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THE PICNIC.
L ,er;body nearly was Mt the Pic
Mic last Saturday, down IN the Win
chester and Ala ANA II ilroad, az
Maj. Hills Spring. 1t wasa glorious
Pic.Ni', aud in attempting 10 write
ANYTHING about it. we feel like Gen,
Moore said he felt, in bis humorous
speech during the day. The General
is a fine mnn, and deserves every bit
OF the praise so PRETTY and oppor,
timely bestowed by our WORTH towns.
man, A.. $. Co'yar, and we firmly be.
Iicvc the widows, every one of them,
will agree with US in our. Friendship for
him, (Some OF the widows would
cal Friendship too weak n term in
which to express their admiration.
Well, wasn't it g(mious Picnic.
Why. we had no idea such a good time
was in store for Us that day. Bat
these unexpected enjoymentS DO some.
times far utyic all our anticipated
ones. Somctimcs'wc are engaged for
months in anticipating pleasure, and
yet when it CO ,Cs, we find that our
hopes have not realized enough and
regret follows : here joy should reign.
Like tie little child who chnscs the
beautiful butterfly, and when at st
he finds it within his grasp, it is crush
cd and affords no pleasure. But AT
another time, when seated all alone
and not expecting it, another butter.
fly and far more beautiful, will quiet.
y light almost upon him, So with
this Picnic. We thought to see %
or3), and expected n good time, bu,
instead we found at least 600 and had
agioriOaS time. The long train Of
cars was filed to its utn!aatb By the
sweet maidcns and fair matrons, and
the boyS we're uproarious with joy. IN
fact, the clever conductor, Mr.. Ham
nah, or in familiar style, "Bob,' could
scarce get through to collect the fare.
And we cannot divine how he did get
through when, at every step, his eyes
come upon sach fair young ladies.
Now, so come to the pint" we
liant know what TO say about this
Picnic. 1t vas such a goOd turn out
Of such clever folks. The folks all
around Salem, that model portion Of
Franklin county, came out, and all
Joined in the festivities Of the occa.
sion. Quite a crowd came up from
Fayetteville, bat not so many as We
wanted and expected But Mr., Good.
rich, OF that place, a~po'osizcd for
them to the satisfaction ii all present,
and asked US 10 meet the folks Of Lin.
coin some time soon. or course well
do so, and hope he will see that the
young ladies especially turn out.
AS to victuaIS. we never saw the
like. The whole ground seemed
strcwn with all that the most delicate
and l~as'idcCus appetitcs conld crave,
and when done, there was enough left
TO feed twice as many more. No
MISUNDERSTANDING cut of good or.
der occurred. No intemperancc, save
that Of smoking somc good cigars,
which a mighty clever lady on the
ground dispensed TO the amount Of q
box or two, and we were fortunate
enough to get las many as the most
After dinner, DR.. Quiniard gave us
a very pretty talk, then followed Gen.
Moore, then Mr., CoIyar. Mr.. EslilI,
and one or two others. Wish we had
mo room and more time TO write
but our paper is a day behind hand,
ana we must stop our remarks.