The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-08-28
CUPID CAME ALSO.
An Unbidden But Welcome Guest
at the Picnic.

Among the thousands who came
from Ottumwa yesterday to attend the
Morrell packing house picnic in this
city was one fellow did not buy
ticket or chip in" to pay the band. He
had all his paraphenalia along, how
ever, as was in evidence all day long.
His Sunday name is cupid, and the re-
suit of his days work was three we'd
dings among the picnicers. His right
hand man for the occasion was Rev. e.
H. Waring, and he used as his trysting
bower the back room of the county
clerks Office in the court house. The
victims of the little god and his fish
hook pointed arrows were:
Mr.. j. c. Huffman, Jr., and Miss Ada
Collett, both of Ottumwa.
Mr.. j. L. Wright and Mrs. Eva L.
Bliss Metcaff, both of Ottumwa.
Mr.. Samuel d. Underwood, of Of
tumwa, and Miss Letta Hawkins, of
diami, Mo.
An Ideal Day.
Yesterday was an ideal day for the
Morrell picnicers and they made the
most of their visit to the city. By the
time the last two trains had arrived
and the passengers had reached the
Fair grounds 1t was past dinner time
and the excursionists made haste to
open their baskets. Dinner was eaten
in true picnic style, coffee being serv-
ed out from the head cooking depart
ment. The seats around the eating
tent were all nlled and groups could be
seen all over the grounds taking their
lunch on the grass.
Immediately after dinner the crowd
swarmed up into the amphitheatre.
filing seats, aisles, railing, and all the
available standing room. The after
Moons program was not carried out as
was originally intended, but enough of
it was given 10 keep the people inter
ested all the time. The first part of
the program was run off as planned,
including the address of welcome by
Hon. w. H. Wray of this city, and the
response in behalf of the Morrell COM
pany by Thos. d. Foster. The fife and
drum corps were in attendance and
did their share in the entertainment.
An agreeable variation was introduc-
ed by the appearance of two trick BIZ
cycle riders and they did some some
very creditaDle feats in the wheeling
line.
In the midst of the performance the
platform just in front of the amphi-
theatre seats gave way and came
down with crash. The people were
BABY frightened but order was restor-
ed in few minutes and nobody was
the worse for the accident. There
were only two riders in the bicycle
race, but they had a close fight for it
and were sure of winning first and Sec
ond money. The ball team attracted
quite number and the playing was
very good indeed. Beacon was to have
played with the Iowa Pride nine, but
they failed to show up so a second
nine was picked up from the Ottumwa
boy and they showed the 'Prides"
good game. The final score was 10 to
0 in favor of the Iowa Prides, but con-
sidering that the other team had never
played together before, it was consid
cred very creditable showing.
The 50th Regiment Band came up
with the excursionists and gave band
concert in the afternoon. They rem
dered some very excellent selections
and their presence helped out amaz-
ingly.
Most of the crowd came up town
about o'clock when the first trains
left for Ottumwa. Many waited until
later and spent the time looking about
the city. The crowd was quiet and or
derby and the ponce were not called
upon to exercise their authority in a
single instance. Oskaloosa is well
pleased with the whole affair. 1t was
something out of the ordinary for
three thousand people to celebrate a
holiday without some one going be-
yond the limits and the fact that yes
terday's crowd was well behaved in
every respect speaks well for Ottum-
wa, and the big packing house the
crowd represented.