The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-10-10

given. 1T looks horrln! why, lts IKE WuaV
we feed the.cows at homo! l never can eat
that!"
a. don't believe you know how" said one OF
our party, with a shy wink.
well. how do you eat it?" our English
cousin asked, deisntly.
"You just wait till get ready for mine, and
I'll show you. Now" moment later, look
here"
Such an exaggerated picture as he made,
with both elbows on the table. and both hands
grasping the ear of corn as though afraid 1t
| would disappear, while his eyes rolled from
one to the other, as If seeking TO read en-
enlargement and approval in our faces. or
| course, we laughed. Our English cousin was
| disguised.
81 never can eat like that" was the decision,
| so the lesson in corn-eating went for naught.
J Now" said the hero of the corn exploit. L
want you people to hurry with your pie. Not
| that i begrudge the pie, but do begrudge the
| time"
Thus admonished we dispatched our pie, all
unmindful of the grim tyrant dyspepsia, and
! were ready TO take in the town.
The lake was our objective point, OF course
/ shall never forget the first view had of it.
| We boarded an electric car and, after q ride OF
| about four miles. found ourselves going down
! and down into n hollow. where trees met over
head and kept the sunshine out and the gloom
in. Then quite suddenly we burst out into tho
|
beauty, tinted OF like great, cleaning opal,
| lay Lake Erie.
at is the lake!" As though eptranced we
| took in its beauty until aroused by the conduct
or's stenforian END of the route!" when we
all got out and made our way to the beach.
How softly aud sinuously, and with what
slow, undulating movement the waves come
| in! And now reaching the beach line they
seem to pause. for a breath of time, before hurl-
ing themselves all sparkling aud laughing,
| upon the sand and pebbles ut ones very feet,
whilo they throw their spray defantly into
| ones face.
One feels desire to join a crowd of boys who
leap and dance in the water; but mindful of the
| absence OF the implements wherewith to reCurl
ones tresses, the desire is successfully resisted.
And SO we go on, gathering up the shells by
| the lakeside. And the crowd comes and goes,
up aud down, this way aud that aud, suddenly,
without warning. for we have not noticed the
clouds, great drops of rain begin TO fall, aud
everybody scurries TO some shelter.
As for us, we leave the lake and once moro
board the electric car, with the signing of the
wind and the waves in our ears, and three
very would be smart young men i'll the seat in
front OF US.
And ali the way back to town they chew gum
and get off stale jokes. And we learn. Incl
dentalIy, that one is wearing his sisters bicycle
cap.
liked his sisters shirt waist, and No. tells
how he went to take his best girl driving, Int
| was met by her father aud. forced 10 take him
| instead. And we laugh at these giddy ones.
| not because we think they witty, but be-
cause somewhere and somehow we have read
or heard these words. AN told her there was
jay born ev'ry minute in the day J"
By and by we are transferred 10 another car,
| and the last we see of the "Wiilies" they
| chewing gum and smiling softly.
To the docks to watch the boats go out and
come in Away off yqnder is fishing party,
and smile and think there some folks
shade wckeder than we this glad, bright Sum
day. Such is human nature
Then, after have seen all there is to be
seen. and smelled the odor Of fish and decaying
wood 10 our hearts content, we go and board
another car bound for The Cedars." And
when we are about quarter of a mile from
our destination the stops, and we are told
we go no farther, a. the track is blocked
on account of some repairs being made
So off get, not without some gFumbling,
you may be sure. and 20 the rest of the way
afoot. We meet some people, who, after giving
us penetrating stare, say something about 81 so
many Piitsburgers." And we long for look
ing-glass to sec whether we have the regulation
black smndge decorating our noses, for by what
other characteristic could we have been recog-
nized? 81
Ii begins to rain, this time in earnest, so we
hurry back TO the car. We are just in time,
and once more carried back 10 town.
In Erie. when wishes TO board a car. one
is allowed to wait until the motoneer 1--WE of
Pittsburg call it motorman) has brought the
car to n staudstill. Then, instead of being
seized by the arm and dragged upon the car
neck and heels, the conductor gently assists
one mp the high step.
And not even then does he iercely ring the
bell, leaving one TO clutch wildly and vainly
for the strap that always swings out of reach
just 1t the moment one thinks one has it.
o, no; the Erie conductor blanily waits till
one is seated. Then there is the musical jingle
of the bell, and the car starts on its way again,
and one is serenely conscious that he has not
contributed to the amusement of his fellow
passengers, who in turn may have amused
others.
But being accustomed to being thrown into
car IN har-Iazard fashion gives one a feeling
of uncertainty when one * permitted to enter
and sit down in Christian fashion,
The time for leaving comes ali too soon AT
$50 we have finished our supper, and, in
q sudden downpOur OF rain, wend our way to
the station, and are once more in our train. :.
At 6 we are homeward bound, aud our visit to
the lakeside city thing OF the past.
We had enjoyed the day, despite the showers
that ami then descended upon u.s. But
Madge, in reflective mood, gave vent to this
expression:
IL wasn't right for us to 90 on Sunday. IF
it had been it wouldn't have raimed and spoiled
the ending Of it. Sunday excursions are wrong"
And that, by the way, is also the opinion of
Ola Belle Hotham, 1873 Pearl street, Pitts
burg, Pa
PASSING IN REVIEW.
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appreciation OF the sympathies extended them
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REVOLUTIONARY QUERY
Can anyone aid me in question of ancestry
! find from Connecticut Revolutionary Rolls
that one Jonathan Hill enlisted May s, l777.
for three years, IN Capt. Gifts company, Sd
Line; residence not given. If some descendant
of Capt. Cliff, or of some member of his com
pany, have the muster-rol or other evidence 10
determine the place of residence of said Jona-
than Hill, might be able to settle the ones.
ton of relationship. Any information through
TEE NATIONAL TRIBUNE will be thankfully re.
ceiyed by
An Old Soldiers Widow, Duluth, MINI.