, 1877-09-16
The Jolly Good Time Of Some
Chicago Babes in the
Woods,
In Reiug, Rougbing, Canoeing, Tenting,
Trouting, Shooting. and His.
cellaQeouS So-Forths.
A Diary of 1t All, by John
Lyle King.



tConttnuea~l
And II the angler lake frsshe, surely the,
ie no man merr'gr Than he is in his spyryte.
.1o1etS T o. sope'fen: l496" -.
IHcRsDAT, 16th.-1his Is one OF the best 0
camping place, Some OF the swcctest If :nn,
s1ccn and thc mos, or,,arr1 ,,a rof-os,,;nx ~
49,. .a~.;.,sa ' .,. assu. *."o te.'ean'ns "
then too we .po1I 'n;n u he nnsr
B:ule. Either somc OF the freaks OF our faucics
~ thc frcars os sa,ne nt w. an;.na,' - 49,
.snccl ~ woods md t,,s1o,,a',n ~ sa.,s
t~ic, decidedly. Last night rratt was awakened @
by ! rabbit mopsing about in our tent. Though
NC think VIC live in clover. the jptrudinn nuss
was not Of that onininn. and fnd;nr no o,hcr
s7ul,h,r 6c1d than thosc If ,nshnrn hoarda5 nr
1s:cs lying around, size quietly stepped out,
and vent to her nest or somcyherc
else, Some of the partr thoucht this
..,e,. 'n's
fred c,rnsSoan "a pon n, po;'ocs anu
~, nxa.. d. uuf tase supper iasI ntsat.
~, ti.nn,. a',t srnas uet,es !, -, te 'an.asa
ti;"cnons to ihc so ~ ss,rteG ~ ~ ,i ~.
1auir and "ia;iir s - ~ rstt @ anu
49,, - rins - !. ~ TI ~ Wro< WE ~ gou!ite1
ptb ssroutb ot tba So,n a;'5 Eaol, la
nroy,, for every stroke Of The padd'n mornS ~ sn
1,s sn ,nurh nnarer ~ tha n+.,, LILLY .io,so ~:
t~cred nnt in ,u,r ,,art;rtr ,r;t1, a"u "e lll,
fcau1cons Istc n;nnic 0r m,eu .ue pure ana
quicker. our spirits were hrirftcr and Via ia
trudgc over was easier and more wii}iag @ than ian
rfjmpscs Of The stream and heard ,hc ,,',ra,r
St tie water thraunI, 1h, Aie 'cara .ac I'M nlutmnr
actually caue to ti1c foot Of the ac'rit ~ ,usn
brink, VIC could imagine The crectip1 of f. H.. h.,
nctf;tion crrinr at firs, s;Cl,+ - - ;tt7 V'7 -
rnirc ..;fhc sco 1hc ~ - et frt, ~, "nn - one
there was an unroa-ions imnrn,nnt,, " .s11,a "a ha
Brule! the Bru,c!n Whiic We Waitrd there the hc
ior The canoes to Se NAS h,o,,n1t ,ud,ans, a aa,o
eon,e t;no ~ ,o,,rso o1,,>snd .oInt sn"E over
was tte' aTdor of Pr,t,7s iasste:a; u""ssst,
inpctuosity that, though the river inst thc1a
cffrroS ~ varr .rnn1;siMa ,roro'. vi !us1 lntIe
he rolled ,,,, lis tro,,sers mi W'nt ~ 81 SlpIt
shanks and walled and sn,nT,ea ,,ro,,a;, ~ W h's
about The strcan,. spttine intn no ,;ffics
asnipst r. less Us be moved Or stoad tbcral,r ts
~ - ~ 1900 - t't 11;; N1oAoly soaring
~ ,1,. ~, ~. 4o"r t..o,1 ~, a'so was Keen
stru9eiei tirourh to rother '.s s,r1,xor snS5 am
ton On = 1or: l,it aftar ri, f'c ron1 "a osl-
~ ~ -'l4.' . olit1 Luz psarlf account q
sn-o e,,'sf,,if, ao anu oc'oted hlnlsell
hanket bun;lie Deneon n,,,ts sana,1Sd On hlS
~ hat nts,z,u q ~ US sn3re .'9e Hy curling up OIL
ts ~ uannn.s la ~ saoG au Sleeping snoozc
tr,n1o 81 soIna ~ ~ SalslactoTf TO pay my
Gho,.si h7ata1' - lor th Iat On tne brue iii
L1;a l1Gslsa ouialon 10 the WINDS and propitious
snee ana. .ai pfospeleo US on our way IN the
oufniaS s1 incense OF t;y mcerschaum: About II |
w nete .,, aoat, aAoa1 on the dark rolling
=. ;4 ~ ai ,t anu oa5neSs commenced
earnest earn ~ WIN a1a oot sss1, We held up from
LllnG La 70 ume TO make casts, until VIC ]
rcacneo point probably twenty eight !
!laats !nlies ABOVE me mouth OF the river,
~ ~ i ! bank, hish aud dry, enbowcred BY grove Ii
81 Tue largest ccdars and pines, good surface, | t
[rce OF Troublesome nndergrowth, the ground | =
!, 'ott WITH strata Ct fallen twigs, with abundant o
land for the ground-spread Of the tents. W. | -
,aucd it Cedar Camp. We expect to nuke this :
stopDing-plaee for two or three .lays, and can =
ally ont iron, it. up and down, aud range ali | q
he sport began auspicously. 4 little over an f.
our's t1l t9fo*ins brought to camp count Of b
oa :ia" hu Gs MeiI ~ Tue tunneI-plattcrs in tx
IT,. untjj T. WIEN H;,h snn Pra,t natls ' taskles
nd Dcnison and took The canoe for af' ahore' u,
Z found that to touch 1y to the water was | II
hout sure to touch trout, whether it was Il
d j s T4 ooa Or IT. not. Iu the l1fst hour We
,rulc. II vas on1v ~ ho,H ~ ~ spu,s ou INC al
lace, to find that our lines wcre c.st 4, q:
1aces pleasant for rs. The throw on the .,
ne s1dc OF Tue canoe and the throw Il
= = .ue .,,4 oauea "e.c cquna! iuck}, mostly u
ere quite IS nlcnty as nhhins W. ~ ,xa,,t
hort ways only and returned with laden bas- H. H.
cts, and, after an hour and half Of fishing. ] b.
be spoils were turned over to the cook. The s.
scning report footed up: High, II; Pratt, 20; r,
'enison, 81; King, 10 AT supper we all CT | -,
5essed1 or joined in, regrets that VIC we're un- Il
bic to bestow upon friends at home some OF ! 5,
1c excess OF our lavish supply. One mars b
,aste, another mans want, here, as so in
'ten 10 other respects Frank has chicken ST
oolnG rsne n,ra ~ f., on Inc Inc bral and
1raena there 1or pra1r'e ranhle- lie semi h;
IS 1anh1u4 settcr aos " Dlck :, up there, and ar
NC aoE ~ pIooaosf sIlillng all the airs that til