The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-11-04
nUMDOLDr uOusE.
Attractions and lAniusesncnts at that
Noted Oasis.

Two health and pleasure seeking resi-
dents OF Winnemucca, whose business
and purses would not permit of an ex-
tended tour for health and recreation.
concluded to. take a. few hours ride on
the cars recently. They boarded the
wcatboundi passenger train and. were
landed at
HUMBOLDT HOUSE,
Where the train men announced a stay
OF twenty-five minutes for supper.
The place is so inviting and, the fare so
good that many Of the passengers ex-
pressed wish that the stay would be
extended at least twenty -four hours.
Here, where less than dozen wears
ago.. there was nothing more abrasive
than sagebrush and grease wood to
break the monotony of a journey
through the desert, one could easily
forget that he was in Nevada. LARGE
! shade trees, a fine orchard, clover,
blue grass and alfalfa hide the barren
plain which surrounds the place, from
view. Crystal waters, brought from
the Humboldt range, which rises ma
jestically four or five miles away, spar
kle FROM fountains. Swans and wild
ha Inl1 t,,lr
some forty miles west, when young,
gracefully float on a miniature lake,
surrounded by tall poplars anil spread.
ing loenst trees. The scenery is so
beautiful that even hungry travellers
feast their eyes on the outside surround
ings before entering the house TO regale
the inner man on Injuries prepared to
tempt their palates, and leave the place
with sigh Of regret when the bell
rings, and the conductor cries, "All
aboard. " Everything about the place
denotes enterprise and order, and re-
fleets credit on tho proprietors. When
the hustle and excitement created by
train full of hungry and inquistive
passengers was over, the junior mem
Der of the firm OF Meacham & Blakoslee
proposed
HUNT on THE RIVER. BOTTOM
As healthful amusement for-the Winnie
muccans. Accordingly, early the next
morning after their arrival, spanking
team was hitched up, and guns and
ammunition enough for a company of
volunteers on an Indian campaign were
placed in the wagon. A drive OF forty
minutes took the party, which con-
sisted of two expert hunters, ]. H.
Craiger and Henry Byron and the
Winnemuccans, to the river Game
was seen in abundance, but the know
ing water fowl appeared to hsre an
intuitive dread Of the Winnemucans,
whom they would not permit to get
near them, while they foolishly. waited
for Craiger and Byron to shoet them.
The party was reinforced. BY l.. A.
Blakeslee and Mr.. Poole, with .a'lunch-
con from, the larder of the station, to
which. the Winnemuccans, the range of
whose appetites far exceiled' that of
their guns, did, ample justice: FiScks
of ducks were seen III every direction,
yet they studiously avoided the Winnie
mnccans to the last, though they per-
mitted the Others to slay then, by the
score. In the evening the party re-
turned to the station, where Messrs.
Biakeslee and Craiger proposition the
amusement OF the visitors game called
"BIG BONANZA,
Invented by themselves After in
structng the Winnemuccans in all the
points in the game, the party engaged
in a.friendly contest for the lenlenades.
The score of a half dozen games stood
as follows:
Teachers. Pupils.
No. /, average, ,55; average, 100.
i" 9, % 76; I" 100.
Z" 3, Z" ST.; " 100.