The Portland daily press., 1870-08-05
Y, G. A. and r. @.


PLEASANT COVE, Aug. 3, 1870.
| The band has lett for the 'front.' and we have
had few hours of quiet repose, which is en-
| tirely due-strauge as it may seem-to an
"aching TOOTH" the noisy member having suf-
fered somewhat from this cause, and we were
not disturbed until called to witness the rarest
exhibition the Club had received for a year-a
sunrise from the sea! Under the inspiration
| of this exhibition the man with the long beard
who had special talent for catching things at
eqgs-actly tie right time, announced that all
the zones were not to be prepared by strapg-
| ers; he had prepared one specially for this
| hour, and as the sun in all its briliancy came
rising up he said:
"All hail thou glorious SUM-
Bright as new I'm PAN"
Thou roundest. rest, sures source,
Or bread and cheese to man.
The new member Immediately responded
with the remark that, while that all might be
true which had been said of the sun, and
bread and cheese" might satisfy sick folks,
yet the Club, certainly did not depend entirely
on those articles for their subsistence. He
thought they ''ode" something to the sea- and
as he had prepared "piece" he proceeded to
speak it!' l have only time 20 give you the
first verse:
"Ye monsters of the bnbbliug Deep
Your Makers praises spout;
Up from the sands We codliDgs leap,
And W igs Your tails about
Breakfast being ready the members again
assembled at the call of the commssary; he
had some difficulty with one OF his unruly
family, who persisted in ''strayipg round the
yard" to the evident discomfort of the head
official, who, he informed us, that the biscuits
were getting cold and the eggs growing hard.
After the finishing of the morning meal the
day was devoted to sports peculiar to this in-
stitu'ion, in which man plays his part and
plays it well. 1t there is any special thing in
which they excel as a Club it is in eatug-the
cook informing me that through long expert
ence in hotels aud restaurants, at the sea sho,e
and at the mountains, he never yet found so
little use for soap in washing dishes as here;
they literally "eat up everything clean" at
every meal. The tableaux during the after
noon were very fine; clustered Out" en-
dulgent Parent" Light of other Days" and
the "Home Scene" were specially commenda-
bic.
The artist of the Club soon found an oppor-
tupity to ply his vocation; on the trunk of a
noble beech he chiseled out the initials of the
Club and the year of its visit to this place; as
a work of art it was declared to be in its con-
ception noble, in its execution grand.
But night approaches, and preparations are
being made to strike tent and embark for home.
The usual record, in sealed bottle, is cast into
the sea, and at o'clock the steam transport
arrived on which the Club with their equpage
left the ground, made of peculiar interest to
them, because of the pleasure taken in the
two days and nights spent thereon, all agree
ing that the pleasure their experienced exceed
ed that of any other Anniversary occasion.
Our way up was lightened up by the flight
of is and the discharge of bombs and we
arrived in the city at 10 o'clock in the evening.
The Club desire me to tender, in their behalf
their thanks to the sForest City Camping
Club" for favors received and personal service
rendered; and also to commend to all island
excursionists the steamer Lily and her gentle
manly and accommodating commander, Capt.
Oliver. REPORTER.