Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-07-03
UNION PICNIC.
The Largest Crowd Ever Attending Such
Gathering From wauwatosa.

At eight o'clock last Saturday morn
ing the Uniun Sunday School picnic of
Wauwatosa started in five cars for
Phantom lake near Mukwonago, to
spend the day
The cars got off promptly on time
and switched at seth Street for West
Allis and switched at that point onto
the Muskego line and away we went
at a forty mile clip" for the lake arri-
wing at Mukwonago at 10:45, then we
were supposed to go about n miles
further by street car where we were to
alight and start for the lake, but low
aud behold one car blew up, that is the
motor. SO old and young had nice
little walk of about mile which was
enjoyed by all if ''you don't care what
you say" to that once beautiful spot
Phantom Lake.
Arriving at the lake everybody start
ed out to have a real good time some
sat around under the scrub oak trees
which are not very numerous while
others started for boats which could
be had at 25c per hour at the grounds.
but some were more fortunate and
went to the hotel Inn at the other end
of the lake and procured boats for the
whole day for so cents.
A ball game of five innings was
played on the grounds between mines
picked from the picnicers just before
dinner which proved quite interesting.
Dinner over the children and every
body started to enjoy themselves as
best they knew how, some going boat
riding, others sitting around drinking
lemonade, of which one could have all
he or she desired at the nominal price
of nothing, while a few went fishing
and to tell the truth Phantom Lake is
the poorest lake for fishing we have
ever had the privilege of dropping a
minnow in, by the way, one party
started about $40 a. m. in a livery rig
to catch the early car at West Allis so
as to be on tLc ground early and they
did not even see fish, so we are told,
o. course we will mention no names
because they felt had enough. If You
want to go fishing don't go to Phantom
Lake.
About 4 p. m. the committee started
on their rounds informing the crowd
that the Wauwatosa cars would leave
for home at s, then there was hustle
and hustle to get ready and catch the
cars for home, everything seemed TO
be going nicely, arriving at the street
car line we found two cars packed to
the doors with standing room only left
but we were assured that three more
cars would be there in about Is minutes
SO all waited for the next train, which
seemed quite slow coming, pretty soon
a small boy let out yell, here they
come, papa and all were on their feet
afraid they would get left and have to
stay on the sheep ranch all night,
along came the ears which proved to
be the regular East Troy cars so we
waited another hour or SO and then
another car came in sight, then n yell
went up from all, there they come, get
your baggage ready" and then came
another disappointment, it was another
car for East Troy with u band on
which did not give us very much good
music, about o'clock few cars came
from the other direction. everybody
that could got iuto the ears and after
being told they were not our ears got
off again, well tell yon this was a
very tired and disappointed crowd
waiting to get home, but in half an
hour along came our cars from Mil
waukee to take us home, it was 1880 by
this time and we had been waiting
from p, M. you would have been a
little bit tired yourself if YOU would
have been there, well all got on and
we started for dear ''old Wauwatosa, y
the best place the sun ever shown on
and tell yoa we did fly, we give the
motor-man credit for doing his best to
help out a tired crowd, on we came
down through Muskego and Hales Cor
pers to West Allis where we expected
to switch out onto the Wauwatosa line
here was another disappointment,
everybody was saying, Where are we
going" and would you believe it the
street ear company gave us ride down
through the principle streetof Milwau,
kee, 1--WE thought they would take MS
to Wonderland.l but on we went till
we reached the Public service building
where the lights were fixed in the last
coach and then the signal was given
to go ahead and away we went over to
Grand Ayenne, II ypu had seen the
Milwankee people "rubbering" at us
You would have laughed, well we went
right mp Grand Avenpe and across the
yiaduct without mishap stopping at