Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-26
4 paIMcELY ENTERTAINMENT.
Jshsny skss Givss = Select rarity
OF His Friends she aoss Esiey.
able Treat They Ever Exps.
risnced.

aoie Hross Eney Ever Expes
Fisneed.
Yesterday Johnny Skae, Of the vir.
ginia and Gold Hill Water Company,
whom everybody on the comstock
knows. gave o little tho best entertain.
ment to his friends ever known OF on
the Pacific Coast. II vas all the more
enjoyable from tho fact that Il was per.
fectly impromptu. Feeling good over
his success aud prospects in stocks and
mines he wanted 10 do sousthing nice.
so he invited some OF his friends
to have . little social reunion and fried
trout dinner with him at the Water Com.
pany's reservoir. near the toll house on
the Ophir Grade. They most cordially
responded. and the day being pleasant
about 100 were present. The asssm.
blage was tho finest ever sssn In this
section, being composed Of the leading
representative men Of the Comstock, In.
Guiding mining Superintendents. mill.
men. the legal fraternity. the press. etc.
Among those present from San Fran.
cisco the NEWS representative noticed
VIM. NJ. Lent, George d. Roberts. Ed.
Norton. j. n. Livingstone, O.. w. Gray
ION and Capt. Moore.
RARx TROUT yIsHrSo.
The fine large artificial pond COM
prising the reservoir Of the Water Com.
pany at this point Is we'll stocked with
the fines. quality OF brook trout. the
eggs or spawn OF which we're imported
from tina East at q great expense, and
the freshly Matched trout placed 10 the
reservoir o year ago last February.
They have now grown to the size Of six
or eight inches. just right for choice
eating. and are the prsttiest little
"speckled beauties" In the world. The
festive and genial Chadwick. landlord
OF the International, at Virginia, was
on hand a. major domo. maitrs do
cuisine and boss Of the house. Most
worthily did he fll the bill. a.
well o. the stomachs Of his constituents.
About twenty OF the guests were worry
busily interested trying with poles and
lines TO catch trout rs fast an Chad.
wick and his corps Of assistants could
fry them. and the little table In the little
dining room was constantly surrounded
by a closely packed circle OF trout eaters.
And such luscious eating! These trout
were no stale fish by any means, but
eaten only Q few minutes after they were
caught. They bit lively. were jsrksd
out OF the water lively. and were eaten
lively. Nearly Q thousand OF them must
have been caught and dsvoured. There
we're other things on tho table besides
trout. but all hands preferred trout prin.
cipally.
INCIDENTS.
Nobody was expected to cat o
trout than he caught, no everybody took
It turn about ut catching them. and they
had lots Of sport. We never saw so
many fish caught by tho belly. back and
tail. George Roberts caught one by the
Of the belly. and IL pulled 20 hard
he thought he had o salmon or q whale.
In fact. he got 10 excited that he jumped
In after him, but lost his fish alter all.
Mooney broke his pole In wildly
Desperate struggles trying to land q trout
the size OF his iiugsr. Trout were flying
through the air continually. and II was
not safe 10 look up or stand In the way.
Patton was rowing > small boat about
the little lake. with Jackson, Graphy,
Daggett, Gibson and Bob Taylor as pas.
sengers. And the way those passengers,
especially Graphy. were singing Life
the Ocean Wave and other mara.
time songs was terrible to contemplate.
FESTIVITIES.
After the long-contipusd trout dinner
was ended came the usual social and
literary festivities. with champagne nc
compartment. +. A. Tritle wal Presi.
dent Of the %jolliest meeting imaginable.
Johnny Skae made the first speech Of
the occasion. go In. boys, and have .
good time," which was rapturously ap.
plaudsd. Judge Whitman. Taylor.
Hillyer, Daege.t and others made happy
remarks, aud several Jolly songs were
sung by Lindsay. Frsdericks and Taylor.
and sentiments we're sandwiched
sons n "Glory In INV soul wss jo,ned
In most heartily as a browning feature OF
lLe entertainment. Tritle himself be-
came right eloquent In his remarks and
was A bright o~ratorical star. Ali well, mo-
body ever INV a happier assemblaes, and
syerything passed on In the most hsr.
.onious and csntlsmanly manner pos.
sible. Captain Overton, ouperintenu-