Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-13

and were swung high alott by their friends
displaying more lengthy and variegatet
stocking than perhaps is usually seen
Which is a very perplexing thing indeed
for the same young ladies would fain
il by any accident their garments wer,
flung so wide to the breeze on an every
dav occasion. But everybody was merry
1t was a day of fun and jollifcation, anc
such little matters were not thought about
| Up on the hillside several old-fashioned
picnic parties were making O bona fide old
country picnic of it. There was the ham.
per, with its cold collation., the salad, the
"delicattessen" and-the stone bottle, all
duly set forth on the white tablecloth. And
there were the old country people, too, as
their tongue told, and calling up memo
ries of similar occasions spent-ah, so many
years ago, beside the murmuring brook, and
in the green lanes of Armagh or Down.
! There, too, were the all present fakirs. The
cigar man, the test-your-lungs gentleman,
the test-your-strength-by huge.
mallet-in-the-air-to-th o-the-bodily- y peril-of-yo
neiChbor individual, all throye. One lady
sold you portrait Of your future husband
or wife for a dime, and
DID A FAIR BUSINESS
with those boys, and especially girls, whose
good sense. There was plenty to drink.
Plenty of water. plenty Of lemonade and
cider, and plenty of beer and whisky.
Where the latter prohibited beverages came
from it would be bard to say, but the effect
of their presence was very palpable, unless,
indeed, the cider was exceptionally hard.
The cider man was brilliant at drawing at
tention to his big barrel. "Have a glass of
cider, Of cider, of cider. Cool as the float.
ing ocean" "Is it sweet? ?" asked a lady.
"Oh, sweet as your ruby lips, madam" =" and
be then and there had a customer And
there, too, on all sides, on every hand, was
the unmistakable accent of the "Nourth av
Eireland," with its clear, sharp intouation,
aud its music for those whose ears first
beard it.
The occasion was one for the interchange
and recalling Of scenes and incidents of
young days, before America had, perhaps,
been heard of on the hillside, or sheep
walk, and before that exodus began which
has impoverished one old nation to enrich a
new.
On every hand were old times reviewed
and pleasant recollections engendered by
the meeting of kinsmen and friends at the
clan-like reunion. Pickpockets were to the
'front.' and one of them, a woman, created
quite an excitement. Mrs. James Wilson,
of 76 Logan street, Allegheny, with her
daughter Lizzie, was sitting in the dancing
pavilion, when she felt a tug at her dress.
Suspecting a pickpocket she looked round
just in time to seize woman, who after
ward gave the name of Louisa Myers, who
was rapidly making her way out Mrs.
Wilson and her daughter gave chase, fol-
lowed by everybody within hearing.
AN EXCITING CHASE.
The woman Myers evidently had accom-
plices, for several men tried to retard Mrs
Wilson and her daughter Lizzie charges
that one of them hit her on the head. The
woman fed toward the gate, the men wi ith
her trying to get her of, while the genuine
picnickers attempted to hold her. Lieuten-
ant Bob Alexander and Officer Allen, of
the Allegheny force, who with Officers Beel
and Boutwell, were there on special duty,
here came up, and on hearing the charge,
conveyed Mrs. Myers to the lookup.
On being searched the pocketbook, which
Mrs Wilson was positive she felt the
woman taking from her pocket, was not
found on her person. Mrs Wilson made in
formation against the woman before Squire
Murray, who committed her for conrt
Lieutenant Alexander conveyed her to the
Allegheny lookup for the night. Beyond
one or two heated arguments between men,
bers of different lodges this was the only
incident which marked the day. II was
anticipated that several prominent out-of-
town orangemen would be present to speak
on the day, but they did not
THE ADDRESSES MADE.
About o'clock Mr.. John Thresher and
the Rev. j. B. Koehne, William Thompson
aud Mr.. Mccormick made short addresses
congratulatory Of the prosperous condition
of the order, and on the fine turnout of the
day. The speakers referred succinctly to
the traditions Of orangeism, and made
short allusion to the history Of the order
The lodges which went to Hutton were
Nos. IL, 13, 20, "a, 20, 20. 33, "A, 40, SO, "a,
O., 20, 1876.
The lodges which went to AlIquippa.com-
prise about 700 men and women. There
were Lodges Nos "a, 40, 80 and part OF 81.
Ladies Lodges, Wicliff No. 8 and No. 10. |
The ladies were In the line of procession, |
and occupied about twenty-five carriages.
A lunch was served on the grounds at |
noon, and full justice was done to every |
hing, The best Of order prevailed, and o |
very enjoyable day was spent. The Rev. |
DR.. Wedley, of Beaver, and the Rev. Messrs.
Knox, d. McAllister and Mr.. d. Lichliter
poke briefly on the occasion.