Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-08-18

Pr Mics AND HOW TO ENJOY THEN.
CORY ~ Lanus. OF the Brooklyn Eagle has a
ses-aaable article on pie MES some of his
Illustrations will answer Tor any meridian,
ard we take a slice oi hi. entertaining dish ::
Get packed m ear like box of oranges
and smothered in white muslin until you
get 10 the grove, where You will arrive in a
state OF perspiration and bliss.
Don't be particular about YOUR own has
ket Baskets usually get mixed.
Take the biggest one yOu can get. The
ladies always til their baskets.
When YOU get in the grove, you are *
pected 10 declare 1t T. the dclIghtEaiest
spot You ever saw.
Select pretty teacher, ami or7iore the
-hadiest recesses, ami pour out your
soul
When it is all p,urei out ask the
young lady if she won't take "A swing.
She will.
Sawyer has sung * Swinging in the
Lane" but don't shink he ever tried
swinging in grove.
did.
was kept at it for the three hears and a
quarter, swinging all the giTls thnt came
along.
1t is splendid exercise. bats Burnham's
gymnasium, double trsTze and all. |
havn's got over it yet.
An old lady then propose that | sbould
climb an apple tree to ext ic,te her Johnny.
Who had got his trcus ers involved m A
brancl about thirty tee Z nm. and was hung
up like a sign Of the Golden fleece.
Told the old lady to wait TIL he got ripe
and he'd drop Of Is own accord.
ola ladr satd g.
got the feeling OF a mother.
She went Or the man vino kept the Park
a"d sold lar er. He brought a ladder and
restored lie aspiring youth TO the fond EN-
brace ni MS maternal relative.
"h' reupOn she spanked him for tearing
his y ousers.
Which served him right.
We then took dinner.
Pretty teacher spread her pocket hand
Serciel tor a table cloth and unpacked the
rAtIons.
The ratIons had got somewhat mixed
The sardine box had bu ted and ''siruck
lie The huckleoerry pie had amalgamatcd
with the pickle, and the cherric. had
resolved themselves into Jam.
But 1t was 50 charming to eat your dinner
on the grass beneath the outrageous shade
OF the noble trees.
81 the pretty teacher observed as | was
squeezing the lemons in a dinner kettle to
make the festive beverage, which neither
cheers nor inebriates, but frequently stomach
aches.
WAS startled by a piercing shrek from
the pretty teacher, and dropped halt,
lemon partly squeezed, and flew 10 the
rescue
'horrid bug descended from the UNI
brageous foliage previously mentioned, had
alIghted on her alabaster neck.
despatched the creature and we procce-
ded to despatch our repast
But insect horrors thickened
chronological specimens of many varieties |
intruded upon cur banquet got involved in
the pie, and met waterY grave in the I
lemon.
Pretty teacher turned pale and lost her |
appetite.
| grew desperate. As the reckless insects
wouldn't get out of the way left them to
their fate.
ate several indescribable specimens with
my sandwiches and drank spider In a
glass of Lemonade.
survived it,
Noh INV IL dEIctu Will t0e
spider
After dinner We resumed our feet We
sports. -.r
We played Copenhagen.
Which is very hilarious sport.
1t contests OF chasing girls under rope
earring their clothes and kissing them.
The girls appear olkeit.
The dominic. who had been surveying our
ports with benign satisfaction. proposed to
improve the OCCASION in oratory. l. ,e.tr
just as. he wac about to hold iorth, a..
thunder shower exiiDguished
lin and saved us the infection.
We, took refuge under seyen-by-nine I
he'd wisely provided for such conting-
,encies and overaowcd the r.ireshment
hanty until the shower dried up. q
Groves are NOT Immediately improved by
howers, and the grass being wet and the
'aves droppin our festivities were damI-
ned
We began 10 experience the ieu.,.se :
Ihieh follows dissipation. +ii,i ~ '7-T q
RnettI teacher Yaa in tears she had pm Fl