The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-09-22
sMisfellaneoms.
Pic-Nics.


Cory u 'Lanus Of the Brooklyn Eagle, has n
sensible article on pic-nics. Some Of his iluslra-
tions will answer for any meridian, and We take
u slice OF his entertaining dish
Get packed IN car like box Of oranges aud
smolher,d In white muslin until you get 10 the
grove, where you will arrive in state Of perspi-
ration and bliss
Don't be particular about your own basket
Baskets usually get mixed.
Take the biggest one you can get. The ladies
always I'LL their baskets.
When you ge, In the grove, you are expected
10 declare u Is the delighifullCsi spot you ever
saw.
Select pretty teacher, explore the shAdiesi re-
ccsses, and pour out your soul.
When it's all poured out asked the young la
dy u she won't take q swing.
She will.
Sawyer has sung of " Swinging in the Lane :"
but don think heeycr tried swinging in grove.
ibid.
l."as kep, at it for three hours and a quarter,
swinging all the girls ,ha, came along
II s splendid exercise, beats Blrnhain's gym-
nasium, double ,fapezc and all. hav'ni go,
over il yet.
An old lady then proposed that should climb
an apple tree 10 cXiricaic her Johnny, who had
got his trousers involved ia branch about thir-
iy feet up, and was hung Up like n sign Of the
golden fleece.
Told the old lady to wait ill he got ripe, and
he drop Of his own accord.
Old lady said was a brute, aud hadn't got
the feelings OF mother.
She went for the man who kept the Park and
sold lager. lie brought ladder aud restored
the aspiring youth TO the fond embrace Of his
maternal relative.
whercupon she spanked him for tearing his
I trousers.
Which served him right.
We then took dinner.
Pretty icachc. spread her pocket handkerchief
ior a table cloth aud unpacAcd the Taiions.
The rliious had got somewhat mixed.
The strdine box had busted and struck lie"
The huckebcrFy pie had amalgainaed with the
pickles, aud the cherries had resolved themselves
into jam.
Bat Il was so charming 10 e., your dinner on
the grass beneath the outrageous shade of the
noble trees.
so the pretty teacher observed as was squeez.
ing the lemons in the dinner kettle 10 make the
festive beverage, which neither cheers nor inebr-
aits, bn, frequently siomaeh-aches.
was startled by piercing shrek from the
pretty teacher and dropped half lemon partly
squeezed aud flew 10 the rescue.
hoFrid bug, descending from the umbra-
gcous foliage previously mentioned, had alighted
on her nlnbasier neck.
dispatched the creature and We proceeded TO
dispatch our rrpasi.
but insect horrors tiickcncd.
chronological specimens Of many varieties in
truded upon our banquet, got involved in the pic
aud net u very waiery grave in the lemon.
Petty teacher turned pale aud lost her appc-
iiic.
grew desperate. IS the reckless insects
wouldn't get out Of the way, left them 10 their
fate.
| ca, several indescribable specimens with my
sandwiches, and drank a spider in glass OF lem
onadc
survived H.
don't know how il agreed with the spider.
Afcr dinner We resumed our festive sports.
We played Copenhagen.
Which Is very hilarious sport.
II consists Of chasing girls under rope, tear
ing their clothes and kissing them.
The girls appear 10 like II.
The dominic, who had been surveying our
spcit with benign satisfaction, proposed 10 i'm
prove the occasion in orntory.
just as he was abou, TO hold forth, provi-
DENTAL thunder shower extinguished him and
saved Us the iniliction.
We took refuge under a seven.by-nine shed,
wisely provided for such contingencies, and over
flowed the refrcshment shaniy until the shower
dried up.
Groves are not Immediately improved by show
crs. and the grass being wet and the leaves drop
ping. our festivities were dampened.
We began TO experience the rcmorsc which fol-
\ lows dissipation.
Pretty teacher was in tears she had ruined
her dress by accidentally sitting down In n cur
ian pie.
The ice cream had all melted, the Strawberries
were gone.
We started in a wil,ed procession for the cars.
The conductor being liberal man gave Us a
larger lease OF pleasure than We hargained for,
aud kept us waiting an hour
When got home Mrs. 0'Lanus wanted 10 know
/ iffd been 10 funeral ! went 10 bed early aud
dreamed all night that was struggling desper-
ately with gigantic spider who had carried OF
the pretty teacher and hung her up by her wa
ierfall on the iopmost limb Of big tree.
| Some people like pic-nics others like slrawber-
~ festivals, but for my part, give me liberty or
/ give me death.
Yours, prespiringly,
CoRRY O'LASus.