The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-17
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BELLAnE, O., August Il.
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We wanted to spend . week or 50 In the
country, and could mot ind both the
place we wanted and q boarding house
near enough together. Then we saw the
article you published about how to make
q tent and camp ont, and we made one
We made II Of heavy duck but made 1t
smaller than your muslin one and 1t coat
no more than your estimate.
We fixed up provisions enough to last
nj, according to our own tastes and eat'
mates, and then put In all the converts
ences We could. tR y
When all was ready We gotinto spring
wagon for an eighteen mile ride. Our
toxeS and tent we found took up the room
under the seats, between the seats, and
most Of the seats themselves, The dog We
put up with The driver and EquseEsd the
Ave OF US into the. cracks. However the
roads we're smooth until we undertook .
short cut from one road to another, and
got into q private lane aud an old aban'
doned road that was really but wet
weather water coune, The boxes bouRG'
ed of the seats, we bumped our corners
against the boxes caTneTs and held the
seatS and cur breath while the dog either
bounced cut, Or jumped out In disgust,
On the pike sgain, We struck a toll.
gate demanding as much pay az II We had
.,..I ka Vntka lRnkauA NJ NnNktna ;
but the keeper had the shaking palsy and
the driver, seeing him shake hls head, the
effect Of the shaking being more notice.
able from q hroad.brimmed hat he wore,
drove on without stopping. The man
halloWed after him; but the driver, turn.
ing and seeing the man shake bis head
again, thought his ears had deceived him
and whipped up his horses againl :
The place we bad chosen by the map
for our camp did not look ths same as we
had imagined 1t, and was almost as bare
Of trees as . desert, But 1t was sprinkling
rain, the horses we're tired, we were hun,
cry and no time was to be lost, We
stopped on top Of the bill overlooking our
promised land and tumbled out the girls
for In camp all ladies' and gentlemen
are but "girls" and "boys"- and the
boxes, the former about as unGeEslnoni.
ously as the latter. We could see no
cGmp-a fringe Of trees along the road and
no creek even In gjghI-but we knew the
creek was at the bottom OF the hill and
that the hillside was wooded, although II
looked like the trees would all surely clip
down the hill, 1t was'sO kteep The way.
on drove of and left US sitting on our
boxes, like on Irish eviction party; but a
few big rain drops sst Us all to work, and
in q few miuutea our boxes were being
dragged rapidly down the hill through
the woods towards the bottom where we
knew The creek must be. Some OF the
boxes went humping down, topsy turvy,
over aud over, but none burst and We
found ourselves III q cool wood OF oak
trees, and right at deserted shanty that
had been used by the men for o portable
saw.mill. We soon had our things in
there, out Of danger Of rain and ate our
dinner there, 10 otT.hAnd style as you may
imsgine.
Alter dinner, as the rain had not yet
made up lie mind to fall, we put up our
tent, under shelter Of lynn, q butternut
and . hGw tree, on q knoll with the high
wooded hill OF our back and the creek be.
fore US. The old saw mill had left us
plenty oil boards for Q floor and table and
seats, and W. found straw In the shAnty,
for our beds. The ground was cool, the
trees were all about us, oak and lynn aud
buckeye, walnut and willow and hickory;
bass evidently we're waiting for our baits
In the pools before 10 and we soon had q
spring Of cold water cleared out. 30 de,
light took the place oil disappointment ct
our camp ground, and we prepared for our
frat meal. Two large stones made our
Gre place, with heavy fat stone for .
bottom and perforated iron plate for the
top. The girls put on the supper and got
things well heated when there was sud.
den explosion and then another and an.
other, and the FIRE jumped as II Il were
frightened worse than the girls. The bot.
tom oil our RtOve was limestone---don't
follow our example when you camp out.
We drank our coffee clear that night;
bat alter supper we took q walk to look
about us and see where we were, and the
girls found blsCksmith's family with o
COW, and batgained for what milk the
pretty white call, penned up by the road.
side, could spare. Half mile below Us
We found the O., 7. VI & W. railroad and
the white station house aud wster.tank Of
Falrpoint. The postotIiCe was OF the days
oil turnplkes, aud turned It's back on the
railroad; nor did II even get Ito mail slunR
unexpectedly from . car door, but letters
and papers logged leisurely over the road
on horseback. '.H ~ Ul If
Back TO our tent, we were soon aslSep,
for we had worked ten timea az hard az II
we had been home and not enjoying Q
vacation. We had everything snug In the
tent, aud partition oil muslin, like the
walls o, trOntier hotel, made Two sleep.
Ing rooms aud was out Of tie way In the
daytime. The three girls slept In the b eli
and we two "boys" In the front. We
slept sound enough, except that the dog.
with all outdoors at command, would az.
leCt q spot right at our heads Ior his bed,
and there fought heas all night.
The next morning We fixed hole bv n
great rock and covered Il with stones, that
kept our milk cool and our butter hard ali
the time. We put biz piece Of boiled
ham In there too; and that night were
awakened by thedcg growing, The girls
were awake too and insisted that they had
heard man swearing when the dog first
growled. We untaslened the tent door
and looked out, The dew was dropping
heavily from the trees, but not another
sound could be heard except an owl up In
the woods, until the dog, encouraged by
our presence, dashed around he Soynar
o. the tept barking boldly. Then In the
dim light we saw another dog scamper
down the hill from our "feiiieefAlor.o
with the ham In his mouth That was the
only thief We had-but the Rifls took 4
poker to bed every night. ~
A houEe, even II II be Ia the country.
oan not get as near 10 the birds and tonft.
fels and oil the inhabitants Of the Woods
az 0 tent, that goes up without any noiSe
OF even the tfamplDg 1.-THE grass sronnd'
We were eoclded and argued with by Inc
birds all day and good part Of The Iipht,
The woods along the creek seemed iuIl Of
them, IN great variety. We even saw a