Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09
THE DAY AT. AUNrY No. IS.


 .-. THISTLE. THE DAY AT. AUNTY No. IFS.
 I Dear Editor and Social Corner l Friends: Before proceeding to the real | subject of my letter I wish to thank | the editor for the yellow slip he so kind l l ly sent me in August. After. being with you at the picnic l held Sept 2sth, there is So much that I 1 would like to tell, that am afraid our l | editor will think I am trying to write a l book if I tell it all. As you well know the day was an ideal one. making the 1 ride the more enjoyable; some, like my self going by jitney from Franklin | square, others using their own cars, and one good sized party Club No. 1 com ing by auto bus from WilliTnantic. The picnic was held at Beech Spring Farm In Lebanon at the home of Aunty No. 1 who for seven years has made this an- nual outing possible and has always proved 9 most hogpitable hostess. It is no small task to plan for the entertain naent of one hundred people, but Aunty seems to know just what to do, and
 how to do it, 50 that everyone feels at easa. and has 8 good time.
 Upon our arrival at about 1e45 there
 were perhaps twenty-five people, but by
 noon the number had increased so that WlfSi4 AOLC1l6OH was SSIV6u ONE7I one nun dred were present to enjoy it, and as the
 siddies sometimes say, the eats were . great" Egg, ham and deviled ham sandwiches, rolls baked beans. potatoes } and vegetable salads, radishes, cake of
 all kinds, crullers, raised doughnuts pies, 7 cheese, fruit. tea and coffee, comprised the menu The musical and literary ex- ercises consisted of an address by Still water, songs by IIiawatha, accompanied 1 rf9 +tAz ky AToo
 by guest, Mrs. Peabody. A special
 feature of the programme was letter 5 read by Aunty No. 1 which she had re-
 ceived from Great Grandma who is s9 years old, in which she sent her greet ings to the sisters, and accompanying the letter was package containing one . hundred and twelve holders which she had made to be given to the members
 in remembrance of the day. Another ! point of interest which 1 noticed was that the youngest there was a little babe five weeks old and the eldest was
 lady of ninety-four years.
 : feel that l should indeed be rerniss . if in this account I did not say some : thing about Beech Spring Farm al- 1. though words seem almost inadequate to e depict it's beauty and attractiveness. '' The grounds are extensive and show .' plainly the handiwork of a competent lGafNPd :, is Mir. Lamb. the owner of the estate :. whose ideas have been perfectly. carried cut by his assistant, MT. Weaver A gar e den full of all the old fashioned flowers d that would indeed have brought joy to l. the heart of Great-Grandn1a had she been e there, first caught the eye and brought to !. recollection the old saying: ia A thing of beauty is a joy forever " 5 A grape arbor extended fully three hun
 Clred feet vuhioh -rto 4S., ;,,4 4,xI, some twined and as one walked through ,a this arbor picturesque bird houses coul6
 be seen nestled between the rustic wood
 work above. A sun dial in the oId-fas sh.
 toned garden was an object of curiositI ' to the young people; q wind mill tha
 furnishes water for the old homestead, aI
 extensive apple orchard on the right o- ot the arbor: and on the left fianlsing tf to arbor plot Of grass land bo-dered b, if headges of golden rod and purple daisies te all tended to make this place bower o ce beauty as well as a haven of rest. Be
 yond the grape arhor We strolled be 't- twean two long rows of hydrangeas it magnificent in all their Towering beauty S. each row being hanked by tall Lcn1bar- to poplsrs, interspersed by dwarf cedar If and shrubs of beautiful foliage o, lc- either side of this path were peach tree lis Which we were told bear just such fru m as we get from California, but fortu to- nateiy TOT the hostess she had came he them all and not peach twas left, c a we should have insisted that i've were 8 re. from Missouri As we proceeded fro1 tin the hydrangea walk the secret of th ch- name of the farm was made plain, fo g we were confronted by beech nut groy,
 the gnarled old trees of which laden wit is nuts had beauty all their own In u ed midst of It a pagoda stood erected upe lbp pillars Of stone. inside of which we four son q natural spring of crystal ciearnes the and icy temperature. Overlooking tf ew spring stood an image of the weIf know .ch god of ancient mythology Pan, vii lrc hute to lips below which was tabl, c;- upon which we inscribed the followir his stanza taken from Elizabeth Barre at Browning-s poem to the God Pan:-
 +ffe tore out 8 reed the great God Pan
 From the deep, cool bed of the river
 The liEnpid water turbidly ran,
 And the broken lilies a dying lay, s." And the dragon fly had fled away,
 Ere he brougilt t out of the river' oen
 ped inere was also little lake upon u ldy ptacio sur1ace or which lovely wat mi lilies bloomed and cast their fragranr ,or. Around the lake abounded rustic arbo, .ar bridges and benches. also on its mara gar. stood an open fireplace which might | ot1, token to an imaginative person. nocturr Ieth corn rcasts, or evening camp fires for I for entereainment of the host and his triel.~ As the afternoon was now drawing to [ close we saw thae we must leave for 0
 respective homes and with best wish
 for cur entertainers we made our far
 wells RECKY