three o'clock in the
afternoon
I want to hear the old band play . _ -- James Whitcomb Riley . _ THE great event of the Pioneers ' Picnic was the lacrosse match between Millford and Hillsboro . It was held at three o'clock in the afternoon , and everybody was there . The Millford lacrosse boys were in serious financial difficulty -- `` everything gone but their honour , '' as one sentimental member had put it , and if the columns of the Hillsboro Gazette were to be trusted , that was gone , too . But in the big game on this occasion they hoped to retrieve their fallen fortunes . Everybody felt that the real business of the day had begun when the two lacrosse teams drew up on the field .