Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-06-23
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"Thmng Party ,,
On Saturday horning, the 9Th Of june. / !,
arose good andearly,s and after putting on
my Sunday &ins'' left Bachelors Re- !
treat" in q~ues4of the Fishing Party We
about sand a little after 9 were safe
ly landed on til western bank of Rocky Riv-
er, at Davis Flrd-where we found a good
ly number of ldies and gentlemen already
assembled, andimpatiently awaiting further
orders. We DID, not have to wait long. how
ever, before TIL loving and lovely Miss XII
(who appears ! have been constituted the
I" committee arrangements" for the occa-
sion) made hr appearance, attended by a
very fine bevy ft'the same sort" The signal
was Immediately given for the party to
=" march" WereGpon, all moved off in
close columns 10 the river, until we came to
the mouth Of richardson's Greek, where, af
ter d~escendinga steep bank, we found a Ca
noe in waiting to convey us across to the
Point" UHer the skilful guidance of my
young friend bhn L., we were ali soon safe
ly landed at or place of destination.
The "Point1 is a beautifully shaded strip
of land, or peninsula, jutting down into the
river in the fdm of the letter V, and is boun-
ded on the S. w. by Richardson's Greek, and
on the S. E. By the River. Having landed
and selected Ae place at which to commence
operations, tip gentlemen set about getting
poles and putting on hooks, preparatory to
making a general draw upon the fnny
tribe. Soon he eyes Of the entire party 4
mean the ladfs, the gentlemen could not re
frain once in awhile from :" looking back,'O
were ~intentli fixed upon the little corks
! which toated leisurely upon the water. We
had not been fishing long before / heard a
great shout, and on looking around to see
what the matter could be, found that my lit
tie friend Sephronia c., had succeeded in cap
turing an cell The first member of the
"scaly tribe a fine perch, was, | believe,
caught by my young friend Kate L., focus.
IN Kate D. loon after succeeded in tia.
king" a terra in. Not being satisfied, how
ever, with th acquaintance of his tortoise
ship, Ceusin again cast her hook int
the water, al sgsin broslak hrrneesn
/ believe, hoW8 th3 she had better frE
fafterwssds. IF she dfd not succeed so well il
the aquatic element, she certainly made it VI
by her " conquests" onland.
After this, a goodly humber of perch an
some cats were caught by various member
of the party. From the fact that "Merr,
Andrew" could not be opnipresent, a gooC
many fish were caught and many other thing
done "~onbeknown" to him. | will howeve
mention a few incidents which came unde
his observation: for instance, my frien
"AbJah" caught a perch, a terrapin, and
tan cup. cousin jack caught a perch an
a small cat, (said-in my ear, you know, tia
| ho hoI ro,,oI ~ctIoo Lo-o G L. IoL1l A.
was On the bankD About this time we hear
the sound of a horn upon Flint Hill, whic
we were told was the signal for us to go
dinner. We dropped our fishing poles an
straightway repaired to the house of my ia
friend, Mrs. Jane c. (who is by the bye,
very nice young window , where we feaste
the inner man" upon the "sweet things
there prepared.
After resting and chatting merrily here Fl
an hour or two, we returned to the Point
not so much this time, apparently, to fish
the water as on dry land. The ladies seat
themselves in little groups, about on t
bank, and, as per consequence, were soc
surrounded by swarms of the sterner Sc
who had come like bees into a flower gard
to drink III sweet inspiration from their sol
lit eyes. And many there were, no dout
who became intoxicated by quafing t
largely of the nectared draught.
There was a good deal of "fying aroun,
done on the occasion, but | will only menti
a few cases. In the first place, soon af
dinner DR.. B., Calvin R., and John l.. ent'
ed into a canoe and took a voyage up t
river to the mill, carrying with them Coui
Kate, Rosa and Matte. Of what passed
tween the two trios during their jaunt, il
not my province to speak-as Merry
drew" was not Sin te boat"-but, deduct
effects from causes, l would presume tt
had a great time of it. Cousin julie was
some time very evidently under the magr
ic influence of Eliza AS eyes. Cousin j;
was taking on" pretty largely about SO
body, but we promised not to tell who itw
) John L. appears to have found a sympathi
: in the lovely Rosa B.; Cousin Lottie, | thi
t carried off the heart of one Wat; Miss L
t ra, that of Riley B.; and Miss Sallie tina
my little friend Bill. l have also learned t
: several of the girls present "lost or misla
: their hearts; among whom | might ment
Miss Julia A., Miss Eliza g., Miss Kate
G and Miss Mag. B.
G There is one little incident I'd like to h
l. forgotten to mention. Soon after dinn'
, number of gentlemen got into the canoe,
c proceeded to cross over to the Point"
n they had not gone far before the canoe VI
l. down-whether of its own accord this d
nent sayethnot. Fortunately the water
n quite shallow, and those on the bank, hay
obtained a number of horses which were
O. close by, went in to their rescue.
IS In conclusion, I must say that l regre
"a very much that the Colonel was detail
at home by the presence of company
nc will venture the assertion that the LUST
at least one pair of bright eyes would
been enhanced by his presence.
o, 1 believe that, l as a faithful recorder,
I'D ~iterate the sentiment of the whole " pa
ve when l say that we had a very fine time
o. The minutes did indeed
~ "Wing their way wi pleasure"
e. and none among the happy one of that
its enjoyed the "feast of reason, and hc
SOUL with a greater zest than your friel
he MERRY ANDRE'
on Bachelors Retreat, N. c.