The record-union., 1893-05-19
A Red LETTER" DAY.
The MarysviIIe Appeals" Great
Family Picnic on the 25th.
All of Northern California and a Good
Portion of the Rest of the Coun-
try Expected There.

On Thursday next, the 25th inst, a
great picnic will be held at Shelton's
Grove, near Marysville This event is
intended for all of Northern California,
and is being arranged by the enterpris-
ing publishers of the Marysville Appeal,
who are leaving nothing undone to make
it the greatest public gathering of the
kind ever held in the State.
To insure the enjoyment of all that
attend the Appeal has arranged a series
Of amusements that cannot fail to give
great interest to the event. Among the
features are:
Military shoot for $3.50 cup; four COM
panies of the National Guard to COM
pete.
Pigeon-shooting match, open to all
spor smen, for prize.
Balloon ascension and a parachute
drop.
Baseball contest between the printers
OF the Marysville and Sacramento Typo
graphical Unions.
Two bands of music, street parade
and scores of other new and novel
contests.
There will be excursions from Sacra-
mento, Woodland, Nicolaus, Knights
Landing, Chico, Gridley, Biggs, Live
OAK, Oroville, Palermo, Honcut and
other way points.
An excursion train will leave Sacra-
at 10 P. NJ.
Inc REcoRD-UNION acknowledges an
invitation to the picnic, accompanied by
an accident insurance policy for 50, 600,
"ith it the following unique explanation:
Statistics show that last year, out of
nnnnln NF
met with an accident. While our guest
we 90 not propose that you shall be SUBJ
Jecteo TO even that five millionth chance
without having your interests properly
protected, consequently we inclose you
one OF the best accident preventives
ever known. No man holding one of
lheSe policies ever yet in the annals of
oI crime met with an accident"
1he editorial ticket bears the follow
ing: This special ticket entities the
hoIder TO all the comforts of home'' at
the; Appeals first annual family picnic.
VIII be recognized by conductors on
trains both ways; all holders of priyi-
leges on the grounds, restaurants on
the grounds, hotels in Marysville-in
1act, TINS card Is an assurance that for this
DAY the town, picnic grounds and every
thlng IN conjunction with the same are
yours. Wontyou come out and play2"
"a STRONG APPEAL"
The promoters of the picnic have issued
the following circular:
"Oh, busy man! Drop business for
day. Stick the pen in the rack. Leave
dollar skip where 1t listeth. Close the
shop. Take your hat. Come out with us
and play. Join the merrymakers. Romp
with the children. Dance with the maid
ems. And forget not to save the prize
waltz for your wife-if you have one.
on hnN l. a III
night OF tlannigan's ball. And that was
twenty-three years ago next huckleberry
.lme. 1t was before the oldest was born
Before business cares commenced to
weigh so heavily. Before the wrinkles
began to creep around your eyes. Before
the mothers crown OF beauty showed its
hrst silver thread.
''Y on thought she was the finest woman
IN the world then. Perhaps you do vet.
Your step was as light as the air. And,
with your arm around her waist, you
waltzed in the clouds. Heaven seemed
very near if you remember. Come, now.
try that step once more. See how it
seems. And after you have grown tired
OF very pleasure. After you have danced
And played ball. And fed candy to the
children. And firted with the girls till
your vile feels touch of the old time
jealousy. After you have filled your
stomach with ice-cream. And ginger
OIeau. ana req lemonade.
60 and lie down on the grass. Under
the trees. Gaze up through the foliage at
the blue sky. Rest near to natures
heart. Dream over again the dreams of
your youth, and when you wake up and
brush your eyes with a start, and pre-
pare for your return home, you will find
that you have brushed some of the cob
webs of your thinker; that you are
fresher man; better man; a younger
man. And when you come down town
the next day the butcher, the baker. and
the clerks sweeping out the stores will
say: -
"'Why, Wonder what has happened
to old John Jones. He looks sprightlier
than have seen him for years, and l de-
clare he was whistling this morning as
merry as plowbOy.' Yea, verify. put
on the brake; climb down out of that
work-a-day chariot in which YOU have
been plodding along so diligently for
years; get out at the side of the road: out
OF the rut; out of the humdrum,
Come out with US to the 4 DpeuL picnic
at Shelton's Grove. There is fountain
of youth out there hidden among the
poppies. 1t will make the old Young
and the young younger. Consider for q
minute that all of US poor mortals are a
short time living, and a long time dead.
and mark on your calendar, Thursday
May 25, 1893, as a day of recreation and
pleasure"