The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18

sun began business 50 early in the morn.
ing; but there he was.
'Now,'ssaid Maria Ann, ''We must
fy around, for the cars start at half-past
six. Eat all the breakfast you can, for
you Won't get any thing more before
nOon."
lcoulld notseatany thing at, that time
IN the morning, land tit was well / could not,
for had all I could do. There was ice
to be pounded, to 60 around the pail of
ice-crcan, and the sandwiches to be cut,
and ! thought Isnever should get the legs
OF the chickens placed SO that / could
get the cover on my basket. Maria Ann
flew around and picked up groceries for,
me to pack, giving directions to theAgirlr
about taking care Of the house, and put
ting on her dress, all at once There is
deal OF energy in that woman, perhaps a
trife too much.
Attwcnty minutes past six I stood on
the front steps, with basket ON her arm,
and Mania AIMS waterproof on the other,
and pail in each hand, and a bottle OF.
vinegar in my coat-skirt pocket. There
was camp-chair hanging on me some
where, too, but forgot lust where.
SHOW" said Maria Ann, eve must
rum"
"Maria Ann said I, ''that is a reason
able idea How do you suppose / can
run with all this freight?" 4.,-'" p. '
y "You must, you brute! You always
try to tease me. :. If you do not want a
scene on the streets, you will start, too"
So Iran. .-~.----~-
/ had one comfort, at least: Maria fell
down and broke her parasol. She called
me brute again. because / laughed,
she drove me all the way to the depot on
brisk trot, and we got ON the cars, but
neither of us could get seat, and could
not find a place where I could lay the
things down, SO [ stood there and held
them.
"Maria,''. said 7, in winning accents,
how is this for a cool morning ride?" :,
Said she, ''You are brute, Jenkins"
Said !, "My love, you have made that
observation before"
[ kept my courage up, yet 1 knew
there would be an hour Of wrath when we
got home. While we were getting out Of
the cars, the bottle in my pocket got
broke, and consequently I had one boot
half :ull of vinegar all day. That kept
me pretty quiet; and Maria Ann ran of
with a big-whiskered music-te teacher, lost
her fan and tore her dress, and enjoyed
herself much after the fashion Of picnic
goers. Il thought it never would come
dinner-tlme; and Maria called me pig
because I wanted to open our basket be-
fore the restiof the baskets were opened.
At last dinner time came--the ssnice
dinner in the woods you know. Over
three thousand little red ants had got in
to our dinner, and they were worse to
pick out then fsh-bones. The ice-cream
had melted, and there was no vinegar for
the cold meat, except what was in my
boot, and of course that was of no i'm
mediate use. The music-teacher spilled
a cup Of hot coffee on Maria's head, and
pulled all the fr1zzlesy out trying to wipe
off the coffee with his handkerchief. Then
l sat on a piece of raspberry pic and
spoiled my pants: and concluded I didn't
want anything more. l had to stand up
against a tree the rest of the afternoon.
The day afforded considerable variety,
compared with every day life; but there
were so many drawbacks that we did not
enjoy it SO much as we might have done.