The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-08-25
Social Gathering and Pic Mic.

On Tuesday of last week, we attended
a neighborhood gathering, in the Lovett
District, about three miles east of this
village. The spot selected was one pecu-
liarly adapted to the occasion. The tall
and graceful beechos and stately NAPLES,
stationed just near enough together to
protect the company from the direct rays
of an August sun, running up high in air,
void Of limbs or brush,--ye at the top
forming perfect canopy above our heads.
On approaching nearer, the whole grove
seemed alive with animated nature-little
groups Of children were to be seen hand
in hand, scamperine hitber and thther,
down in the hollows, then up on the littk
knobs in pursuit of the highly favored
wintergreens keeping up a constant chat
tering in their childish glee; while nearer
to the tables were the older and more Sc.
date members of the company, some seated
uHNll DtuNuSF, NuIlC OtHtlS lcducu dpdlIlSt
the trees, watching the rolicking gambols
Of the "young ones!"
Alter taking hasty survey of the ia
bles, which were already groaning under
the load of good things, and shaking sew
cral good friends by the hand, we passed
on to the kitchen-knd reader don't
laugh, because We say kitchen, for it was
even So There was the stove with all
its 6xings, fired up, and some familiar
faces watching the process Of baking the
pork and beans" buildings of various
kinds, chicken pies and other things too
numerous TO mention. We returned back
TO take look at the tables again They
were arranged in two lines parallel with
each other, and gorgeous decorated with
boquets, alternating between huge loaves
| of cake, frosted beyond anything that eel
ebrated individual Jack Frost" ever &C.
complished. The treasures of the A" little
busy bee" were brought forward in al
their purity and sweetness. Large dishe
filed with luscious blackberries stoot
temptingly before us;-speaking of temp
tation, it is thought by some, that if Sa
tan had set before Mrs. Eve plate 0
those rich, ripe blsckberriss, coupled witt
sugar and cream, she would have ha,
many strong apologists for simply graft
| flying her curiosity and appetite, on tina
memorable occasion
Well, we cannot describe half that wa
on the tables, suffice it to say-there wsr
; cookies with caraway-cookies withou
carawsy-cookies in the shape of hear
= cookies round--cookies in all shape
t Pies of different kinds, &C., &c.
= Soon, the managers gave notice that a
I was ready. and all took their places in a
4 orderly manner around the tables Re
h Mr.. HALL at the head Of one table, an
II | heV. MT. HIDE ~ tue neau Vi tne otne
o Mr. Hall asked blessing, and the satir
y commenced. The managers were all q
tention to the wants of those around Il
Il tables--very unlike those in some lar
c city hotels, where a person has to wa
=. half an hour until his turn comes, al
;. then get cold cut at that AT this pla
ii all was warm and smoking--there, all
/. as cold as if baked in an Arctic icsber
o After the repast was over, MIR. Aobo
i. one of the graduates of Middlebury U
q. lege, who had been the Superintendent
is the Sabbath School in that district, thank
., the people for coming together, and t
r. ample provisions made to make the occ
to sion a pleasant one, and closed by CALI