The mountain Democrat., 1865-11-04
PAsalss anAuoyt t. EA,sy Thsn.

PAeHAisH oAA Hert e ,ETAjsxo FhsH- p,
+ CORY O'LAaas, q tAs BsOOklyu Esgle,
has . sensible- -articls On 'piepse@. SDme
pf, bic illustrations win aHsgaE for any
mefidsan. We take tie following extract
fsbdIoft: 'iisjsis ~Gisr afF -ss@41'i' !
I4i1 Get pAhkSAl b. 6eas IbGsob6snTf1 Or-
spgsA asd emeshsgsd In RhisA mpsliA On.
Ill you get ,to, the grove, Ehers you win
Arrive 10 state 81 psEspirstion and bIisR.
Don't BE particular fsbO6f t61f 6Win
bAshet Baskets uSssliy get uSaxSd. ~
= Take the BIGGEST ene you csn geerT The
ladies alwaya al their baskets. ...
When you get 10 the grove, you are
expected to declare It is the deIighfulest
spot you ever cav. t..' '.t
Select . pretty teacber. and explore the
shadiest reGessss, sQd pour out your soul.
| When It is all poured out, ask the
young lady II she wont take swing.
She wiIi. i''l Il. .''.'
Sawyer has sung Of .Swinging in the
Lane" but ! don't think he ever tried
'winNiUs Ss iOa .EO'N, ..4-
I was kept At II three hours and a
quarter = swinging all the girls that came
along. ;esnti ia .. .l...
1t is splendid exercise, beats Burn.
hams gymnasium, double traPeze and all.
haven't got over It yet. H'
An old lady then proposed thst should
climb an apple tree to extricate her John
ny, who bad got his trousers involved in
branch, about thirty feet up. and was
hung up like sign Of the golden fleece.
Told the cid lady to wait ill he got
ripe and had dpop of his own accord.
Old lady said ] was brute, and hadn't
got tEe feelings Of mother. ...-.. ..
She went for the man who kept the
park and sold lager, lie brought lad
der and restored the aspiring youth tC
the fond embrace 6f his maternal relative
ID WhefeupOn she spanked him for tear
ing his tFOnserA .J4! j.. m,,J (, . -n b
Which served him tight sy.a-.., %
We then took dinner.
Pretty teacher spread her pocket hand
kerchief for . table-cl0th and unpaCkeC
the VatiOna. uvH .... .' .
The Tstiops had got somewhat mixed.
The sardine box had busted and strucl
lie. The huckIeberry pie had amalga
mated with The pickles, and the cherrie
had resolved themselves into jam.
But ita.Was % charming to eat you
dinner on the grass beneath the shade O
the noble trees.
So the pretty teacher observed as I wa
squeezing the lemons in dinner KEITH
to make the festive beverage, that neithe
cheers nor inebriates, but frequeRtl
StOmach.acheR "
was startled BY piercing shrek froI
the pretty teacher, and l dropped hall
lemon, partly sqoeezed, and few to th
rescue. ...-. ..J .. '-.
A 'horrid bug descended from th
outrageous foliage previously mentioned
had alighted on her alabaster neck.
l despatched the creature and we pro
ceeded to despatch the rePast
But insect h0rr0Fs ahickened. .l.
chronological specimens Of many va
rieties intrGded upon our banquet, gol
involved in the pie, and met very VA
terry grave in the lemonade. o..
Pretty teacher turned pale and lost her
Appetite
grew desperate. As the reckless in.
sectS wouldn't get out OF the way left
them to their fate.
ate several indescribable specimens
with my sandwiches. and drank a~spidel
10 glass Of lemonade. .t
l survived it. .-., -
don't know how 1t agreed with the
spider. ~. H... -
After dinner We resumed our festive
sports.
We played Copenhagen. '
Wtich is very hilaRous sport.
Il consists Of, chasing girls under Q
rope. tearing their clothes and kissing
them.
The girls sppear to like Il.
The dominic, who had been surveying
our sports with benign satisfaction, pro
posed to improve the occasion by OFatSgy.
Just as he was about to hold forth, o
providential thunder shower extinguished
him and saved as the iMfliction.
We took refuge under q seventy mine
shed wisely provided for such ContingeU,
cies, and overfowed the refreshment shan.
ty until the shower dried up.
Groves ate not Immediately improved
by showers, and the grass being vet and
the leaves dropping, our festivities we're
dnmpened. ...,.
We began to experience the remorse
which follows dissipation.
Pretty teacher was in tears she had
ruined her dress by accidentally sitting
down in currant pie.
The ice.cTeam had all melted, the straw.
berries were all gone. ...
We started in q wilted procession for
the cars. t..'
The conductor being liberal man gave
US larger lease Of pleasure than We bar.
gained for, and kept us waiting an hour.
When got home Mrs. OLanus want
ed to know if I'd been to . funeral. ]
went to bed early and dreamed Sll night
that ! was struggling desperately 9TH a
gigantic spider, who had carr the
pretty teaCtses and hung her her
waterfall ai the tOpmOst limU 2 big
tree. % i''l
Some pSsle like pic.nica, others like
strawbeFF festivals-but for my part
give me liberty or give me death.
Yours, perspiringly,
CoRRV O'LANUs.
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