The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-23
FISH FRY Ar SWAN LAKE.

OH rIiuay VI iast week the yOuhl
people of the second ward had mos
delightful fish fry out on Tensa
bayou just at The foot of Swan lake
We say the ayoung" people, for eyel
1 the married ones were young that day
and some of them cut as many caper
/ almost as the boys. 1t was the pleas
ure of the writer TO be present, aud t,
enjoy the contents of the well supplied
baskets that formed a most pleasin.
part of the days outing. Quite
number of Providence young ladIe
and gentlemen we're present, and
added to the second ward contingent
made up party of about thirty.
The picnicers reached the LAKE
about half past ten, where Mr.. Harry
Graham, an old veteran of an angler
had preceded them 10 have the Abait'
ready; which, though scanty,ss did
not cause the zeal of the fishermen ia
abate in the least. In a short while
everybody was fishing with a ven
geance and talking with all his or her
might. Presently scream rent the
atmosphere all eyes were riyeted on
the cypress root where several rosy
checked young ladies sat laughing al
the top of their voices and running
the scale of excited hilarity, getting
their limos tangled up, and making
more racket than the law ought TO
allow at picEics. Miss--had really
caught fish After this event almost
every one had more or less luck, and
soon quite string of sun perch had
been caught.
As for the writer, he, in common
with three or four other poor speci-
mems ofthe male persuasion, had his
hands full getting the girls lines I'M
hi;ched from snags, limbs and bushes,
taking the fish of the hooks, and put
ting on fresh bait. Bus all this was
compensated later on when most OF
the party stopped fishing and repaired
to the cooling shade of clump of
trees near the high bank of the bayou.
Here the welkin rang with songs of
all kinds, classes, coIors. sizes and con-
ditions and from the fun everybody
had, you would have thought that the
ice water had a nail accidently dropped
into it. About this time the rest of
the party arrived, bringing with them
q magnificent string of white perch. |
they must have spit upon
their hooks. And now the frying |
pan was warmed, the lard put into it, |
and soon every body's noses were en-
toying those mealy exhalations that
proceeded from the regions where the
cooking was going on. Dinner was
,ext announced, and never before
lad we sat down to--or rather stood /
Up to-a more enjoyable or tempting
'epast. We must stop talking about
he dinner right here, for the emotions
# the appetite are too overpowering
o be INDUCED in; especially as ours
lappens to be a just-before-dinner
ppetite.
About five O'Clock the horses were
itchcd up, the picnic broke up, the
rivers called out "get upp and away
vent horses, baskets, fishing lines,
'oles, people, ct cetera, homeward,
fter spending day on Swan lake as
leasantly as could possibly have been
pent Ever since that day something
as been humming in our mind, which
ar Faber No. says is something
Ike this -
low graceful bends the willow bough,
low placid are the waters now:
low would my heart abound with glee,
thou, my sweet. could smile on ne.
ut never shall it be forgot
he day it was my happy lot IL
Then you and / sat meath the shade
Swan lakes waving greenwood made. I
nd when the zephyrs wake its breast j
ut why should / betray the rest? H.
GU know it, sweet IL dare not tell;
'e'il keep our secret close--farewell a