WOODLANDS.

Southland Times, Issue 1696, 31 January 1873, Page 2

WOODLANDS.

♦ (FROM A COBEESrONDEIfT.) January 25. I need not tell you about the weather, which, as you know, has been of a most unsettled and very disagreeable character for some time past. The grain crop has suffered badly, nearly one-fourth of that which is almost ripe, as well as that which is green, having been completely thrashed out by the violence of the storms. But as it is well known that farmers seldom grumble, I will not begin to do so, as matters might have been much worse. The weather having cleared up a little, those interested in the annual picnic given to the school children belonging to the Woodlands Sabbath and day schools, met yesterday on the school grounds in high spirits at the prospect of spending an enjoyable day. By two o'clock, the children, to the number of 70, accompanied by the parents and other members of their respective families, to about an equal number, mustered on the ground, where an abundant supply of good things in the shape of cakes, shortbread, cream, and tea had been provided, and after running, skipping, swinging, and jumping had been indulged in, the refreshments received their proper share of attention. The enjoyment was kept up until the setting sun warned the assemblage of the approach of night, when the party broke up with only one regret, namely, that the meeting took place yearly instead of quarterly. I must confess that it was the most pleasant meeting of the kind that I had ever the pleasure of attending, and if the smiling faces and cheery laughter to be met with on every side are to be taken as any indication of the good feeling which exists in the neighborhood, there would appear to be no danger of its dying of a galloping or any other consumption for years to come.