New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14

rondrmurd II "a huluou7 huwhnHl tN'N N'"" WV
Che unly thna had which, was n'' h''' ,'' WV
ihnul aud Jim HAVING ohtbm'd l'AN' y" '"' wv,
il .tn,eof llsDvn NOV that bnde floor w'HW
as Wcl have regular aio,"' not "p Wv .,'''.',
t,u. 1...l.,,.l ,.u., with hnt-Vatur trh''N"'H
,,.t.,ar,,,.r and moIt miscellaneous 'oh''N
,u,e, tl.u. au, otlermaohiuoo t th1t bInd '','
s,O. Tho natural cun-e u+uro "l sue" " "f'',
o,..,uIg,l X. tchcn Was the uttoincl'"h 9" N"''''
to rnIr TO- Obviously, We also nt'"'" " '""'
COW involved q coW-YMd the mllN l'i"''"
IA neat httlo house of poles ANA ha'" '.''''
frees. an re house was built in the slope OF u S'uu
hank and Paul Smith sold MS u load 'l IT, W.
novel i'm long before all this work was ""''i '"o
improvcmcnts followed our daily discoveries "l w"
wants; and jim carried out many OF them IN "n''
he called cborc tlme" which is the interval lic-
tween supper and the late summer darkness
The tent floor was extended to form broad piazza.
There were rustic walks and door-stcps lhut am
proud 10 say that / bought no more doors and
windows: there were canvas curtains to close tho
dininc-room front, where thc rain dill como in;
thc other three sides of the building were covered
with bark: boat landing was built; the clearing
Of the ground continued; the road, which seemed
to become Indispensable. was gradually brought III
to order various pieces of rustic furniture W'Io
constructed during Jm's odd SPELLS ceased TO
resist One day | hired wagon to take me 10
BloominCdac. "Now then" | cried to every ooHy,
tell me everything that yOu want. and III buy u.
| replaced the utensils which had contumenou'N
rejected in NcV-York. | got ever so many 'th'rS'
| bought red table, and seven chairs, and look
mgglass. ] bought crockcry and soblets ana more
spoons and forks | bought kerosene lamp an"
put away my lantern. bought stove l'r inc
dnng-Ioom. ! bought clock. houSht curtain
stan and table covers. ! began to study '",cN u,
color in decoration Before midsummer Our settlement
i hardly liked to call il camp after it grew fine
though much less deliberately fitted than most oi
the establishments on the st. Regis. was suhstan-
tally like them. HAD entirely failed to sho"
how the thing ought 10 be done " and to be honest
obou+ II was much moro comfortable than II
had succeeded.
Of,onr,c the two thousand feet of lumhcr and
the three thousand shingles and ten pounds OF mans
with which began 10 floor my tent. did not last
long believe that sent for more lumber Tour
times aud fir "morc nails about every second
day. This hcnga numbering region lumber a.
generally happens in such cases. Is hard to gel ana
absurdly dear; and for some of mine haH 10 sen"
sixteen miles The cost of" flooring tent was
finally represented 10y the following extract from
my memorandum book:
1000 o. lumber. :
2Nuu sh ne r'.-.-.-.. Ia
800 b~ oi -
ro.,, ...............sl7s
The last TO TO- of all our schemes of roughng IT,
was the device of sleeping on pine boughS. We
clune 10 that not only from sentimental consider
atoms hut also because the fragrance of the pine
Is So good for the health. ! remember limiting once
to Jim. carly in the season. that pine boughs seemed
to harbor a great many catcrpillars hut he sWd
that was no objection. " because they crawlcd OF,
and though did not quito follow the line 81
THOUGHT | said mo- moro. But ono morning. alter
restless uight when tho boughs seemed To have
been all stems. | remarked 10 Diana. that. after
ALL pnc bnuphs were sonnet me, lttlo haid'
ooh" Yhc c\ calmcd. Clappug her hands. do let
NJ have real mattresses" Now. We had very thin
"pottahlc" mattresses. over the hougls hut We
could feel aticks through them. and agreed aitor
"A httlo druur that II We were GONG Ia have mat
tr,,.c. at all ~ would hc mo- moro disctcditahr ~
have two than ono. and great deal more soothing
DIANA danced with io, I'm su glad she cucd
And oh, ola! It's Ldr, yprugs' We'll, Wa had
spring,: aud may a, we'll confess that So ordered
them hy telephone. We got them the same night
After dark we set fire To- the pine houghs. and
throwing back the flaps of the tent lny on our
buoyant beds, watching the red glow ON the trees
and the water. and LAUGHING a, the .a,t of our il-
ln-ions went up with mighty cracklc in the curl
ing flames. " D. IL e. H.