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Another Pic Mn

Another Pic Mo.
Mr.. Editor We have seen r., your co7cmn.
descrp, ions Of several Pic Mic parties which
have come of in the District since spring, re.
vived the flowers and dcckcd anew the plnin
And. rs the one which came off on last Satur.
: day is least, though we think not last we haze
thought it nothing amss to give you an ac.
count of it. We know tho month Of May is us.
ually selected for such parties but lift is agree
able on the part of the youngsters. who cares
! if,
The springs gay promise has melted into thco
Fair Summer, and thy gentle region is here"
AT the usual hour OH the morning cf the l7th
the young ladies' and gentlemen Of the egh-
oorh""d, according to n previous arrangement,
assembled ut Mr. Blacks mills with bright an
/ 'ic'pations of spending pleasant. summer day
! SO lar rs amusement WAS concerned, Of cause
! there WAS but one sentiment but Il difference
/ of preference was carly manifested as To the
! iind. Some preferred fishing, Others who were
! OF n more social turn, cVnvcrsr. and not "A few
! were anxious to join in the dance \ few mo-
! incntS however, soon found all on the creek
some fishing, and the others enjoying the pleas.
! urcs Of conversation in the shade Of various
I lofty oaks on the bank. In glancing o"rv the
various groups, we occasionally noticed n
small "crowd to ITSELF apparently interested
! in some important subject. w. have not learn.
cd what il was, Lut rather think we could
! guess.
| The anglers seemed 10 meet with poor sue.
cess, wii"ri"r owing TO want of skill. ora
disposition on She part of the tinny tribe To
! avoid the bait offered them we are enable 10
say. Had we been one Of them and occupicd :.
! position under the water We think We would
have felt quite safely that day
! While those. who had their fortunes to make
We're thus enjoying themselves, the ladies, who
| had already made theirs, were engaged in ar.
ranging the the table, which they did very
soon. and with considerable taste The ladies'
wer. of course waited on first then the gen
! 'irln"n, VIII" did ample justice TO the abundant
! supply of good things placed brfu". them. We
! "i course, out Of the number Of gentlemen pres.
; cnt had several pretty good ham,ls.
| We are sorry the Colonel dont love oil liam.
If Ii" dill, we would certainly count him n
whole team.
The General has Eule Use for peach pie. iuls.
, ing 10y tic @""" amount hcocca>i"nally slipped
under his 'n"uSiach". We move he lee put on
the Committee of "rborr"ifarc at the next acri.
cultural meeting.
! There was gentleman in the crowd, who
r""'d"t go chicken, II" way you could fix it,
! One OF our most prominent candidates believes
Very little in good cider. We did not notice
! other individuals, but We suppose they all had
taste for special dishes We wonder if any
had use for the following from Pope:
''Im quite ashaned--'tis mighty rude
To eat so mucl,--but uls SO good"
Dinner over the crowd repaired to an unoc.
c'ried house near the mills, to spend the re
rnaini.r of the day.
Our Anderson frand, full Of life, soon began
to discourse sweet music, and those who were
in favor Of hands around" had now chance
for,
The fiddle
"G,vc signal sweet in thn. old hall
OF hands across and down the middle"
But while delicate feet are twiukliur ronnI
inthc dance, there are always some who pre-
fer different ainuscmen's. So it was on this oc.
cnsion. and they at once began to enjoy the
pleasures of conversation again. We noticed
some Of the young men 'camc 10 their knees, "
| whether because seats were scarce or they
wished to make n stronger impression on their
| fair auditors, we never learned. We were
particularly struck in the morning, ut the ef-
forts made by some Of our young candidates to
accommodate the Indies.
They are good hands to carry slabs. Should
they bear the burden Of Office ns wol we think
us she ladies do, they should he elected unani.
| mously. There was Il tolcrable turn out Of the
candidates. and we make no doubt they lost
no thing by being present, but may gain a
! good deal.
Between the hours Of three and four the
crowd began to disperse ana soon "a quiet pre-
vailed about the mills. Upon the whole Mr.
Editor, the day passed. off quietly and peacea.
bly,. There might have been ltNc diNicultics
started up between certain parties, but we pre-.
snne they are Of such nature that the atten.
ton OF, and a few words, from some Rev, or
Esq. can eusly compromise them.
That the same crowd may enjoy themselves
as well the next time they meet, is the wish OF
IELVOL.
July 2lst, 1853.
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