The Democratic advocate., 1866-09-13

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of his entertaining dish
Get packed IN d chr ike q box d
| oranges and sInothcrsd in white mus.
lin until you ges to the grove, where
you will arrive 10 state Of pcrspira.
tion and bliss.
Don't be particular about your own
basket. Baskets usually ret mixed
Take the biggest one you can get.
The ladies always siII their baskets
When you get ia the grove, you are
expected 10 declare II the delightful
less spot YOU ever saw.
Select a pretty teacher, and explore
the shadiest recesaes, nndpour out your
soul,
When is al poured out, ask tho
| yos NJ lady If she Won't take swing.
She win.
Sawyer has sung Of ssSwingine in the
Lane, but ! don think he ever tried
swinging 10 ss;sese.
| did
/ was kept AZ Il Cos three hours and
a quarter, swinging ell tho girk that
came along.
II i splendid exercise, beats Barn.
hams gylnnasium, doublc trapezo and
an. / has'nt got over IL yet
An old lady then proposed that |
should climb an apple treo 70 oxirieate
her Johnny, who hsd got his trousers
involved ia branch about thirty feet
up. and was hung up likea sign og The
golden fleece.
Told tho old lady 20 wsittill he got
ripe, aud he'd drop Of his own accord.
Old lady said | was a brute, and
hadn' I rot The feelings ofa mother
she wcm for ihc man who kept the
Park aud sold laFar. lie brought . lad
der aad restored tile sspifiug yoush 10
the fond embrace ol hls maternal rcla.
tive
whefeupon she spanked him for
tearing bis trousers
Which served him right,
wc thcs iooA dinner.
Prely tsaelIer sPFead her pocket
handkerchief for ,ablelc cloth and IN.
uackcd the ratioas.
The rations had gos somewhat nixcd
The sardinc box bad busted aud
As,ruek iIc." The hack lchegEy pie bad
anialganstcd with The pickIcs. and tie
ehcrri1 bad resolved thcinsslYes into
Jam.
Ilut Il wss 70 ehsrauiug 70 cat yoar
dinner on the grass beneath The uinhra.
grous shade of the noble trees.
So the pretty icsshcF observed As |
was squesziog tbs lemoas IN the dinner
kettle ta mako the festive beyufngv,
which neisheT cheers nor iGsbfiatos, but
ireqnGasly tsonsathsachas
! was startled Is a piercing shFiek
lruin ihe pretty teacher and ] dropped
= hall lemon Tiassly squeezed aud iiev
ofl,c reseuc
4 .'horgid lug.p descending from
tho uinbraaoans soliapc previously men.
lioacd hgd sligl,sed % hgT alabasser
neck.
! dispatched the creature. and We
proceeded 20 dispatch cur reIesFt
Int iaseet bogon thiekcnsd
chronological specimens Of many
gaticties i0trndrd up0u ctr banqaei.
got involved ID tho Pre-, and mel very
wa,ery grave ia the lemon.
Pretty icmles iurnsd palc and lest
her apleflie.
grew desperate. As she Feok less
insccla wealdaf get eut of the Say, |
lcit them 10 tlirir fate.
/ cat several indezcribable specimens
with las sAndwiflos, aud drank fpi.
der Is ) elAss oflGnouade.
survived H.
Isdoa i know how i agreed With the
spider
After dineer wc resumed our festive
sporls
wc played Copenhagen,
Which i very hilarious sport
II consists of chasing girls under q
rope, tearing their clothes and Kissing
tham,
The girk appear tollike Il
The dominic who Ind been survey,
| iag ON sports with benign satisfaction
proposed to improve the occasion IN
oraiory.
just al hc was about 10 hold forth. i
ptcyidentisl thunder shower extinguisl,
ed him aud saved us tI,r iniliction.
We took refuge under a soYcp-by.
nine shed, wisely provided for such
contingencies, aud oycrGowed the re-
frcshment shanty until tho showeI
dried up.
Groges arc pot Immediately improy-
cd by showers, aud tbs grass being wet
and The leaves dropping, our festivities
we're dampened,
We began 10 experience the rcmorse
which follows dissipation.
Pretty teacher was in tears she had
ruiuod her dress By accidentally sitting
down ia a currant pie,
The lee cream had all melted, The
strawberries we're gone,
| We started ii d willcd procession ior
the cars.
Tie conductor being . liberal man
gave us larger lease Of pleasure than
We bargained for, aud kept Us waiting
an hour.
When I got home Mrs. 0'Ianus
wanted 10 know ifId been to a finer.
al. went to bed early and dreamed
| all night that was struggling desper-
ately with gigantic spider who had
carried of the pretty teacher aud hung
her up BIZ her waterfall on the topmost
limb ofa big tree
Some people ike pio-nics, others likS
/ strawherrv iesfivnls hut for my mart