The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
Bachelor Life on the Frontier.

You sisters little know what home means to
bachelor, especially out in the wilderness Of
mountains For instance, it means time
looked forward to. Tt means an era in his
existence, in which he sees visions of tran
quillity, 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 go his day-dreams. | look about nv room
as write, and see-what? An apology of bed
jammed IN one corner, and if lift the blanket
that hangs to the floor can see that it hides a
collection of boots, stockings, bits Of harness,
spurs, Dootjack, dirty clothes of all colors, dust,
dirt, and old newspapers. [ see the walls
adorned with shot guns, rifles revolvers knives,
coats, hats, saddles, brides, dog collars and
chains, and variety of other things not worth
mentioning. On the shelf rests d clock, that
never goes, d 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
write. Said table supports number of pen
holders, pens, pencils, ink bottles, thread,
needles, lamps, candles, tobacco, pipes, cigars,
pocket knives, matches and all sorts of odds
and ends. Add carpetless foor few chairs,
and you have my sitting room, bedroom and
parlor No pen could describe my kitchen, so
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 it down to stay
with tenpenny nails does not sew it together,
just cuts it off at the required lengths and nails
it 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 bed, 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 as he was.
| fear that Weeping Willow is very i'll. She
writes extremely gravely. would recommend
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 q bath, will give her the necessary
directions for making one: ia -'
Take about q dozen green willow (weeping
willow shoots ten feet long, and stick each end
in the ground four feet apart, forming a circle;
stick them so as to form a sort of wicker
dome dig hole in the center and put a tub
into it, so that it's 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. l used to have q girl back in
the States How did love that girl! She is
dead now advised her to try vapor bath.
Her attendants left her in one second too long.
Alas, my girl! g. MoNTANIAN.
FORT SuAw Mont