The herald., 1895-08-18
At The PU{NTE RANCHO
Yesterday at the Home of
Billy Rowland
A MODERN GOOD FELLOWSHIP
And an Arcadian Joyousness Was the
Combination
prch.blv the Last Function That Will Ever
Be Given Combining, as Did This, tho
characteristics Of the Past

characteristics Of the Past
Yesterday at Billy Rowland's Puente
ranch was an indescribably happy occa-
sion. a blessed com bination of Arcadian
ioyousness, and modern good fellowship.
Tho occasion was an old time barbecue,
or bulls head breakfast, given by that
gallant and most amiable, big hearted
gentleman OF both the old and the new
school, Wm. r. Rowland. In the days OF
old, the days of gold. such affairs were
not uncom mon, but. in all probability,
this of yesterday was the last that will
ever be given, with all the lavish hos
pitality. and prodigal grandeur of the
past.
A special train left the Arcade depot at
IL 80 yesterday forenoon. its seven coaches
laden with 400-in fact, the 400-of the
men of this city all bound for La Puente.
A glance over the list of guests printed
below, Will show that the oldtimers pre-
dominated, and every body knew every
body and all went merry as marriage
bell As La Puente was reached bosky
grove about quarter OF mile from the
depot was observed to be gay with Amer
lean and Mexican flags and at the depot
the guests were greeted by body of
caballeros headed by a standard bearer
The line of march led bv noble
school house and here greeting OF hand
kerchief shaking and musical Spanish
welcomes was given by corps of senor-
nearly a quarter OF a mile stretch Of tables
was laden with all the preliminary re-
quisites for the OK feast and at the en-
trance to the grove Colonel Walter S.
Moore and Colonel Fred Harkness were
found presiding over a punch table. And
such punch 1t had no sticks IN it but in
their place were mammoth beams. 1t
need only be stated that besides other
inspiriting ingredients there were i'll its
composition fifteen gallons OF old very old
brandy. twelve bottles Of whisky. two
ases of dry champagne not to speak of
ther liquors and no water. For the
thirsty there were also six barrels of beer
two barrels of claret. two barrels of white
wine ana four or five cases of spirits-yet
every body came home perfectly sober.
Six steers had been barbecued. and four
pulls heads we're entased in mint and
water crosses and enveloped in wrappngs
were baking in great glowing holes IN
the sand. The guests filled the tables to
overflowing, and as near cs can be re.
mem bered the bill of fare was something
like this:
Tamales.
Tatema.
Cost las de Carnero.
Frijoles contortllas de Maiz de aqua.
Ca rne Asada con SalZa y Postras.
Frutas.
Vino Blanco y Tinto Y Cerveza.
Cafel Negra.
Then. as q sort of chasse cafe, Judge
Dick Eagan brewed four hundred mint
juleps, and though the first was perfeo-
tion, each succeeding one was better.
After each guest had eaten four times
as much as be thought he had capacity
for. there we're a few good speeches. Sem
ator White made a most feeling address,
alluding in very felicitous manner to
both guests and host, and was followed
by Hon. r. F. Del Vale, Ex-Governor
Markham. Major Horace Bell and others.
The finest cigars and the most fragrant
cigarettes completed the satisfaction of
happy as IT is permitted to mortals to be-
Colonel John T. Gaffey took a number
OF snap shots which will appear in later
issue, and which will tell tie story of
the beautiful affair better than can be
done in cold words. The occasion was
indescriba bly, charming. and to Mr.. Row.
land is due the thanks of all who enjoyed
the soul expanding, sentiment inspiring.
merry affair.
} Among the guests were the following:
7. f. Rowan. W. E. Dunn, Charles Nc
Farland, William Lacy, William Lacy. jr.,
~. H. Lacy, y. M. OTaWley, y. y. MulI,
n. r. Cottman, Mr.. Bauer, DR.. Porteous,
Mr.. Hache Henry Oxnard, J. S. Slauson,
DR.. f. X. Ainsworth, DR.. Granville Mac
Gowan J. A. Fairchild, W. S. Brodrick.
