The record-union., 1892-04-30
4 F0OTHILL FROLIG.
Eggs-traordinary Scenes at an Easter
Celebration.
ssAdonfs'' Relates Some Amusing Incl
dents That Occurred at Picnic
Near Latrobe.

A correspondent of the RECORD UNION,
writing from Latrobe, FL Dorado County,
says:
I'm the spring the young mans fancy
lightly turns to thoughts OF love-" but in
this part OF the moral heritage it does not.
What fancy he possesses IS usually
turned to thoughts OF the inner man."
and he never fails to satisfy his fancy in
a substantial yet elegant way.
on Saturday before Easter we, the
young ladies and gentlemen of our little
hamlet, ''hied us away to the YER
dant woods on top of Ben Bolt Hill,
with dozens of basketsful of the good
things of this life in the shape OF roast
chicken, baked potatoes, delightfully."-
odorous boiled cabbage, soft, mushy-
looking puddings, innocent-looking, but
deeply deceptive, custards and pies, etc.,
and-eggs, eggs, eggs legs big and lit
tie, eggs old and young, eggs cooked and
raw, eggs hard and soft-boiled, eggs
which had done duty all winter as nest
eggs-everywhe you looked there were
dozens of eggs
Does it begin to dawn upon you why
wewent? For nothing more or less than
to celebrate Easter in our own innocent
way, and-tO have an egg-eat
The fun begun after some of the boys
had built a fire and hung over it a kettle
hIleu 10 Lilt DTlIH Win eggs anu water,
and all stood by in eager expectancy,
awaiting the proper moment TO ladle
them out Nobody dreamed OF the dire
calamity which oVerhung that anXioGsly
watched kettle and its contents, like a
cloud on a Fourth of July picnic; nobody
bat what expected to receive his proper
share of eggs, when-crash! came that
beloved old kettle down in the ire, del
uging the flames and spattering the town
dudes new spring pants beyond recogni-
ton. However. this was not all OF the
damage done. If it were, it would have
been but small damper on our enthusi-
asm. When the clouds Of hot ashes and
steam had subsided, thereby exposing
the full extent of the damage, a wall of de-
spair arose.
Can l describe the scene? The eggs
were total wrecks. In the immediate vi
cinity of that prematurely 'doused'' fire
the sight reminded one OF the town hall
on the morning after ten-cent theater
h3d visited the place, when every citizen
who attended had taken ample revenge
in half-dozen or SO Of rotten eggs. That
erTatic Kettle was not satisfied with spoil
ing our eggs, putting out our fire and
polka-dotting the dudes pants; but, after
polslng moment on one ear, it took q
header toward Il young theological stu
dent who had danced attendance all
morning on the prettiest girl there. He
was STOPPING over. and Sir Kettle took
him right amidships, knocking him
backward into a bushel basket full of
uncoCked eggs, which had been brought
along in case of emergency.
Neither did the kettle stop here 1t
meandered on and stopped long enough
10 exchange the compliments of the day
with young lady who had been foolish
enough to come out in white dress. 1t
was tar from white when that kettle got
ont of the way. Such soft, downy
black so tender and airy-looking! Just
like young mans budding nlustache
but Gust the opposite in color, might
add)
Well, that theological student was
sight to behold when the bows had been
prevailed upon TO eXtricate him from his
uncomfortable position. He went back
ward and with such force as to wedpa
himself 50 tightly in that basket that all
his spasnodic efforts to get loose only
tended 10 make matters worse. After
turning himself and the basket over he
mopped up several square feet Of mother
earth and broken eggs. His once hand
some black suit beggared description.
The back of his coat was yelloWer than
the hide Of anybody that ever had the
Jaundice; his face and hair were plastered
with generous coat of eggs and ashes
One spot, however, remained intact-his
young mustache peeped out of this hetro-
geneouS mass IN all its blonde loneliness
I4b uC iJcai ltl 1OE uGillG lIIltllGulaIGlN. and
L doubt II his own mother knew him.
We concluded to roast the balance of
our eggs, and not risk losing them all; so,
after getting bed of nice, hot embers.
we carefully buried the hen-fruit, and
awaited developments. One egg de-
Veloped quite unexpectedly. 1t sputtered
for a moment when the contents shot
upward out of the ashes, like skyrocket,
giving me the full benefit of its loudly
odorouS substance. 1t took me sGuarefy
on my shining shirt-front, frescoing it
with many various designs. | wore
napkin inside my vest and under my
chin the rest of the day. l would not be
afraid to wager that that egg was either
highly charged with electricity and bad
air certainly the latter, or with some of
the clements ofwhich his satanic majesty
is composed.
The girls had the table spread by the
time we got the eggs cooked, and we all
sat down TO enjoy the lhen) fruits of our
labor, and the feast so well earned. L
succeeded in getting next to my best girl,
and made up for the time the theological
student uSurped my place. / enjoyed
myself hugely till Lucinda my girl)
asked me to peel her egg. l peeled-or
ut least started to-and had about half
finished when | glanced down at the egg,
and, alas alas / discovered to my hor-
orthaJ l was ruthlessly Matching an inno-
cent. little chicken! My grief was un-
bounded. but my disgust had the upper
hand, so | flung that teathery bped as far
as my right arm could send it, and told
Lucinda that if she preferred roast
chicken l could get her a slice without
the feathers. This offended her, and now
l am trying to get on the good side of her
sister.
We finished up the day with pelting
each other with the hard-boiled eggs
which nobody could eat. Some miserable
sinner put two that were hard boiled into
my pocket, and when i sat down you
can imagine the consequences.
We will know how to do better the
next time, and nope 10 have the pleasure
of inviting the whole RECORD UNION
staff 10 participate. That kettle stopped
when it got TO the bottom Of the hil,
where it broke into so many pieces that it
could not roll. ADoNIS.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.