The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-12-05

nad only been two or three PCS W 1O0 niua~
rily behind the back door, As for myself,
took to tho nosnad life - naturally as II
bad never in my life been in q civilized hshs-
tation. To be able to so where one pleased,
10 dawdls as one pleases, to stop ana siecr
where one pleased, was certainly new seq
sation. Ny friends, observing my sluggish
ways, had often compared me to teat lhSo-~
esting creature, the snail; now the resom-
blance was complete, for l was snah lndoe-
with my house comfortably fxod upon my
shoulders, crawling TRANQUILITY along.
"Of course, the caravan has It's 1nconveni.
ences. Inside, to quote the elegant si-nlie OF
our progenitors, there is scarcely room enough
to swing cat in; and when my BED is made
and Tins hammock Is syung just iHslde ira
door, tho place forms the tinicst OF Sleeping
chambers. Then our cooking arrangements
are primitive, and, as Tim Les NJ lea wnae
ever in the culinary art, beyond being ablen
boil potatoes in their skins and make very
doubtful sst.rabout, there Is certain want
of variety in CUR repasts.
ssBcsiles the inconvenience which have
mentioned, but which were, perhara, hardly
worth chronicling, the caravan has social
drawbacks, more particularly embarrassing
to q modest man Ike myself It's confusing,
for example. on entering town, or good
sized village, to be surrounded by the entire
Juvenile population, who cheer us vocife-ousiy,
under the impression that we constitute
show, and afterward, on ascerta ming their
mistake, pursue US with oppro5r.ocs Jeers'
ard it is distressing to remark that our no-e
Of life, instead of inviting confidence, causesus
to be regarded with suspicion by the wear OF
the parish and the local policemen we sro
exposed, moreover, 10 ebuliitions of b1coic
huraor. which hive taken the form of hoI-S'-
p,ay on more than one occasion. Iin mas
had several fights with tho Welsh pea a-tr,y,
and has generally conc off victorious, though
ON one occasion he wol.li have been over
powered by numbers if had not gone 10 hls
assistance Generally speaking, nothing VIII
remove from tho rural population an idea
that tho caravan forms an exhibition oil some
sort When 1 a;rily alisht and strcll through
a Village, skotchbook in hand, have i:ivac
rinbly at my heels long attendant tran OF
all ares, obviously under the impression thao
am looking for q suitable pitch, and am
going to perform.
40 avoid these and similarinconvcrlences,
we generally halt for tho night IN solae 60
cludci spot some roadside nook or outlying
common. But there is fatal attraction IN
tho caravan; it seems to draw spectators, as
it wcre, ont Of the very bowels OF the eer-n
No matter how decolate the place We ne'o
chosen, we have scarcely made ou-3c-Vos
comfortable when an audience gaths;, a2i
stra~rlers drop in, amazed and cpen-rnoIihce.
found it iri-scnie at fret to pa--t III t1e open
air. with a gazing crowd at ny lack ncllny
hubble comments on my wcI1 eS u pro
eressed; but soon got used to it, ard, Law
ing discovered certain good subjects hero
and there among NY vis.tors, ta,Se the pup
l;citv nov as a matter Of course. Evcl when
busy inside 1 am never astonished to SEQ
strange noses fattened against the windows
strange faces pccp:ng in at the door. LEO
human tc,rperaInent accuston,s itself to any
thing.
ii begin this record in the Islsnd Of Angle
sea. whore we bavo arrived after Cur io-r-
rights wandorings in the more mountainous
districts Of the mainland. ArSlesca, cn IN
formed. is chiefly famous for its pigs and
its wild ducks. So far es havo yc5 explored
II I find it fat and desolate enough; blt
have been educated in Irish landscapes, and
don't object to fa.ness when combined via
deso,ation. / like these dreary meadows
these bleak stretches of melancholy moor
land. these Wild lakes and lagoons.
cat tho present r..omen. I'm encarlped In
q SPOT whore, in oil probability, shall rc-
uaia Cor days. l cana upon it G'hso b. co
ciden5 aboaS midday yes.erGay, VIXEN On my
way to the market town Of PeAcrocS; or,
rather, when l imagined that was going
thither. while had, in reality, after hes.cac-
ing at three crossroads, taken the road wnien
led In exactly the opposite direction Tho
way was desolata and drea-y beyond meaS-
ure-stretches of morass AID moorlaiid on
every side, occasionally rising into heathery
knobs or hilloc,.s, or strewed with hugo
pieces Of stones Ike the moors Oh Cornwall
presently the open moorland ended,
and we entered a region Of sandy
hiilocks sparsely ornamental here AMI
there with long, harsh grass. II ono
could imagine tie waves Of tie ocean. AZ
some moment of wild agitation, suddenly
frozen to stiffness, and returning intact thea
forms, IL would give some iuea
of the billocks l nm describing. They roseen
.-..-.x e;lo ~ tho road cOu,Dle.plV 6llttiyl3