Litchfield enquirer., 1860-07-19
A Pinnacle Picnic.

A Pinnacle Picnic.
 It is possible that some of our feminin, friends may be fond of Pic-nics; it is highly in, probable that any of our masculine readers ar, in the same demented category.
 In either case, if we make the attempt to des cribe one lately undertaken from Litchfeld ant carried out amid the usual pleasurable attendan circumstances, it may be the means O strengthening both views of the question an, efgiving a melancholy satisfaction to all parties since the matter seems to have become, througl She sympatbies of the public, of public interest
 A Pic-mic in the country is particularly country institution a Picnic to the Pinnacle is particularly an institution of Litchfeld.
 Several times, if not oftener, during the sum mer solstice, young men and maidens, who giv, the tone to the ton in such matters here, deceiy, themselves and their friends into attempting either, or both, or each together of the above happy undertakings.
 A day slighAy warm is generally selected. Il one day promises slight showers before it is over and yet is equally hot with another, that day is seized upon it is the day of all days when it is natural that the pleasure picnic should be pro- eeeded with forthwith and at once. Huge bas. kets are at an early hour of the morning filled and loaded into various wagons, more or less filled thereafter with the folds of the feminine charmers, with now and then straw hat peerine out from amidst the crinoline cloud, ,betokenine or suggesting masculine combinations, lost tc sight but dear and in fact indispensable te encased masculinity. Umbrellas are raised, ths happy steeds hinted at and the party, fresh, rosy mirthful and mercurial, speed away on their an ticipated frolic. (\Vhen we say "specd' w mean four miles an hour.)
 We will imagine our friends, if our interested reader pleases, at Lake Warramaug-in sigh but not in realization of the aforesaid Pinnacle
 A row on the bosom of the water is the frs thing to be done, and after many misgivings from the more timid, is undertaken. Fortunate ly the sun generally shines upon such occasions with increased ardor, and hence lends an ncrcas cd arlor to the scnsibilities of the voyagcrs Some people might suppose that perspring fol the pleasure of the thing would dampen the ar dor somewhat--but the damp in those instances generally comes in more visible form and pro ceeds from outward causes, not inner springs But there is point to every poignant pleasure 4bo f,,r+1, el,a fff xbo loly aforesaid is reached, at which point the pic-nic terminates in picnic within the umbrageous confines of delicious grove. This is the J,1g1, point in the days delights and we could not omit to mention it.
 How the party of pic-nickers relished and en- joyed this part of the entertainment, how they returnedto their starting point across the laugh ing pillows it rained how some did" the Pinnacle, and some Mdnthow they ascended the craggy hill of difficulty and saw all the world and part of Danbury-how they descended wcttcr and wiser than they went-how they packed up their damaged goods and bundled into their wagons,-how they started from hence to Litchfeld-how they trundled onward with drapery of the blackest clouds backward-how t began to rain slightly and HOW it rained, how it thundered and frightened and blew, how black it was; how blue; how the party of drenched pc-nickers, ,meek'under their drenching, were glad to take shelter under Meeher mansion by the roadside; how it rained, and blew, and thunder. cd all night and how the company watched the weary hours till morning, is all too doleful to recount in our sprightly columns.
 At break of day or little thereafter, {" there might have been seen solitary" team ascending the heights of Litchfcld, with a forlorn, drag gled and dampened company, still keeping u, their dropping spirits under difficulties whicl only heroes and heroines could surmount or ti up-and chaunting, though feebly, the chorus 0 that celebrated ode which asseverated that tn company would not return until morning
 The sequel of the affair it is certainly not ou province to penetrate or enquire into-how the wrung their clothes and recounted their adve, lures; how their anxious parents wrung the hands and related their anxieties how now tha it was all over it was agreed to be delightf, affair, of course our readers can imagine.
 This much though, and finally, we may sa, with aching limbs and weary head, that if an one proposes another Picnic to the Pinnacl we shall be very apt to give them an illustratio of the japanese fan, and making our most re- pectful acknowledgements plead "previous el gagement." For, if their is any one greater hun bug than Barnum ever saw, and which he woul sigh to bottle up for place in his memory ( hls Museum, it is most decidedly Picnic fc pleasure to the Pinnacle of New Preston.
 We know, for we have been there!
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