Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-08-12
CYCLE CLUBS PICNIC.
Wheelmen's Day Minus the Wheelmen
at WatSOn's.

The Cycle clubs picnic at Wat
sons Natatorium Wednesday did
not fully come up to the expecta-
tons of its progenitors. AS a
reunion of wheelmen it was
failure. The bicycle parade did
not materialize, and very few
wheelmen were in evidence. Just
why the cyclists saw fit to ignore
an entertainment advertised to
take place under their auspices
has not been satisfactorily ex-
planned. Barring the cycle dis
crepancy the day in other re-
spects was very pleasant one,
and afforded the attendants an
opportunity to ease their toll
strained brains and escape from
the "grind" for a short time.
Some of those on pleasure bent
reposed quietly under the shade
<of convenient trees, doing and
dreaming and giving the canni-
balistie mosquito a fair field
and no favor. Others rushed
madly around working as hard
for pleasure as they.do for profit.
AS a rule every form of rest
seems to involve considerable
labor and when we go picnicing
we must carry endless impedi-
menta and perform an incalcula-
BILE amount of domestic labor.
Such, however, was obviated on
this occasion. Mr.. D. B. Will
liams, who had charge Of the
restaurant privilege, took great
pains to see that all were supplied
with an excellent dinner at a
nominal price. Lunch baskets
were conspicuous by their alb
sence and the restaurant did a
| good business considering the
small crowd in attendance at the
dinner hour.
Three members of the Bren-
ham gun club, Messrs. L. j.
Lockett, r. E. Pennington and
R. j. Swearingen, went out in
the forenoon and engaged in an
informal blue rock contest. Mr..
Lockett carried off first honors,
although the other contestants
made some very fair scores.
| Cohn's orchestra, composed of
six pieces, furnished music for
the occasion. The musicians
were, Ed. Witteborg, base; A.
COIN, violin; Pier Day, cornet;
H. Eckert, trombone; A. Jayne,
guitar; G. Fischer, clarinet.
A total of seventy passengers
went out via the "Stone Linn
tied" in the forenoon, and proba-
bly, half as many more by pri-
vate conveyance.
The crowd in attendance was
greatly augmented by passengers
via the Central and those who
went out by private conveyance.
The special train which left the
Union depot at 2:30 carried over
a hundred passengers.
A commodious dancing plat
form was erected by the lakeside.
and this was utilized for chill
dren's ball in the afternoon and
a general dance in the evening
in, both of which a great many
participated. The shoot was
more largely patronized in the
afternoon, the pioneers of the
forenoon being joined by num-
Der of fresh recruits. No public
day in Brennan is quite complete
without a tennis contest. The
court was arranged in a beautiful
grove not far from the limpid
waters of the lake, and the games
attracted many spectators.
The host of the occasion, Mr..
Archie Watson, suspended a slick
and shaky pole across a portion
of the lake, and offered a prize to
any bather who would walk it.
A great many tried; but as many
as did sooner or later rolled off
into the water, and the prize was
never awarded. Then there were
number of tub races, swimming
contests and other things to make
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