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nio t.n Mount (jivwivo^il tiiay In; classed jiiiiinn;' fVs 1lt;ir?rar,$t. of its liinrt ttIuVJi ' lias kit tb« ftity for mtuy YOdV«. TJift i smaTiCI', which was gw'ioiuy and OYfH*cdst in tJiH morning, evontnallv turned mil to bo not fiii’y »i Jbio, but ft coo; and { oluai-.:\» dsi\\ Mount Union wood is a '■ ,Very pretty phi 1:0 to enjoy a dfiv's pic-nicittg- Jt it situated cu an cmine-nec a short distance south of the Chicago t': Grand Trunk Railway, and is covered, as :ts name imph'-a, wit'.i a profusion of green sl-aJy trees. If Chore was any-i tiling more remarkrdde them another | in this social event it was the rcspcettv-bit* iitsu orderly manner iu which ever a-- •* i body conducted the twelves through- j out. Not r. single row ]»av »ti Acri-; tloJifc CK-LHIrrCd, :w :si as tlic* tSunV f I re pro? end at ivc eon Id learn. Indeed I Father Uiordaa and the carps of ladies ’’ i ond gentlemen who aided him in man- ;. | J'-gi t’ie affair may bo highly congmt- 1 j ulatcd ou. ihe success which they rer-] turned Attained, not only financially, ' i hut \?V,t was more prominent. morally (. and -rdally. The iltfondflQCc might. t have keen larger only for the threaten-1 c ing Attitude of the morning, which, ; ^ povJiajw, deferred some from going, c Tin! first tram, roc si? ting cf t hirteen i11 an dies, after picking up contingents at Gin vatiruu* points from Folk street dcput to Furty-tliird street, arrived on the grennd at. U -.20 p.. m., making the j v trip lt;:ifr *dm got o» her own track p,t ' n! fy; 'lli Ky-nint-li street.' of twelve inilen in forty miniitea. This was followed by a : second, «:o reposed o? nine n: itches,. whn-li arrived ten minutes later. Tho ; siicaw of pienk-ere from tlic • ptrdfovti. ti the greinidK looked • h j very pretty, the dark uoa-'ti j tnmts lt;t the geutlciLon contrasted o■ »ftvor»;ky with the lighter lt;lrnoses of j *i the ladies and gentlemen, 'Train-lunaCer ; 1’,1. K, V. Agnew, of tho L\ A G. T,. Railway, had charge of both drains.Both the former 6Dd Conductor A. I).. H.ur, of the same road, e-sortod ilien;-! selves ?o the utmost to try and make ' b ' everybody comfortable f.nd to prevent |b i accident. The I'nicc B.tnd, Under the ‘ 1 baton of W. Fielder, attended and dis- to vrmvard on excellent programme oi . music. Dancing formed a prominent feature of the day’s amusement, acd many were, they who ‘’tripped the light fantastic toe, keeping (inie with the music. Among the ladies who waited on table and aided materially in realizing =nee-?0s wero: Miss Higgins. Miss : Alice Corcoran, Miss .Vgjrie Phelan, \ Miss Mamie Phelan.. Ms£Nellie Heddv, X Miss Kdtic Reddy, Mrs, Cadd, and Is Miss Brady. Ihe fofogaing comprised ; the- ladies cf ftt. Elizabeth's Churcli ; chok. They I'uudneted table No. I, worked assiduously, and wcro taking niouey as fas), so thev say, oa they o.cvclri bftol it- in. ’fiie iadis* who woiieil on tab!? No.-J, and works*! s.juwlly well, were: 3Ire. Hickey, Mrs. Clarkson, Mrs. MuhoD. Mrs. Wkojea. Mr?, L-ni-sasrk. and Mrs. Cronto. Table No. 3 w-*s i.ondacted not less pfliciently by Mjqs Bridget JfcDonon?ii, Miss Mary McDonough, 31is Alice Corrigan. Miss I.ynoh, Mr?, filiarplcss, Mrs. tfnliiTflu, Miss Ancio O'firady, and Mr?. Leary.The geDtlnJi’en who comjxised the j m Cjiuiuiltee of Arraqjements, and Bawho display Oil'- m»idi real and energy in aiding Father Biordac in carrying out the wreo^ements, were Moisrs. Higgins. M- H, MahoD, S. N'ormyie, P. Murphy, Hickey, Ed McDonough. Ed Hartigan. Hugh Godwin, Mcihocy, T. J. Cowan, Meehan, M. SlitchoB, Ckirkson, and J. Fenni-gac. Mi«a O'Leary, of the Transitw.aof*D±-hHons!-', worked wirh her Gsna! eucceasin telling iiekets for fifty ccnle each, for the sewing-machine raffle, wfcleh will come off in a few days. Miss Elirabelb Nathan bad charge of the “wheel of fortune,” and did a goodbusiness at that popular g«oe- The “ehoo$fl* gtl|ery,n too, fttdi2«l itaJr3cP.oni«ah
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Oak Park Lake Vindicator
Oak Park, Illinois, US
Sat, Jul 12, 1884
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