Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-07-07

Many of our citizens passed the day out
of town-some at Waterloo, some at
Waverly, and some elsewhere. Still
the town was considerably livelier than
usual, and there seemed to be about as
much fun going on as if an Grafton was
being delivered in the Park, and two or
three hundred dollars worth of fire.
works were to be let off in the evening.
A celebration, however, would not have
been out of place.
Important Nail Ne,cs.--The mail We
had on Wednesday was owing to the
personal eXertions of Mr.. Bemis. The
railroad company are entitled TO nc
thanks for it. BY order of Superintend-
ent Warnock two teams left DUBUQUE
for the west with mail last Wednesday
also two teams for the east from this
place on Thursday. 1t is expected that
another mail will arrive this evening OF
tomorrow evening. There will be no
certainty about the arrival or departure
of mails for the east until the railroad
is again in running order. --.-- T.
4 Fourth Of Jaly Picnic.-A very
pleasant party of Cedar Falls people,
comprising about twenty ladies and
gentlemen, passed delightful Fourth
in a Picnic OH the Black Hawk. The
party left the Falls between eight and
nine in the morning, in carriages, sim
gle and double, and logged along slow
ly over nine miles of very good road,
for the most part, to beautiful piece
of woods about mile from Hudson
1t was warm, lazy, summer day, and
everything was as still as New Eng
land Sabbath. Everybody thereabouts
had apparently gone to the. Fourth OF
July, and the party were in complete
possession of the neighborhood. An old
saw mill, whose saw stood idly in its
place, and underneath which the clear
water rippled and bubbled musically,
afforded decidedly satisfactory resting
place. Here headquarters were made,
and here all the varied paraphanalia of
picnic was unpacked. The commits
sary wagon came loaded with we'll
filled baskets, with such an extensive
catalogue of contents that we fear even
an attempt at an enumeration would
weary the patience of the reader
Down on saw logs, extemporized seats
and camp stools, sat the fair ones, to
rest and chat and receive the welcome
caresses of gentle zephyrs, etc. Ice-cold
lemonade and ice-cold water washed
down luncheon, and some of the boys
went off to hunt squirrels for dinner,
while others went on with the arrange
ments. Various amusements occupied
the attention of the party during the
absence of the hunters, but let these
pass and the reader be presented, quite
abruptly and unceremoniously indeed,
at the dinner table. Around some
rough but festive planks sat very gay
and festive crowd. There were dishes
of smoking game and steaming eggs,
and cup of tea that would have de-
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ever grabbed. Campbell and Ben were
the cooks, and they acquitted them
selves like old campaigners, and won
the plaudits Of the company. Then
there We're pies, cakes, biscui s, cold
tongue, dried beef, green currants, and
great variety of good things which
had been prepared at home. O, it was
delightful, and even the ladies ate as if
they lived by eating. The bride and
the bridegroom had said come. Leav-
ing the dinner quite as abruptly as it
was introduced, allowing the reader,
however, to pause and imagine all he
pleases of that happy company gath
cred around Widespread board in that
old saw mill in the timber on the Black
Hawk, the reporter begs to help lady
into this carriage which is to lead in
the homeward journey.