Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-09-10

Asss good things down. and II u Per
fsctly supsrAuoas 70 Mention that ths
"Old Boys" and thsir friends did ample
justice to thai substantial, Appealing
sprsad Of sstablss. praising The cook al
the time. especially In the matter Of cook
ing those beans. Nobody ever ate any
better beans. Tommy Hsffron Of the
Palace Saloon eating stand was the con-
structing engineer In preparing this col
~lation. and both he and his accomplish.
ed cooks are deserving Of much credit.
Seymour Pixlsy and W. +. Shepard.
staunch and true old Pioneers. we're the
sslf-constituted Executive Committss
who planned and carried out this choics
and most acceptable surprise collation..
pooling In with other volunteers in do
fraying the expense Of the same. entire
iy independent Of the Society. A
caterers for such an occasion and such q
people they are . grand success. They
should start o Pioneer hotel forthwith.
After the collation. Hon. @. T. De
Long was chosen 10 preside over the 70.
maindsr Of the proceedings. He made
10 many good speeches during the even
ing that Il would Be impossible to wen
notice Q 1.-THE Of what he said. In CALI
ing for Judges Campbell and Knox he
.ook occasion 10 remark that both onght
% como out strong on this occasion.
The former because no had yet
lone any good for himself or anyone
else. and the latter because he had 10
much wisdom pumped into him daily.
Judge Campbell gave his views on
financeering and other matters. His
Jews on money matters were eminently
convenient 10 the party Of the first part,
however they might affect the second.
The Judges financial views. ~ Also his
experience In placer mining In Caiifor-
uia. were apply illustrated by q couple
u stories told By belong.
After the speech making had eon-
tinued some time, W. d. q. Gibson was
,alled upon for o few hymns, TO which
ne. assisted by Mr.. Hearn. ably TO
ponded. Glib. certainly ought to be
aither q r~evivalist or m actor. He was
never cut out for the menag-
nrio business, and II hs would only sell
his tiger and follow his legitimate call.
mo his fortune would be secure. To
sAy that no kept the "Old Boys" con-
'ulssd with laughter is putting 10 Alto
,sther too mild.
The good things said during the even.
ng. II scoaomissd. ought to last an or.
linary joker . year. Ono gentleman
We would give his name but thai We
ear to have a bone TO pick with our
,hief1 In talking Of old Pioneers cited
he Bible as an American history That
old. Of the Oldest pioneer In the world.
ie was taken up BY Mr.. belong. who
lenied that the Bible was American his
DRY. Mr.. Delong WAS met by the re-
ort that because he happened 10 30
uiaisiu to Japan, no didn't need to pre-
end to n wonderful knowledge Of the
bible.
4. =. Oaggess
,'ut In an appearance during The even
ing. but could not be prevailed upon to
mako a speech. His refusal brought
,ut the remark from Mr.. belong that
however unaccountable some Of his ac-
ions might be-, no was at least consist
mt in being obstinate nj all times. The
gentleman smiled blandly. and evidently
appreciated the compliment.
Sir. Dagsett was called to the door
Turing the evening. He returned
,harpei with q message that fairly cleo
riied tho Pioneers. He said TINT he
,ad lust received q message from Gov.
Bradley. stating that the Goshoots had
zen making a raid on the eastern part
Il the State and had sealped every man
Ley captured, and that the Governor
wanted to get up q regiment oil bald
headed men, AMI applied to the Pioneers
rs being ablo 10 al the hill. Tho joke
lidn't take; oh, no!
The virgi.ia 0ies Cias.
by special invitation. came in during
tho evening and added immensely to
tho enjoyment OF the occasion. We
ioubt Il four other such capital singers
can DO found In the State. Mr.. De-
Long stated that. II possible, the Pho
nscrs would get the quartette
20 accompany them to the Centennial.
The members Of this club are not mer.
cenary knaves who charge ~eshorbitant
rates for their services. but true gen.
lemon, who almost invariably entertain
tho public g~ratuitossly. Tho reunion.
~ which We have given but the barest
fragment. was kept mp till away ON In the
morning; for. ~ Mr.. belong aptly
said. about II o'clock. What was the use
III being in q hurry. when tho folks at
home were, at the hour above men,
lioned, n mad a. they could DO anyway.
such an evening Of unalloyed enjoy
ment docs not occur moro than once in
most peoples lives. and will. therefore.
he long remembered by all who were for
,enate enough to DO present.