The daily gazette., 1877-09-21
Old MissGusseps epsAecount off

|.' tAll y ~
,l~G ~ wy nv fH u'e
Often and often lust sit and laugh
to think Of IT,, Moses, and Silas, and Pc
ter. and Peleg, and Ann Jane Godolph-
in, and me, we all went; and there was
Maria Foster and Kitty Peck, and good
ness knows who else-lots of 'em. Where?
Why, 1 told you, didn't 1? TO the pic
mic, to be sure. I.wasn't ve.y warm
weather; summer was over; but VIC
thought we hadn't had any picnic, and
so we got one up. The Baptist Sunday
school had had one. and the Methodist
church had had one, and the farmers
they'd'had oAe, and now we that, lived
down In the village we we're going to
have one, and we meant to have it nice,
and to have every ybody to enjoy them
selves; and we invited Peleg Pottington
because he was such a joker, and Sally
Sproat because she was such witch
though they didn't live in the village, be
cause we knew they'd get up some tuu
for us. 80 they did. ~
Well, bless your heart, after we'd
made it up and planned that we were to
so to Grigg's Peak, and who we'd ask
and all, we were all sitting ia Ann Jane
Godo lphin's parlor, and some one said
eve ought to have regular spre ad
table, and sit down and eat together, ol
course" .H
And says some one else:
eyes, so we'd oughter."
And slys somebody else:
''The great bother of them laid suppers
at plcnics is, that everybody fetches the
same things"
every vell," says Jane Godolphin
Diets write notes and tell everybody
what they must bring. 1t saves trouble
you know, and people like to feel they're
doing just the right thing"
"Good," says |. And up speaks Sally
Sproat, and says she:
"Oh, yes, that's a nice idea. And, i
you like, I'll write the notes and Mr..
Pottington will help me-"
They'd been flirting together all the
morning, them two, and theled be q
match of it. So there was. She marriet
him, ADD. But that amt my story yet
"Well, now," says Ann Jane Godolph
in, d" that's kind of you, Sally Sproat
We'd ortor take up a collection for not,
paper and envelopes right away, AM
little Tommy Price will carry the netes
around"
So we made up The money then an,
there,. and one of 'em says-'twash
me:
'.Us that get up the invites, wei
ougbter be let off easy about bringi n
things" ..... ... ....... io .aa.,..r
Says Sally Sproat: I think so myself
shan't make it heavy for you. Let mi
aud Mrs. Godolphing manage It, and nc
body can blame sIanybody but rae.p4 ! l.
Wen, we all thought that was a prett
good idea. Some OF 'em were dreadfL
economical, and liked to get all the fu
without any OF the cost. Some folks I
near bv nature, you know; can't help i
[ amt; but then If you have few dolla;
you like to keep 'em, don't your
So, between you aud me and the pos
[ didn't feel sorry when got little not
that said-lemme see, how was itP Oh
this way: ''. fl1" 'Hr- .'I.'
"Miss Gusset: Your company is re-
spectfully invited fur to attend the Scalp
town picnicy next Tuesday morning,
o'clock. To meet at the cross, road, op
posite the tavern. .,.. ,..z.--- IN,
"Please bring pepper and dishes 70
iten."
"Well," says I, Il have got off easy
and seeing l have won't be mean abou
pepper. I'll take one of them big pount
packages" Sol did.
Well, Tuesday came, and 8 o'clocl
came, and it was as bright day as eJe
| saw, started early, ,and took my neph.
Pete along with me, and hired man to
I! drive. and there we met Mis-, Sally Sproa
and Peleg Pottington, in one gig. Say
| to myself "there'll be match of L
there,' and so there was. They married
and-but there now, haven't come tt
that yet. The rest of the folks came III
and every one of 'em had big basket
Aud we all nodded and laughed, ant
talked and joked and away we rode t.
Grigg's Peak.
At the foot ofthat we stopped. Yol
see you couldn't ride up TO the Peak
nor you couldn't leave your hor ses al
day, so we'd arranged to have 'em driver
back. Most had brought hired man
OF somebody to drivetheirwagon back AM
bring it out in the evening SO we al
tlighted down and took out our baskets,
/ can tell you china for ten isn't any ligh
load. Mine was as heavy as lead. AM
we watched the wagon out of sight, an
then we began to climb. It was climl
III tell you. When we got up to the Peal
we were beat out. \-.l
Peleg Pottington, he had carried Sally
Sproat's things as well as his own, and
ltheught then he was coming on, an
weuld propose soon. Well he did. Blu
there now, where am wandering to
| And some of the young men did tn
lsame; but men, women and children ha'
their hands mostly full of the heavies
baskets ever saw. And there was TIN
dreadfulest time getting up that hill
lumbling down aud screaming and hol
lering for help,l never shall forget.
But we got up at last, and then "
all sat down on the grass and to
breath. ,,..-,,,
II turned out the hottest day, just th
hottest We ever knew. My lands! W
we were all baking and brolling, jest a
cross-all but Sally Sproat aud Pele
| PottiiIktunAthey were full OF fun.
made up my mind something would com
We'll. we sat and locked on, and afte