The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-08-14
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NC2's Recount ola Country Picnic
BY TON TwIGCS.

! 10 get away from hot weather, Gus
and other sumner accompaniment,
took run up into the couutry--speut
week among the fresh clover fields, nu,
five or six rosy, bouncing cousins, and al
together had rich time Of il.
While there | picked up story,
{ good cnc-iust one of the kind for thut'
who lik- iur--and I'm going TO try tt
tcllit.
a rain storm had ono day prevented u,
/ from indu lging in cur usual cut dooi
umuscmenls, aud VIC were all seated il
the par.or. cndcavoring 20 entertain one
another as best we could. The party
present was composed OF half a do2cr
plump, rosy-chrekcd girs-just such ones
as they raise In the country for life com.
lor,crs TO young formers--n myself, aud a
down-cast cousin, llCsikiuh Green.
/ Cousin ll,z,, as the girls called him,
was ono OF the best specimens ofa Green
Mountain EHukee that ever looked at
he was q haractCr--could tell good
siUry-was always ready TO do so-und
he told them In his peculiar dialect, they
were amusing.
The girls were exhausted talking about
this thing aul that. They wanted some.
thing to dispcl the gloomincss Of the day,
and llcz, was asked for storv.
"CJmc cousin Hcz, give us funny
story y,now--somelhing 10 makeus laugh ''
said little Fanny,9 rural beauty of "swcct
sixteen"
eyes, yes, Hcz, do tell us a story"
chimcd IN the rest of the girls.
Wall, | declare to gracious, Gals, I've
told SO many stories lately, TINT I'm
about given out--you must let me off,"
" Oh, no you don't" said Fanny, in.
tcrruptiug II, 2.
"Well, now, Fanny, | swow, don't
know but one more slory,and that don't
rally think the gals would like to hear,
particularly you Far,' good na,urcdiy
replied llcz.
"Oh, never vou fear Of offending tic
girls, aud You know, ucz, wouldn't get
angry at anything you d,"rcplicd teas
ing Fanny.
avail, now, Fan, il ycou won't get
huiIy and the rest of the gals will pay at.
tcn'on, I'll tell the only story know.
It's real genuine one, however---it actu.
ally happened"
We all promise, and what's morc,you
toll story, and III reward you with
kiss" said Fanny, BY way of induce
mcut.
"Will ycou, tho Fan I We'll, BY,
golly, I'll du it--I rW.
You must know, gals" began IIez,
" bout the time that ere distinguished fc-
male, Misses DlUoLCr, made up her mind
that pelticoats, corsets, irocks, and them
ere liXins' was hurtlul to the female con-
stiiutiun, tn, gals to hum--the place
where | was raised-concludcd they were
tcu, and sich 0 tHrnal 'cit-mcnt us was
kicked up 'mong the pettcouts was a eau
shun to timidity Of all qualities. Lots
on EN- riggcd 'emsclvcs ont in the Blooms
or custom, as they called il, all complete
-puntaloons an al!--and sich another
sight | never did see when they parad- /
cd the streets. There wns little fatty
Brown, right good little body, she got
tie BloOmer maeny, ten, and sich sight
20 she was Golly hogshcad cut in
two und dressed up in peItcoats could
hold no comparison to her. And then
there was Peggy Brooks, the shocma-
ker's wie-she had twins every year.
she had Tho nancy teu, long with the
rest, and gracious sakes /! she looked
even worse than fatty Brown. But Peg.
~ was rather sensible woman though,
and finally concluded that BloUmers
wasn't becoming tcu E. male, as was a
good many gals though, as hadn't check
Enough TO come out in pantaloOns, just to
see how the thing would feel on a fcller,
as some one used to soy. Fon hero
Husu, lltz, interrupted Fanny blush. :
ng little, and seeming angry. But Ilez
appealed to the company, aud was allow
I'd to proceed.
avail, now, shant say anything
bout Fanny atpresent, but III try TO fin
sh the story us soon us | can"
"Thc gals and fe Hers were gettin' up
grand flare up--a nick-picker, picker
licker, or"
A" Pick-nck," suggested one Of the
girls.
Wall, picnic. Thcy was a gettln'
up one OF these and great
lme wos expected. One of the gals
what was going had one Of these ere
3loomcrs dresses--a real nice onc-but
he never wore it in the strect--too mod
'st for that. Wall, she was going to
urPrsc the par.y-tGke her dress with
Ter, steal off in among the bushes, put it
m, and then come back and exhibit her
ELI. This is the way she meant to sur
rise 'em--and wait bime by, and you'll
zee if she didn't do it handsomely, teu.
"The great day arrived, The gals
ooked rs smiling as nlnnts,nnd as sweet
IS rawberrics,aud the fellers all looked
ce2dinl ly scrumpshus. The gal wat in.
ended TO surprise the party, nude Il nice
title bundle other BIoomer, ard slowed
away in her bag. Bime-by the party {
made start for the eatin' purt of the ar. I
angement was to take place, which was
quiet little spot in the woods where no. 1
'ody could see their carryings on.
+" Well, they got them at last, and the |
,als commenced TO spread the Dishes on
he grass, and the ielers went TO huggin
he gals--and the whole thing presented
n animated picture, us the bible says
Vail, while all these thlngs was going on /
he gal with the Bloomer dress slips of /
mong some trees and commences fixing
erseI up. She darsent be gone long
or fear thcy will suspect something. 50
he went to work in earnest, and in few
minutes she came bounding among the /
arly like young deer with dogs after
4" You see she done all this to surprise
he party, and il you'd seen the capering :
! the gals and fellers, you'd believed I
he'd succeeded most beautifully. &
AS soon us she made her appearance 4
mong the party, the gals scroeched like s
wis, and hid their faces with their ap- I
Dns. The lellers, they hollered like all. t
red-and some rolled on tho ground Z
mong the dishes and fxns, just as il :
hey had been eatin' green apples, and /