East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-09-27
Peach.Eating Excursion to 81. Joseph


The good people of Chicago had q
picnic excursion the other day across
Lake Michigan to see the folks and gel
some peaches at st. Joseph. Joshua
Jepsome and his Jemima Jane, member
of the Eolic Serryfnesn who composed
the picnic party, left Chicago on the
steamer Comet in high glee. 'Jepsome
became the historian of the trip, and
from his amusing account we clip as fol
lows: .i a aIfH a afl0
We dropped gently down the stream
Jemima set by my sid, ditto the pick
nick basket, and / was happy. In a
transport Jemima claspcd her hands upon
her bussum, rolled up her ize and sez to
rne "Joshua," sez she, Saint this sublime?'
Then sed it was, likewise much moar.
Ive seen the dear gurl do TINT mOshan,
above referred to, sinst, but it was for an
other reason The Come-1 is small
steamer, not larger than some fiery botes
I've seen. But "she walked the water
like thing ov life" as Byron sez, till
she cum to the end ov the moth peer
Wen she began TO cross the laik Jemima
was set by me and the picknick basket
Sez |, "Jemima, shall take snak;p
sez she "Joshua don't care if | dew
tew.n We opened the basket. Jemima
andI "breakfusted on shipbord." We
ait cold tung, cold slaw, cold sand-which,
ditto ham, ditto pickles, ditto cold betes.
The betes was purpcl, likewise was the
cold cabbidge. These minushie will be
ov interest and give coler to the marry
tive further on. This was our breakfast
just as | was putting sasser back
into the picknick basket we was few
miles from shore sailing dew East, the
steamer Elgin just in our wake as the
matt called it, (though our wdkin was TO
come, and did come little after), Jemi-
ma said, looking back, go see them guls"
sor the decks ov the Elgin covered with
Eolic Serryfnes and the publick gener-
ally, and says |, "Gulls in horn, don't
see no gulls onto the Elgin." Them
words of Jemima's was prefettick. She
allooded to the birds on the water, but
there was a deeper meenu, which has
sence been explained. 1t was presently
ment. | shall never forget them words,
"See them gulls," for them was we and
the Eolic Serryiines.
I left Jcmima few moments and
smoaked a cigar on the hurricain dek.-
| talked with the matt, and asked him,
without no nonsence, had he brandy on
borde, for | began to feel little under
the wether, sensayshun in my stun
mick; | thought might be the cold slaw
-retched man, it was the LArK.
took little brandy at the bar, and
then i went back to Jemima, but did
not begin to feel quite well. The swete
maid was missing. was alarmed. i
said to gentleman near by, nigh at
hand, sez Ia little alarmingly, for
could not concele my emoshun--sez !,
"Have you seen swete angle in lavun-
der silk throw herself overborde?" Then
sez he, with a snigger, 81 seen her you
deskribe, hrow something orerJo'Wd, and
then 90 inter that staitroom. She isn't
well, | guess" My sensashuns began to
he more than peculiar. Sez | to myself,
sorto vocy, sez /, "here's case for the
crowner; let an inkest be sot on to a duv-
colored yung man, likewise his lavundsr-
colored sweetheart, directly, fur we're
pisened 1t must have been in the sand
witch, or the cold slaw."
] felt wus.
There was a swelling sensation under
my westcut, and a sense Of goneness nigh
L., 81, ,,f etc oil
and in agony, "Jemima, let me di by thy
side" Then sez Jemima, onseen, in
feint voice, cut small to go through a
little winder, with red caiker curtain,
sez she, "Oh, Joshua, l shall di.h Sez /,
with much emoshun increasing in my
bosum, $50 shall |, and
"Ever my luv with thee.
One tombstun US TO cover"
| rushed into the stateroom and saw Je-
NINA bowed in one corner. Sez /, sol
cum, "Jemma, / have come; for our last
hour together let us pass it on our nees."
! supposed she was at her devoshun. 1
knelt beside her; my Mortified gaiz met
pdil-and we mingled our emoshuns,
likewise breakfast, together inter that
pail Sez family, "Jemima, what was
it? was it in the mustard?p' -J -fT.
Sez she, gasping, "No, Joshua, it is
see SICK"
Retched fool was, not to see it be-
foar. My eyes was opened. The Comeit
was dancing like an eg shell | went
onto the decks; they were cuvvered with
the dying. They said they was "dyin.
| supposed | was. Our Salina Jane was
at the forrid gunnel; she was in the last
agoneys; ditto most of the crowd.
My pen shrinks from depicting the
scenes that follured. For hours we were
kept;prostrate on the pinnakel of anguish
Sech grones, sech extremities l never
saw befoar. They lay all about the dcks
Silk gouns seven to ten shillins yard
was no account. Jemima ate purpel cab
bidge and bette for "breakfast on ship
bored" as we called it. My duv-cullerd
SCOT will carry to its grave the stanes o.
the same euler. do not particulareyes
Her he'd wos on my shoulder. II was mo-
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