The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-08-29

can think of nothing-my mind Il
fogged The more | attempt to thN
up thems the more beautifully less
grows the prospect. I give it up aud
lay the pencil down and yawn away.
In half dreamy state there came a
thought, not exactly like Byron )
"slumbering thong BIT, but the thought
that
THE PICNIC
fever still abides, aud the country
beaux and bellies are 10 their seventh
heaven, "or thar or tharabouts " With
some, the pater familias especially, this
picnic business, is becoming more a
bore than au entertainment. Without
consultation With anybody particularly
two or three persons, with an eye Ia
III. sale of certain light beverages
striped eaady, "reesoas" and cakes and
cider, CHE cider not being Included il
the Light beverages ) they announce
to the surrounding country that a pic
nic will come off at some promiuenl
place on certain day. Every body i:
invited with a proviso that all bring
their baskets The meaning Of which
is, Gil your basket with all the good
things At your command sOd bring il
along with you, that you may have the
privilege Of eating your dinner at some
other place than home. For which
we should feel devou.ly thankful Tc
the unfa miliar it may not be uuihter
esting to learn something of the dih-
cu,es which sometimes beset the way
of those who will 60 to the picnic or die
in securing all the deemed essentials
necessary for the occasion. As regards
rhc dinner, The basketors have ~ -
reputation at stake-each one vieing
With all the others in the contents of
his OF her basket-the chicken Of there
be one Gu hand, and sometimes there is
not) must be roasted up to a done
Brown" the cake baked to 4 T, aud
other ct ceteras to the order Of "tip
top whatever that may be- The very
root Of a we'll stored aud palatable
+ basket, alas, like all other human af
fairs, rests upon an uncertain tounda-
/ ton. The cook book tells Us that eggs
are an essential ingredient in all good d.
les, aud goodies" only please the pal
ate Of the regular picnickers, though
on all other days their rations may be
of an entirely different get up. How
ever great the number of old heus 10
the country the fruit of these said old
hens is not always in plenty. These
old chicks are supremely indifferent to
picuics. They have no regard as to
/ quality or quantity of that basket
They have their own time for furnish
ing their fruit" notwithstanding the
provocatives brought to bear upon them
such as feeding them on parched
corn, chasing them up a hill and sup
plications to the deity of the poultry
house. On greedy ears, all given tC
melody, never did notes of softest lut,
fall more sweetly, than does the c2cklt
of d feminine habitue of the barnyarC
upon those of the enthusiastic pic nick
er. Ecstatic delight, and 80 cheap
"Nest hunting Mrs. Tilton's-
is labor of love. The weed patche
are explored, the old hollow siumx
peeped into, and sundry fence cot1
are visited. Should it be that
time for their production, new s
an egg show its yellow tint in
corn dodger for two weeks previous
the removal Of that basket. The
(eggs) are boarded with jealous car
The miser may glover over his gol
but his gloating eyes never sent fort
such intensity of delight as that whic
CLEANS from the epieurean picnicker
when destiny carries him to secrett
uest with a good rouod dozen in it.
Among other anxious cares 20 oI
presents itself with such overwhelmir
knock down force as, "W What shall
wear?" The musing misses reflection
are no. always wells of delight or thin
of JOY, aud in her mental agony 81
exclaims aloud, II have worn that san
dress to seven picuics in the last tv
mouths, and people will have reast
to think it constitutes my entire war
E robe" Well, there are slight, on
slight, grounds for such thought.
: it is pretty and becoming, why D
) wear it seven times seven? Cheer u
lassie, with a little tact, few pieces
ribbon and other foreign substance
that much worn dress may be so tran
z formed that the piercing eye of Il
feminine critic will never detect
That doleful sound, the rub dub
the acknowledgements of abridg,
dinners aud curt auswcrs-is heal
with double emphasis. The male pc