Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-09-03
BOUT CAMPING OUT.
Funny Experiences and Some
thing of Interest to Old
Maids.

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The Buffalo News says: Last
summer we joined an excursion
party and took along with us one
wife, three fishing rods, two babies
and a shot gun, besides all the ma
terial for camping out. Our tent
was pitched next to Dibbles aud bis
wife, who had been married about
six weeks, on one side, while on the
otherside our neighbors were two
old maid sisters, named Smith
Elysium Wasa fool to that camp
There were shade trees, brooks
moons, and poisoning in abund,
ance, and when we all retired iOl
| the night there was not a heart mn.
moved by the solemn stiffness Of
the scene 100 l0 asamsm ow3 bl
Miss Amanda Smith, agsd forty,
seven, embraced her elder sister
Boadicea, and murmured: cit is
indeed, the spring-time of our lives
how infinite is the plentitude Of
| this moment.". not eaav n
lsleep amid such strange surround.
ings, and ourtent was a little toe
close to Dibbles', who retired first
of all, and read Tennyson out aloud
to his bride by the light Of a small
kerosene lamp, three kisses to each
line. elf as tt.,
Then, on the other side, the
Smith girls kept whispering.
Amanda, supposing a man was to
come to our tent 2" 40, Lor'.
Body, take your knee out of my
back it's just like knife-handle.n
"Say; | know there's something
crawling up my arml" and then
there was a wild shrek, and every
body rushed out in their night
clothes, under the impression that
Miss Smith had been bitten by q
rsttlesnake. h p,a, .v
OF course she hadn't, but just as
we had all got to bed again, an old
COW that had lost her calf began to
below, and every one swore it was
a bear, and the men of the party
got their guns and formed a line
around the camp, aud after beat
ing about the place till ? o'clock in
the morning, succeeded in killing
enc Of the wagon horses that had
strayed for feed-and got it. ao
Then everybody got into the
wrong tent; Dibbles, in particular,
making a fearful sensation by rush
ing into Boadicea's arms and kiss
ing her as she lay with her front
teeth out, and telling her that he
had killed the bear himself. And
OF course Mrs, Dibbles would not
believe it was an accident, and
went into Mysteries, though Bosdi-
cea liked it we'll enough but the
screaming frightened tho babies,
and one had spasms and the other
collie, and We had to use up the only
bottle Of CognaC we brought with
uSsto rub their stomachs with.
1t did not matter much that the
tent fell down about three O'Clock,
or that the mosquitoes had closed
up our usually fine looking left eye,
and it was equally unimportant
that a heavy shower of rain fell
about day-break aud soaked us to
the skin These temporary incou,
Eenlences were utterly forgotten in
the JOY ofabandoning the party i'm.
medlately after breakfast, which
was really delicious, consisting Of
lpkewarm coffee and some kind of
meat burned TO cinder.
Except that our entire family was
laid up with bronchitis during the
remainder Of the summer, the trim
was all that could be desired
while it lasted. We want to help
this kind Of q thing along, and our
tent is for sale cheap. We cannot
sufficiently admire the disinterest,
edneSse OF some people in getting up
camping parties to illustrate the
sanitary benefits Of country life;
but our impression right here n