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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9188, 16 September 1891, Page 2

Everybody knows what a pic-nic iB, but most folks would find it hard Jo say how it got that name, and yet it is simple enough when you come to leurn it. When a picnic was being arranged for, the custom originally was that those who intended to be present should supply the eatables and drinkables. A list of those necessaries having been drawn up it was passed round, ami each persou picked out the articles of food or drink that he or she wus willing to furnish, and the name of the article was niched, or ticked off the list. The open-air entertainment thus became known as a " pick and nick.' 1 The custom is said to date from 1802, so that the \ ie-nic is wholly an institution of the nineteenth century. As started, it must have strongly resembled what is now called a " surprise party." If you want always to have the correct time, wear a Waterbury, which is without exception tho cheapest and best time keepers made. The Golden Waterbury, £2 10« ; the Aluminium Bronze Water bury, £2 ; the Ladies' Waterbury, £1 2s Gd ; the gentlemen's Waterbury J, £1 2« 6d ; to bo obtained from J. Avery, agent, tobaoconißt, Devon-etreet, New Plymouth. /—ADVTt *iv