Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-03

anu hty III
awful - Good Time. Feasting,
Dancing, swinging. SWIMMING.
Etc. Day to be Remembered.
Ate O'Clock. yesterday morning, the
passenger depot OF the V. K I. Railroad
presented Il lively and celebrating
scene--a picture of Youthful happiness
in anticipation of coming fun. Three
flats and one passenger car stool cram
med and packed mostly with children.
but also very refreshinsly besprinkled
with older souls and heavy lunch bas-
kets. All was expectancy ant! the crowd
began TO be impatient of delay; but NJ.
Allen held the train awhile, so that even
the inevitable last man" might be re-
ceived and slowed away before all
aboard should be sounded and the fare
we'll whistle footed Towards half past
nine the large congregation upon the
platform gazed gradual alden upon that
precious freight, moving away like an
unsettled cloud of white chequered with
pink and the variegated brilliancy OF
other colors. Here and there a friendly
face beams upon the plcnicers from the
gardens and yards on the wayslde as
they pass along through town. Green
fields, and that refreshing picture of
original life-Simon' grove of stately
pines-are passed by with pleasant COM
ment. The wind is ahead. Cinders are |
showered over the travellers on the flats.
An occasional little squeak tells that a
live coal has found its way through some |
L /. L.. 1
is left behind 1t was too LIGHT AMI enlry !
then for o>culatory aInplexatl"ns The
lively going locomotive has dragged the
crowd of lockers out to the level of the
lake where uniedged ducks and per-
chance goslingS are ut this season hold
ing high carnival over grass seeds and
little fish. The spectators saw nauSht of
this. however. 1t WAS the expanse of
water and the green borders of Washoe
that made it a charm to the lockers on
of yesterday At Franktown on the
switch. The road is clear: the whistle
sounds: and the uneasy crowd that had
jumped off to view the surroundings or
to 'bust :" soda bottle. jumped on
again. The head of the avenue with the
Mansion in sight at the foot of the
mountain half mile off. is reached. A
hasty ;umbling process sets in. Nobody
was hurt; and nobody got scared, except
possibly a lovely young Lady, who fell
half WAY through n hole in the platform
with an indefinite prospect Of mud and
water below, but muscular Gallantry |
was developed to her happy and utter {
restoration to comfort. The half mile :
walk was slightly warm. There was {
wagon on the road to transport the pie
nicers cheap. But when it had made /
two trips and taken a half dozen to the 5
house, the toddllng swarm of all aged L
humanity was there too, and had already :
begun to scatter and establish themselves :
in cool places on the principle of squatter b
sovereignty Do not ask about the cold L
victual> that the people destroyed yester- il
day. Sandwiches, chickens. biscuits. S
and the like with top covering of I'M p
beverages, were slowed p
away in bread baskets that seemed elias G
tic dd intilitum. The lunchers having a
satisfied themselves fed the minnows in ii
the lakes. 1t was delightful to observe +,
these little creatures, swarming and tt
swapping at crumbs. The boys-boy II
ike-went further than to watch the st
my fish. They taxed their ingenuity III
or plans and caught them in boxes sunk r,
lnder the school of little swimmers. and b,
sometimes with cruel hooks. The time fir
passed away thus for some, while others fo
cund enjoyment more to their taste in Al
on couple Of lofty swings dc
nd in rambling over the premises and til
through the much noted N ,nsion. Be be
ween one and two the corps of volnn- pc
eer musicians, composed of Judge Hill al
er and Mr.. Howe, were summoned iii
orth from their pleasant retreats and Iii
Lowry disappearing Havanas to fiddle be
lille the rest danced. The dancers re- en-
pended to the music in Il feeble quad be
lie. The effort to get mp waltz i'm tn
afterwards failed. 1t WIS SO sic
arm, the ladies said; and who had "A tn
etter right to say so? 1t was only some Fir
me afterwards, when half dozen big WI
iris descended from their perch on the to
fountain side where they had ranged an
,emselves on log for rest. with gr,
lumber of indispensable lordships at
leir feet, that the dance was resume. the
ut even this charming reinforcement ne,
'udn't beat the weather, and the peo- ceE
e began to be dissipated again. Each ap,
tile squad should have had its own re- OF
orter. The battalion of five that en-.
'ught a delectable spot in the ravine zle
here bubbles a brook to the north of gin
e north yard fence, enjoyed themselves the
stly with Professor Merzbach sitting we
,htly $50 he said) on locked guitar abe