Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-26

The PIONEERS Picnic. - Yesterday
TOOK place the long talked-of picnic ex-
cursion OF the Pacific Coast Pioneers to
the Bowers Mansion, Washoe Valley.
The "Old Boys" as our people affec-
tionately designate the Pioneers, were
early astir. They turned out before the
rising sun, as in the days of 49,"
Soon after the sun was up, notes of mar
tai music bsgan to be heard. Here and
there military men in undress uniform
were seen. for the National Guard had
volunteered as escort to the "Old BOYS"
These sights and sounds excited the
"49-ers," and they pranced about
wildly with their lunch baskets.
When the tide began to set towards
the depot, the fear of being too late took
possession of all. The devil would take
the hindmost, and the train would not.
they felt sure.
AT last. greatly to their satisfaction
and somewhat to their astonishment, all
found themselves safely ensconced
aboard the cars. In all there were SIX
teen cars, into which they crowded about
l,5OO persons, great and small.
At the appointed hour the train slid
out from the depot. with bands playing
and flags flying. vast concourse Of
people had collected to see the excursion
lists off, and as the train started there
was great hurrahing and waving of hats
and handkerchiefs.
At Gold Hill ten additional cars and
about 900 persons joined the excursion
lists. As the two trains moved away
from the Gold Hill platform, with flags
flying and music playing, those left be-
hind swung their hats and cheered
Justify.
AT the Silver City switch two more
cars and about $50 persons joined the
excursion, and away all Numbered down
into Carson Valley.
On reaching Carson City there was a
grand commotion and about 500 persons
of all ages and sexes added to the grand
army of pleasure-seeker There was u
pefect Babel of greetings and a roar of
chatter of all kinds mingling with the
music of the bands, the shriekipg of the
locomotives and the ringing of bells.
and the trains were rolling away toward
the Bowers Mansion.
| At the Mansion the trains gave forth
their burthens of humanity and the null
titude rushed pellmell toward the picnic
grounds. great number of vehicles of
all kinds were on the grounds and many
continued to arrive during the day. In
all probability not less than three or
four hundred persons reached the picnic
grounds in bugges and carriages.
We might continue to write about what
was done upon the grounds, and about
the Mansion, but from what we have said
about the manner in which the excursion
lists employed themselves, all can fill in
the picture as well as we could do were
we to write for hours.
At 4:30 the trains started on the return
and all the pleasure-seekers were landed
at their homes in due season thereafter.
Our people arrived at home between the
hours of and o'clock at night. They
came into town with flying colors and
we're welcomed at the depot by great
throng of citizens, many of whom had
waited nearly an hour for the arrival of
the train.
The only occurrences worthy of the
name of accidents were the following: A
carriage containing several ladies broke
down at the foot of Ophir grade, and the
ladies We're obliged to walk thence to
the Bowers Mansion-a long and tedious
walk. On this end of the Ophir grade,
a short distance above Gold Hill, car
riage containing three or four ladies was
overturned. Luckily, however, nobody
was ct all injured.-( Virg. Enterprise,
2lst.