The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-13
A COUNTRY PICNIC.

A., For Pleasure Hut no Politics
How the Grangcrs Ignore the Poll.
ticians 4 Good Time IN fernando
A I.acy Letter.
Special Corirsp lnlencr paln'ka NtwS.
llEINANpo Cot Nry, June II, 1885.
The information derived through the
medium Of the newspaper press, has re-
suited in more good to the country than
all other methods devised for the AL
vanccment of know ledge AMI for build
ing mp the material interests 81 the peo-
pie. Whatever tends To the general
welfare. whether in regard to inter state
affairs or in relation to intercourse with
neghboring counties. iindsa prompt and
efficient ally in the press. Very many
n 'emiDgly unimportant incidents are Of
ten noted and the cGnsorous are quick to
condemn them, but the inspired author
a,lmonishes that we ,lcspisc not "t,C day
Of little things" II is in the nature II
all things to shadow future events and
conditions by preliminarns which, in
themselves, are insignificant. but which
Lad 10 great rcsuIts in the end. The
distant muttrrings of thurder denote the
approach If III" storm. The gentle rip
plings IL the water upon the pebbled
beach Indicate that the li,le is setting in.
II" appearance" Of unusually polite and
suave oilicesrckers, forctcll tho work of
an approaching compaign. All say
you, that IL what il tho matter, cht Not
yet. We will come to that bye and bye.
We are only writing tho preface nav.
Let ~ see what il will Indicate for the
future.
To day has been joyful one with our
San Antonio friends. 10 celebrate the
anniversary Of their patron saint tAntho-
nyl Ample preparations had been made
and every necessary material to conducc
to n complete EMO, mcnt Of tho occasion.
provided Assembled in u beautiful
grove by the side ~ their lovely lake
| Clear Lake., where stand had been
erected for the speakers, and n commo.
lious platform with ample seats to ac.
commolatc several hundred persons "A
more beautiful scene is seldom presented.
In addition 10 this large number Of
beautiful and safe pleasure boats were
resting upon the placid bosom of the
| lake near the shore. for the accommoda-
ton Of those who chose to avail them.
selves Of them, nnl above all, the most
sumptuous articles for the enjoyment Of
the nner-man at the proper time, caused
| the large tables to trcmblr with their
precious hurhcn.
| II was announced that the festivities
of tho day were to hc safely guarded
from any element that would possibly,
in any degree, mar their enjoyment.
| This fiat, by the managers. was received
with great satisfaction, Probably one
prominent individual who was present,
and hoped to >sntilnte his pcnt up
elcuuencc. was little dispuirtcd
by it, but he, too. soon regained
his serenity. and everything was
lovely all the while. The sections vt
country, Of which San Antonia is cen
trail point. were well represented, aud it
was remarked by many leading citizens
that il was the largest and most harno.
Mus meeting Of people from various
quarters Of the country north, east, west
ana south. that had ever assembled on
such an occasion in the county. In re-
marking this, reference was not had 40
much to thu matter VI the anniversary,
for there were great many who had no
! interest in that behalf. farther than re-
sWct for their neghbors inspired. but to
the general good feeling which prevailed
among them ms people, may he attribu.
ted the assembling and enjoyment of
/ the occasion by So many. The speakers
+ for the uCasion were selected from va.
rous localities aud all acquitted them.
selves creditably and to the entire salts
faction of the committee and Of the au
dience. They consisted Of the following
gentlemen and spoke in the order in
which their names appear: w. u.
Lynch, san Antonia; j IT, llendly, Hhde
city; j. g. Wallace, Ellerslie, T.. \.
Tucker, San Antonia; 4. y Mann, tr,s
tai river, Mr. Lynch is talented young
man, u member Of the colony, and thor.
oughly identified with its interests. His
discourse was rcplete with beautiful
thought and thoroughly demonstrated
the leading topics of the day--the beau
tiful development of the county, and its