Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-02
SHERMAN.
All About Picnic to White Mound
and Why the Different
Classes Attended.
A Good Joke on MFR. Randelli Who IL Taken
for tho Attorney-0eneral by
Commitment.
PICNIC PLEASURES.

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PICNIC PLEASURES.
! Special TO the Gazette.
SHERMAN, TEX, July 1.-The moderl
picnic Is great institution. 1t enable
the people to come together and quicken
the currents of social life. The youni
folks 90 to them because OF the unrvalet
facilities for counting; the small DO.
| because he knows there will be baseball
aud last but not least the smiling candi
date, because his rural constituents viii
be there en- masse to hearken to hi
honeyed words. Yes, picnics are'great az
fairs. City folks, tired OF the pent.ul
atmosphere of the town, love TO go out II
/ the country and get a breath of fresh air
This they are willing TO do, reckless
! though not Ignorant, that the bloodthirs
| ty tick and the remOrseless red bug vii
make them pay dear for that little excur
sion into the "deep tangled Wildwood
| But every sweet has lis bitter; its better
to have TO scratch little than to foregC
the chance OF occasionally getting face to
! lace tn nature, and mingling with the
| honest yeomanry OF the land.
| Enough by way of preface to briei
account OF a little trip taken to White
Mound yesterday. One particular car
riage that left Sherman at an
early hour contained lawyer,
a preacher, candidate and reporter. A
tough crowd2 Yes; rather (the parson
excepted), but birds of feather Will
flock together. Note, this is not meant
as any reflection on the preacher The
candidate aud the divine were given q
seat in front, which was piece OF STRAIT
egg engineered by the disciple of Black
stone, so that he and his colleague might
utilize pocket flask now and then with
ont being observed by the others.
The gallant grays that drew them were
good team, and In about
two hours time the party ar
rived at the picnic grounds, where u
large crowd Of people had already
assembled. The spot selected was in the
midst of dense forest, about mile
from the little village mentioned above
1t was kind Of combination celebration.
in by the knights and
Ladies Of Honor, the Farmers alliance
and the White Mound Sunday school
Parson Binkley made the Sunday-school
address in brief, but neat, little talk,
and the other organizations also had
speakers to represent them. This took
up the ante-dinner time, and recess was
then had to carrgsout that most impor-
tant part of theprogramme.
But what is the meaning Of those cheers
that wake the echoes Just as the throngs
are dispensing to dinner? II means that
the White Mound Base Ball club has de-
feated the boys from Kentucky Town by
q score OF 10 to Z, and that the Yictors are
shouting over the triumph.
After dinner, which everybody did am
pie justice, the food of oratory was again
turned on. This time it was the candi-
dates To name them all would take up
a column and half in THE
GAZETTE, and your reporter must refrain
Suffice to say that Randell (who didn't
have to speak, having no opponenD i,
FAC Farmer, Bob May, Mr.. Andrews, II.
Il Smith, Mr.. Tuck, Charlie Moore,
Capt Goode, Mr.. Cunningham and Mr..
Walker, the modest delegation from
Sherman, all covered themselves with
glory in their brief but eloquent orations.
They told the White Mound sovereigns
that they were candidates for such and
such an Office, and respectfully asked the
assistance of their friends in helping them
get there, Eli. The evening shadows
were getting long when the happy people
began to HE themselves homeward. AS
the reporters party sought their vehicle
TO return, an exclamation from the law
yer not unlike crossword smote upou
the air. "What's up2n said the eandi-
date. "Some rascal has been here
aud stolen my bot" He stopped
abruptly as he encountered the ewes of
the parson bent reproviugly on him, and
there was a sudden change In the cogyer-
s9tion.
They were nearly into Sherman when
the lawyer said "The best Joke of the
day Is on Raudell, long, lank country |
man, pointing 10 him, asked me il that
was the attorney general, told him it
W9s."
Then, amid the laugh that fol.
lowed, the paTson saidi ~ guess
that chap was from Tennessee. Up
there they call all the district attorneys
attorney generals"
win Lyons, alias 'eThe Tramp,n en- |
deeyored to shuttle OF this mortal coil at
the q I. saloon by taking morphine. |
He did not take quite enough of the drug
to climb the golden stair. Poverty and |
Ill health are the causes assigned.
The body of Mrs. Lula Grlzzeord, |
whose sad death occurred at Abilene, ar
rived here to-day and will be buried from
the residence OF her father, Capt. L. j |
Brown, tomorrow morning.
The girl Sarah Lewis, an account OF
whose sufferings lately appeared, con.
fessed to-day a shameful story in which |
she charges Der own father with beisg the
father Of her infant.