Goldsboro weekly argus., 1915-10-21
ANNUAL OUTING At EGYPT
Pine Forest Sunday School Celebrates
Custom Established by Superin-
tendent John Nj. Mitchell.


ell, the efficient Superintendent of Pine
Forest Sunday School conceived the
) idea of giving the school, the parents
and friends of both, days outing In
the full sense of the term, and chost
the day in the beautiful month of Oc-
tober, when the great hand of Nature
is just beginning to dip the brush in
the vast dye pots, giving to the toli"
age the numerous, and variegated
tints, which clothe the woods in all
their autumnal beauty.
The location selected, was at the
Ferry Bridge, on Neuse River, and the
spot was designated as Egypt, and
ever since, the trip to Egypt has been
the occasion of solid enjoyment to al
who are so fortunate as to go. For
nine years now, in succession it has
been looked forward to, with joyous
anticipation, especially by the chill
dren, and in fact, by all who have eve"
partaken of it's unusual pleasures, but
last Saturday surpassed all previous
gatherings there, both in numbers, i'll
attendance, and the variety of the ele-
CANT dinner, goodly portion of which
was prepared on the ground. There
were present, one hundred and twenty
| five, and such a dinner as is seldom
seen, not only in the abundance of
good things to tempt the most fastid-
ious appetite, but also the way it was
prepared.
Should you be SO fortunate as to be
guest on one of these occasions, you
| would note the evening previous, prep
arations being made for an early start
next morning, and then you would not
see the first who started, unless you
were an early riser, for, before Aurora
pushes back the curtains of night, and
the gray dawn is seen creeping up Ill
the eastern sky, some few have already
made the start, on their way to the
Islands" to secure game for the de-
licious Brunswick Stew which is to
help fill the waiting hungry crowd at
noon.
On last Saturday morn, long befor ;
the dense fog had disappeared, the
road leading to the chosen location,
echoed, and re-echoed with the merry
songs, and laughter of happy joyous
| childhood; jolly, fun loving lads, and
lassies; beautiful young womanhood: /:
gallant young manhood; and those in
the scar and yellow leaf of maturer
years, in wagons, buggies, and aus-,-
mobiles, each one seeming determined
to make the day surpass all others,
on previous occasions, as one of un-
alloyed happiness, and pleasure.
Arriving on the ground, the first
thing which attracts your attention Is
the huge camp fire on the banks of the
Neuse, from which arise not only the
smoke which curls above you among
the cedar boughs, overhead, but the
Stew, frying fish, chicken, ham and
the kettles Of coffee, all sharpening
your appetite, until by the time yod
stand there a few minutes, and watch
the noted Chef, Mr. Jim Mitchell, ma
nipulate that stew, and the dozen or
more good women turning fish, ham,
| chicken, etc., you feel such a peculiar
longing for something to satisfy the
inner man, that,-well, you get so all
fired hungry, that you could eat the
padding out of cart saddle, and then
taper off on about dozen auger holes
| for desert.
While dinner is being prepared, the
children, and young people, are roam
ing the woods, gathering haws, winter
huckleberries, and having a good time
in general; while some amuse them
selves running foot races on the
bridge, which spans the Neuse, and OF
ten you will notice an anxious mother
run hastily toward the river, when a
little tot gets uncomfortably near the
sloping banks, or falls from one of the
numerous cypress logs lying near,
waiting for the raftsman to launch it
for some mill far down stream.
The table is improvised on the
ground, consisting of three wagon
bodies, which are inverted, and upon
which the table cloths are spread, u1d
as on Saturday, when there was nc
room for anything else, every available
space being filled, Rev. Roscoe John
son invoked Divine blessing, and the
hungry crowd began to get busy.
Pardon my depression, but right
here, I must tell good one on my
self, if you will excuse the personal
alluison. I do not like 'possum anG
never could overcome distaste for il
gotten long years ago, when boy; ani
in fact that distaste has developed int
disgust at the very thought of it be-
ing good, and in later years I have
tried to cultivate taste for his pos
sumship by tempting my appetite will
the proverbial 'Possum and 'Taters
but still it was no go, so I have give1
up, for if I cannot eat it with potatoes
cannot with anything, as am yer!
fond of them.