The enquirer southerner., 1874-06-12
Fofthe Enquirer S.,atherner.
Picnic Good Templars = Lemonade,
Chicken and Ice water.

it 81 pleasant and enjoyable as the day o
recreation, spent with our brethern of Ia
River Lodge, Rocky Mount, where we haC
been kindly invited to join them in a Pic
mic.
1t was source OF regret that the whole
Lodge were not able to 90, but somt
twenty-five, with few friends, went =
The ride to Rocky Mount seemed to be
enjoyed by all, and we had scarcely started
ere we were there In few minutes after
the arrival of the train, a procession could
be seen coming toward the Depot, COM
posed, as we learn, of the lodges Of Rocky
Mount and JOyners Depot, clad in Regalia
and with banners flyiLg, bearing the three
/ great principles of our order, Faith, Hope
and Charity. 1t was a sight not soon to
| be forgotten. There were the old and the
! young, male and female, all enlisted and
ready to do battle against the difcst foe of
! our race. We feel intemperance to be a
social evil and it must be corrected So
! clally. The sexes must be placed on an
equal footing. Pardon this depression Mr..
Editor, for tie sight above recorded
awakened strong and serious reflection.
On the North of the Depot the procession
halted and divided and Advance Lodge was
! escorted through to the front, where we
| took position, and all moved forward to
the pl2ce prepared for the days exercises,
/ a beautiful grove, where everything had
| been nicely arranged, stand for the
speakers, seats for the audience and tables.
Teaching the grove we were halted, and in
! few remarks from brother Holden, w.
{, T., Tar River Lodge, were kindly vel
coined to the festivities of the day, which
| regret to say were not responded to, (at
least in words, although l am sure we
fully appreciated the kindness done us
This, by the way, was the only awkward
part Of the day 5 proceedings and that en-
tirelg on the part of our own lodge. You
know, OUR ". &. T. is as clever a fellow
as this country affords, but he had exhaust
ed his vocabulary some time previous,
(having had to do some counting at long
distance) and was wholly unable to find
words to express himself on this occasional
50 we'll have to forgive him " this time.
But all the embarrassment of the situa-
ton soon passed away under the delights
CT the iced lemonade, straight" served
by Bro. Tillery, who, judging from the
quality of the article then produced, knew
just what he was about. Long may he
live to work in the Temperance cause, and
at Picnics dispose such drinks as refresh
and do not intoxicate
After lemonade, all were requested to
occupy the seats to listen to the addresses
of the day. The opening remarks were
made by Bro. Holden followed by our w.
Chaplain, Rev. {. c. Dodson, who enter
tanned his audience near three forths of an
hour. They both spoke to the point, and
the speeches reflect credit alike upon both.
| trust some impression was made for
/. good. Then came the dinner, Pig, (barhe
cued) Chicken, (some, ditto) Lamb, Ham,
&c, &c, a splendid repast, enough for all
and of the fragments, should judge, q
basket full Really Mr.. Editor, the din
ner, as well as everything else, reflects great
credit upon all concerned, and if you could
have seen the style with which it disap-
peared you would have needed no addi-
tiOnal evidence as to its quality.
(Win you allow me here to correct the
statement of the Rocky Mount Nail of last
week? When the Editor, in speaking of
the picuic, attempting to say something
funny, takes liberties with the name of a
stranger he should not do. He labors
under wrong impression if he thinks
that barbecued chicken went down one
throat. 1t had to stand the cuts of sever
| al, who were ignorant of its being special
! property, and were not aware of the fact
ur1tu the IL. ''drum stick had been
siezed and there was found attached to it
Il slip of paper, stating that it was "eX-
/ prcssly prepared, &c. Bro. Dodson was
in the meantime engaged with something
else.) Dinner over the crowd scatter
around generally, for the most part by
+ twOs, both not of the same gender, how
ever. and .toijudge from appearances, more
than one heart was exchanged. 1t strikes
me there was considerable done in that
| line Of business.
| saw one young man CTarboro fellow
too who has held out for some time but
! he gave up the Ghost" (of his heart)
| that day, but fear it will be without avail
| for he can't expect to contend successfully
with Dretheren who are the recipients of
chickens, with papers pinned to their per
| ambulators. lie saws, however, he's going
| back
| After an intermission of perhaps an hour
We were again invited to lemonade, after
which we had a downright stirring speech
| from Bro Holden, then adjourned (the
/ u
/ interesting meeting was held 1t was a
delightful time to some of us at least
am quite certain, Mr. Editor, that the
Lodge OF Good Templars at Rocky Mount
are doing good work. | think Mr.. Hol-
den as ". c. T. is the right man in the
right place, and was also struck with the
| open manly face of Bro Parker, w. c. T.
Woodville Lodge, and from the reports of
these brethren, they are both working with
a will. Soon after the adjournment of the
Lodge, the whistle of the train (sent up for
us specially is heard, and at 5 p. m. are
en- route home, all feeling that they had a
nice time and that Wednesday, 3rd June,
| 1874, will be remembered as one of the
bright places in their lives. There were
suppose near $50 persons present at the
dinner, and but for the threatening appear
ance Of the clouds there would doubtless
have been twice that number. There Were
some pretty ladies there who came as
though they desired to make an impression
and | guess they did, and can assure then
those Good Templar boys are worth catch
ing, and to make Hassurance doubly sure
they had better join the Order if not alreatl.,
members. Before closing allow me to re-
turn the heartfelt thanks of this Lodge t.
Capt. Watson and agent Thomas for theil
kindness and efforts in our behalf. / hop
at no distant day we shall be able to return
the compliment to our brethren and sister
Of Tar River Lodge. Long may they live
grow and flourish, and be a power agains
the Demon Intemperance p. W.
: For the best stock of City made Ladies'
Misses and Children's Shoes, you will flint
at Mrs. Feldenheimers
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