The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-02
DID THE 'hEWS|ES
HAVE A GOOD Time?
JUST ASK THEM
Blister Fergus Says the AM
nual Outing Was the
BEST Ever"

Say, you should q went wild us
yesterday" said BLISTER Fergus. a
prominent Four Corners newsboy, to
"Slick" Williams, Of the same occu-
patton, who for some secret, mystic
rious reason he had consistently re-
fused to divulge had not attended the
annua outing of the Newark News
boys Association yesterday. 'Slick"
had contented himself with saying,
"Dere was too much graft in dis udder
ting for me to pass, even fer de outing.
see?"
So he has been selected today as a
bright and shining target for the glow
ing accounts of the big day which
most of the other $50 boys brought
back with them. While outwardly un-
impressed, there is no question but
that "Slick" has already begun to
doubt the infallibility of his judgment.
Blister" has been merciless since
his pleas hat "Slick'' go along were
disregarded, and he proceeded to tell
the entire story, and perhaps a little bit
more, if the record of such an exciting.
joyous day could be exaggerated.
de bunch" continues Blister, twas
mostly on hand at s Sunday morning.
when de getaway was booked fer, but
some guys dat works nights and didn't
have nc alarm clocks WIZ late, and de
barrier didn't go up till 8. We piled
into a couple of big gasoline freight
buggies, and two of desc long stages
You can always crowd anudder into
after its full. Some of de blokes who
amt been finding enough good Invest
ments for dere extra rolls chips in and
goes swell, in carriages. Dere was Il
dozen O. desc, but on de level l don't
tink dey had de fun us guys did in
de large parties. We wuz bound fer
Collerd's Grove, Pine Brook, and l wuz
wise guy enough to be in de auto truck
which gets dere first. We wuz right on
de job at IL o'clock, and before the
machine wuz fully stopped we wuz off
it and u clothes wuz off us. 1t wuz,
oh, o Pine Brook for a mob. De
water wuz certainly fine, as we hollered
out to zach load what arrived. Dey
didn't need no urgin', and soon de
49, "oo u VIII NC SdIS. "a
bunch from de last wagon, which didn't
get dere till l, come down wild such a
rush, tinkin' we might use up de river,
dat dey knocked Braelow, de treasurer
of de association, in wild his clothes on.
I had a laugh, feeling sorry fer de
bloke, too, KNOWN dey wuz glad rags
he hadn't wore once before.
"Dis OF swimmin' hole stunt wuz
only a starter. When the managers
made a noise like a dinner bell, we
come out of de water and got all de
lunch we could pack into us-and say,
dere was some class to dat lunch
sandwiches of all kinds, milk, rivers
of 1t; pie, f1fty-seven v'rieties, and all
colors of ice cream. AS soon as dis
wore off a little, we had two swell
games of ball. De Newark newsies
anded 1t to de Harrison newsies, 8 to
1. Dere was simply nuttin' to it. We
had dose guys outclassed forty ways,
and If we hadn't a had SO much swim
min and lunch we'd a run de score I'D
to two figures.
Honest, Slick, I fought / would
pass away fer laf1n' in de ~pie-eatin'
contest. Dere wuz ten entries, all wild
dere hands tied behind dem, but Feet"
May wuz de class. He took de lead
early and wuz never headed. He could
a ct two pies while de mex best wuz
eatin' one. He got rs cents fer eatin'
a pie fast, t'ink of dat.
"Bandy-you know little Charlie
Bandy, Slick-come near croakin.' He
fought he would 10 a Daniels in deep
water. and l don't t'ink he can swim.
He hollered somethin' fierce when he
was goin' down, and Tommie Nc
Hviney, Ed Coperman and George Sill
Verman jumped in an pulled him out.
A bunch Of swell danes from de hotels
come down and helped hand out de
feed and looked interested.
Say, de whole day wuz a scream,
Slick, and unless you connected mighty
strong, you lose"
This was the ninth annual outing of
the Newark newsboys, and it was
financed by the newspapers and the
merchants. officers of the association
are: President. Abe Steinfeld; vice
president, A. Krasner; secretary, Ar
thur Heyner; treasurer, Harry Brae-
low. and sergeant-at-arms, George
Silverman.