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

L8A8e4oA0 IAthhefAS ~
asd Every bedy Having = Geo 4
Tine-The Lake Fishery, etc.
GLxSBaooE, LAKE TAHor,
July IL, la15.j
leaving Gold Hill by the morning
train last Thursday. spytsas and my.
self. BY means Of one Of Doc Bsnton's
r0ckavays. propelled by q pair Of spank
ing bays. driven BY y second Hank
Monk. arrived about one o'clock p. N.
at this most beautiful OF Summer ro-
treats. shook hands with Uncle Horace
vesey. the whels-soulsd prince Of land.
lords, and plenty Of Virginia and Gold
Hill friends and acquaintances now stop
ping here. partook OF Afrst-class lunch,
and sat down on the shady porch 10 pick
our teeth. enjoy good company. gaze on
the beauties Of nature. and have u
sun-fsvered countenances cooled by the
refreshing breezes waited across tho
broad surface Of tho beautiful lake.
Since then we hnvo crossed the lake In
several directions, visited sundry places
about its romantic borders. and had lots
Of pleasure. although we caught nary
fish.
The Lake
Il twenty-five miles long. fifteen miles
wide. l.G0O feet deep, and contains liquid
enough to supply all the residents OF
Gold Hill over 5000. so7 years, even
though they should take to drinking
water exclusively during that period.
The trout are not biting at present to
any great extent. for reasons best known
TO themselves, bat are expected to In
about month. so the old fishing sharps
say. We found lots Of visitors ut all
the principal Summer resorts about the
lake, and many more coming in daily.
Among these health and pleasure seek
ers, Gold Hill and Virginia arc well rep
resented. especially at John McKinnsy's
at the western side Of the lake, which
seems TO be a favorite resort for chill.
dren and families. There are four
steamers running on the lake. Tho
Governor Stanford is the largest and Ia
engaged principally In carrying passen.
gers and excursion parties, and the
smart little propeller Emerald Is also
doing something in that line, while
the other two. the Truckee and Gov
ernor Blasdel. are engaged In the timber
towing business across the lake to the
nias' 'ns lp"u m'o ns 5Is a
coms oxSr hsy. N tai, Note Of aIi these
little matters. He has written some for
newspapers. been to free lunches. en-.
CINE housings, and public blow,outs'
sna nn,;I =. !. asU..aI,s oo-ns;ds,sd a
"nssnv mamhs. 81 ,hs nrsss What
$500 .ana ovar hs,. tnr WIN. 10
m.ss afsliots and fratsrnize with that
s.mo,s sd;tor;sl sIcursion nartv from The
r.s,~,hass .axsn,v.,woa Jito,;.I Iiobts
IL haxs som. ~ sbsd thsir glowing
r,s,o,~ ,,xs nnon tbs co-mnapatiyelS
hs.;a,,,. nn,,,s,,a, ~ nj. rnast and
LII 49,. n,;,h,v nsrs ana I.oj nan.
ala 5av.i.n shs ,s.op,ccs ma wall ns
,ha naonia until wa hall he IN a fair
va, 10 eysntuallv aourish. and know
n..,,v a. mrch n. thsy do IN Boston.
~ vi al ph;i.JsIrh;, Tbs grsat
.,cnr.;o,is,s arrived NJ tbs lake the
s.ma Jsx Wa iii tool tbe bio steamer
mall tSo tour Of tho Iaks. and went
~ 10 T,,cLsa ,b.t niobt In orler 10
-. h CO.. a., Gar Erunc;..o.
These Edissria E~xeursiesisus
0lowed luminously IN the mind OF
Spykens. and most ariontly did no
v..,n 10 MAJ, than, anil IN ala not rest
.,m..r..,n-- 90,
I'LL no ounu' nelh' rMa'u'Ais "' NV
necessary. Suffice II TO say that the
well.flled milk pail OF his sanguine IN
ticipations vas ruthlossly kicked over
by the stasperating COW OF bitter disap-
pointment, and Spykeps IL not so happy
NJ no was. lie swoars that II was the
s~calisst lot Of literary bummen and
n-ovsnaper deadhrads he ever fell IN
with. There wasn't a f~rst-class editor
among them, but they were merely
n net of correspondents, penny.
a~.liners. and hangers ON OF the
press; most of them regular dead beats,
such as even scrub reporters and prin.
ters' DEVILS here would be ashamed 10
associate with,
There wore several preachers and
o,bsr professional indiyiduals amono
tLem and tw~onty.four of the ueliest
women ovcr ssen tbis ,ide of the Rocky
Mountains: regular bip.footed, spindle.
.hanked. b-ook.nosed, t~hin.iipped,
strour.mipded old blue stockings, ovory
one taking notes for some nsiarious cor.
rsspandsnce they contemplated inaict.
inc mon nswspapen aud religious
periodicals In the East. They expressed
their approval OF the lake, yet
said Il could not compare with
Lake "Geoawge," and tho spec
tacled old professionals gaxsd wise
In around and calculated how many years
longer Il would take for tho forests TO
disappear, allowing the ozone Of the at
nosphero TO come down in q intensely
rarshsd form and dry the lake down 70 a
mere mill. pond or mud.puddls. They
bored poor SpYksns nearly to death with
foolish questions, and patrpnixingly vol
untsersd plenty OF nonssnsical iniorma-
ton. and no couldn't see that they were
u,issr tban ANYBODY else. vet they evil