Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-05

BRAIN-HE's NOT INsANE-RURAL
HANDLES PRINCELY RESI-
DENCELHOMHS OF THE NABOBS
BOHEMIAN COGlTATIONS-FISE
STOCK-TnE FAIR-FL0RAL DIS
PLAY.
SAN FnANc,sco. CAL, l.
..& September l, 1872.
Eprron News: | suppose by this
time you have concluded your seml-oc-
casional correspondent must have brok-
en- his neck OH that stage ride to Wat
Not so; he did not return
by that route, but by the mountain
road via the "Hotel dc Redwood"
is the only material difference
from the other said hotel being only
a hole in a tree filed with lager beer
and other luxuries, and all the absurd
curiosities that Tan be found by an old
of the mountains. %
Since his return, your correspondent
In, been loafing around San Francisco
and vicinity, watching stocks, ETC.,
and enjoying himself listening to
George Francis Train.
Apropos OF Train, | am delighted
that he has come out for the Presiden-
for | wanted 4 candidate, as my
stomach was not strong enough to
swallow either Greeley or Grant, tho
of the two evils | would choose the
last, which | believe is Grant; or, Us
the immortal Billy Shakespeare says:
=. Better to bear the ills we have than
fly 70 others that we know not or
George Francis | respect because he Is
brave and honest enough to tell the
truth, no matter who it ~displeases, and
that Is more than any candidate Tor
office | know of dare do. GA the con-
trary, they truckle and pander to vice
and dishonesty in every form, II 1t VIII
win them 4 vote. Another thing, Ills
head Is not always muddled with IL
auor, therefore he can see further and
clearer than any living man. His Is u
gigantic mind that secs through the fog
o. the present, right over into the very
source of all things, and thus forms
conclusions that make his predictions
seem marvellous, and almost superna-
tural. He is ahead Of the times, and
because people cannot understand
him. they call him crazy. as they al
ways have every reformer. Train Is
my candidate. anil shall have my vote
II it IS the only ono.
Out Ia tse Country.
Last week | accompanied n party on
a visit to Jack Hays ut Fair Oaks.
That best OF fellows, Jack himself,
met us at the depot with his carriage
and dancing thoroughbreds, and took
us up to his hospitable mansion,
where we we've presented TO his lovely
aud amiablc wife and beautiful young
daughter, and also to Mrs. Cornelius
O'Connor and family, who are spend
ing the Summer in their delightful
home. | was a~greesbly surprised to
meet among the guests my OLD 70
semitic travelling companions, Mrs.
Hiram Bacon and Mrs. VI. A. Whit
tinsham of San Francisco. The next
day IL obliging host, regardless OF all
his pious inclinations and the rather
warm temperature, drove US all around
Fair Oaks and Menlo Park, giving us
an opportunity to see the princcly
Country Places
Of our San Francisco money kings.
The first, of course, Is Milton S. La
tham's, whose grounds are laid out up
on the English nobleman's plan. only
on a small scale, with deer parks, fish
ing and boating ponds, and ornamen-
tai grounds OF rare beauty and design.
The lodge Mt the gate Is an elegant
residence Of itself, with Mansard roof,
bay windows and all the modern i'm
provements. The family reside there,
pending the completion OF the impos-
ing mansion o being built In the
centre of the grounds, to replace the
one destroyed by fire a few months
since. His stables are the finest in the
State, finished oil in elaborate style
with walnut and laurel wood, aud
plate glass, even eclipSing the famed
stables OF 4. Hayward, ut San Mateo.
Even his chicken house Is a marvel oil
beauty in wire work, and IN It we saw
the silver pheasant, and other rare
b irds and fowls.
Amuencc aud Philosophy.
We passed Carols, Boardman's,
Rains, Selby's, Harris, Meyers, Don
ahue's, John +. Doyle's, Sneath's,
Watkins, Adams, and many others,
all looking through the tropically lux
urians foliage that surrounded them,
more like castles in the air than dwell
lings Of mortals, subject to care and
trouble like ourselves. 1 do not envy
them, however, tor | do not believe
with all, they are happier than your
| Bohemian correspondent, who thinks
it the hight OF bliss to be sure he has
money enough to get his regular three
plates for a quarter, for one day ahead.
Hays Farm.
When we returned, we found such a
glorious dinner as only n generous
farmer host could supply. Our appe-
titles being all ready, we abandoned
ourselves to the enjoyment Of it. The
morning train here brought Mr.. G.
O'Connor and Mr.. John Marks. one OF
the Harbor Commissioners, which just
completed our party. After dinner,
another long ride. then some music by
Miss Kissling Hays, who Is an extra
ordinary performer for II Of her age,
when we retired early, preparatory
to be OIL on the morning train for
home, as we call this little burg. Mr.
Hays farm comprises 500 acres of tho
old Pulgas Rancho, flea ranch) for
merly the kissing estate, and is liber-
ally stocked with thorough bred Dur
ham cattle and Hambletonian and
Black Hawk horses. Mr.. Ii. had Just
finished harvesting and threshing his
grain, and rs his crops were unusually
large, he felt particularly happy.
Fair Week.
The Agricultural Park Fair has been
In filll blast here for the past week.