The Republican journal., 1902-05-08
A BLACKBOARD RIDE TO CAMDEN.
The Seniors of the Belfast high school
Have a Pleasant Outing

The Seniors of the Belfast High School
Have a Pleasant Outing
A merry party of sixteen gathered at
the schoolhouse at eight A. M. thursday,
April 24th, laden with lunch-boxeS, wraps
and tin horns. They represented the senior
class of the High school, or TO De exact,
just three-fourths of it, their guests, those
of their schoolmates who assisted at the
presentation of "The Elevator and two of
their teachers. 1t was with regret that we
started without many whose presence had
been counted upon, for, on account OF Ill
ness and other reasons, our NUMBER was
smaller than we had anticipated. Inc two
comfortable buck boards from the stables OF
the Belfast Livery Co. were well hlled,
nevertheless, and at $50 we started off,
literally with flying colors, the four-horse
team in the lead. The bright sun and
strong wind had done much to dry up the
mud of the day before, and before we had
gone many miles the dust was blowing
Until we arrived at Pitchers Mills there
was little or no excitement except IN watch
ing the effect of a blast from horn on the
tiocks of chickens in the door-yards of the
farmhouSes. There, however, we gave our
class yell, and We're saluted in fine fashion
by the mill whistle. The much coveted
"back-seat'' was filled to overtlowing at the
start, but many and various were the com
ingS and gongs of its occupants. We made
triumphant entry at the metropolis OF
Lincolnville Centre, where our yell and our
horns, OF it may have been our personal
appearance, caused runaway. No damage
was done, for the fiery Steed was soon cap
tured and was being driven meekly back to
/ his hltchin9 post when we passed. While
all this connection had been going on our
principal had been Intellectually trying to
get into the principal department store by
the very undignitied process OF "breaklng
and entering" The proprietor came to the
rescue of his lock in time to save it, and
probably sold out an entire department,
! Judging from the spells distributed on the
return of the would-be criminal. From that
time on enough work was done (by certain
useful features at least) to entirely counter
! act the effect of the melodiouS Cd and oft
repeated assurance of one of the party,
! the burden of whose song was 81 never
worked in all me life About half-past
eleven we arrived at the usual Turnpike
picncing ground, where the horses were
embarrassed and the baskets and boxes
opened If one young lady was specially
and unnaturally quiet at our improvised
dinner table it must have been the result of
the reply given her by a certain youthful
teamSter we met in answer to the question
! if his horses were wild. The olive bottle
and the Sardine box We're guarded by jeal-
Gus eyes during the meal, but the rate at
which the contents of both disappeared was
a caution. After everybody had partake
so bountifully Of dinner that even the olives
tempted them no longer, the remainder was
I carefully put away for our next repaSt. AL
| most opposite our camping place were two
| picturesque little cottages nesting Snugly
! thither the party progressed by twos and
threes around the lake by the excellent
road to the hospitable veranda, where a
rest was taken before returning. On the
way some of the patty stopped at the only
| farm house in the vicinity to get some milk
and were stared at by the round-eyed chill
dren, as probably the first picnicers of the
season. When we were again united, the
horses We're put in, wraps slowed away,
and seats procured for the short drive into
/ Camden. AS we neared the town our class
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