Capt. William Banning, HANCOCK Ban
ming. J. B. Banning J. T. Gaffey, J. J.
Mellus. J. f. Foster, NJ. A. Foster. r.
Egan. Walter S. Moore, W. S. Maxwell.
George Dickson, Judge W. H. Clark, II.
J. Stewart, Dan Mcfarland, Charles J.
Ellis, George K. Patton, Ben Truman, T.
j. Mott, T. D. Mott. ir., J. 6. Mott, $.
NJ. White, Henry O'Mclveny, Judge b.
S. Eaton. Sam Helnan, Herman He'll
field, Sam Prayer, H. T. Hazard. Charles
Prayer, J. E. Platter NJ. Morris, Frank
M. Kelsey. James Snankland, James ..
Harvey. Harry ". Patton, Frank sabichi,
Louis Sentous. Maj. E. +. c. klokke, j.
J. Ayers, Sam b. Lewis, Edward Cham
bers, Juan Bandini, Henry Leck. Suther-
land Hutton, Francisco Grazide, John r.
Matthews, l.. NJ. Grider, a. J. Bolts,
George H. Stewart. Judge Mckinley,
Thomas A. Lewis. l.. ". .3linn. f. W.
Howard. J. ]. Akin. J. NJ. Glass, Judge
Silent, J. G. Estudillo, Frank Estudillo,
Francisco Pico J. r. Ramirez, Andro-
lor. Mr.. Anderson, Joe Schoder. l.. &.
Scheler, J. Nj. Johnson, G. A. Dobinson,
J. de Bartn Shorb, Harrington Brown,
Hugh Vail, Thomas Beatty. Robert
Adams, captain Bolton, William ;. Lyon,
Fred Baker, II. T. Gage, J. A. Graves,
A. ". Ryan. William Mulholland. Will
liam H. Perry, William q. Kerckoff. j.
H. Dockweiler, l.. E. Mosher, o. A. Stew
ems, Gen. r. Fl. Chapman, Telfair Creigh-
ton, A. B. Chapman, E. q. Taylor. Rob
ert Kern, J. II. Schumacher. Joe Maier,
Simon Maier, n. A. Covarrubias, L. NJ.
Ross, G. +. A. Last. G. Zobelein. y. \.
Stowell, Frank Hicks, George II.
Bonebrake. Guy Il. Barham, W l.
liam Pridham, Major Duncan,
Theodore Sumrnerand, George II. Kim
ball. g. Heinzeman. upervIsor Wood. X
D Wade, a. b. Hotchkiss, Supervisor
Hanley, A. =. Maginnis, W. ]. Hun
sacker, Supervisor Francisco, Il. +. Del
Vale, James r. Finlayson, }. b. Lanker-
shin. John Roster. l.. j. Rose, jr.. L.
Del Vale, Charles +. Lummls. George
Miller. Major H. T.. Lee J. Il. Scott. G.
d. Willard. Will am Wlncup. r. De Luna,
John Neal. +. A. Garbutt,J J. Y. Wachteu,
S. UIquiza, Governor Rowland W. c.
Patterson, Charles Forman, J. W. War
rent. B. Burnett, H.G. Forman, Henry
Wilson, J. Brosseaa. r. We.ngk. T. H.
Gibhon, o. W. Wellborn, Alex Campbell
o. W. Childs. William Cardwell, Charles
Monroe. H. A. Unruh. George Kinds. J.
W. Venable, Charles Cabot, A. &. Jones,
X. H. Gird. A. +. Pomeroy. Waiter Vail.
Isidore Polask A. W. Barrett, Robert
Widney Sam Polask. L. Posski, r. NJ
Widney. Richard o Neill. NJ. Polaski, c.
". GATES, J. S. Crawford, |. =. 4.
Petsch, 4. A. Eisen. II. Mosgroye Frank
w. King. Ii. J. Fleishman. Fred W.