Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-25
ruu opAun pTo-NIC.

in the afternoon and prevaile on the ladies to rerit
themselves, and wait for the wagon" which was e
axe them out. They soon found themselves victim
zed and their baskets Of provisions, dc, carried Of
Dy Tho gallant chevaliers for whose benefit, in re
urn, they gave the following described pic-nc.-
Hereafter il cannot be said that ladies not able tc
secp secret. Here wcre perhaps, twenty ladies
zach the repository of profound secret for several
weeks, with probably twenty more helping them tc
seep it! Yet not one of the gentlemen interested
discovered the plot that crcumvcnted them.
In the year Of grace, eighteen sixty-six,
Some great events occurred, Ct
Some of them you all may know,
But Of some, you never heard.
Let me, therefore, relate
The story / have to tell; ta
Of how, and what befel
Some unlucky wights, Of late.
AT that most wonderful Of Pic-Nics,
Time-August eighteenth, 'sixty,six,
Plaoe-out behind the Mill
When under the bowers of shady grove,
Lovers for awhile forgot their love-.
Where bachelors grave and Lotharios gay,
Fretted and fumed a "bref hour away
While ladies shouted and the joyous sound
Re-echoed through the woods around.
Meanwhile tho discomftted bcaux
Stood wondering, like chop-fallen foes i..
In mute astonishment raised up their eyes,
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Now fully convinced that all were sold,
And that which gitters is not always gold.
Smart MS they might be, and up to tricks,
In cajoling girls with sham Pic-Nic',
Aiy Ln,., 81 a, ,bs's;.,s 80 ssmartar
anu no"'''' ''n"''' '"' s"i' WV
When the joyful Saturday came round,
Our gallant cavaliers were found
n h;ob ~ nn,;uiw 0 ~ townrs had ,.s, s,;.
M ,s.., - ao..,, "a 81 =, ,..,
m M - 49,. 10y q. 80 80; ~ - al .,
preyy,"od ~ u sa;u.. Son3s ysnd I etsn,s 'OP''"
t. sin;te 81 :hnwayys cio,,as and sinr,rs
" N''' ~ N' ~' ~
rha The'Gpa.ng Gpam 50 srea; ,. 10 ,ti. iea;. h.,,
Tbev rnshaS IN haste 70 Tonsor;s, In,
~ syy,,oo,h A. si,ItSod eaoa o,J !, tr;r
Tho rnJe n,nns,sobe ;n noSarn stvje
And coax struggling whiskers with brush and ,ie
1;... T., ~. H.. - Ga. A.. ,,.,
rnna =. .nT i.i;as, ,,;a "mu n;ai. hona NON
ryba E,an. War"banss r"n,n, ~, Tho ,rorrd
Eni, ,,.a ,i'., oii -, :. ipafa "a % snnnd
All sui9 n,,La 'n"s az, /" 90 60 go, =. snaro
Laid by the hands of the willy fair.
Soon, he who had so many hungry led
Felt an aching void in his own (bread-
Basket and called for the provender
Slowed in the baskets of the fair:
But, alas we find , that many nan ,;a. sup
That things are not always us they seem,
That {, nnre ice-creom; y, is not always cream
When madc of bnttermiIk-stnle and sour
Fluvored with tausev and tbiekened with RoUr,
Tho no,,,u o.. ,oo,,od ,,,o,, d.,,,ro
Raoon 70 ,h;nL no, wos oIn,os, snro
Th5t ro;nnto dnsns yroro not lost
When thirst and hunger sorelv nressed
Jca'nrean, IN oiJann,S;c Soso:'
He thongbt nm alIawable nroce,s
Ill., pxo... ,t,,, o.u.o.,.a -, ,u;,,,
rns -, ~ o 90 aaata daS,s ~. sai ~ "''n
ama 90 ,co,,o,oIias tho, a,ooa y, ns 81, 200,
H. nu aoa,,o oa ",ft .'IlJe U,aL ,La hs.
And taking care of number one,
Left others feast on mirth and fun.
IT., r.,o
WY, VIZ ,i uii'oi uoIisn,i S "as !uI.e content
R,t suoT 'ro 'de dso.aoa ;.
Du. " moii uie l',eLM""' raooi''
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!he Eea'her Deaier' also raised MS voice,
ana ana aiu hos wisn 10 mae DIS ehoice;
Mas iona OF pickles pump ana nne;