Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-09-06
ROCKY ROADS.
A FEW xorEs or A uoUN-
TAIN TRIP.


TnC Veil OF Romance Take
} OF the Camp
It is in the Fall that peop'e &c
restless of the Summer heats an,
inconve fences of valley life ant
pant for the ccul reams and piney
foliage of the mountains. There ii
always hazy CLAM nor OF romance
hanging like sunset cloud oveI
the mountains, and children as vel
as grown people cry for them.
THE START
Il always set for 4 &C ock in the
morning. this is the fashionab e
hour for Campers. but no mort.l
man over knew camping party to
get ont q minute before 7 O'Clock,
aud most of them cave abont half
past 8 Ths fresh morning air
seems delightful, the horses are
fresh, ami things go swimminyly
along for sbout half an hour, when
the wife rememhe rs that coffee pot
wasn't put in. "Oh. never '.ind,
says the care ess ,naa at the reins,
1--WE can boi coffee in any old tin
pot or oyster can" The coffee poi
worr es her inner soul until sac
discovers that two thick sha Wis have
been left ont Of the general make
up Of the packing, and this gives
the coffee pot n rest. The tran
| sition of worry from the coffee pot
70 the shawls is welc me-for q
spell. Every mile travelled reveals
aOme new piece Of neg ect on the
part OF the packers and tie man
who rose with the lark to harness
horses 10 boldly charged with being
responsible for til. trouble. Then
tent .,ole ides qnie ~ ont from
under the wagon. followed by some
fishing r'ds. the loss of which il
discovered four miles further on,
and back yo1 go to pick up lost
property. By the time these are
reached and tied on again some old
tinware and frying pan have 10
coded and presently everything
movable that is tied under the
wagon sewers its connection with
the firm and goes rafting down tho
road 50 that it keeps three people
busy on the lookout 1t is fact
that no sane man will dispute that
.n eel tied to tho under side of . |
wagon will stay there longer than
. gunry sack filed with cooking |
utensils. NJ wonder that mediums
set ont Of ropes. for ropes don't
hold any thing.
THE MOUNTAIN ROAD.
When you re-, Oh the mountains
Tho finn t'egiDs. Tho rocks get
thicker snd bigger and the inelinea
more approach the perpendicular.
The rong' ness Of the road comes
on gradually. 40 that when yen Get
to . misc, llaneons aiso, tment OF
bonlders ranging in siz. from .
peck measure to barrel you don't
mind it 80 much. Ths msanest
thing about the mater is that the
woman at yonr eide 10 30 wrapped
mp with admiration for the scenery
that she don't notice the road at all
and the chatter of tinware falling
ont behind the wagon falls upon
her ears with No more effecs than
The gentle dew of heaven or the dis
tant murmur of the mountain
Look at those beautiful
pines on the towe ring rocks Just at
he spnr of tho mountain" Here
he carriage strikes a bomber and
pitches child athwart the dash
board. Look at that sp endid
sunset effect on that mass of rocks
~ there on the" The dixlccated
rying pan Tipping over q boulder {
nto the stream cut the rhapsody
hort off and the cracking Of the ,
pokes and the rafting of the tires s
i the wheels dro~ned ont The !
'abbls of the mountain brook. The
Dad finally changed a lit e. the
wonders became slabs aud as they
II leaned one way they formed a 1,
ort of nap like one sees on clio b. Il
When you rode the way of the q
rain-so to spesk-it gave s&rt |,
+ jolting motion. but when yon .
'ent against the grain it was like h
Citing q threshipg machine. y
'hec came some other changes in ;,
le stratification and the rocks got ;.
eaked. Some times the horses :;