Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-07-21

Won SchmIdt's Vaccinations against
The rectitude Of the beautiful river.
Charley called it four miles Of a dam.
Spykins, who was getting impatient to
reach the lake, said he believed 1t ,oas
four miles of a dam. and O damned
long four miles at that.
Tahoe City.
This ambitious little town Is situated
above Won Schmidt's big dam, and Is
the first white settlement the stage
into on reaching the lake. 1t Is
mounted on a handsome bluff over
looking the lake, and consists Of a first
class hotel, a restaurant, a store or
two. and a few houses. The hotel Is
kept BY A. J. Bailey, and In first.rate
sentlemanly, landlord style, too fine
accommodation, aud plenty to eat.
All his boarders are healthy and fat,
and he knows how to treat everybody
right. The consequence Is that his ho-
tel Is deservedly we'll patronized, and
Bailey fiourishes with plenty Of
friends. His son, the telegraph opera.
tor, who attends to the lightning at
that point, Is a worthy descendant of
his father. J. B. Campbell, who keeps
the stole of the place, Is after the same
sort, and deserves to be getting rich II
he Isn't. He also Is proprietor Of the
boat landing In front OF the town,
built out a hundred yards or 30 into
the lake, with a fine commodious sa-
loon aud we'll furnished waiting rooms
ut the end. The steamer. Governor
Stanford, touches here every day on
her regular trips around the shores
OF the lake. We reached Tahoe City
ut ii A. NJ, and after a wash and a fix
up aud a good dinner Mt Bailey's we
Jeff with John Mckinney for his place
on the western shore Of the lake, niue
miles distant from Tahoe City.
The "Transit."
This Is the name of John Mckin-
ney's boat, In which we made the tran.
SIC from Tahoe City to his place. A
finer little duck Of a sail.boat does moi
dance across these waters. aud her
sailing qualities will compare with
the best OF them. C~lose-hauled, right
in the winds eye. she works to wind
ward with wonderful facility. Spy
kens. who Is M old tarry top-llght, al
nd shellback himself, waSed right ell.
tlusiastlc as she went dashing through
the blue flashing pillows of the lake,
and nothing could prevent him from
singing "A life OH tie ocean wave,
and a home OH the rolling deep" The
poor fellow imagined himself on the
briny ocean once more.
McKinnoy's.
And now We are at John McKin'
ney's place. so well known to visitors
and pleasure-seekers from Gold Hill
1t may also be we'll enough known to
visitors from other parts Of the coun'
try. but We notice Its pleasures and nc
commodations are monopollzed by
Gold Killers. We shall see the other
points Of interest around the shores o
the lake before We leave IL, not forget.
ting beautiful Glenbrook, and intend
ell doing SO ere this, but Spykens has
found an attractive lady acquaintance,
and nothlng-not wen a bottle Of Bill
Gibson's ~beSt-could coax the fellow
away /; therefore we have been unable
to get past McKinney's. AS for my
self. I have been tishing-"o only this,
and nothing more" rs Edgar A. Poe
s,ys. And such fishing rs this Splcn-
lid lake does afford would make old
Ike Walton die Of envy. I see you
have already heard of the famous big
trout We have captured. and hope you
received the wagon load we sent to
the News office. We have been OH
track of u whale the last two days,
and expect to bring home n sea.serpenl
or two II the weather holds good. Spy.
kens siys Humphrey SymOns. john
Black, sgd. Prescott AMI Pete Hearri
shall feast on whale steak yet. II we
have any sort OF luck. Three mer-
maids were c In the lake last even-
ing. Grizzly bears are very plentiful
a mile or two from here, aud a grand
hunt is organized to take place to.mor-
row, the party starting out ut four
o'clock A. NJ. precisely. and the hounds
TO be turned loose at 90 o'clock. Those
bears will be stirred out Of their dens
by the dogs, and Spykens will 90 aud
shoot a few (bears, not dogs.!l Here
ut McKinney's we eat trout three times
a day, with cold trout for lunch be-
tween meals. A more beautiful place
than this could not we'll be imagined.
Situated at the western side Of the
lake, on Sugar Pine Point, with plenty
of tall pines, frs and all sorts OF
shrubbery to shade aud beautlty 1t.
ard streams OF pure, soft, cold mOun-
tain water flowing acros 1t, and the
great broad lake spread out In front,
flowers decking tile hillsides, and Wild
strawberries ripening In the ravines,
it possesses many other attractions be-
side. Boating on the lake Is a favor
lite amusement, and fishing and hunt
ing comes In as a matter Of course.
Talking about hunting reminds the OF
the huge porcupine that Postmaster
Chubburk. Harrison Gray and Spykens
got alter the other day. They drove
him to his den, aud would have massa-
cred him there, but he turned OIL them
and they never saw him any more
This Is tho sixth day of our stay here,
and We enjoy 1t better each day, with
plenty to assist us. Tom IIarkin, Joe
Marshall, Tommy Porter and Miss
Katie Mcdonnell, of Gold Hill, have
been here and gone back home again.
The National Guard Band. In full uni
torn, have made the rounds Of the
lake. a very welcome attraction wher-
ever they went, not forgetting to stop
here at McKluney's, take dinner with
,s. and give US n few favorlte tune..
They played for the ball at Glenbrook
the other night. am told that 1t was
a fine affair, and should Inevitably
have been present. but for the illness
OF poor Spykens, caused by drinking
more cold water than his trout could
conveniently swim In. Hank Smith
and party. from Gold Hill, also passed
the steamer last Sunday, making
the rounds Of the lake.
Visitors Present.
The following Is a list OF the visitors