August 14, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



217 



During Recess 



N. Y. Florists' Bowling Club Outing. 



President Meissem has appointed 

 the writer, historian of this very en- 

 joyable picnic party. On Wednesday, 

 July 28th on the 1 P. M. Sandy Hook 

 Boat, there assembled the following 

 named gentlemen: John Meissem, 

 Wm. H. Siebrecht, Sr., Wm. P. Ford, H. 

 C. Reidel, Chas. W. Scott, Peter Jacob- 

 son, Wm. Duckham, Chas. H. Totty, 

 Roman J. Irwin, and the writer. Each 

 in the best of spirits, weather ideal, 

 the party leaving all cares and preju- 

 dices behind, entered into the realm 

 of harmony. 



The sale to the Highlands was a per- 

 fect tonic. Upon landing, the party 

 entrained for Highland Beach, and was 

 met by Joseph Fenrich with his car 

 and best smile. Joe Fenrich and W. 

 P. Ford had been delegated to work 

 out the plan for the party, and what 

 follows will reveal how well they suc- 

 ceeded. 



In two autos we proceeded down 

 along the Jersey Coast, through Sea- 

 bright, Red Bank, West End, Long 

 Branch, Deal Beach, Allenhurst, As- 

 bury. Ocean Grove, Etc. The writer 

 confesses to inability to adequately de- 

 scribe the beauties of that section of 

 country, its beautiful homes, magnifi- 

 cent and artistic gardens and grounds, 

 also Mr. Fenrich's beautiful home at 

 Bradley Beach, where Mrs. Fenrich 

 and her husband entertained us royal- 

 ly for an hour. Mr. Irwin took a pho- 

 tograph of the party. We next stopped 

 at Lakewood for some very welcome 

 refreshments, then drove around Mr. 

 George Gould's estate, Georgian Court, 

 a veritable dreamland. We continued 

 through real country to Toms River, 

 where more timely refreshments were 

 had. and arrived at Forked River, our 

 destination. After a good dinner we 

 explored the town a bit and made pur- 

 chases of fishing paraphernalia, etc., 

 and passed the evening playing cards. 

 The next morning found everyone mas- 

 queraded, Ford looking like the bank- 

 er, Siebrecht the rich farmer, Totty 

 and Duckham like lawyers, Scott a 

 miner, Fenrich as healthy as a butch- 

 er, Meissem the veteran fisherman, 

 Jacobson, a boat builder, Irwin and 

 Reidel like enthusiastic young fisher- 

 men. After breakfast, a stage con- 

 veyed us to the boat landing. The 

 Evelyn is a gasoline yacht, construct- 

 ed for long cruising, well built and 

 comfortable. All hands got busy with 

 their tackle, and soon we reached the 

 fishing grounds, where the weakfish 

 made some more welcome than others, 

 and one humorous incident after an- 

 other followed. About 100 fish were 

 caught. Scott and Meissem having 

 about 50 per cent of the total catch to 

 their credit. 



The first disappointment was the 

 announcement by Messrs. Totty and 

 Duckham. that they were obliged to 

 leave us that evening, so retaining a 

 few of the weakfish for our breakfast, 

 the remainder were duly packed Into 

 a basket, and we weeplngly escorted 

 the two to the railroad station, and bid 



them God speed. That evening was 

 spent playing cards and planning for 

 the morrow. Meissem, Scott, Reidel, 

 Siebrecht and Jacobson arose at 3 A. 

 M. to go pickerel fishing in the Forked 

 River. It is very pleasing to note such 

 real enthusiasm and joy, and it is a 

 sign of fine character to be able to 

 transform into a perfect boy now and 

 then. The four men returned in time 

 for breakfast, three of them loaded 

 with fish stories, and one with a real 

 pickerel. 



This proved the big day, however. 

 After sailing for twenty miles, we ar- 

 rived off the Barnegat Light. Trolling 

 for bluefish, only two or at the most 

 three men can have a line, as other- 

 wise the lines would get tangled. The 

 more experienced in the party very 

 willingly gave the others a chance at 

 the sport. ^Tien it came the writer's 

 turn to hold the line he was lucky 

 enough to get three with the assist- 

 ance of others, one being an 8-pounder. 

 Off the Whistling buoy, Reidel distin- 

 guished himself by catching two big 

 sea bass at one haul, with rod and reel. 

 All the others caught some bass, fluke, 

 sharks, sea robins, skates, etc. We got 

 seven large bluefish in all. It was a 

 glorious day indeed, a deep and 

 pleasing memory to all. The same 

 autos conveyed us back to Lakewood, 

 and thence we proceeded to Asbury by 

 way of Pt. Pleasant. Sea Girt, Belmar. 

 Avon, Bradley, Ocean Grove and were 

 obliged to part from Mr. Fenrich, who 

 had constantly looked to our comfort 

 with the skill and grace of a perfect 

 host. Almost before we knew it the 

 brakeman called Jersey City, and after 

 crossing the ferry, we parted to go to 

 our homes. Let us hope that next year 

 will find all well, young and enthu- 

 siastic, and that we may repeat this 

 most pleasant of all picnic parties. 



A. J. GUTTMAN. 



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