The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-06-02
[For the Prairie News.1
TH,E PICNIC.

gathered together uponsthe banks OF Uni
wap-pa to make merry yea much fur
was to be made, for the word had beer
sent abroad both far and near, thai
all might partake Of the luxuries of Chi
wap-pa, and become merry ; yea, become
fat for much provender had been provi
ded and the word went round about, cone
We and partake. theteof that We may be fill.
ed. Accordingly there went up a great
multitude from all the regions nigh unto
Chi-wap-pa. Yea, from the hills and val
leys of Pontotoc and the plains of Chick.
asaw came forth fair damsels bright as
the morn and clad in raiments Of white
Their lips were like unto two cherries,
and their cheeks were like unto two peach
es: soft and downy were they. Their
foreheads were beautiful as slabs of mar
bic. (The same kind of slabs that Mr..
Benjamin Bolts sweet Alice was buried
under, in the obscure corner.) And their
eyes--well, no matter, Tiffany diamonds
would be no where. 1t hath been said
by one of old that they shall henceforth,
even from the rising of the sun to the
going down thereof be called 6riliaatinc /;
SO brilliant were they.
Their countenauces were like unto
rays of happiness; yea, like unto the
"round laughing moon as she smelleth
the earth afar off, and cryeth "Aha !!
Aha why don't You build the Mobile &
Ohio Rail Road" Yea, alt geiher love-
ly We're they. AS the hour drew nigh I'M
to ten in the forepart of the day, there
cometh in our midst SeUeriol from ye
graade cityc Of Okolona. Now about
this time as the handsome representatives
of the aforesaid city, (for, be it known tie
pretty man, No. 2, was there maketh
their appearance they causeth much stir
in the midst of the numerous damsels,
yea, much cemmotion; for, verify, hand
some youths are they, and altogether
lovely. And they murmured one with
another thuswiSe come let us prepare
for the dance, for, verify, we have been
taught, there is time for all things. A
time to sing, time to play "a time to cat,
and time to dance.
And straightway they gathered them
selves together in that part of the vine
yard which the good husbandman hath
planted. And, 10! one sound came up,
Is from the vast deep-Bring forth the
'ackbut and the harp; the psaltery and
jhe cymbals; that much music may be
made. Yea, bring forth the instruments
Of brass and the instruments of wood or
as Billy Birch says, "come long bfud
der Bones" And straightway those that
were wont TO play upon instruments of
music, came forth and made the air re-
sound with many delightful strains, yea,
much music. And the multitude gather
ed around and as soon as they heareth
the music they becometh overjoyed there
at so much SO, that by command of him
Of the psaltery, sixteen feet, according
10 Davie just 81 yards commence to dart
in the air with wonderful agility, but 10
they descend to the earth, when they
again move off frantically as before and
career around and around, all the while
keeping time to the Lutte and sackbut.-
Now the centripetal power is in the as
cendency-then the centrifugal, Jealous
of her rival, bouncess out, but after per.
sundry gyrations gives over to
the centripetal, which, for time more
fully illustrates the power adhesian than
Comstock or Olmslead. The centripe-
tai in the meantime becoming fatigued,
the centrifugal rusbes forth, and after
desperate struggle gains the victory
" Balance all" shouts he of the harp,
then may be seen the beauty of the laws
Of gravitation. Newton never saw any
body dance or he would never have
thought of an apple to illustrate the law,
Of which he is the supposed discoverer.
"Cross over" issues melodiously from the
larynx of him of the cymbals and in this,
We suppose Euclid first noticed the beau
ties of right angels, triang .es, acute and
abuse angels. +" Right and left all
around and we see beautiful curves
which are more pleasing to the eye than
any you will find in your Geometry
" Gentleman solo, is heard. Here YOU
will see the various maneuvres that
mortal man can do. Now springing forth
he gently lights upon one foot, and ele-