Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-25
L.Trxn FROM JOE WATSON.
CARSON, October %, 1870.

III SAHAO0E1 SStS16 ~
FRrENp LYNCH: 4 came down here
By the railroad Friday morning, only
to find the stage for the south gone ;
but not despairing, I hailed the first
outfit. headed that way-a four-horse
fruit wagon returning to Placerville.
A nice, clean old man owned the ami
mals and drove them, but the wagon
was borrowed, having left his own
broken In the Sierra. The horses were
harmless, and We arrived at Genoa the
same day, safe as a salamander, where
I was Immediately asked to take a
drink. I then deposited my carpet-bag
at my hosts private residence, and
finding a bottle on the bureau, / tasted
the contents. Returning to the main
part Of town, Ipfevaiied upon, against
my will, to imbibe. Being a Prusslan,
soon after I was offered a large interest
In a brewery for q bit. Soon after,
meeting q Mormon Of the Josephite
persuasion latter my own heart, /
could not refuse to taste his "valley
TAM" l had no sooner left him. than
a Morrlsite (my next In kim said he
suspected l was tired aud would not
refuse some Of his "tan:' By this
time my hide was pretty we'll tanned
inside, and felt that ! could stand n
tanning on the outside but was still
Of the opinion that the man who tried
u ~, tvOnl1 ouaar chat n Land elida had
come down on him whole families are
buried hereabouts, without expense to
friends, that way. A Brighamite pre-
vailed on me to take a little "destroy-
ing angel" with him l did 30, and
lived. An independent-ticket man
proposed that l take a "stralght"
drink with him, II nothing else and
I compiled, though | felt a little faint
right away, and1f Tom Fitch hadn't
come along soon afterward with a
stomacfi-pump Of the regular" pat
tern and practice, l should have been
making my will now, instead Of these
notes.
The Courtroom was crowded Satur-
day night, Notwithstanding the storm,
and Nevada's avorite orator held
forth in his happiest mood for two
hours and a half, and the violence Of
the storm outside was but an echo OF
the storm of applause within. He rid.
died the Democratic bill Of fare, and
showed that it was the veriest hash
extant In all the hell-broth stewed up
throughout the Union by the myriad
minded Democratic cooks. The chief
dish set before the unwashed In Ne
yada Is bull beef, with a large amount
Of liorn applause by the Bradley men,
"Bully for the horny. l never heard
Tom do so we'll. None can hold a
candle to him on the Pacific coast, and
few equal him anywhere else. or
course It. Is useless to outline his re-
marks here, and so dismiss the crowd
and join In the social" that followed.
Genoa lasses are essentially on the
dance, which was kept up till after
midnight as pleasantly as could be
desired.
Things wore a wintry aspect this
morning about, or rather above, Genoa,
for the snow did not reach the town
to stop over night; we made 1t too
warm for that, you know. with bon-
fires and stirring up generally. Some
of the farmers were slightly caught BY
the rain, where the grain was not
thrashed, while a majority are much
pleased with the prospect Of early
blowing. Altogether, the community
Is content and encouraged, virtuous
and happy-except politically, and
they are the worst split up 1 ever saw /;
even the dogs are on the fence respect
Ing the local contest-the sons OF beasts
that they are. Hail and farewell.
Billy Wilson came along to-day, and
after a hot steam bath at Valleys
(the only Offset to the dirty pool round
aboutsj. l took r cold air BATH, and the
shock finds me quite restored and
ready to renew my rounds.
Ever Of thee, j. w.