter sort, make it a businoas (o first, work was d, 
*omo of it for »0ed, nw\ abd buve it 
.-ady when the day of planting rumen. J n 
selecting note the time of ripening, k,/.c,...... „ HU w 
i? 1 " ®, of wr ? y " K, «'k. nix* of Stalk, With a eomf. 
jfiSfiL ^ reside lieea 
Me »u< all sculptors and paint* is, and 
om material m ou, own Hash aud blood 
ami bones. Ami nobleness begins at once 
to i« hue a mail s Uaturcs; any memme^s 
or sensuality to tabrut* them. 
11 ,'° brrgcst orange at the J'usadonm < ’it- 
t air whs exhibited by It || ]m a 
this city, and meusui cd lftj’iltT imh."'' j m'."'* 1 [ 'p«» entering tli.- room 
1 " “»• b, » l “urpruui was the exqumite floral 
Boil, uui a t reeimr vine here told of (lip hah- [raugad in a lautnli/ingly templing monuer. 
itntion of man, During April, of 1*74, the To enter into a minute description and 
pcmonal mention of 
every exhibit, would 
till not only this en¬ 
tire paper but every 
number of it during 
the ronminder of this 
year, 
Tile ol'I.XINO ADDRESS, 
By I>. M. Berry, of 
the Commercial, Los 
Angeles, who was 
one of the founders 
of the colony, was 
very appropriate,and 
we give the dosing 
part of the address 
as the closing part of 
this article, intend¬ 
ing to write farther, 
in our next, of Pasa¬ 
dena 
“to wm im credit is 
duh." 
To the excellent 
judgment of Messrs. 
Calvin Fletcher, A. 
O Porter, 11. S. Ea¬ 
ton, C'd. .). Uiinbiiry, 
and W, T. Clapp: 
to their dear judg- 
ineiif, thoughtful 
and careful consider¬ 
ation, and disinter¬ 
ested services, Pn S - 
ndena to-day owes 
much of its prom¬ 
inence a h the most 
beautiful settlement 
hi tlu. Statu. When 
me, and now, m if by fining and disease in th^AUud^StatciH^ 
will, very stop a bunion ami every breath 
a pain, tin re BoiiiclimcH catuc to uie a vis- 
nmof a fair laud id Roug-birda and (nm- 
..him-, where winds worn teiupeinli- and 
'• «»d tornft&nu. ami typhouns un- 
known; whom flowers nod fruit* wore per 
).' tual, alul the sWeel an brought euloi lo 
’‘'hei.di, light to tlin hungry eves, 
'■■id strength to the wasted frame: whilo 
• be deep, noil Mini lesponded to IJin cn- 
dcariucnts of cultivation with a bountiful 
ulesMijg The vision Kli-engtlumed to a 
hope, but hardly Wame as substantial as 
an expectation But tu-ifoy I,be vie,on uml 
jlie hope m e i rule mol . .I into .1 reality, aud 
before mo stands peerless Pasadena, with 
orchards blushing at ll.u BUlilo of the sun, 
magi*, the slopes mo covered with orange 
gi.MCK uml Vines, the valley is rich with 
fruit and wine JCaeb form ,h crowned 
triable home place. Many ,,{ 
“* arc handsome and oilmant - 
•11 aie pretty aud uictur. s.|iic, a pleasing 
pr enlmi it y of Sou them California a, chi- 
teetn,.. being light ami airy giWutnes*. 
he muiMnw ..I lln* lovely spot an. won 
dm lul, showing a rare application of judlf. 
incut and labor on the part of the entor- 
prisiug colonists. 
THE IIAIB 
Was held in the hull of the 
tuJttnno.lioui 
