Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-09-12
Written for the Gold Hill News.
VOLCANIC FINALE!
~ ALI. DUrES.

Which filled my soul with wonder /;
dreamed 4 grand volcanic dream,
D~iscounting " blood and thunder"
Mount Buffers crest was smoking hot,
And from its crater gushing,
Huge streams Of lava flooded out,
And down the sides came rushing.
And all the shafts and tunnels, too,
From the Bullion TO the Belcher,
Had zach a stream come boiling through;
4 regular scorehing squelcher.
Thick clouds Of smoke, and steam, and FIRE,
Were everywhere surrounding,
The whole Garth shook with dangers dire,
In u manner quite astounding.
Adown Gold Canyon rolled a food,
Which made the bravcst CULVER,
or red-hot lava, thick as mud,
Down into Carson River
All. how the river Kissed and roared-
The scalding steam ascending,
Killed all the birds that DER it scared;
Their falling was intending.
Thirsty deer and long-eared hare
BY scores in scalding slaughter,
Victims fell, and rolled right there
Into the boiling water.
Fish, flesh and fowl, you well may think,
Were soon boiled hne as powder;
From Dayton to the Lower Sink
Was one grand pot-pie chowdcr.
The Gold Hill people dumb with fear, 4.
None Of them at home stayed,
They thought the end Of the world was near,
So they climbed up &c Fort Homestead.
There they stood, or knels and prayed
Some cursed, some wept, some shouted
While still the great volcano played;
Smoke belchcd and lava squirted.
Suddenly there rose a shout
or general CONSERVATION,
The whole earth shook and heavcd about,
Then belched up all creation.
Everything was blown sky high
Children, men and women
Right lively upward did they fy,
And through the air went spinning.
Ten million feet above the world,
While passing Flagg, the broker,
asked elbows stocks" he laughing
whirlcd
And said they're up my joker"
General Winters and his staff
Were " General Grant attending,
Twas enough to make q tom-cat laugh,
To see that gun ascending.
doug" and " Jake" we're up there too,
Mounted on their buses,
Striving hard, mid things askew,
To straighten out their horses.
Jack White, he rode with Stern 4 Son,
Bill Lee and Jake Becker,
Upon a d" prairie schooner's tongue
4. reglar double-decker.
Charley Booth, he lost a tooth,
Struck BY a key Of lager,
Or Briefs boots-to tell the truth,
Each held 4 fearful cargo.
Cook stoves no, at flying pace
Around folks did scuyugle
One hit Doc. Castor in the face,
And mashed his royalbugle.
Bit.ner, he, with Ross and Hay,
Along with Frank Osbiston,
On the Jacket engine sailed away,
AL clinging to the piston.
The office Of the GOLD HILL News
Up 'mong the stars went jerking;
The printers rather liked the cruise,
And the press still kept on working.
Saws Elder Gibson. g." brethren dear,
Splendid time we're making;
"Oh! yes" cried Began, " but fear
We all shall lose our bacon"
AstrAddle OF his gallery,
Doc. Beals was noways dizzy;
But rising with his camera,
He made himself quite busy.
That arts. would have photographed
The scene in all its phases ;
But his camera head got busted oil,
And the whole thing went to blazcs.
felt consoled beyond a doubt,
When passing Mike McCluskey;
lie reached n bottle Of cocktails out,
Saying, " All, you must be thirsty"
Above the crowd I scared afar,
To ride the sky enabled;
And I felt al home when I saw each star,
"For Grant and Colfax," labeled.
At last l came up to the moon,
And something tercely shaked me-;
Twas the MAN in the Moon" and mighty
soon,
His rough old paws awaked me.