We had the pleasure of attending, last Saturday, the annual Collett-McKay Pic Nic. For about a dozen years these two numerous families have been in the habit of meeting annually and indulging in a general handshaking and interchanging of kindly greetings. Last Saturday was a delightful day for the occasion. The sun shone rather fitfully and the breeze was a little cool, but it seemed in pleasant contrast with the week before. The gathering was in a delightful grove where the tree trunks grew tall and straight, and immense elinging grapevines testified to the fertility of the virgin soil. A long table had been spread, ice water furnished, a big kettle suspended for the preparation of coffee and such other arrangements made, as were necessary to make the multitude comfortable.
     There were old men and matrons, middle aged men and their wives, young men and their sweet hearts, and children in goodly numbers. We have never seen a better behaved assembly.
     As the dinner hour approached a fire was kindled under the big kettle, and soon the aroma from steaming coffee tempted the appetite of the multitude. Provident housewives drew forth the contents of well stored baskets and soon there was a delightful array of bread and butter, meats and marmalades, cold chicken and cucumber pickles, jellies, jams, and a general assortment of the substantials and delicacies that our farmer friends produce in abundance, and their good wives know so well how to prepare for the delectation, of their families and friends. After all was ready, Rev. B. Bedell, pastor of the Baptist Church, Circleville, O., but well known to a large part of the assembly, said grace, after which all fell to without urgent invitation. The repast, as intimated, was first class in every particular. The people had all traveled some distance in the bracing morning air, and were, of course hungry, so that the dinner was enjoyed to the fullest possible extent.
     There were present about two hundred persons, the large majority being Collets or McKays, or their direct descendants. The pioneers, now gathered to their long rest, who came to "spy out the land," chose for themselves a goodly spot, and their children, and their children's children are enjoying the benefits of their good judgment and their toil. We hope to meet again with the Collett-McKays when they assemble in annual reunion.

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     LAST Saturday the reunion of the Collett-McKay families was held in Daniel Collett's grove, about nine miles North-west of Wilmington. These annual gatherings are always pleasant and full of interest.

     The Collett-McKay annual picnic will take place at the usual place of meeting, on the farm of D. M. Collett, on Saturday, August 9, 1879.

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