Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-07-25

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THING ABOUT sNORING-J0LLY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THE GOLD
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SUGAR PINE PoINr. LAKE TAHOE
July 81. 1873.
DEAR News : The world rolls on,
and so do the waters Of the beautiful
lake when the wind blows. The en-
amored Spykens still lingereth amid
the piniferous shades and romantic
scenes of Sugar Pine Point. but have
hopes of getting him away shortly,
when we will visit G.enbrook for a
few days. Since my last letter a gen.
tleman with sandy side whlskers has
added himself to u company. He Is
all agreeable, wldeawake gentleman,
and a good sportsman with either gun
or fishing line. From lack of better
accommodations at present, John Nc
Kinney had to quarter him In a little
tent. The first night the mosqni-
toes kept him so unusually wideawake
that about daylight he exasperatedly
got into a boat. padded away out on
the lake, lay down In the bottom OF
the boat, aud, crooked In the cradle
OF the deep" slept that sound. hearty
sleep only known to the virtuouS, just
and exhausted. When the hot SUI
woke him up, he found himself driited
miles away from breakfast, and came
home with q good appetite. lie cal.
culateS that his nap was about five
miles long.
Tho Lake In winter.
Very few people Winter here owing
to tho severity Of the weather aud the
depth of the snow. Even McKinaey's
place Is left to the care OF itself durlpg
the Winter. and just en9ugh people
remain nc Tahoe City, Grcnbrook aud
the other principal points to look out
| for things. The lake Il cold. x Ice
water, the year round. yet 1t nev
freeze. even In the most severe Winter.
In fact, the regular temperature OF the
water above freezing point. keeps
the snow melted away from its imme-
! date border. The snow falls ten and
twelve feet on the average. aud nj.
though there Is plenty of timber tor
building or for tlrewood, plenty OF
game In the woods and trout In the
lake. yet life here would be too moIot'
onous during the Winter months to be
worth staying for.
No Indinus.
don't know whether Indians are
any sort of distinguishing feature for
this locality or not, for | have not see
more than three or four since I have
been here. One would naturally sup.
pose there would DO plenty Of thrifty
Indians all around the shores OF the
lake. and that their canoes would dot
its blue waters or skirt Its shores, but
they 10 not. The old settlers tell me
I llLtL lllCN FSN" - SsttapO ttShS
vet. aud that the Indians seem to have
Il sort OF superStitious fear Of the lake,
although they occasionally fish In the
small streams and creeks emptying III
to it.
jobs Mckinney,
The proprietor Of this stopping place.
Is one of your large-hearted. large
bodied, whole-souled sort Of men, and
a good specimen Of a pioneer aud one
OF tho early settlers Of this section.
Good natured aud happy, he finds lots
OF friends wherever he goes, and his
friends generally fiud him about this
time of the year. John has been Il
mighty hunter. and has received rough
usage in his battles with the old grizzly
d~enizenS Of the woods. hut lie never
came of second best. He likes to get
after them occasionally yet. Slightly
past the meridian OF life. he Is not brl
looking. aud being u bachelor. John
likes to have the ladies about him anl
to the gallant when opportunity Of
fers; in fact, John Is OH the marry.
The lluns ,cker Brothers.
George and Johu Hunsucker are also
men something after John Mckinney's
style; but not so good looking. They
own mining interests and a quartz
mill over near Georgetown. California,
aud some good timber lands near here
on the lake. They work their mining
and milling interests during the Win
ter, but when tho snow leaves this
place they come rs soon as possible To
spend the Summer In true mountaineer
style.Ss They, too, are mighty hunters.
arufthe bears aud deer all have occa-
sion to know it. The other day George
WAS ont hunting two or three miles
north Of Mckinney's and succeeded in
running down u couple Of lawns by
the aid of the hounds. These little
beauties are only about three weeks
old and the tameSt, prettiest and most
desirable pets imaginable.
The "OId General"
Everybody heresbout knows, or
ought to know, the "Old General"
otherwise W. y. Phipps. He Is some
what older In years than either of the
gents mentioned. but no older In body
or disposition. He came from Ohio,
aud Is a perfect specimen OF MI old
hackwoodsman and pioneer OF Call
~turnia. He Is genial, frank aud cor
dial in his name ready to take n
drop Of good corn juice with a friend.
or show the ladies the best place to
Dish. aud the merry twinkle Of his eye
does not belle his disposition. He is
quite u character. His camp is a MI
pie of miles south Of here. and he like
the rest Is a mighty hunter. His rifle
- n OF the long. heavy old kind.
named Betsy" aud lIn brought IL
from Ohio with him. He has peculiar
theories aud opinions Of his own Oh
all subjects. aud 1t won't do 10 dispute
or contradict him IL you are de>iron'
of his good opinion. For Instance. he
says the world does not turn over and
over as most people think, for II it did
buckets of ate could not stay un-
spilled, or even the lake retain Its coll
tents.
Al Kxeurston Party.