Daily Republican., 1881-07-25
MONDAY~TULY 25, 1881.
~Rummev ting. In the Cor, ntrx

-SummeStng.t IN the COuntrF,
These are times when comparison
are made freely between town an
country life, the town people Sighin
Tor the country 5reezes, the cotntr.
shades and the country cooking, ant
the country people, if they had thei
way of it, signing for the sights .acc
Cnveniences of city life if it were moi
for fear of smallpox and other csnta
gious diseases whie! ravage city more
than tha country. After all there Is a
great deal of imagination on both sides.
Because some city people have country
residences with tow .conveniences and
because some farmers daughters play
pers; there are writer's who mournfuliy
declare that the old dh .inctions between
town and country, which once made
either one SO delightful to the denizens
Of the other. have been abolished. II
saeh people would 60 eft into the coun-
try far enough to be away from the
conyenienoes of the city and spend the
summer at the house OF some well to do
farmer who takes boamlers merely for
the sake Of having cs:lpany for his
wife and daughters, they may find !
some reason to modify their impress
sions. in the city a r.an wakes at
dawn he las blinds T.. exclude the
light so that he can 60 t. sleep again,
but in many q country home the blinds
or shutters as9 regarded as e,n expensive
and useless vanity, so the boarder must
either rise with the lark anG get hungry
before breakfast time or he must lie and ,
sweltsr in the rays of the hct morning
sun, fighting Of the flies Tie goblet of
cold water dea- to men WHO do not ,
take their morning cocktail i, stead and .
dearer lo those who drank frol.2 bottles =,
the night before, is not to be had, fer the =
fhrmersdo not generally keep ce and if i,
they d2sinerely CROUCH to keep the but :
ter from running away. He Eay refer Il
the boaT&er to tha well, but country q
well wafer that dets not taste I'D and "
smell wors,e, is very rare, at least until a,
after hosshead or 60 has been ~ mped q,
out. In the city the breakfast is,sarved n,
either hot or cold, bat in the corlsery il in
generally is lukewarm and cookies. cith- ~,
er too ,nU3'l! or too h5sle. The flies will of
invariably iho found At the first t.ble. tn
Country coffee has a. least the meii, of q,
originality, but there are things tlat in
are not improved by being orig;Sal. or
The boarder who breakfasts for the ,
first time at s,Hh house consoles l.;r,- ca
self perhaps 10y the the1ght that sou ar
OF the many fresh tomatoes and bean al
he saw hanging on the y.les from hi de
room window, will be served for Dime. co
before they can undergo the willing re-,
process peculiar 80 vegetables in the in
'ity. He is right Sn his wishes, but he rif
gets them before the tomatoes are ripe III,
enough, the beets TOO stringy, the peas in
90 hard, and the lettuce too old to will. a,
Besides they are generally served with A.,
'eal, on which the farmer IL summer
depends NJ utterly as the Israeites did =,
N quail snd mamma in the wilderness, mo
md 1T IS served in cubes or oblong t.,,
'huncks instead of slices. After dinner y
I is delightful to lounge in til. shade, .,,,
'ut few farmers have any shade If they ,,a
an help it. A tree in the hayGt,d for H.,
nen to yest under in summer Is all cd
very well, but tree near house is 60.
liable to make women and children !.
&zy; they want to sit under il all the oo,
ime. There is the orchar! if the bear ,s
Ter wants shade, but in the orchard are ci,
he pigs and chickens, so that worp,v 49,.
pples may be eaten and the worms and ,,,,
heir egga kept from making more mis- sal,
hlef The shady side of the house rail
llght do sf TIE family refu ,e hean was p
ot there. 1T the city daily bath fra;
Gems an abso.ate necessity, but when nal
ne farmer is interviewed upon the sub. w..
sct, he says ths.. once year they make
p party and Iri.e to the nearest y,
yer or beach 70. a bath, though some ,.;,
mes they miss il. For diversion out ,,n,
de the house the boarder may go to a ,,oa
o'lse raising or a payer meeting though y. =,
,metimes circus does come within a 49,,
w miles After 3 few days of expe- :, m
ence like this the city boarder is quite o;, :,
'illing to return to,his home on the hot ~ Il
de of noisy street, .fsr there he can and
1t something during;tA day and have wa
is daily bath. an,
- -.
shol
If LAURA McGratL is ..5ie to be pre- ,;,,,
ort the five men concerned in the in r,.,o,
uman outrage upon her will be giver
caring this evening before Mayor ALL -,
lOnd. An Industrious effort is being