The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-08-06
A Red-lctter Day in Our
Calendar,

other. Memories OF the pleas
ures of June the 18th were still
lingering with the "tavored d
few" but memories are not sub
stantial things, and a week ago
each one was quite ready to
agree that the 18th was "only
taste from the Well amid the
Waste"
IT'S all well and good to cher
ish memories when one is in a
tar distant land or making a so
.journ on desert isle, but when
we are all near together, and
there is nothing to prevent
repetition of some great event,
why the sensible thing to do is
to bave it oven again. Reality
surpasses ideality.
Four days before the 23rd
some chairs were drawn closer
something was on toot-"deal-
ing in futures" perhaps? Well,
wait just minutel Or course !.
IA hint to the wise is suffi-
cient."
| On the appointed afternoon,
Thursday, July 23rd, at 4 o'clock
the picnic grounds at Rush's $
Mill were thronged with merry
and happy groups, and their
voices and laughter resounded
through the boughs OF the stately
old beeches and lent an addi-
tional charm to the music of the
birds.
| Any candidates in the party !?
Well, yes but the girls-will tes
tify that they were not OF the
tiresome kind, and We're quite
well content when they had OBJ
tanned one vote-or prom Sc
| (wait for the election).
! All regretted so much the alb
sence of Mr.. and Mrs. Flake
from our merry band during the
evening. Mr.. Flake, however,
was with us tor a short while in
the afternoon and promised to
stay until they caught him a
yard long sucker. The seiners,
in hopes of keeping him, liber-
ated all the fish of that length.
/ He became uneasy and decided
that it would take more than
one to make a yard and lett US
about six o'clock.
The seiners, piloted by Messrs.
j. N. Stone and Jesse Myers,
preceded the party by an hour
or more, and were already in the
lakes sacking the fish, and soon
came i'll heavily laden with the
! fruits of their fun.
Games, swinging, driving,
general conversation, with now
and then a ten minutes "heart
to heart" talk, kept the pleasure
seekers busy uotil about seven
o'clock, when hark a joyful
sound. "rhat all-s 0 fit n i ng,
over, powering knell-the tocsin
! of the soul-the Supper Bell"
Proceeding to the table, We found
typical fish-lry spread.
The table, We all thought, was
supporting too great a burden,
and being naturally kind heart
ed we acted according to the in
junction "Besr ye one another's
burdens" and it was soon par
TALLY relieved. Notwithstand-
ing, there was.a great sufiiciency
lett for the servants, and 1T was
good to see them enjoy it.
Alter supper word was passed
around that the new members
were to be initiated into the
mysteries OF that most mysteri-
Gus order. All quickly assembled
around the brightest light, the
old members having responded
to the signal with eagerness, the
prospective ones with trepida-
ton. No wonderl We all stand
in awe OF the unknown.
MIR. G. L. Rush, master of GER
emonies, performed his duties
admirably, and very soon all the
tears OF the new members were
vanished and iun and laughter
prevailed, during which tim
ice cream, cake, fruits and mel
ons were enjoyed in an uncon-
ventional way.
The party then listened with
rapt attention to the rendering