The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-11

'Cudb ZIG houUuSl dSS6S3 3SHOulu II COHflO-
ute four chickens and atongue the
Bagshaws their pidgeon-pie; Wrench
and son, a ham Sir Thomas CIRCUITS,
a hamper of his own choice wine ).
Miss Snnbbleson, a basket of. fruit
and pastry ;tuncle John, his silver
knives, forks, and spoons +; and Jack
Richards his charming company -
And lastly, came the. committee for
general purposes Gai 81
At this important meeting, it was
agreed that the party proceed to
Twickenham by water that to fsave
the trouble of loading and unloading,
Miss Subdivisions carriage convey
the hampers, &c. over, serving to bring
the ladies over should the evening
prove cold; that for the WAGER music,
the following programme be adopted
/. On reaching Vauxhall bridge, the
ceneerttto commence with Madame
Pasta's grand scena in /" Medea, npre-
vious to the murder of the children,
by Miss Corrinna Grouts. 2 Mich
olson's grand flute concerto in five
sharps, by Mr. Frederick Snodgrass,
3 Grand aria, with variations, guitar,
by Miss Euphemia Greats. 4. Sweet
Bird accompaniment, flute obligato,
Miss G. g., and Mr.. T. Sand 5
The Dttigen Tie Deum, (arranged for
three voices, by Mr. F. 50 by Miss,
Euphemia, Miss Corinna, and Mr.,
Frederick Snodgrass The interstices
to beIGlled up. by the amusing talen5s
Of the elder Wrench, and uncle Johns
friend And lastly, that the company
do assemble at MIR Bagshaw'se on the
twenty fourth day of August, stg ten
o'clock preciselyi in order to have the
adyaatage'of the tide both ways!
,5o Teree days prior to the important
twenty fourth, Mr.uBagshaw went to
engage the boat. but in q squabble
with the boatman Mr.eB. got black
eye, This was the, first; mishap
Restless and impatient though YOU
be, depend upon itmthere is not a day
in the whole three hundred and sixty
five evil pgtsitself ia the.slis htest de-
gree out of the way, or appear one
seeoml before its fine, for your graft
LEGATION .Ohsthat people would con-
slider this and wait events with patti
ence. Certainly Mr. Bagshaw did.
not. The nightbf thetwenty third to
him appeared IN age. His repeater
was in his'hand evepytwenty minutes,
He thought morning woulddever dawn
he was tniStaken4-it did a and as ine
a day as if it had been made on. pur-
pose 70 favor his excursion. BY six
O'Clock he was dressed !-4by eight all
the contributions from members had
arrived, and wereiranged in the pas
sage,t Tlere was their own pigeon
pie, carefully packed in brown paper
and straw; Sir Thomas's hamper Of
his own choice wine; and theiFest.
Everything promised fairly. The.
young ladies and Mr. Frederick had
had thirty rehearsals iof their grand
arias and conccrtos; jack Richards
would certainly come, and qsthe.2ony
drawback upon Mr.. Bagshaw's phg
,sonal enjoyment, wasfthe necessity he
was underaof wearing bis green .shalai
(which would totally deprive him Of
the pleasure Of contemplating the
beauty Of the Thames scepery-A
thing he had setlhis heartupon. Nine !!
teAA s1g sa YefsE ID A
aptfg Jane, my love, We shall infallibly
lose the tide ~ and for the next quar-
ter Of an honr the place of the repeat
er was no sinecure. Ee3as
Il "a knock ! Mr.. and Mrs Snodgrass
and Mr4sFrlderick.4 Another! The
whole family ofythe Groutses: Next
came Mr.. Charles Wrench 4i. III
III" Bless US! Mr. Charles" said
lBagshaW, where is yourfather2"
Nov Mr.. Wrench, senior, was an
agreeable iold dentist, always gay,
generally humorous, sometimes witty !;
He could sketch characters, as well as
drGl0 teeth, and on occasions Of this
kind, was Invaluable. The son was
aameie donkey, a silly, simperipg, well
dressed young gentleman, the owner
oflnomore than the eighth of an idea,
and of a very fine selaof teeth, which
he constantly exhibited as a sign or
advertisement of his shop Appended
to everything he uttered, were pre-
face and post scrip, inasthe. form fof a
sort Of billyegoat GRIM III
Il. He Lshe - hal Fayther regrets
emezingly he CANT come, being called
to attend theDuehess Of Dilborough.
He !! he bel 3i.Ga .. 3.
AS we have already said that the
son was invited in pure compliment to
the father, aud not atsall for the sake
of his own company, his, presence was
a grieyous aggravationi of the disap-
pointment. isaai 81. sass biq.
VI tcoNcLupEDlH4 OUR NE3T.) e
81 0i sas E.i 84 FIN I
4 Mister Century,9 said she to the
guard at,the gait. els this the Camp
Meeting Of the p nnsylyania 81 olhn-
teers?D "Yes, p.replied the sentry,
e this is one department the Artil-
lery Department is over the Hill ="
e Oh, I saidshe, z this is the light eiu-
fantile corpse, is it, 81 When is the
Artillery going to fly 81 sWhy,
,ma'um,p says the guard, 4she Artillery
is moved by horses and wheels, as You
see that gun, now !, coming. 1saSSaOh !
] thought it was one of the wings of
Al I crnau I chnnld th;nL .tho Clio rocn