| Show Picnic in South Carolina Society Hill Darlington Co South Carolina Aug U I 1837 To the Kdltor A grand Picnic Ins held < In n beautiful beau-tiful shady grove on the Sinclair plantation plan-tation 1I < lay August 6th which was known far And near nA the Mormon Picnic It was got up by a little bam of Saint who reside In this nelfch borhood although many were In lit tendance besides the Saints and thel Imm dlale lends Home beautlfu music was rendered < by a trio or darkles lho hud been engaged for the ocenslon after which a long table Wna loaded to Its utmost capacity with the fat of the land Indeed It wa loaders to such an extent that wa fnred II would give nay beneath Ito burden of luxuries hut after we had ITeied thanks the good things bon to disappear like trust before a July Hun and In about half an hours lime hat table looked ns though It hd Ioen struck by n Kanras cyclone In dled Ie soon cam 10 the conclusion that lhen South Carolina people Irmon Ilders Included go 10 picnic tire all go to eat Am Turmoil liters are eer on the illt to let I the people know N hat Is li d I kataJ foremost In their minds we too it advantage ad-vantage or this opportunity And after they had all 1Ifted thmolves lth temporal food we thought It sentl l tn give I them some pill rl I ill rood How Ho-w a called then together and arter the open b ig services 1 we caused the load to ring with the Compel trump for about an hour after which we wer success fill In disposing of some book A nit tracts Tire day wa pleasantly pent and the Mormon 111110 was n grand suc cc On the following Sunday Aug Sth we had the pleasure of uniting In the I onds I of wedlock a young couple m holl1 we baptized recently and Ie also Mailed ourselves of the opportunity oppor-tunity or preaching the Gospel to n large congregation who had nrm bled to see u marriage cerelllony per onne1 hy the Morlllon Elders We are enJolng our labors and feel that Ie have heen and are being ex coed lngly I blessed or the lord I our valuable paver I regularly recehed arid JIM contents eagerly devoured NrtSON COTTAM W I NORTON |
