Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-02-18

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see now. lhere was never .s5 ~ ~
OF boys III any 'owh as 4neon 10 ~.
There was hot a oaa egg ~ eue W.. an1
lot. mere "eIe Jouns -" ~
young uoctors anu yuuns t,
not one si .n',n was ulIiep An ~
OF gui,Iy oi a uiSn Nnn ~ part .tiff
them nelu 'nei, neaus ~ a." l.,
upper Ups, anu eacn ulu n' r.. ,
maniy anu nouurao -, world bers
tnat occss,onally 'enio tn ,h;ob
little pro supper III y n;otor. w. IA
ws Wouiu no' ihV,'e '.o 49, 70 ~
married Ineu. anu 1na' W 49,
our sweeInsst, ouJ narar INV frrni-.
never any nH ,aas;onolIv The Mayor
sule ahie ia dron IN ;rst IN Zoe
or conssaole "o oipona brt mona ~
now we molo s eI., - oaii a. tna N,ay
US wofe e'eI insi'eu snd wbilo
UT sonso LII 49,. nnonev then tha,
moS' VI 20 ~ 10 vsry l;ttla of II
we navo az" o." 20 tha othsr Tbe
ever passeu il1 no, 49, startad tban
gainoo VI LAP a1a I.nns ond naar,v ali Of
lney W. SSu r,S Ivy ond ernday school
W W.
sometimes.
In the days OF which l write pi"nics
and fish frys were sources of enjoyment
to the young people. There were two
popular places where these were held.
.nn ,,h.r we. uorara's Iake nm Noxn~
. ;nsr s.t ~ Moon A. n n,
uso w. VI" hioa.om. hooan n shed
.n u ~ an The c;rcnmamhi
ent atmosphere. and the dog wood bios
SONS opened their white petals to receive
the kiss Of the soft April zephyr. the
love lorn young man knew that the time
for the fish to bite had rolled around,
and straightway he went to work to Or
ganize a fishing party. In those days
there was no exclusiveness and no such
thing a. q list of the girls names beng
passed around for their partners to mark
an x opposite to show that they were
''takened 1t was the business of all
OF the boys to see that all Of the girls
received cards and that one were sligh-
ted. A certain girl then was not limit
ed to a certain ''feller. - like it is now
a-dsys. The girls did not advertise their
engagement then, as many do now, but
tried to conceal it and made the boys
help them. II a young maj was engaged
It was obligatory upon him to deny it,
and woe be to him il he told it | did
not acknowledge that | was engaged un
til the day | went to Charley Bowen to
pet nv license. In fact, | couldn't tell
Il. for | did not really know whether it
was 10 or not. That was awful suspense
Phil. but maybe you know how it was
Yourself.
On the morning Of the picnic, at sun
rise. the bows would drive around for
the girls. who would always be ready
and waiting. When the door would o.
pen and the girl would show herself, all
rugged up for the occasion in her pretty
lowered lawn dress and wide brimmed
lephorn hat. with wide pink ribbons tied
in a bow knot under her chin, jas beau
tiful az Venus coming ny out o3 the sea.
the antics that boy would cut helping
her into the buggy, would discount q
monkey on a trapeze. If Gus Bush OF
Bill Augustus, or DR.. Minor, or ON
dignifed old friend, Col Bill Williams
or Alex McCaskill, should happen tC
read this, perhaps they may relax theii
dignity for u moment aud indulge a flu
| gitive thought about some incident il
| their lives that 10 recalled by this sugt
gestion.
1t was the rule in arranging for these
picnics that the young lady should pre-.
| pare the basket of edibles. And, zee
vhiz. what baskets they did get up j.
| Everything in the world that was mic,
to eat went into those baskets. and i
was ALI cooked TO a Queens taste. too.
The art of cooking was not then inclu
ded in the list Of lost arts. The GOO
old fashioned darkey cook could then b,
found IN every kitchen. and every ON,
of them could beat Delmonico's chef /,
nrenarinq q lunch basket. The how
wera expected to supply the nectar IA,
the uoodsI Of the occasion. and wonl,
sometimes slip under the seats of thei
buggies a few SAMPLES of Madam Cli
onot or Sillerv or Mnmm's Eytra Drv
n be onened when The contents of iii
baskets were being deyoured m,
r;rls snread the immaculate linen mn.
der ths trees and opened the basket
and servsd the refreshments. the mean
,1bils lanubinu and cracking ;okas n
.ach othar,s sxnanss The wine va
;nd;cionsi, served and none NJ the oirl
oh;scte5 n he;ng a.ked n ;o;n IN
LAS Thi, was before the dSvs Of III
" q r II and befora the tim
vbsn chaneronss were deemed neces
ar. ~ asrort a w;ysd orond ~ monm
soiS. IN a ;srnt for finn md froi;,
And Phil such mothers az those o;rl