Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-08-02
The Sunday school Picnic on the
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| Levt6tnan.
To the Editor Of the Northern Tribune. ri I"
Yesterdays dawn was very pre-
lpitious for all that could be desired in the
make up ola days pleasure abroad, and
the day proved deliciously delightful The
sunshine could not have been sweeter,
the breezes could not have been balmier,
and the excursionists could not have
been in more extreme exhileratiOn.
Early in the day the Leviathan's flags
were Haunting an invitation to the Sum
day school scholars and their friends to
a basket picnic to Point st. Ignace and
a visit to Mackinae island. '' aE l.as .
Long before the hour set for leaving,
very little boy with his very little sis
ter appeared abreast of the boat, and sat
themselves very demurely down upon
the timber on the dock, and wistfully
watched and waited for the picnic to
begin; and when they were invited
aboard they eyinced the eagerness and
activity Of children I'm highly expect
ant state of mind. Another tiny couple
soon Joined the first, and then followed
the party in pairs, dozens and scores,
till the Leviathan was deckOrated with
an assemblage of two hundred persons,
of all ages and sizes. ol One little girl
came hurriedly down the dock just after
the lines were cast off, and, after run
ming up and down for possible chance
to be taken aboard, the boat drifted
away from her with boat load of re-
grets for her disappointment. 1H.wrl
We were accompanied by the tugs
lighter; not to Tighten the spirits of the
excursiOnists, for every heart was suffi-
GENTLY light for itself and for others; but
the lighter, lashed alongside, furnished
an excellent promenade, play ground
and perches for gaZers.
Before we had got fairly out of the
harbOr the children's appetite began to
assert itself and by the time we had left
ChebOygan in the dim distance the bas-
kets had been surrepitiously raided and
little girls might be seen clutching with
both hands the outer angles of tri-
angle of pie, while the third angle was
| fast in their teeth, and little boys
with ring cakes, eagerly working their
passage through the outside to the deli
ciOus hole within. Never was a boat
party merrier, never excursiOnists fuller
of gladstone glee. Everybody was brim-
ming over with fun and frOlic; every
cOuntenance beamed with enjoyment,
and every tongue sparkled with the jOl-
liest jokes. - aal -ma
At the Point we drove to the ground
selected for the basket performance
not in carriages, of course, for we saw
but one vehicle there, and that was a
diminutive straw rack ON two wheels
with very diminutiye pony under its
PROV, resembling cloths basket drawn
by medium sized rat-but we were a
drove of two hundred pic-nic-erS, Juggling
baskets, bags and boards for grand
spread upon the green Sward under a
canopy of frs. The children did ample
justice to an ample repast, and the Sum
day schools mother in Israeli having,
fortunately, returned home in the nick
of time for the picnic, was everywhere
among the young folks, seeing to it that
all were served and satisfied. There
were side shows to the principal per-
fOrmance where the children sat around
and laid into the main stock of eatables.
These side shows were little cOteries of
friends gathered here and there among
| tuC tlccc, dlOuuu tuCll OdohCUc,
chewing and chatting, and anon ring
ing laugh became infectious, and was
caught up and chOrused by the whole
party. 1t was beautiful spot and we
could have fingered there longer with
delight, but the afternoon was to be
spent at Mackinac, and when we reached
the island we scattered in every direc-
tion, some visiting their acquaintance,
others strOlling up to the fort and to the
many notable and interesting localities.
About six o'clock the fort band came
down to the shore to play for an eXhibi-
tiOn of legless man upon a tight rope
over the street. So, we had a perfor-
nance, with music, not on our pro
gramme. We reached home about half
past eight, tired but happy. .G.....,l i,
We are sorry for every bOdy-who did
not go with us, and glad for everybody
who did. is,l 'ss 1.fa =" r. G. B. K. =
Cheboygan, July 31st, 1879. 1aosal s
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