The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-05-27
THE HARRIS PEDRO CLUB.
They Enjoy an Outing on the Blue Wate
of Lake Erie.


of Lake Erie.
The II. C. Harris Pedro Club is Well
ingtCn organization Of married people so
named because Of the remarkable skill
at pedro Of H. G. Harris, the pride Of the
club. During last winter this gentle
man won 10 less than five Of the twelve
fist prizes offered at the various meet
ings Of the club, and thereby immOrta-
lized himself.
The gentlemen Of the organization
highly appreciated the delightful way
which they had been entertained by the
ladies during the winter, and at the last
regular meeting Of the club appointed
a committee consisting Of II. G. Harris
and E. A. VanCleef to devise some kind
Of suitable outing for the club. This
committee met with the greatest success
and hit on plan which gave all who
participated q never-to-be-fOrgotten days
excursion.
On last Wednesday the following party
left on the W. & L. h. train for Norwalk:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris, Mr.. and Mrs. Van
Cleef, Mr.. and Mrs. Brans0n, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. K. Warner, Mr.. and Mrs. Linds-
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. HOrr, Mr.. and Mrs. OF
terbacher. NOrwalk reached, the ladies
Of the party were with difficulty per-
suaded to tear themselves away from
the delights Of sho lping in the big glass
block store, and take the special car the
committee had chartered on the NOrwalk
and Sandusky electric line. A charming
ride through the garden like farming
country of Huron and Erie counties,
past Thomas A. Edis0n's birthplace,
rear Milan, and past the soldiers
home brought the party to Sandusky bay.
There, thanks to the committee, lay the
steamer, American Eagle, with steam up
ready TO take the Harris Pedro Club on
an all days cruise among the islands.
The weather was delightful, but the
windblew freshly from the northeast. The
we'll known hOrseman Of the party
turned pale when he saw the white caps
roll. He suggested that he believed all
would have more fun to take the steam
cars and go to Toledo and attend Fore
paugh's circus, but BransOn, the bold
and others hustled him aboard, and the
Eagle was sOOn steaming down the bay.
! Captain Meagle never carried jollier
party. The Eagle has been known to
carry 500 people but the fourteen from
the cheese city occupied it all on this
occasion. Put-in-bay was reached in
time for dinner, after which the members
Of the club went fishing, played ten
pins, or rowed on the bay. No less than
tHenty-One fine rock bass were caught
by the party. Mrs. VanCleef caught the
the most fish, the pedro champions luck
deserting him for once, or perhaps his
nerves were so shattered by the perils of
the sea that he could not do himself
justice.
At half past four the Eagles whistle
summoned the excursiOnists aboard for
the return trip. The fish were carefully
slowed away in the hold and it was sug-
gested that the reason the boat tossed
less on the return trip was because OF
the added weight of the fish.
The party registered at the West
House, at Sandusky for supper, and it
was most heartily enjoyed, for it cannot
be denied that several had empty stOm-
achs. The pleasure of the trip was
much enhanced by the enhancing sing
ing music Of the well known horseman,
he who fears the water. His solo, 81
feel like helping, rendered in his own
inimitable way, was certainly the fea-
ture of the day. The electric car left
Sandusky for NOrwalk, at half past
eight and close connections were
made with the W. &. L. E. train which
reaches Wellington at 1902. Every one
who went was glad he did so and all felt
very grateful to the committee for ar
ranging so successfully for the days out
ing.