Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-08-14

Won tuc Frtncss
On Saturday the Caledonians OF Virgin
Ia anil Gold Hill held their first annual
picnic. In New York and the larger cities
% the East. the Scotch picnic Is the great
| event Of the season. From twenty to
thirty thousand persons 20 to Bee the
games which are the great feature Of the
day. The first picnic Of the Caledonians
in Nevada wasa splendid success and
Judging by the crowd which ~patronized 1t
| ON saturday. and the pleasure which they
endowed. the Calejonian picnic will become
| in the future the grand excursion OF Inc
| year. a. IL Is in the East. -
TWENTY-FIVE cars left Gold Hill n Viz
| rinla. ani each one az the twenty-five
| ears VA. filed with men. women. and
| ebillrrn. Al Silver City. another well
| Allied car WAS attached to the train. and on
II went. carrying its load Of happy excur-
s~ionists. Who shouted. and laughed and
| made the mountains resonant with their
merriment.
Inr TRIP TO CARSON.
A line hand Was provided by tho Gale
| donians. which discoursed the quaint old
Scottish music as the train wound its way
along the mountain curves. But this was
not all. Robert Laird. the piper for
the club. Was there. Robert came from
Lannieh. Scotland, and Is n perfecqnastcr
Of the bagpipe. lie had his bagpipe with
| him. and delighted the scottish soul BY
| playing ON that national instrument all
the fayori,e airs which seotchmen love TO
hear. The trip down To Carson was, all
| things considered. q delightful one. II Ia
| estimated that at least 5000 persons were
! on Trealway's ranch. and participated In
| the festivities of the day.
When the merry men and the merry
women reached the ranch. the drst busi.
mes. Of the day was TO take lunch. Nearly
| everybody carried a well-llled basket. and
| nearly everybody found somebody else 10
club IN with. Social groups were formed
all around the grounds, and chickens
ham corn"d p"i, ssisu"rn sI...u'
Ion.iv n has I,rn aid by som. classical
writer that . lunch can never lie properly
enjoyed, unless u eaten On the grass. II
this BE- true, and u experience teaenes
| n. that A A. tbera never MAS n lunch bet
10, ~.nIo,.J than that eaten al the Gale
t%2'ni an ss,n,,,y
rnr SCOTTISH oAhfs'
A'er '"" 'u"eh 'an' Wv
s ,o. ,,.,v
men are famous tue @"''" over ''' ""
muscular strength. They get this strens,h
by a continual praeiic" IN muscular e,,l'
ci~s' itisas sO"i asa .ne"s. -.
games which they play. On Saturday Tor
the first time they were shown t"A Ne'a.la
audience. By lookins al These games We
can see how weak men n" n'aie s'Ions'
aud strong men ".cah unue',
stand how the muscles are strehs'nehsu
AMI the whole body 81 man improVeu. =,
the whole community OF uold mn w9ulu
practice the scottish games LOT = MOT
time. ~ would hnd itsei 4 mush "ea''"i''
people.
ur MN VINO woS.
~. a., .x.r.,.. MA. throwing the
- -. IL. 90
heavy hammer. i"' "'n'
r., ..rrias or Tho honor.. Nj, men
competed for this prize. J. 7. Mcdonald Of
Gold Hin. al In first. lie threw the
hanlnaer q. ,es. anu ~ ,nsowin. he
n."s 20 sa., snd m inchs.. and ]. @.
nnni.u q, Coli Wiil was rated AZ third.
p'"lnl ,h,osni !, 4. ts.,
"arnhs .n, 49, an m. ,,o,,amme x.s
. ny, y. nah, ha,nm.r wsich weigh,
,aioE"ns y" 49, Wansh won ,hc ,lrst
nIo". nnan. n. hsm%.r AZ fest. A.
wwaip,. ,hr"'~ - ,.s, n inehe. and Robert
-. =. yi,s,is ~ feet a inehes'
S~aass ., H. how .,ons VIA, ne,t In
Ths .,an. w.iyhs 10 nounds. and
onae - s,r.,siy from the .houl.
~. .r.. .om,.,Iiiop RENTED A follows:
Nelson Hough. 20 feet. 7 inches; A. d.
MeRae, "a feet = inches j. u puh'AP'
T@" ,i.h, .,one weigh. fourteen pounds.
The honor Of throwing this the farthest
was competed for by ih,ec seo''nms uv 1n'
OF eour-e onS one JUN ,nsh.. S.ison
Ian ,hIsS !, 90 ~ ~ insh. .nJJI.
hongh throw 5',''' an os IT,, snJ ~
Dunlap maias'' F" wv"
lnehes' o, ma.
: came 'hs shvt. 'oo'.o az.