The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-09-04

NEW CENTREYILLE ITEMs. - As
our village has not been heard Of through
the columns OF your worthy paper for
some time, | VIII try and give you a few
items.
Our village is quiet, and everybody
seems 10 be busy, and all have plenty o
do. On last Saturday the members OF the
different denominations gave a union pic
nic. They met at their respective church
es and marched with their classes 10 the
Lutheran church where they were al
dressed by able speakers. At eleven
O'Clock the different Sunday-schools, with
their pastors at the head. marched to the
grove, a short distance from town, where
they found many baskets filed with pro-
visions. In a short time the tables were
all loaded TO their ~fullness with the best
the country could produce, and The conse-
quence was a union picnic, SO called by
the heads OF the churches. Ii q stranger
could have happened in just at that time
and seen the three different tables, and the
material OF each Sunday school seated
around its own table, he would have been
sure 10 liken the union picnic unto the
three great parties OF the day, the Repub-
licans, QReiormsl, the Democrats, {Disci-
ples), and the Labor Reform or Green
back, (Lutheransl. And here and there
in the shade Of the sturdy oak, could be
seen seated around their own tables per-
sons that seemed to be at a loss 10 know
which party to join; and the e~lectioneer-
ing not being very strong from either par
ty, they remained where they were until
after dinner. Then came the union part
of the picnic. when young and old, rich
and poor, and persons of all classes united
ia the sports of the day, such as croquet
ring, hindnost of three, and numerous
other sports. At last n young lady was
heard TO say, There they come, see them.
see them ! And sure enough, they did
come; a bakers dozen in number. They
proved TO be q company Cf Calithumpians,
all or horseback. As they came into the
grove the folks forgot their plays and look
ed upon the crowd of masked men with
establishment. The party rode back and
forth a few times through the grove, then
they went to the village and performed
through the principal streets, and then at
last they were sent to the west ward, and
no more was seen of them that day. The
sport in the grove was kept up all day or
until shutdown, when they adjourned.
Late in the evening could be seen yonng
men escorting their lady loves to their
homes. The remark made by every one
was, 1--WE had a good time, didn't We"
The Tedrow boys have opened q Nor
nal school in this place. The boys spent
the summer in Ohio, at the Mt. Union
College, and came back well prepared to
instruct the rising generation. The school
numbers at present fifty scholars, and it
will no doubt number sixty before another
week.
On last Friday night the Normal stu
dents organized a society to be known as
the New Centreville Literary Society. The
house was well-iI'ed, and all persons did
exceedingly well. Centreville has the
name OF having the best societies in the
county, and we propose making this the
leading me. We meet every Friday
night, and invite all to come. We will
try and give them some good information
that will doubly pay them for their trouble
of spending an evening with us.
RASCAL.