Daily Republican., 1883-07-13
EDITION.
A DAY AT PENNsGROvE.
The Reformed Episcopal Church
Of the Redeemer Away From
Home.

The members. friends anu sunday
School of the Reformed Episcopal
Church of the Re,leemer, Eighth and
Monroe streets, Rev. j. l.. Estlin pas
tor, virtually fitted over 700 strong to
pennsgrove yesterday, where they spent
the day shifting the cool river breezes,
nursing children, playing base ball ana
croquet, boating, swinging, eating cake,
yellow legs and ice cream, and drinking
lemonade.
The Susie A Mccall took the party
over the river at 7 o'clock, reaching the
other side before the sun became hot and
while the fresh morning dew yet be-
decked the leafy grove. Others came
afterwards on other trips OF the boat
| until it looked as if everybody we
knew had taken day 'sleave of absence
from home.
1t was not long before a couple of
mines OF base bal were organized,
One of the mines was called the =" Sun
flower" after that aesthetic flower
that charmed the heart Of Oscar Wilde,
and the other was called the " Daisies
too modest and retiring by half, and be-
fore the play commenced the name
was changed to Mascot" name
which gratitied the boys exceedingly.
A field back of the stable where the
Railroad Company keep their iron
horses, was found full of punches of
Lay, and here the takes We're driven.
| The fortune of the toss sent the sun.
flowers to the bat, which they welded
in such manner i'll seven innings as 10
make l3 runs, while the Mascots had to
be satisfied with /. Some remarkable
plays were made, notably double
play by the first baSeinan, the rector.
"Bennie Neasey ELECTED sh wers OF
applause by the manner in which he
bagged several sky scrapers. George
Jackson distinguished himself by tre-
mendous smuggling At noon the grove
was full of eXtenlporiZed tables, the RE-
PUBLICAN representative being accom-
molated at the richly spread table OF L.
n. Morley. The meal passed without
incident, except that Mr.. Morley ex-
perienced a loss of appetite after sitting
at the table half an hour. DR.. Cooper,
who occupied Il seat 1T the table, was
called upon to make Il diagnosis OF his
ease, and reported, much to the relief OF
Mr.. Murley's friends, that the disease
was common, and arose generally rom
"a too active operation of the jaws while
at the table.
In this ease he though retirement
from the table AL that was necessary to
re- produce normal sta.e. MIR John W.
Todd fingered long, and the last seen of
him he had chicken by the wings
seeking for the tie,hy and JUICY parts. 1t
was reported that Charlie Hallam
burst a button off his vest, but we are
not prepared to vouch for the truth of
the report.
I After the dinner hour was over, Rev.
Mr.. Estlin, the rector, Rev. Mr.. Barnes
of the church of the Covanant, and Rev.
Mr.. Alrich, IA young candidate for the
ministry, made entertaining and pleas
ant remarks to a large audience in the
paw ion.
AT four o'clock large number re-
, turned tom- il, the Mccall and at five o.
clock the remainder followed, all pleased
= with the days pleasure and diversions.
! While the Wilmington people were
e moving over and taking possession ol
the other side, the Pennsgrove people
were moving out hy hundreds, following
the lead OF the pennsgrove brass band, tt
large grove a mile and a quarter tt
the east Of the town.
1t was Sunday School union picnic
! and some five Sunday Schools, includ-
ing one from pennsgrove, had gathered
there to pass the day in pleasure. This
they succeeded in doing in an admira
bic manner, and enjoyed the plays, th'
! ice cream, the lemonade and the pea
% nuts a, only country children from five
to sixty years of age know how to enjo!
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