The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-07-16
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THE MODEL RLCO1ETE,
He1's AecOun, ola Country Picnic.
By ToM rrrGaS

To get away from HOT weather, dust, and 9th /.
er summer aceompauiments, tool run up IN
70 the country the other day-s.ent week
among the fresh clover fields anl live or six TO-
sy, bouncing cousins, and altogether had rich
tinc oft.
While there picked up a story--a good one
.,--jus' one Of the kind for those who Ike fun
aud I'm going to try and tell it.
\ rain storm had one day prevented Us from
indulging in our usual outdoor alnpsements,
Snd we were all seated in the parler, endeavor-
ing to entertain one another a. best We could
The party present was composed of a half dozen
plump. Iosy checked girls-just such ones as
they raise in the country FOR liie-comiorters to
young iarmers--myself aud down east cousin
named Heztkiah Green.
Cousin Hez. as the girls call him, was one Of
the best specimens of a Green Mountain Y an
kee that ever looked at--he was character
could tell good story-was always ready to do
so-anl, As he told them in his peculiar dialect,
they were always amusing.
The girls were all exhausted talking about
thisthing and that. They wanted something to
dispel the gloomincss of the day, and so Hez
was asked lorastory
Come, cousin Hcz, give us funny story, now
something to make Us laugh said little Fan
ny, a rural beauty Of sweet sixteen.
Yes, YES, Ilcz do tell US a story chiIned i'll
tie rest Of the girls.
% Wall Ideclare to gracious, gals, I'vetol SO
many stories lately, that I'm about given out
You must let me Off
oh, no you DON'T said Fanny interrupting
Hez.
%Now Fanny, swow don't know but one
more story and that don't rally think the
gals would like to hear, p'ticularIy you, Fam
good naturcdly replied Hez .sse
s.as0h never you fear of offending the girls, and
you know, He2, wouldn't get angry at anything
syaus said replied teazjng Fanny.
Well now, Fan, if yeou won't get hulfy and
the rest Of the gals pay particular attention I'll
tell The only story know It's a raal genoo-
.ipe one, howeyer-it actually happened
We promise, and what's more, you tell a sto-
ry, and I'll reward you with a kiss, said Fanny,
sby way of an inducement,
VIII yeou, tho, Fan? By gosh, I'll du it
/ soR,
You must know gals begun Hez bout the
time that ere distinguished female, Misses Bloc
mer made up her mind that petticoats, corsets
froolts, and them fiXin5 was hurtfu to the te-
male constitution, the gals to hum-the place
where was raised-concluded that they were
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'nong the petticoats was catshun to tmditv
of all qualities Lots on 'em rugged 'emselyes
out in the bloomcr custom, as they called it
pantaloons and all-and sich another sight /
neverdid see, when they paraded the Streets
There was little fatty Brown, a right good little
body, she got the Bloomer nancy teu and sch
sight as she was Gosh! hogshead cut into
and dressed up in pettcoats could hold no COM
parison to her. And then there was Peggy
Brooks, the shoemakers wilc--she has twins
every year--She had the nancy, teu, long with
the rest, and gracious sakes she looked even
worse than fatty Brown But Peggy was rath,
er q sensible woman though, and so concluded
that the BoOmers wasn't becoming teu iemalt
as was good many gals, though, as hadn
cheek enough to come out in the pantaloons
just to see how the thing would feel on foler
as some on EN- used to say. Fanny here
Hush, Hez,' interrupted Fanny, blushng
and seeming angry. But Hez appealed to tn
company ana was allowed to proceed.
4 shant say anything bout Fanny at present
but try to finish the story as soon as can TIL
gals and boys were gettin' up grand fare up
anicker- picker or---'
Picnic suggested one of the girls,
eYes, picnic. They were gettin up one {
these arrangements, and great time was expeC
ted. One OF the gals what was goin'ahad &c
one of these ere Bloomer dresses--a real mic
one--but she never wore it in the street--to
modest for that. Wall, she was goin' to SUI
prise the party--take her dress with her, ste;
OF in among the bushes, putt on, and then com
back and exhibit herself This is the way 81
meant to surprise 'em-lnd wait, bme by, an
see il she did mt do it handsomely, teu.
The great day arrived The gals looked a
sniln as infants, and as sweet as strawberrie
and the boys did look casdingly scrmnp5hus.-
The gal wat intended to surprise the party, mad
nico little bundle of her Bloomer, and stowe
it away in her bag. Bime by the party made
start for the place where the eatin' part Of ii
arrangement was to take place, which was quiz
little spot in the woods where nobody could So
their carryings on. They got there at last, an
the girls commenced to spread the dishes on u
grass and the boys went to huggn' the gals
and the wholo scene presented an animated pit
ture as the Bible says. While these things we
goin' on, the gall with the Bloomer dress sli
of among some trees and commences fiXe
herselfup. She darsent be away long for fe
they suspect somethin', So she went to VOL
in earnest and in a few minutes she came boui
ding among the party like young deer wi
dogs afterit
You see she done all this to surprise the pa
ty, and if you'd seen the caperings Of the gal
and boys, you'd believed she'd succeeded mo
beautifully.
AS soon as she made her appearance moi
the party the gals screeched like owls, and h
theirhces with their aprons. The boys, tn
hollered like injings-ard some rolled on t
ground mong the dishes and fxins just as
they had been eatin' green apples and they did
set well on their stomachs---and such a live