The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-08-13
PREACHERS ON WARSAW.
Had a jolly Time on Their Sum.
mer Outing.


mer Outing.
The following account was written
TO the Columbus Ledger by Colum-
bus member of the party of Methodist
preachers, their families and friends,
who spent two weeks at Warsaw
island, near Savannah. The party of
pleasure-seekers included Rev. and
Mrs. o. F. Cook of Dawson, who re-.
turned from the trip few days ago:
WARSAW ISI.AND.--Mr. Editor:
That our friends may know how we
fare. please print this message and
convey our assurance that all is we'll
with US on the island, and the time we
are having would require an amend
ment to the dictionary to describe.
When l speak of our party include
the preachers of Savannah. 1t is a
congenial crowd, with no schism Or
friction to mar our pleasure.
The outdoor sports are spiced with
wit and humOr, of whose keen shafts
each must expect to feel the good ma
tured sting, and when a combination
forms against one he might as we'll
lower his arms. Our evenings in the
big pavilion are spent in what we call
daily concerts. One evening it was
original poetry-anOther it was cele-
bration of Brother Anthony's birth
day.
Last night we had old-fashioned
country school. You should have seen
the ladies dressed as school girls ''say-
ing their pieces' and reading compost
tions. There was not much dignity,
but deal of fun. l send you some
samples of our poetry. The following
by one of the Colum bus party was vot-
ed good:
FISH POEM.
To write a composition
Is against my disposition,
And all about fish
In the sea or on dish.
But suppose, in either case,
The truth might embrace.
We despise the Warsaw cat
AS woman hates a rat.
But oh, to catch a trout
That can pull little stout
Brings a thrill of Joy
To man the same as boy.
Good fishing is all right
When they choose to bite;
But to sit and slowly walt
With a shrimp for bait
And never get a single bite
Makes 'old chap get eight.
Reh l. n lopo1xy
And so kind to all the preachers
To even bite their hook
And not know how they look.
The parson has the fun,
But poor fish is overcome.
Then into the preachers boat,
Never more to float.
Then the fsh's family wonder
If he, too, has gore to "Pinder."
But poor fish is gone for good
AS the preacher said he should.
His little life is spent;
He never made cent.
He ended on a hook
In the hands of Osgood Cook.
But Cook he grows much greater
AS the fish comes on the waiter.
All good fish were made for man
And they do the best they can.
Their lives we greatly initiate
And often grab common bait.
Now as we take little leisure
We are grateful for the pleasure.
Another of the party wrote:
THE CHAMPION SAW.
l. have heard of buzz saw, an old saw,
a new saw;
A cross-cut, a sash and buck saw;
OF Kennesaw, Arkansas, Chickasaw,
sew-saw,
What | saw and you saw and he saw,
But of all the saws that l ever saw
The saw that walks off with the cake
is Warsaw.
And yet for saws that are rusty and old,
That make the teeth chatter, the
blood run cold,
POintless, toOthless, rancOus and raw,
Commend me always to the species of
saw
That the wits of Savannah palm off on
folks,
And then with fine irony label them
jokes
The singing would, we'll, to say the
least of it, keep people awake, even at
ling gun as guarantee against burg
lars. The Savannah quartette can ST.
lence everything except mosquitoes.
We have had thunderstorm every
evening for several days. Two OF our
party went to Thunderbolt in a sail
boat yesterday, On their return trip
the storm struck them and they got
back today at noon. We have kodak
picture of them and will label it "plen-
ty," for John Fletcher and Paul Pin
son say they got plenty. My advice
is don't monkey with sailboat if you
can help it.
Surf bathing is superb. The spring
tide and high winds give US breakers
that one must climb almost like a wa
terry stairway. Brother Fletcher and
Mr.. Pinson are much elated oyer a new
accomplishment they have learned
they can now float like a cork. Of
course the waves sometimes make
and they swallow lot of sea
wafer hut thew do not mention it