The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-25
Demolished Mountainous
Storeof Provisions and
Stood Strain Well.
INI'ERMINABLE
BASEBALL GAME
Thousands Turn Out to Enjoy
Picnic and Have Good Time.
Races and Other Inter-
esting Exercises
Were Features
OF Day.

Five thousand people were once fed
on Ave loaves and three hshes, but for
twenty-five hundred or three thousand
themselves at the al-day police picnic
In the Fair Grounds. 1t took this
One thousand lonvcs of bread.
Three hundred gallons of Bruns-
wick stew.
Three hundred nnl sixty pounds
of lnml,.
Two hundred pounds of cooked
hnm.
Fifty pounds of schwei'zer
checke.
Ten pounds of LimhurRer.
Two hundred and ten pounds of
corncd beef. ia
Eight bIl.scl. Of potato rnind.
Eight bushels OF the "Dcvil's
mixture.
Fifteen gallon. of salmon salad.
Five dozen Dutch herring.
Twelve hundred and eighty gal
Ions of bre>ycd Lemonade.
Hundreds of bottles Of iron brew,
soda water, Popcock and lemonade
made out of lemons.
or all this vast amount fairly stag
gering the ina gination of the readers.
| If it did not the stomaehs of the eat
! lers. only the Iimburger was left. II
commanded a wide berth. and people
fled from II as they would before
roaring lion. The Llmburger almost
roared.
Flockcd from Every aunrter.
Fully 2,5oo people were transported
ITO the Fair Grounds during the course
lof the day.|and others walked by the
dozen. There was not a knot-hoie that
I did not Let some hungry human
NJ fpp orah Ia
climbed over the fence The smell of
Jack Sales boiling three-hundred gall
tlon cauldron was waited far and wide
\ by the kindly breezes. and hungry
i mortals eagerly snuffed of its fra
GRANGE. Hence 1t is MOTTO be doubted
that yesterday Rome was forgotten.
#despite It's ancient glory. and all
l roads led TO The Fair Grounds. An
tobserver from Mars would sdoIb btless
4 have thought that famine had re-
Gently visited the city and that outside
lrelief had Just come In.
4 BY 6 o'clock III the evening not a
thing was left: one could not have
slcollected one basket. much less twelve.
10y crumbs that had been scattered on
the green and the mold. for the iun-
,sung refrain of every heart tiiatsSisitcd
she picnic was tlet MS eat, drink and
/ be merry. for Tomorrow we die
.iThere may be more lrulH 3 thanH tiOily
In the saying, for 1t was generally re-
ported all over the city last night that
two policemen had orer-eaten them
selves and had died in peace. The re.
mort could not be verified last night
but it is sforegone conclusion that
to-day will be busy one for the
physicians.
Special praise is due to the Passenger
tand Power Company,the he officials Of
(which displayed great foresight in
Idoubling the number OF yi1e cars to
bring the people home. Ths necessity
of this is easily understood when 1t
is remembered what the company had
,tc bring back. Going out. the pro-
/ tvisions We're loaded In wagons.
The Most Succcssful.
In point of attendance the program
of entertainment. the provcnder Rro
.vided and the general delights OF the
day, the picnic of the Police Banevo-
ient Association was the most success
ful ever held. and this opinion was
freely expressed BY both the police,
the members of the association and
by those who were fortunates enough to
tbe participants In the days frivolity
and enjoyment II was an all Rich
mond day, and people journrved out 4.
4 the hot boiling sun because they knew
3 or had heard, of Jack Saioss ability
A ms a cook and general provider, be-
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