THE COMET: :MAY, 1898.
First-Why,
it's a whole lot of dif-
ference, ain't it, ·M-?"
Second-"Now
girls, if you don't
hush, we won't get over a speck."
Fourth-"What
kind of specks? Fly
specks?
There're plenty of them in
my book."
First-If
you all will just hush, I'll
tran.:a 'e the whole shootiu' match."
F:::'J;'th-"Miss
B-, will you please
behave? What are you giggling about
anyhow?"
nr~t-"Well,
do hush!"
T:lird-"Well,
he ordered
them to
L:,::d fires as widely as possible, the
nc :: nigh t. '
,,~-_'urth-"Widely
as
possible,
geo cy? I don't see."
"FLst-"Well,
it's imperative.
Build
~~: L i:; fires
as you can, tomorrow
night."
Second-"I
bet I do, if it's as cold as
this."
Third-"Say,
look at that form,
'F-a-b-i.
What is it?"
Fourth-v'Whv,
the genitive of Fa-
bius, with only one eye! How funny!"
Fourth-"Oh,
well, I guess the old
gentleman got the other'n knocked out
in battle."
Second-" He, he, he!"
"La, bless my soul; there goes the
gong!"
EA VESDROPPFJR.
THE
PHILIPPINE
A few examples of picnic EngJ.ish:
"Let's
set down on the grass."
"Where
has the rest of the crowd
went?"
"Ain't you hungry?"
"My!
I liked to 've fell."
"Oh, there comes my gloves," cried
one of the most popular young ladies
at the Senior picnic. But as the rest
of the crowd could see no such articles
of wearing apparel, they had a big
laugh at the expense of the timid young
man who was just approaching.
Miss K.-Oh, I want a key to open
my can.
. Miss C,-Well,
I'm using this Key
just at present; he's cutting up my
cake.
A big Mexican hat,
A little sun 'bonnet,
A small pocket kodak,
These make my sonnet.
What a beautiful shower bath eleven
Seniors had 'On April 23.
One of the greatest pleasures the Sen-
iors had during the trip up the lake
was the opportunity afforded them of
getting a fine view of "Freak's Hall."
"Oh, that
comtng
simply splendid!"
back
was just
ISLANDS.
The Philippine Islands, where the na-
val battle took place, are in the Eastern
Archipelago, and contain 116,000 square
miles. The principal islands are Lucon,
Bisayan group, Palawan and Minda-
noa. The soil is fertile and the climate
m ild.averaging 82 degrees in the sum-
mer. The products are various; the ex-
ports being sugar, 'Coffee and tobacco.
The seat of government is .Mantlla, re-
cently stormed by Dewey, An insurrec-
tion broke out among the people in
1896, and it has only been suppressed
a short time. The rebellion cost Spain
a great sum of money.
PICNIC CRUMBS.
(Lines by the Office Boy.)
Three little blisters hurt her so,
Just because she wanted to go
Cu: on the river
To have a big row.
L. (picking up a bottle of pickels)-
Mr. F. are these sea cucumbers?
Mr. F.-W,hy, yes; I see tJhem.
Two little ships out on the
The occupants chancing to
There then ensued a water
Which resulted in a piteous
sea,
disagree,
tight,
sight.
A piece of ice,
A battered hat,
A maiden nice (?)
But what of that?
3
tains, and came very near losing their
lives on the precipitous heights; and if
it had not been for the brave gallantry
of the accompanying young swains, the
Senior class would now 'be devoid of
some of its bright and shining lights.
Others of the party took possession 'of
the row boats and enjoyed fishing, wa-
ter tights and other equally enjoyable
things.
Dinner was served on a large rock,
and then it 'was' that-the boys praised
the girls and told them what perfectly
charming
housekeepers
they would
make some day. There were all kinds
of good things, and all ate until he or
she (as the case may be) just couldn't
hold any more.
At 5 o'clock the boat came for the
crowd, and we very reluctantly boarded
the boat for home. Did we have a
good time on the lake just as the sun
was. going down, and the cool breezes
blowing, or or did we not? Just ask
some of those who went, and 'see.
We reached town about 8: 30, and a
tired set. of girls and boys we were to
be sure; but, nevertheless, we were all
fully determined to repeat the exper-
iment at our earliest convenience.
Those in attendance were:
Misses
Andrews, Dawson, Decherd, Hornsby,
"Walker, Barton, Hilliard, Copes, Lyons,
Roberts, Oalman, Hamilton, Ketchum,
Blackburn, Stone and Folsom. Messrs.
Pearce, Freshney, Blocker, Moore, Har-
rison, Wooldridge,
McLaughlin, Key,
Johnson and W. D, and N. T. Black-
burn.
AN INFORMAL
Little tishie in the brook,
Teacher Pearched him with a hook.
RECEPTION.
The Senior class was tendered an in-
formal reception last Friday night at
the. residence of Mr. 'V. D. Blackburn,
Oh,bumble bee, bumble bee,
What pleasure thou hast made for me; one of our most popular young men.
The evening proved to be a most en-
Oh, bumble bee, bumble bee.
joyable one to all-so
Enjoyable, in
fact, that the guests did not arrive at
SCHOOL NEWS.
their respective homes until the 'wee
small hours."
THE SENIOR PICNIC.
In the early part of the evening,
The Senior Literary Society gave a games on the lawn were indulged in
until it became rather too cool, when
picnic up at the Chautauqua grounds
on April 23, and it was the most en- the company adjourned to the parlors
and enjoyed house games for the rest.
joyable affair of the season.
After going out on the Dummy, the of the evening.
At about 10 o'clock delightful re-
crowd boarded the Bell of Austin and
were served, which it is
proceeded up the lake. The trip was freshments
"perfectly lovely," but nothing to com- needless to eal were enjoyed to the
pare with the glorious time we had af- grr atr s! pxtent.
"
',",
•. ," '3, Messrs. W. B. and
ter our arrival at the grounds.
There
were four row boats in constant use all K. T -: r • < ," , indeed, proved most
: am sure all will join
day, everyone
enjoying one or more gr :
,'r;"
:aying that we 'have
delightful rows. The young men of the
.. ... '. thoroughly delightful
the party proved themselves
perfect nevr
. fed at their home. The
treasures, and the girls all declared with time :
one accord that they are the "nicest Messrs. L. ( '. urn, also their indulgent
parents, surely are deserving of great
boys in the world."
Some of the party climbed the moun- praise for the pleasure which they at-