American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-21
[For the American Republican,
PICNIC OF THE SOCIAL CIRCLE.
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''No ordly feat of arms | tell"
You ask me, dear e., how enjoy myself in
b., and slightly commserate me for being thrown
so entirely into the society of Friends, whose
constant endeayors, say you, to preserve the
centre of CRAFTY" nicely balanced, must rather
tend to temper my own quicksilver mood. Now,
! must remove some of your opinions ii. e. pre-
judices,) and inform you that the young folks
of this persuasion enjoy fun with as much zest,
and understand the spirit Of true enjoyment as
well as any you ever met with; and the elders,
whose straight coats and drab gowns inspire
you with so much Gs5e, are as bengnantly kind
in promoting their pleasure and sympathzing
IN the exuberance Of animal spirits-though
they may net, like the French Grandfather,
lon in the dance to the sound of the violin.
You have heard OF the Social Circle, through
,he medium of the American Republican, be-
heve. This interesting body of young ladies
and gentlemen, at the close of the weekly
meetings held during the past winter, brought
forward a proposition to spend one OF the bright
summer days in picnic excursion. 1t was
most unanimously carEied-indeed, the spirit of
unanmitv seems the "silken tie" of this anna
Bile band. / forgot to tell you that they meet
monthly during the warm season. At their
usual meeting this month, the ladies went into
4 committee of the whole to decide on their
preparations-th gentlemen on location, con-
veyances, SIC. So, ON the morning of the 10th,
at an early hour, we started; l. with few
others, having the polite invitation to Join in
the proposed festivities. Merry hearts beamed
from bright eyes, laughing tones swelled the
cool morning air; without affectation or fol-
mality, each and all seemed to obey the invi
Iation made on a similar occasion, some Gently
ries ago
"Msce stutiam consilliis brerem
Dulce est disipere in loco.''
After pleasant ride of about three miles on
the Harfcrd road, we alghted from the omni-
buses, and entered pretty wood, belonging to
and in the vicinity of the dwelling of our hos
pitable friend R., where you may remember
spent last May day with party of young
friends" and that my recital aroused your
qt.izzing propensity on The score of the young
bachelor who was our host. Benches and a ia
ole had been erected for our reception the day
BEFORE and though the weather had been into
lerably warm for some days, pleasant air rus
tied the leaf-woven canopy above, and after
bathing our faces in branch of Herring run,
which winds through the wood, we passed the
morning in the most unrestraiasd and pleasant
intercourse, scattered in groups under the trees,
or rowing to and fro" Qu;ps and cranks"
were plentiful; a. suitable time iced lemonade
and other refreshments were served on our rus
tic table. | must make a remark here to my
dear A., who, with her extreme fondness for
etiquette, may rather underrate the fascinating
ability of our Quaker beaux; have seen SO
much true politenesc in any gentlemen; "a gen.
tlen,aK is aioays gentleman, fcouree, but on the
score Of manners, merely, mean0 they are in
defatgable in contributing to your comfort; and
though they may not bow with Partisan ele-
gance fo1 the honor Of your hand at the next
sett, or accompany ysur guitar with the flute
or other musical instrument, still they are by
40 means incapable of witty, intelligent con-
versations, pleasing enough, confess, to make
me entirely forget the fashionable am~ssments
for which you suppose must sigh.
About one O'Clock, a sudden storm came up,
and we were obliged to betake ourselves to the
dwelling. Our "young bachelors" kind pa
rente welcomed us with sincere cordially, and
our provisions being brought from the wood,
most plentiful repast was prepared in the dining
room by the ladies of the "Crcle," and like
children of one family" we clustered round
1.-THE feast of reason and the flow Of soul'' went
hand in hand with the more substantial ban
quet, and there was no need of artificial stimu-
liant to keep up the harity Of the hour AZ
ter dinner, the barn was cleared out-rusic OF
tomans and sofas ii. G. boards and market box
esq arranged, and thither we ali repaired
Now, indeed, my dear A., who danced with
SO much langud grace at our last picnic in
F., would have had her fnely-strung nerves
completely parayzed at the dongs heTe-pa,-
don me, but know you appreciate my good