Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-18
Summer Entertainments,

An excursion VIII De gwen tO-m0Trow eve
ming on the steamer MattanO. under the aus
pices OF Friendship Lodge, No. II, J. O. G. T.
The boat Will leave at ! 30 p. m. aad return at
III p. M: All friends'ef temperance areinvited
to participate.
August 5th next there will be Il cheap and
pleasant excursion to Ocean City Tie eXcur-
sionistS viii go By water on the Jane Moseley
TO Crisield, and thence by rail to Ocean City.
The Mary Washington will leave her wharf
To morrow at 10 3. m, returning at las d. IA
giving one hundred mile ride for ten cents
The Uniformed PatTiarChS, 10 o. F., give
an excursion to Fortress Monroe, Norfolk and
fhe Capes this evening, leaving at O'Clock,
and returning at a. IN. Saturday. The Jane
MOSeley is the boat chartered.
EXCURSION this evening By the Potomac
Ferry Company.
TIE UNION SUNDAY SCHoOL PICNIC--Jack
sons woods, in Anne Arundel county, Md.
taDOut . miles from this city,) was yesterday
The scene of a monster Sunday school and
temperance picnic, which was attended by
people from every section of the surrounding
country and many from Baltimore and Wash
lngtOn. Numbers We're landed on the ground
by the trains of the Il. and z. railroad, and
Others came i'll wagons, carriages, en- horse
back and atoot. By TO o'clock an enterprising
ltiherant photographer had backed up his
cart and fixed up his apparatus tOF taking
pictures; shooting gallery for air guns had
been imprOviSed; the refreshment stand had
been fixed up as also the stand fUC the exer-
clSeS. The chairman, Rev. &. \. Robinson
reported the following schools present Ridge
Chapel NJ: +. Church South, st. Peters P. T.
IL
South, Severn, Brooklyn and Holly Run NJ p
Church, Cross Roads and Sulphur SpringSN
Z Church The exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. Mr.. McFadden, of the NJ P
church, after which addresses were made by
Rev. B. r. GARRISON, Rev. B. S. Highley Prof
r Leakin, of Anne Arundel county; Charles
Nye, OF this city, and I. J. Magruder, of Balti-
more. a recess was then taken. and the
schools formed, with their banners at the
head, and marched around the grOundS-the
exact number OF children being $50. Each
child was furnished with a tin tag emitting
IT to treat. Then came another recess. dur
ing which the baskets were brought out and
In a little time all were engaged in chin work
on fried chicken and other edibles. In the
afternoon Col. A. J. Bowen the weIl-knoWn
DaShaWay campaigner, having arrived from
Annapolis, was called OH and made q very
effective address, and Mr.. Nye, III response to
call, followed in one of his best temperance
talks. The exercises during the day were in
terSpeTSed with singing, accompanied by Miss
IDA woodward, Orgdnist, and the latter part
OF the day was spent in roaming about the
WOODS, playing crOguet and other games The
crowd, estimated at 2,OOO in NUM- Der managed
10 dispose OF $50 gallons of ice cream during
the day. several barrels of lemonade and a
large quantity of cakes. It was unanimously
resolved 10 repeat the picnic on this spot next
year, and Rev. Mr.. Robinson was unanimously
reelected president of the union of the
schools.