The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-26
Bachelor Life ON the Frontier.

, You sisters little know what home means &c
bachelor, especially out in the wilderness OF
mountains For instance, il means a time
looked forward to. It means an era in his
existence, in which he sees visions of tran
quillitv, of pleasure, of rest when he will have
forgotten these days Of buttonless shirts and
delapidated stockings; time when he will not
be forced to do his own cooking, washing, and
ironing time when his house will be clean
and neat, when he will have, in word, a" wife. y
That in his opinion, constitutes home thither-
ward 60 his day-dreams. look about nv room
as l write, and see-what? An apology of a bed
damned IN one corner, and II lift the blanket
that hangs to the floor l can see that it hides a
collection of boots, stockings, bits OF harness.
spurs, bootjack, dirty clothes Of all colors, dust
dirt, and old newspapers. L see the walls
adorned with shot-guns, rifles, revolvers, knives
coats, hats, saddles, brides, dog-collars and
chains, and a variety of other things not worth
mentioning. On the shelf rests clock that
never goes, couple of silent watches, some
cigar boxes, some bottles of horse medicine, and
few books; some trunks and boxes lie loosely
around on the floor and the table on which L
write. Said table supports a number of pen
holders, pens, pencils, ink-bottles, thread,
needles, lamps, candles, tobacco, pipes, cigars,
pocket knives, matches and ali sorts Of odds
and ends Add carpetless floor, few chairs,
aud you have my sitting room, bedroom and
parlor. No pen could describe my kitchen, 80
/ will not try.
| sometimes visit other bachelors and find
them enjoying the self-same blessings. Now
and then one of us will try to put On a little
style. He buys carpet, nails 1t down to stay
with tenpenny nails; does not sew it together
just cuts 1t off at the required lengths and nails
1t down: strews his new chairs and lounges
about, and invites his friends in to see the
transformation They come, smoke, chew,
lounge on his chairs and bel, tear the new car
pet with their spurs and discolor it with to-
bacco juice, and pay no attention to the owners
hints-not they. So, soon the carpet is pulled
up and slowed away under the bed, the chairs
are broken, and the bachelor is rs he was.
fear that Weeping Willow is very i'll. She
writes extremely gravely. would recommend
All Indian bath. lis sovereign remedy for
all the ills that flesh is heir to- at least says
the chief medicine man OF the Gros Ventre
nation. In case our ailing sister should wish
to try such bath, will give her the necessary
directions for making one:
Take about dozen green willow weeping
willow shoots ten feet long, and stick each end
in the ground four feet apart, forming circle;
stick them so as TO form sort OF wicker
dome; dig hole in the center and put tub
into 1t, so that its top Will be level with the
ground; fill said tub with hot water; now take
some stones, heated very hot, and throw them
into the tub of water. The attendants will now
place the patient inside, over the tub, and
cover the wicker dome with blankets fastening
them to the ground tightly with sharp pins
(wooden). Allow the patient to remain therein
two hours.
Shower baths, Turkish baths, cold and warm
water baths all fall far behind an Indian vapor
bath Try one. 1t is good! l speak from
experience. | used to have a girl back in
the States. How did love that girl She is
dead now. l advised her to try vapor bath.
Her attendants left her in one second too long.
Alas my girl MoNTANIAN.
FoRT SHAW, Mont.