The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-05
ALLIANCE PIC-NICS.

AAA III SO14lC
time has wanted to bear testimony to
the wonderful ability possessed by the
Sisterhood of GuilfOrd county in get
ting up pic MICS. During the past sum
mel and fall it fell to his good fortune
to participate in the social and intel
lectual enjoyment afforded on several
occasions of this kind. Reports of
many of these having heretofore been
furnished you, except a recent
given by McLeansville Alliance on
the 14th of November.
Upon our arrival we found collected
at the cOmmodiOus academy an audi
ence of ladies and gentlemen from the
surrounding vicinity which cannot be
surpassed by any known to the writer
in point of general intelligence on the
part of the men and beauty and cul-
ture possessed by the gentle sex. /
doubt if greater indications of thrift
exist in any part of the State than that
manifested in this surrounding com
munity. Of course from such mate
rial you would expect a number one
Alliance to be evolved. Nor would
your expectations fail to be realized.
The academy was handsomely deco
rated with beautiful flowers of the
season, including many exOtics which
were tastefully arranged upon and on
either side of the speakers stand. Not
forgetting the splendid exhibit of agri-
cultural products so appropriate for
display upon such occasions, but par
don your correspondent for saying that
the bright eyes and rosy cheeks dis
played in prOfusiOn over the hall pos
sessel greater attraction to the occu-
pants of the platform than even the
floral decorations; indeed, so carried
away was one of the speakers that in
his exordium he had the temerity to
say, in substance: THAT all that pre-
vented his seeking a wife from among
the galaxy of beauty present, was be
cause there was a Mrs. Speaker
already elected to preside owe his
council board"
Now do not interpret that utterance
as proceeding from the lips of this de-
pOnent, who stands too much in awe
of the power" which sits upon the
throne of his domicilliary abode, the
proximity of which would be a gentle
reminder that for him discretion
would be the better part of valor."
The exercises were opened at II 80
q. M, by a choice selection of Alliance
music, most sweetly rendered by the
choir of young ladies and gentlemen,
after which the President, Bro. Sum
ner, fittingly introduced Bro. 2, T.
BrOughtOn, Lecturer of Albright ALI
ance, who held the attention of the
audience for two hours delivering in
a fOrcible and instructive manner one
of the most effective addresses upon
the demands of the Alliance that it has
been the writer's good pleasure to listen
to. Bro. Broughton intersperses his
remarks with anecdotes so appropriate
and so inimitably told, that the house
would be convulsed with laughter and
applause, relieving the mental strain
necessary to follow a speaker through
the elaborate field of Alliance objects
and aims.
After this speech the entire audience
was most cordially invited to partake
of the refreshments, with which a long
table in the grove was burdened. Such
profusion of substantials and d~elicacies
were here heaped that all were bounti-
fully fed and baskets full of fragments
remained to have fed many more.
Aside, if the ladies CHANGED to observe
the quantity ofgood things slowed away
by that brother " in prospective search
of a wife" I doubt the success of his
mission.
AtGor recess, n audience re assem-
bled to hear your scribe discuss upon
the benefits of cooperative institu-
tions." But candor compells him to
say that it was painfully apparent that
the kind of cooperation suggested by
him did not elicit the sympathy of that
aforesaid br~ight-eyed portion of the
audience, they doubtless %preferring CO.
operative associations limited to two,
which yuNIIlH mona npOnoIrIu 0ODon I1nIor
the head of "copartners6ip D." Never
theless, what with the bright eyes, and
brighter smiles of welcome, the stump
tuous dinner, sweet music, and cordial
"come again shake of the hand" the
occasion is not likely to be forgotten by
Yours fraternallv,
GUILFORD.
NO WAR THERE.