The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-05-29
A Gala Dau.

MIR. EDIToR-If We're asked to give a def
milton of a good picnic would relate as near
as possible the incidents, actings and doings OF
the party that visited Concord last Saturday,
The testimony of those present will bear me out
in the statement that it was the quintescence Of
picnic felicity From the time the party OF
beaux and bellies left Marietta, as the great
King ofDay arose dispelling the dews, and
warming into life new born buds, the pleasures
of the party seeme,. to increase with the intensi-
~ OF his rays, and like the flowers, give forth
at every advance a new petal to add beauty and
attractiveness to the occasion; until he reclin'
ed behind the western horizon. his brilliant
rays dying away in sweet cadence, and the
mellow twilight stole upon us, and reminded
us, that another day had passed, leaving its re-
cord of pleasure indellioly stamped upon the
memory, to be reverted to in time TO come as
the ne plus ultra of soul invigorating enjoy
ment. The poet must have alluded 10 an oc.
casiun of this kind, when he SO beautifully de-
scribed the poetry Of motion, and the pleas
ures of locomotion )" but we apprehend that
the idea did not occur to him while perched ON
the edge OF wagon bed, moving over a rocky
road.
About ten o'clock A. NJ, we arrived at Con.
cord, where hill and vale meet and form an
Arcadia, and the crystal waters Of the Nicka'
jack flow between banks of verdure. There
we met number of friends from the surround
ing country, who had assembled to give us a
hearty welcome. and to participate in the cvn-
vivialties of the occasion. The proprietors of
the Factory generously rendered us the use of
their new factory building, just completed, and
soon TO be filled with improved machinery
Soon the followers of Terpsichore We're "trip
ping the light fantastic toe'-others retired to
the banks ofthe creek for the avowed purpose
Of angling but, as observation proved for the
sole purpose of listening TO the whisperings of
love. The faces of the young men grew ra-
diant with expressions of profound pleasure as
they poured fourth torrents of true eloquence,
eiciting from their fair companions looks Of
eomplacency, and words Of encouragement,
that made to fit through their fevered brain
ideas of consummated bliss, akin to those en-
kindled by the passage of Beatrice through
Dante's heaven, One young man whose heart
had resisted the most violent assaults of female
beauty and loveliness, found at Concord De
lilah that subdued him, not by shearing of his
locks, but by display of her own golden
tresses. The witching glances OF this lassie
the crevices Of his broken heart
falling like sunbeams athwart the prisoners
cell, awakening desire to have his affections
woven into a pail of loves softest wool
Whether the Factory will gain or lose hand,
remains to he found out
was glad to learn that the factory was do
ing live business. Such enterprises must
succeed, if the South ever attains to that posi-
ton in the commercial world to which she is
Justly entitled. Everything we use should be
in the South. Unless we stop
sending our merchants on pilgrimages North
for everything we need, aud establish home
we will dwindle into mere pig
mics, and finally become as the dead lands of
the great Saharah desert motionless, until lifted
and winnowed by the sweeping blasts that come
from the sterile regions OF yankeedom Trust
ing that God in mercy may save us from such
a fate, and returning heartfelt thanks to every
one that contributed 10 the pleasures of this
gala day. close. AToIcs.