Thomas County cat., 1889-08-29
JOLLY JAvmr.
u J1tp to Atwood and Our enter-
totnm0nt While There.

a Trip to Atwood and Our Enter.
taInmont While There.
A Iew days ago we took q trip, in COM
pany with Prof. w. NJ. Davidson, to At.
wood, to see how the crops looked bet.
ween here and there and to become &C.
quainted with our neighbors in Rawlins
county.
Arriving there in the evening we soon
found friends and were invited to ioin
party of 0picnicers bound for Fossil
draw. ou the Beaver, about seven miles
from Atwood. We gladly accepted the
kind hospitality and the next morning
started for the draw in the Atwood City
Bus. In the party were Miss Belle
Spear, County Superintendent of pub
lie schools. Misses Angie and Nettie
Chambers. Jennie Humphrey, Mary
Weaver and Messrs. Charles Humphrey,
E. A. Allen, C. A. Strong, j. F. Weaver,
c. E. Kalb and W. NJ. Davidson.
After driving briskly through beautiful
valleys and over picturesque hills we
thought We had arrived at the draw and
Prof. Davidson, who had visited the To-
callty before. volunteered to go up the
valley on foot a short distance and zee if
we were in the right vicinity. He kept
going and was lost to view for some time
but finally n moving speck" was seen
scaling the heights and he waived his
hand for the party to drive further up the
creek while he started across the prairie
toward another depression in the earth's
surface. This was sure enough Fossil
draw and it is indeed point worth Wis
iting. Some very fine specimens were
obtained of fossilized turtles, though
they had to be taken in separate pieces.
After each had obtained as many "toes,
bones and SHELF as they desired, the
party drove down the Beaver to point
near farm house where one of the finest
picnic dinners was spread in the shade
Of several willows, that has been
our lot to help devOur. The ladies were
experts at the business and had not over
looked even a single detail. Too much
cannot be said of their royal entertain
ing accomplishments and each one was
made to feel that it was good to be
there"-around that festal board spread
with dainty delicacies and viands rich
and rare. PrOfs. Strong and Allen did
full justice to the occasion and others
were not far behind. Though Miss Hum
phrey narrowly escaped from being
drowned by the water pail being upset,
no accident occurred to mar the pleas
ures of the day. An hour after dinner
was spent in social conversation and the
return to Atwood was ma de, reaching
there at six O. clock p. m. We returned by
the way of Brakeman, the rival town Of
Atwood, but its streets were deserted
and showed nc signs Of life and activity
as is noticed in Atwood. OF our vis-
it, We must say that it was made one of
the most pleasant of our lives by the
ladies and gentlemen of our neighboriDg
city, and it was with regret that We bade
them adieu.
CRUMBLED CRACKERS.
Prof. Strong 'can" say the last peach
was disposed of.
Miss Humphrey held the ribbons going
to the draw and is safe, capital driver.
Prof. E. A. Allen is good wielder of
the whale bone" but then he is a school
teacher
Willow Whistle made no small |
amount of noise while enronte home, |
but it served to keep the wolves long
way off.
Pickle seemed to be in great demand,
but all signs fail in dry weather.
The people at Atwood are clever and
about as entertaining as can be found
anywhere.
Prof Strong as a female impersona-
ion was hardly success, his mustache
would show through the veil.
Misses Angie Chambers and Bell Spear
we're the gentle manipulators of the
strings" while homeward bound and
ucceeded admirably in pilOtinv us safely