The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-25
Hibernians' Annual Picnic
 Delight to Many Hundreds

appointed for the occasion. Nobody could find fi. It was conspicuous ey its absence and the Hibernlans ovsns to he censured Tor the neglect. When a body. as Huck Finn might say, wen. to leave that glorious spot ne osea 2 have any fellow to tell what s,.s time he had; he just went away wv. . good taste in hIs mouth Wlthou' sas ing anything. .-v
 The trouble was. you see, that every Hibernian--and his wife, too, IT ne w SO fortunate as to have Wte,. a reception committee all by hinseis, He just took you under his arm ane told you where to play and eat 1nu drink; and if you couldn't ao thoss things by yourself he helped you. Ano 60 of course there was 2 soYu ras. q nautical expression---the crowd was divided into watches so that every body could be accomm odated. iue watches didn't watch very much they chiefly ate what they could. And there couldn't have been better things to eat The barbecued meats were JUS. about the best that have been onerea in a long time. There was plenty 2, food. 1t was we'll and pleasantly served and within a short time. for tsousn there had to be q second table" every body was repleted.
 Prizes for Dancing. The dancing, which had been iea- ture of the day. was brought to climax with the contests for the prizes for dancing. The Tisdaie orchestra was making the best sort or music under the direction of W. H. Barrett, who was chairman of the Committee on Floor. Then James J. Sullivan an nounced the rules of the contest and the judges names. Then the couples. twelve in number, danced each for thirty seconds. When the. contest was over it was announced that Mrs. John Tisdals had won the ladies prize. a fam and William Egan. the mens prize, a box of cigars. Miss Burns was highly complimented for her dancing.
 The awarding of the prizes was foi- lowed by cheering.
 The out-of-door sports were informal but highly diverting. There were two races for boys and little girls and somebody won nearly every one of them. Just who the somebody was it was dificult to determine because 1t was something like caucus race in Alice in wonderland;'' everybody ran until he was ready to cease and then everybody got a prize. The fat men wouldn't race as had been promised; ; but the fat women did. When volun- teers were called for 1t was some time before there was a sufficlent number but finally there were three entries.
 Fenininity could no farther go, how ever, for there were no entries for the old maids race. M
 Lots of men and boys likewise climb ed the rope. hand over hand. Some of them went up with aiaerity others arduously ascended half way and then hung painfully quivering until the gibes of their observers brought them with bleeding hands and pale faces. auivering to the ground.
 But 1t was a great. big happy party for those who were there. Those who came back to Montgomery at ( o'clock had fun; but those who waited until later in the evening had more fun.
 The Committees.
 Following is a list of the commit tees whose preparations were 90 eff, fective in making the picnic an en. joyabie success:
 On Baggage, Pat dibbon. win
 Conductors, T. J. Kslly, John Mo, Loughlin, John Cassidy, P. J. Swseny, R. B. Whitaker. T. M. MeDonough. Jim Lacy. Pat Ryan. R. c. Morgan.
 Reception. H. Gallagher. John Kohn John Ryan, J. P. Terrell. Alex Troy, z. P. Mcintyre, F. D. Rohn. Charles Brady. P. Fitzpatriclx. J. P. O'Connor, Mrs. r. P. Harrison. John J. Farley, Joe Toole.
 Coupon, T. F. Harrison, P. J. sweeny J. J. connors W. J. Manning, J. J. Sullivan, James Mccue. M. B. Barrett.
 Gate. Jim Mcintyre, M. W. staple ton, J. c. McFadden. Tom Word. Jim Johnson. M. J. Cronin, D. r. Flood. M. 3. Barrett. James Swift. John o'Conror, F. J. Courtney. 4. G. paly, F. J. Ma honey.
 Games. w. H. Barrett, W. H. Bain W. H. Kohn. H. McDonough. EuRene Allen, T. Boylan. Curtis Bailey, John McGinIey.
 Terrible Tragedy Imminent.
 But just at the close of the day there almost happened horrible accident. The train on which the. picnic party was to ocme to Montgomery had just arrived at Jackson's Lake and inc members of the party were thronwInw across the tracks to board it when ths fast train of the Louisville and Nash- Vile came crashing by on its way to Birmingham.
 The people on the tracks were ,ust gotten out of the way when the heavy locomotive and cars swept bv IIl,s a spit of sound. The last man to ciasr the track was almost brushed by inc pilot. s"e