Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-12-31
The Model Bloc c.:
HE'S ACCOUNT OF A COUNTRY
PICNIC.

To get away from hot weather, dust
and other summer accompaniments, /
took a run up into the country-spept a
week among the fresh clover fields, and
five or six rosy, bouncing cousins, and
altogether had rich time of it.
While there picked up story-a
good one-just one Of the kind for thoso
who like fun-and I'm going to try to
tell it.
A rain storm had one day prevented
US from indulging in our usual out door
amusements, and were al seated in the
parlor. endeavoring to entertain one an
other as best we could.
4 he party present was composed of
half dozen plump, rosy checked girls,
just such ones as they raise in the country
for life comforters to young farmers. :
myself. and down-cast cousin, Hesi-
kiah Gilbert.
Cousin Hez, as the girls called him,
was one of the best specimens of a
Green Mountain Yankee that ever |
looked at-he was character-could
tell a good story-was always ready to
do so-and he told them in his peculiar
dialect, they were amusing.
The girls were exhausted talking
about this thing and that. They want
ed something to dispel the gloominesa
of the day, and Hez, was asked for q
story.
Come cousin Hcz, give US funny
story, now-somcthing to make laugh,
said little Fanny, rural beauty Of
sweet sixteen
Yes, yes, Hez, do tell us story,
chimcd in the rest of the girls.
Wall, | declare to gracious, girls I've
told so many stories lately, that I'm
about give out-you must let me off
Oh, no you don't said Fanny, inter
rupting Hez.
Well now, Fanny, swow, I know
but one more story. and that | { ont rally
think the gals would like to hear, par
ticularly you, Fan, good naturodly re-
piled Hez.
Oh, never you fear of offending the
girls, and you know, lIez, wouldn't
get angry at anything you said, replied
teasing Frnny.
Wall now, Fan ii yeou, wont get huf,
fly, and the rest of the gals will pay at
tention, III tell the only story | know,
it's real genuine one, however-it act
ually happened.
We all promise, and what's more, you
tell story, and III reward you with @
kiss. said Fanny, by way of inducement
Will yeou. tho Fan? Well, by goll
ii du tt WtU.
You must know, gals, began Hez, a
bout the time that the distinguished fe.
male, Misses Bloomer, made up hel
mind that petticoats, cOrscts. frocks, and
thom ere fxins' was hurtful to the fc
male constitution, the gals to hum-tht
/. the place where was raised - concluded
they were teu, and sich tarnal 'cite
ment as was kicked up 'mong the petit
coats was cauahun TO timidity of al
qualities. Lots on 'em rigged themselve
out in the Bloomer custom, as they cal
led it, all complete-pantalooas and all
and sich another sight l never did see
when they paradcd the streets. Their
was little fatty Brown, Alright little bod.
she got the Bloomery nancy, teu, an'
such a sight as she was. Golly;
hogshead cut in two and dressed in il
petticoats could held no comparison t.
her. And then there was Peggy Brooks
the shoemaker's wife-she had twin
every ycar-she had the nancy teu, a
with the rest; and gracious sakes sh
looked even worse than fatty Brown
But Peggy was rather sensible woma
though and finally concluded that Bloom
t ers wasn't becoming teu female as wa
good many girls though, as hadn
check enough to come out in pantaloon
Just to see how the things would feel o
"a feller, as some one used to say. Fl