Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-03

It viii go hard with the oldest picniclz-
er If at this juncture he does not relapse
into poetry and say:
what good things these are, and how
few know how to cultivate their senses.
Wine such as this (here he drinks to the
hostess, who looks very rosy and dis
hevelled after her climb, but sniling),
the beauty of women to take us out OF
ourselves, such sandwiches, and allow
me to pause over the game pic, an I'M
qualified success (much enthusiasm
(hear hearl the view of yonder valley,
this inspiriting air, these hard boiled
eggs (would there had been more salty
these lovely Hebes and graceful Gany-
modes = coffee? Yes, more coffee.
thanks. Captain, have You ever been
in love?''
The captain responds grufiy as ii
from the bridge:
"Never have been any thing else"
Then let US drink - what-claret cupI my
dears, this is too much.
Old as we are, for ladies' love unfit
The power Of beauty we remember yet"
Things have not been served in order
they never are at picnic, and the cum
ming hostess~now produces some claret
cup. She has made it herself since they
reached the top of the mountain. Two
bottles of claret to one Of soda water,
two lemons, q glass of sherry, Gu.
cunber sliced In Ito give it the most
perfect flavor), plenty of sugar and ice,
and where had she hidden that inn.
mense pitcher, regular brown Toby,
which she has brewed it in?
"Iknow," said an "enfant terrible; ST
saw her hiding it under the back seat
Well, there it is, filed with the most
refreshing drink of a warm afternoon,
| claret cup. Various young persons OF
! opposite sexes who have been looking
at each other more than at the game
pie, now prepare to disappear in the
neighboring paths, under a pretense
but feebly made of pluclzing blackber-
ries, artless dissemblersl
Mamma shouts; MARY, Caroline,
Jane, Tom, Harry, be back before five,
for we must start for home" May she
get them even at half-past six. From q
group of peasants over a bunch of sticks
in the Black forest up TO a queen who
delighted to picnic in Fontainebleau
these alfresco entertainments are ever
delicious. We cannot put our ears toe
close to the confessional of nature.
In packing lunch for a fisherman or
claim that brevity is the soul of wit.
She must often compress few eat
ables into the side pocket and the bottle
of claret into the fishing basket. If not,
she can palm off on the man one Oh
those tin cases which poor little boys
carry to school and which look like
books and have suggestive titles, like
, "Essays of Bacon" ''Crabbe's Tales
or 'tNews from Turkey on the back
If the fisherman will take one of these
his sandwiches will arrive in better
order.
The western hunter takes few beans
and some slices of pork, some say, il
his hat when he goes OFF on the war
path.
But the modern hunter or fisher, i
he drives to the meet or the burn, car
be trusted with an orthodox luncl
basket, which should hold cold tea
, cold game pie. a few olives and bit o
, cheese, and q large reserve of sand
: witches. When we grow more celestial
when we achieve the physical theor.
Of another life, we may. know how t,
concentrate good eating in a NOR
portable form than that of the sand
witch, but we do not know it yet.
Now, take an egg sandwich-hard
boiled eggs chopped and laid between
i bread and butter. Can anything b.
! more like the sonnet? Complete il
l fourteen lines, and yet perfection
Only indefinite chicken, wheaton flour
the milk of the cow-a1 that goes Il
make up our daily food in one littl
: compact rectangleI Egg sandwich. 1
: is immense in it's concentration.
Some people like to take salads ant
apple pies to picnics. There are grea
moral objections to thus exposing thes'
two delicacies to the rough experiences
Of apicnic.
A salad however well dressed is al
! oily and slippery enjoyment. Like al
!, great joys it Is apt to escape us
: especially in lunch basket. Apple
: pie, most delicate of pasties, will exud
, and you are apt to find the crust on tn
top.of the basket and the apple in tn
, bottom of the carriage.
But If you viii take salad and vii
! not be taught by experience, make
: perfect "Jardiniere'' of all the col
! vegetables, green peas, beans, an
cauliflower, green peppers, cucumbers
and cold potatoes, and take this mixtur
. dry to the picnic. Have your May
!, onaise in bottle and dress the salai
VIII IL b10er sl0IInS ooWu Non d Ner.
4 slippery ferny rocky at the table.
Z Truth compels the historian to oh
q serve that this is delicious with tn
1 ham, and you will not mind In tn
o least (untn the next day. the larg
y grease spot on the side breadth of you
!. gown
{ As for the apple pie, that is taken q
> the risk Of the owner. It had bette
Z be left at home for tea
!, OF course pate de foie gras, SAND
B witches, boned turkey, jellied tongue
Il the various cold birds-as partridges
quails, pheasant, chicken-raw oysters
can be taken to q very elaborate picni
near large town. Salmon dresse
i with green sauce, lobster salad, ever
: kind of salad, is in order If you can onl
!. | get IL there. and "Cayiare to the Ger