Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-29

scenes &C Their Greas Annaal CATHERINE
as Peapack.


as Peapsck.
Correspondents OF TuK EvkSrSe STAR
PKAPAcK, n. J., August 2e-This spot A
neither city, a town, nor a village. IL is only
a spot composed OF two houses, a blacksmiths
shop. q creek, horse clipping machine, and
church, and u n connected with the outside
world merely by q narrow road running along
the side Of Mine Mountain, much like a hoop
around beer keg. Peapack Is the Indian name
for Smith. and Young Man-GetUp-t
the-warpath- and Come Back and-sitDown-
Again, the present chieftain OF the Pie Eaters.
who inhabit this part OF the state, lie his lineal
descendant Some enlightenment concerning
Peapack is absolutely necessary when one
radius of ten miles about IL has ever heard
of IT. On the map Of New Jersey IL is q lonely
black spot right in the middle OF the state, with
seven or eight lines OF railroad reaching for It.
and none OF them getting within twelve miles
pack has been to-day q spot OF unusual interest,
FOR here was held the annual reunion and pic
nie , Sf the gree. family Of smith upon TIE farm
Smith-as has been done on the last wednes-
day in August every year since 1876. when
only 50 years Of age. An the Smiths in the
vicinity, and there are something like LOCO
day since the smith family picnic last year.
The men have been arranging things that
they could leave their farms In charge OF the
the women have been busy making biscuit
and cake for the delectation OF the smith palate,
last YESTERDAY. suffered decsptation and roa n
Ing that the stomachs OF the Smiths might be
made glad to-day. All the spring wagons,
the Smith families OF the vicinity were oiled
and creased last night, and not a solitary Smith
on sunday or the Fourth OF o july s.An ne "'u'o
IL rained during the night and the beautiful
grove upon Peter z: Smiths farm was . trifie
N "a Frlnr httg l..A a
fact the Smiths began TO arrive soon after day.
light, and all the rest Of the morning the road
was the scene OF q long and variegated process
sion OF horses, wagons. and Smiths. II any
smith started to go back along the barrel hoop
smiths horses had 10 climb up the perpendicu-
lar side OF the mountain 10 get around him.
just as one croton bug meeting a delegation OF
croton bugs moving around "a beer keg TO see n
IL was round would make IL necessary for the
delegation TO climb up the keg. The smiths
lions, and degrees. There were tall Smiths
and short Smiths, and tat smiths and lean
Smiths, and handsome Smiths and uglySmiths.
There were SO many pretty young Smiths OF the
feminine gender that the young smiths Of the
SO many stout and lusty young smiths OF the
masculine gender that the pretty young Smiths
pretty Smiths OF the tender sex there were
every variety-shy ahd coquettish, sweet and
demure insipid and piquant. There were
pink and Smiths dressed in blue and likewise
Smiths dressed in every other color, and it was .
hopeless task to decide which color was the
The exhibit Of young Smiths was something
startling. There were boy Smiths OF all the
ages from the Smith in his first short clothes to
the Smith who was just big enough 20 be kept
at work hanging swings and arranging tables
selves; and the little girl smiths ranged up
from Smiths in pinafores to Smiths who wore
bangs and giggled when Smiths OF a similar
ape tn Utrilf ly ham, >k,o
baby Smiths were all there, too; almost as many
kinds of babies as there were kinds of Smiths;
dirty. babies, Disconnected babies and happy
babies, teething babies and well babies, babies
who looked upon life carelessly and babies who
We're earnest, babies who wept for q bottle and
babies who could eat green apples, all OF them
bound TO do credit to the name OF smith. The
other extreme I'm age of the Smith family was
bOuntifully represented, many white-haired
Smiths and Smiths with gold bowed spectacies
were there, some SO feeble that children and
some as robust, strong, hearty as the young
Smiths themselves.
the vicinity. Joshua Smith tended the lemon
ade stand; William Smith had charge OF the
Smith record, where all new smiths registered
their names; Abraham Smith had general
charge OF the grounds; Isaac Smith led the Mill
burn brass band to mighty efforts; Mrs. An
drew Smith presided at the dinner table; little
Smiths were swinging and playing games me
dium-sized Smiths were concerning deviltry;
one could not stroll in the neighboring woods
spooning under the trees, The array OF Smith
horses and wagons was infinite. They lined
OF mile; they were tethered to all the available
fences, were tied to trees in the woods and
turned loose into pastures Smiths came In all
drove double teams harnessed TO red spring
wagons with their best girls beside them;
Smiths bullying out of all the doors and win
dows; smart young village Smiths whirled up
in smart buggies, and smiths came I'm every.
n
The dinner that all the Mrs. Smiths prepared
was fallen upon at I O'Clock. and the Smith
one basketful Of fragments. The Rev. Wade
brief prayer, and then all the smiths sang the
hymn beginning
There Is happy land
Where smiths in glory stand,
Bright. bright as day
g. The address was delivered by Or Isaac ouinby
said, John Henry Smith and Christina smith,
his wife, settled in Hunterdon county, n. j.,
descended. They had IL children, and before
either Of the original Smiths died their grand.
chidren Numbered e. All Of the original n
age OF 104, and none younger than Co. Zacha-
riah smith, the youngest SON OF John Henry
being held. Mr.. Qunby Smith exhorted all his
listeners to cherish the proud name they bore.
John smith, he said, was the most exalted name
connected with the English language. Who
led the fight at the battle OF Bunker Hill? John
Smith. Who alone and unaided signed
the Declaration OF Independence? John smith,
Who was first in war, first i'm peace and first In
the hearts OF his countrymen? John Smith.
Who discovered America? John Smith. Who
struck Billy Patterson? John Smith. Who
dies but never surrenders? John Smith.
Before Mr.. Smith concluded his address .
sudden shower sprang up and In an instant
the Smiths were In wild commotion. They ran
for Peter z. Smiths house and Allied IL up. Then
they fled to the harm until IL would hold no
more. Some of them bolted under the wagons
and carriages, and the young Smiths who were
spooning in the woods got very wet. Neverthe-
less, they all went into the grounds again and
remained until almost dark when the long pro-
cession drove homeward under the arch of q