Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-25

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rhe1 Eat Beans-A r'artiealariy
social ana Pleasant Ttme-A
Feast OF Beans and Flew 81 Seal.
Tho fourth annual Picnic Excursion Of
the Pacific Coast Pioneers last Saturday
WAS a grand and highly gratifying sue.
cess. One Of tho special reporters Of tho
NEWS who was presen. sent . brief tele-
graphic account Of the target shooting.
etc.. and now gives . few details Of tho
affair.
TIE TRIP.
Thirty-six cars besides ths commissary
car were engaged for the occasion. but Ave
or six Of them were not needed. Tho
weather wAs As fine and pleasant ~ could
have been desired and everybody started
out gay aud happy with plenty Of lunch.
A tho big train wound around the turns
from Virginia and Gold Hill the whistles
OF the mining works sen forth their shrill
and prolonged blasts Of welcome. and tho
bands mingled their music with the re-
sponsive cheers Of the'joyous excursion-
lists. In coming back. the locomotive
Santiago. which WAS In the lead. did some
pretty efiectual responding from her pow
erful whistle. The train sped msrrily
over tho road, stopping at various points
TO take ON passengers and In due time ar
rived alongside the front fence Of
IRElpwAy's RANCH
In tho suburbs Of Carson. The green
grass and numerous benches under the
shady trees offered plenty Of facilities and
inducements for tho spreading Of lunches.
and the luscious baked bean. the appetite
ing sandwich. the good boiled egg. and all
that sort Of thing found plenty Of hungry
and s%ppreciaiive admirers. There were
family. social and other styles Of circles, but
all were be~an-eating circles. Nobody for
got IN bring along some beans. Farmer
Trcadway had also a big public lunch
stand where there was plenty Of baked
beans and other eatables. There were
plenty Of refreshment stands about tho
grounds, and nobody had any occasion to
suffsr. Outside the grounds. along the
road in front. were also numerous refresh
ment stands, and there we found the indie
fatigable Charley Legats with = full sup
ply " the choicest ice cream In tho coun-
try. Noon time il good time for lunch.
and all seemed TO recognize the eternal
fitness u things In that respect.
How many thousand people there
were present could not we'll b estimated,
for hundreds came In all sorts Of carriages
from All parts OF me country. EveIyooay
and his vile was uherc' u NJ soemeu 70
have brought Their bapies Aiong; A'Any
rate there were more niue enilu,eu Anu
babies present man we renlemoe. 70 nA'o
seen ON any similar OCCASION. Anu 'nsy
were Jus. ls spP p'ay. al ~. =.
sr.'n go :. uans ,s rha Wa
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inston ouaru nAnu, WI sseIaS.,
Two someo. 'neI. onv'V.'
music, stationed IN uinetsn. Psi. " Io
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al inc spacious uaheY nAh. wne.o ~
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sweai.d anu Iumca IN .sV oon,.;n-n y,
win the ihu,sA,o MAJ MAJ anu TIL
wa.H. %.us :. sssar, A. ,he
nas.o"A .u"A. ui,ss A. S-.r,ar. milf.
Pionesrs' together WIS the various mlIr,
tary teams VINO were Presen. LOT we .Ais.'
shooting. added eonsiderao,y W ,ny Nv
traeuve features OF mo oceAsion, A.r eneIo
were more pretty Siris 'herc I,om oAisou,
or than Is sehofai'y ounuA ~
anybody's picnic.
TINE Aaorr suoorrSo