The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-07-27
CAMP IZARD PICNIC.
The Annual Outing and Sunday School
Meet-A Day Of Social Pleasure,
NeigEb0rhOOd Reunion, etc.

NeigEbOrhOOd Reunion, etc.
The Camp lizard people, who oc-
cupy a section of country along
the right bank of the Withlacoo-
chez river, southwest of Ocala,
twenty miles distant, with many
of their friends across the river
in Citrus county held their annual
picnic Saturday, July "a. While
the attendance was good, it was
not as large as usual, owing to
the threatening nature of the
clouds, which all the morning
long gave evidence of a genuine
downpour of rain coming just as
the literary exercises of the day
got we'll under way, and for an
hour the lightnings flashed, the
thunders rolled, and old Pluvius
put on extra pressure. Such a
summer shower was nevor before
seen by picnickers on those
grounds. Everybody made a
break for shelter, such as could
be had, which was limited to um-
brellas, blankets, roofs hastily
improvised from the seats, while
the young ladies took to the fer
ryman's cabin across the stream,
which they packed to suffocation.
SO weighted was it with fair hu-
manity that the sills gave way
and the floor sank to the ground,
causing a great flutter. Those
under the trees bore up as best
they could, for umbrellas were
but poor protection and water ran
riot over the earth, giving all a
good soaking.
1t was good natured crowd.
They he'd come to have a good
time, and little old thing of a
shower only made them the mer-
rier anG jollier. They laughed
and ioked at the rain storm, until
every bit of starch was taken out
of the pretty and bewitching
drapery which adorned the ladies
and the set out of the blazer suits
of the young men, as time did
the same thing out of the rain
shower. No sooner had the clouds
rolled by than the good women
began marshaling their baskets,
boxes and hampers, spreading the
contents on the regulation pine
tables, and after Rev. Mr.. Haral-
son had pronounced blessing,
the picnickers regaled the inner
man with as sumptuous meal as
any hungry or famished "aching
void" could long for.
Parenthetically, where does all
this good eating come from? The
honest yeomanry till the soil and
grow it, while their better halves,
who are admirable cooks, prepare
it in a most appetizing manner;
and if the spread on picnic tables
is an evidence of plenty, then sure
ly hunger is stranger to the
people of Marion county.
The eating finished, Hon. w.
K. Zewadski was called on to give
an account of his stewardship in
the late legislature, and did it in
such an acceptable manner that
the remark was general among
the audience, "Well done, good
and faithful servant" Mr.. L
certainly did interest his hearers
Such accounting of public SER
wants to their constituents is not
only entertaining and satisfying:
but also very edifying to the ordi
nary voter.
Rev. J. B. Haralson, of Lecanto
followed Mr.. Zewadski and made
a very interesting talk on tht
work that the Sunday school wa:
carrying on in foreign lands, th'
good 1T was effecting, etc. Space
will not permit going into detail
but Mr.. Haralson's address wa
full of meat and suggestive of th
onward, irresistible and CRANE
work for the good of humanlt,
which this wonderful organiza
ton, the Sunday school, was do