Connecticut western news., 1884-08-20
CAMPING AIT TWIN LAKES.

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 You can take solid comfort or solid misery at Twin Lakes, just which you prefer to, and comfort or misery depends entirely on what preparations you make for few days sojourn there.
 Before starting for Twin Lakes, halt 8 moment and consider that you cannot | live without food or sleep in this world | and also you must be clothed according to the weather, and most people require i some shelter during storms. Ask your self the question, how many articles that are indispensable to my comfort can I find growing on bushes at Twin Lakes ? When you have decided what articles are necessary for your health, comfort and enjoyment, then take them with you, and unless you have forgotten many essential articles, you will enjoy camp ing and be 10th to return home and en- gage in business again. By all means provide yourself with good shelter, com fortable beds, and abundance and vari- ety of food and sufficient clothing.
 You can go there with simply cot , ton cloth tent, no beds, table, chairs or other furnlture,a scanty supply of cook ing utensils, crockery or table cutlery, no provisions and without books or even daily or weekly paper, in fact without the very necessaries of life, to say noth- ing of the conveniences and you will reap what you have sowed; your dis comfort will be without measure. Af- ter sleepless night you will arise, tired, nervous and cross, and will be in no condition to appreciate or enjoy the lovely lake surrounded by hills on which both green fields and woods appear, while in the back ground loom up those grand old mountains and you will not even enjoy the beautiful grove surround ing your tent. The night has seemed almost unendurable, but the return of morning does not end your discomfort, on the contrary 1t presents the problem of how shall you appease your hunger, and you may consider yourself fortunate if you have solved that problem by tine time the sun sinks behind the western hills. You will soon get disgusted with this style of living staying we should say-and although you may possibly be able to refrain from striking your best friend, yet you will strike your tent and depart for home, feeling that camping is uncomfortable.
 This comparison of camping and roughing it is not overdrawn. You can sec it illustrated every season by visit ing Twin Lakes The majority of camp ing parties rough it the first season; in fact you learn only by experience what you really need for your comfort while camping, and those camping parties who are fully equipped this season have only become so by keeping list of articles required in camping and year by yeal adding to the list such articles as theil experience has shown them are neces sary.
 Messrs Russell & Perkins have store or refreshment house there and sel quantities of canned goods, cookies candies, nuts, ice cream, soda water ginger pop, etc, but these are only thu 1uxuries or dessert, not the substantia food required for camper with vora cious appetite. Although Messrs Rus sell X Perkins can provide you witt boats and fishing tackle, and by the wa, are very accommodating, yet they ar not prepared to furnish regular meal for the campers or even the daily visi tors at Twin Lakes. If you want de lightful ride around the lake get M Perkins to fire up the steamer and talk you along.
 The camping season is at it's neigh during August and although some part, leaves almost every day others are ar irving and the number is kept good.
 The camps at Twin Lakes last Thurs day were as follows:-
 In the beautiful grove on the soutl shore of the upper lake (Washinee) nea the ruins of the old boat house, MT A T. Roraback and family of Canaan wer' camped. This is their fifth season camp ing and they certainly were provided with everything for their comfort. The, had been encamped here 10 days and i was like pulling teeth for them to breal camp on the morrow, but Mir Roraback' business engagements were such tha he could not remain longer
 West of them Burton Peirce and sev erl other young gentlemen from Canaan were encamped.
 Next in order we find happy part, of ladies and gentlemen, viz: J. S.Adam wife and daughter of Lime Rock; s. F Adam, Canaan; MT and Mrs H. A. Stees Beverly, N. J.; J. N. and G. s. Tuttl and Miss Rose B. Futile of Newark, N J.; Will H. Wiesing, New York; Mis- Jennie Adam, East Canaan, and Mis- Katie Dunn, Lime Rock Most of thi company are experienced campers an' their camp is model one and provided with everything necessary for comfor and convenience. They fare sumptu ously and take solid comfort. If yol are low spirited or have the blues jus