The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-07-25
Forest and stream club Camp.

Reported for the Democratic Advocated
If YOU want to have good, jolly time,
spend few days next week with the Forest
and Stream Club, on the banks OF the Mo-
nocacy. During the last two weeks most OF
the members and number of visitors have
enjoyed the cool air, pleasant recreatlons,
lstless conversation, Astounding Jokes, large
dinners, and the iced tea, freely and abun-
dainty supplied by nature, and jolly company,
aided by good cook
IT'S sweet to fish but oh how bitter
To hook bass and then not git her.
Asaway with his snood the big bass hied;
plunge and roar, and all was Ger
Save the echoes of wrath as the doctor swore
The members of the club seem to have ar
ranged, regardless of expense, everything
necessary for their convenience and comfort.
A frame building, II by 80 feet, divided into
| two apartments small dressing room, 10
| by u feet, and the sleeping apartment, con-
| tanning l. double hunks; large dining tent,
covered area for the cook, and the new
building
A daisy retreat where all boys viii CO.
! Whether their mothers will let them or no.
The camp is well supplied with bedding,
chairs, tables, dishes, cooking utensils, boats,
hammocks, games, cards, &c.,
And a little Of the stuf-the eye-opener you know,
/ As a te,o empty bottles Fridays will show.
presume the most pleasant recreation en-
| ioyed at camp is eating, if that can be termed
recreation. 1t may only apply in a few
cases; in most it is work, hard work, but oh J
how pleasant!
When David loudly toots his silver horn,
Whether at noon at evening, or at morn,
The discordant sound does not annoy,
But the smiling faces tell the joy
That each one feels at the tempting sight.
Where each is sure of many bite.
Some Boston beans bread butter and cheese,
Some coffee, Bill, and John, bring milk, please;
! I'll take some chicken, veal, beef and ham
] shall never stint the inner
Carr takes a bass, and onions, a few;
! Eugene gobbles down pickle or two
chip" sips his coffee, and Jim takes his tea.
! Uncle Dick eats largely; but all agree
That our friend Joe. so polite. you all know,
At the table is not so very slow.
All Jimmy, our ancient dyspeptie man,
| Just for once tackle Joseph. if You can:
| You'll surely get left and must take the snub
| OF your friends who bet on your tact for grub
Usually after a meal all the boys sit and
| lounge around, enjoying a good smoke and
engage in Hqht Jokes. Our farmer doctor
now has a great advantage. The brilliant
reputation, as talker, honestly secured by
our strawberry blonde, is now completely
eclipsed. In vain does he strive to pull
ahead, but the doctor with his varied expert
ence, his wonderful knowledge of farming,
his vast acquaintance with the theory and
practice of medicine, his intercourse with the
supernatural-the sandry ghosts with whom
he holds communion, which, assisted by tact
and unstinted volubility, furnish food, luscious
| and plentiful and with ready wit he talks and
talks and talks. and our scorer sits back in
utter amazement and marks down nothing
but base hits and home runs.
There are prodigies of various kinds living
about in the neighborhood of the Monoeacy,
among whom is a woman living about two
miles from camp. She is known as the
ssightning calculator" Orion should employ
her and revise his work. Two of our boys, a
red and black jack, called at her place and
! politely asked her for gallon or two of milk,
being very willing to pay largely for it.
II have inst Scanned it all for the pigs"
was the reply.
'sWell, then, we'll come in, says reddy;
but this pertinent remark was lost upon the
! lady.
| Cant you let us have little?'' asked
blacky.
II can spare you quart"
1t was like. a drop of water to cool the
parched tongue; but it was gladly swallowed
without much ceremony.
| ''How much do we owe you, madam p
/ "Well, / get cents pint for cream and
| cents for seam milk; and makes cents
pint and you drunk two pints. on know
/ you got the milk and cream both. You owe
me Is cents.
All! you Carroll county milk men, study
that woman's arithmetic and you'll get rich;
! but never separate the milk from the cream.
Go up to the camp, boys,
I And when you want to wet your throttle,
Just ask Joshua for his bottle,