The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-27
POP REOFO ORD
STEW IS GREAT
MANY OTHER THINGS HAPPENED
AT ANNUAL PICNIC or THE
POLICE.

A stranger from far. far away
strolled curiously into the state fatr
Grounds late yesterday afternoon just
before the close of the annual police
picnic and looked around II bit, sum
ming up his observations In the tersa
hnt wonderfully expressive remark.
Well, | never saw anything Ike this
before"
No man could have given utterance
To a better description Of this yearly
solicitation and barbecue OF the
Richmond police FOR 1t is an occasion
which has no equal not only in this
city but in any other city and yes
terdays good time surpassed all an
nual p}cnics in the history OF the
police deuartmeut.
Every body who was anybody went
out aud the majority got hack-in
time for supper. Few wanted sup
per. however. for Brunswick stew
Was given away on every part OF the
grounds during every minute OF the
picnic and all who tasted continued
eating until they could eat no more.
Pop Redford's stew.
II any of those New York hotel
managers ever taste any of Pop Red
fords Brunswick stew the Richmond
police department surely VIII lose u
good policeman for In manufacturing
a cencoctiou 10 out tickle any other
stew ever cooked. Pop stands alone,
/ brunswick stews have been made ana
: other Brunswick stems have been
made but the real. only. one genuine
! Brunswick was put together by fop'
! Nearly four hundred gallons OF IL
I in n kettle big enough 10 hold
+ horse and all OF 1t gone long before
The Djenic was over. They handed II
j around in whte-enameled bowls
/ W ich held enough for one man at
one meal. bat nearly every bowl was
returned a second, some third ana
/ a few the fourth time for addl-
/ ,ionaI heIpings.
/ Just what Pop pat in that stew
IL a mystery as battling az the Beat
/ tie case and he won't tell, but nbbod$
cared SO long as they could eat ana
/ he undisturbed in their feast Ihert
was talk that he used chicken ana
beef and potatoes and corn and car
/ rots and wine and butter and saiaa
{ dressing and pepper and salt ana
! spiccs and several other things. out
pop said that those were not hait
of The things he dumped in the pot.
Much Amusement
When they finished eating these
hundreds of picnickers started wan
derfng about in search Of a good
i time aud they found It. There was
4 a good time on every hand and al
enc had H. de- was reach out ana
grab a handful There We're motor
! rvcIe races with spill To add that
/ needed flavor Of excitement, thoukh
/ the rider escaped injury. Then there
was AL aeroplane hight without
fight. 5ust the aeroplane, but no one
cared whether the thing few or not.
They saw the engine work heard
the mechaniciau use naughty words
/ y 40 there
/ trouble. which was enough,
The great, thrilling and startling
sensation OF the day was the balloon
ascension by Prof Crew and Bicycle
Policeman Palmer. Both survived.
THE balloon aea- frem the ground
Hike ton Of bricks. scared miles
through imagination and landed on
terra TRINA after the crowd had eN-
! perienced manS thrills and funny
sensations.
4 prof crew and Bicycle Polieeman
/ Palmer made ready to go up Just
before the picnic was declared over,
The fire was built, the giant bag in
ftated and everybody got ready TO
rubber. Hundreds gathered around
the fire ard helped II to initiate the
balloon Hot air was as the sands
of the sea. Somebody tied rope
TO a tree when they should not have
idone SO. the balloon was drawn over
to- one side as it Was held captive
to the ground. and then---bad tuck to
AN of youse--~a great rent appeared
IN one sida Of the Tag, The hot air
escaped, the balloon grew ~obbly and
iurched ciumsily over on dts side
and there was a chorus of ''pshaws
and "shucks" and ''iddles" besides
the. unprintabie ordinations.
Prof. Crew and Bicycle Policeman
. ;sss sssser .gs%v exbrcssie:s To their opin-
Eion of the intelligence OF the fellow
, svhe tied the rope te the tree vher
no rope should have been tied TO .
tree, and then announced that this
balloon ascension was over, thanking
the gentlemen for their kind atten
tion, etc. Come on, let's go home
fellows" said one: and they all went
packing aud tanning The cars. sing
, ing All the way dc wntown and con
graduating each other shat moro tick
{ ets were sold this year than eve
before.