The Pulaskian., 1919-07-18

forwards I met Cab Goodson, who has just gotten back home and Archie Couch is at Camp Pike and expected home daily
 There were three speeches in the morning I understand. One by Lit tie Rock minister, one by MT. Crisp, and one by Rev. Glasgow
 got back to the speaking just in time to hear Brother Glasgow say the best thing that was said: We will now close and have dinner" | stepped across the creek to the foot Of little hill so I thought I would walk to the top of it and look down on ihe picnic grounds. When I got up 2 little way I struck a ledge of rock SO l started to the top of it just little further on. As I could see it was only few steps further to the very top l started again for it, and do you know I kept on repeating that little stunt until had worn the solo | completely off my right shoe and the top was still just about ten steps further on. I got a fine, cool breeze while up there and a sight of farms miles and miles away At last con- cluded if I wanted any dinner I had better start back Excepting the peo- pie who knew, there was probably not a person present who even sus- picioned there was such mountain right at the grounds.
 The grounds are in bend of the creek. and there is q big fine spring sending forth a stream of water which is bigger than the creek sometimes and it is finer water than most city people get to drink sThere is a fine grove of timber on the grounds. Che nadlt mountain also commences just across the road from it. It is one of the largest and most interesting mountains entirely within the county. Across the creek I found a big bed of ripe May apples and a big pawpaw batch. The Little Maumelle is here stream of considerable size. After dinner a great many people went in bathing.
 l That was some dinner we had. AL one end was Mrs J. W. Ferguson. wife of the manager of the Graham and Shidler ranch. I knew MT. Fer guson was an ex-Texas cowboy and if anybody had coffee he would have il so I asked him. He said they had coffee and a coffee pot and his wife had tried to make him make a fire 10 make coffee, but could not. I told him all right I would make the fire af- ter dinner and we would hay a cup Of coffee then. But at dinner the ice water was so good and I drank so much of it that had no room for coffee. The water was from the spring and the ice made it so good that 1 thought it was as good as anx water l ever drank There were ta- hles placed end to end and benches placed together and I thought all the dinner on the ground was there You can imagine my surprise when I got through eating to find dinners spread all around everywhere on the ground. l commenced eating at Mrs Fergu- sons end of the table and ate on down 10 Mrs. Prothro's end, then back to the center where the ice water was and there I stuck for the water was so good that I drank more Of it than ate of other things. Everything was nice and of great abundance. As I said before the iced spring water held me. It happened to be right where Mrs, Prothro presided. I never ate better pickles than I found here, bet ter egg salad. better ham, better cake TOT better pies. When I went to the table l was sure I could not eat more than one piece of pie after I finished the nice piece of chicken I got of Mrs. Ferguson's dish, but did Sun day l met MT. Ferguson. He said he had big headache Saturday evening because he did not make that coffee, Served him right, think, don't you? had little headache and an awful tired feeling, so that when I got 70 the Garrison's I was only able to say was all in because I failed to get coffee for dinner today. I guess 1t served me right, too. MT Tackett, Mrs. Garrison's married daughter, aid, Never mind, I vii make you some good coffee for supper" and she did, too, for it was the best coffee I hadshad in week. That's some 1 kl.l