Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-20

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~ an along ON he stsansI,- an
Ihs"' ldant literary guests were highl,
p'e. ID; bot vhsn the hat ~ 1passsl
aIo' md for q little enumeration, al the,
40 was dx bits. In fractional urssncy
fes, and when they vent dov ! % lunch
they didn't even ask the boys alona.
One Of them In mailing S4stiss q
Tahoe City called on Postmaster Jos
Fisher for Q stamp. and threw dov17
three-ocnt nickel to pay for II, knovho
that hard currency Is the style In III
country. "Whsrs In hi did you -,
thatf" says Joe. % he tipped Il In 1hs
air. and ssnt Il spinning with The toe d
his boot into the lake. The nickel maa
CARED upon him with holy horror u sss-
ing such . reckless waste Of money, and
went right 70 his nearest companion "a
tell him about Il, whils the twsnty.four
old she blue stockings hastsnsd 70 Jerk
out thar documents and make Q note oil
this specimen Of wild backwoods q.
sravagance. Other people beside Spy.
ksns tell these same stories OF the great
editorial sxcursiouists, and one would
b led to think they made no friends ..
the Lake.
Other Exeursienists.
Close by Tahoe City. sncampsd on .
beautiful grassy meadow. amid shady
poplars, we found q party Of young men
from Virginia and Gold Hill-Hopkins,
Taylor. Elston ("Butch ~, Plunkstt
and others. II In all. They footed II over
the mountains packing their baggage
horseback, and here they were enjoying
themselves hugely, fishing. hunting and
having q glorious good time generally.
Vim. Jones. so well known among the
active members OF Liberty Engine Com
pany No. !, Gold Hill. Is chief mate and
pilot OF the steamer Stanford. Prof.
Flint, superintendent OF Public Education
Of Storey county. isalso rusticating about
the lake, happy and delighted.
Tshes CITY
Ia a very pretty place and dssorv-
sdly popular place Of resort. Csmpbsll
& Forbes, the gsntlsmaply propristors
Of the Post Once, store and saloon at
tho steamer landing, or "Custom.house,"
are doing a fiourishing business. and
have plenty Of friends. By the way. In
sending letters to that point, send by
mail. asthere Is nc express Office sstab-
lished. While there We paid . visit TO
The Lake Fishery.
Very sligibly situat ed near tho outlet Of
the lake. or source Of Truekse River.
Pringle. Morgan & Early propristors.
Here, in the wsll.srranged Matching
troughs, wo saw myriads Of little trout,
from those Of q day or two old with the
egg shell still olinging to their
backs, to those OF an inch
or so long. ready to DO let
out into the ponds. Mr.. Morgan In
formed Us that they had turned over
200, 900 Of them into the lake this sea
son. In the chain Of ponds near by.
We saw trout OF various ages, as
sorted, from q year 10 four years OF
age, and. altogether. the fishery seems
to be n well managed. flourishing insti.
tuition. Visitors are shown into q neat,
handsomely furnished parlor. and no
one while at Tahoe City should fail 10
visit the fishery. II Is n Of the most
interesting institutions about the lake.
Pillars Of salt.
Postmaster joe Marshall and Tom
Gallagher Of Gold Hill, started from
McKinney's with us on the
steamer. on their way home, but
the attractive pleasures they were
leaving behind proved to be TOO great,
and at Tahoe City they turned back. like
Lots vito. and doubtless like her they
were changed into pillars Of salt for so
ALI.