The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-08-06
A Juicy Description.

The editor of the Gardiner journal, being
one of the silyer-laced officials of the S. of T.,
was in this city at the recent meeting of the
Grand Division, and from his account of the
picnic excursion to Pleasant Cove we extract
the following juicy morsels:
They have a way OF going on excursions in
Portland, that we cannotiully appreciate. We
were ordered to be ready TO start at eight
O'Clock. Punetually at the hour we were
there, and some four hundred others, and soon
slowed ON board the barge This is sort
OF floating flat-ron shaped mudscow, with a
chance to sit on deck, or under deck as one
chooses. For the power of moving from one
place TO another, it is wholly dependent upon
something besides itself. In this case We had
a steam tug and after waiting some hour and
half for "the water boat" we started, and,
having wind and tide in our favor, we made
three miles in the unprecedented time of one
hour and a quarter. If the owners Of the
Steamer Eastern Queen want a fast boat, we
recommend them TO buy the Steamtug Tiger.
As we went on board, some were expressing
their fears that the deck would break down.
Fortunately, however, it broke down the day
before, and for this occasion was well propped
up.
We arrived at Pleasant Cove sin good order
NOR. The barge was beached, and the live
stock came ashore and now our pleasures COM
menced. A more beautiful spot need not be
sought for. If one could not enjoy himself or
herself there he ought to be Immediately bur-
led. We grew Yong ten years, and didn't We
enjoy oursslf? II we didn't, it was nobo0y's
fault but our own.
Seeing rather fine looking young lady do
ing fatigue duty. sub tegnine .fagi, we sat
ourselves down" beside her, and soon were in
earnest conversation. A lady ofour acquaint-
ante. who had brought her baby with her,
wished us TO hold il a moment. We took the
baby, and our young lady and ourselves were
pointed out as fine tableau of "a Newly
Married Couple" We did not like the sit
uation particularly. and as the baby seemed to
like the looks of the trees, We laid her down
under one where she could admire the beech
nuts at her leisure. We forget all about the
Juvenile till long IN the afternoon; seeing the
mother reminded US OF our breach of trust.
She had thought of ii, however. and found it
all right We advise all our friends with fe-
male babies less than sixteen years old, to
leave them at home, on such occasions. As
we don't know how 70 dance, we refrained
from that very pc stnt exercise. As the
thermometer wss appromixating 100 degrees,
we hardly think we should have danced, If
we had known how. The elevated state of
the thermometer deferred us also from copen-
hagen, aud in fact from all active exercise.
A fish chowder, presided over by burly
son of Africa, winningly claimed our atien-
ton, and we soon buttoned our vest round
bowl-full OF it. We never saw its like before.
We were Dragging over 1t going home. when
a good old Methodist clergyman grayely in
formed us that he saw the darkey wiping the
bowls ON his old coat, and when particularly
dirty one turned up. he would spit in 1t to
moisten it. He said he asked his sable cook
ship ifhe chewed tobacco, but he didn't degn
to answer him. We did not taste any tob-
acco in our bowl, SO we presume ours escaped
that cleaning.