The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-09-19
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psesideat Cleveland has noN been for two weeks. with single companion. in the Adirondaeks, camping out on trout, streams, fishing and communing with na- tnFe. and not \ nihiliss or a commnnist has fired sAos at him. and 10 enemy of royalty has attempted to modest or make AiIn afraid. He has taken his tomato can full of angle-woTms, and his tAma- rack pole, and Rone out among the mos
 Quitoes, attired in large straw hat and a coat of sunburn, and strung his worm
 caaSAs A;< fish, taken che hoak ca: .! :ss mouth, aud doae everything just like any ordinary star-spangled American ciuIsn. uninterrupted by seekers after office. aud he has eaten the snccuient salt pork and
 the boiled potato covered with milk gravy, with an appetite like hired man, and aftey smoking a churn full of Aigges hair tobacco in bSiar.root pipe, he has laid down aud slept the sleep of inuo. cence, and awoke refreshed and iuli of vinegar. IL is worth the price ot admis- president can 90 off in the woods like that, with no pomp aud ciFcumstance. that Is, no pomp that would be a circum- stance to the pomp that would be neces. sary on the other side of the water. and though within an hours ride of taousands ot people who would be delighted to see him, not one of them intrudes upon his privacy, or xtares at him As he sits on a log and rubs his face wi,h a preparation warranted to drive away mosquitoes, lm- agtne an emperor or a CHAT ot king go- ing of into the woods for a monthS re- creation. In the first place 1t would be necessary to send the army ahead to drive away persons that would blow the crowned head into the middle of mex, week. The army would surround the spot selected by the king tor camp aad ex- anime the country for miles around to
 sec that nothing was loaded, detectives would quarter themselves at all residcnceS within radius of twenty miles, and keep
 an eye on every subject, and with a lot of brass bands the king would come along. and. heaving sigh, go into camp There would be none of that United States en. thusiasm about fishing that there IS to- day up n the Adwondacks. Our presi- dent awakes from hts night ot refreshing sleep, rolls over and asks his companion why he does not put clothes-pin on his nose to prevent his snoring, and the com panion says it he snorcd as bad as the president he would go hang himself A pleasant understanding having been ar :. ranged by the remarks about snoring, the president reaches down to the foot of his shake down bed, gets hts pants by enc ley al draws them toward him, losing his small change, a bunch of keys, lack knife and d corkscrew out of his pockets in the straw. He gets up and puts one leg in his pants and stops to tell a story about man he once knew in Buffalo. who kept free lunch pla :e, and then he puts the other leg in, buttons the top but. ton, pulls one suspender over his should CT. runs his feet into pair oi old boots. tucks his pants in the boots and goes out in front of the ten, and takes breath ot mountain ar, aud hangs the cantecn up on the tent pole Hts companion smells the presidents breath. and he gets up and cones out just as he is. and takes a breath, too, smacks his lips and goes hunting for his pants in the straw. The president goes down to the stream in front of the camp, and dipping up a handful of water, and piece of bar soap
 he makes his toilet in the cold water, clea ar as crystal, looks at himself in the mir TOT made by the water, and realizes that he needs shaving and looks tough. With pocket-comb he combs his locks that have been wet in the stream, and walks back to the tent and wonders how long it IS going to take the cook to get break fast He is so hungry he could ca, a slice of uncooked dog, and il seems to him he eau never wait for the fish to fry, while the smell Of coffee Is so tantallz,ng that he goes to the ether side of the fire to get away from it. He looks over his fishing tackle, tells his companion lie about big fish that escaped from him the day before, and when the cook pounds on the bottom of tn plate with an iron spoon as a call to breakfast, the president gets up so quick to answer the call that he runs hook into his leg, bu, heis SO hungry he goes to breakfast leaving the hook where it caught. until the meal is over He sits on a stump near the table, and with fork spears a two- pound uou, on his tin plate. and takes a hot potato in his hand. and as the s,eaming fish and potato send their odors up to him, a smie as big as SIX quart tin pan breaks over his face, and he wishes he could stay there always. instead of going back to Washington. After breAkf&st the president takes his rod and worms and
 goes down the stream. calling back to the cook to fry plenty of pork for dinner, and he enjoys himself, even when getting his line tangled ip tree. It would be a sight that thous Ands of the presidents : constituents would go miles to see. that great man thraAhing around in the bru sh
 un,angling line that had got caught in A ,reetop with trout on the hook slap. pisg him in the face with its tail, while the gnats, flies. mosquitoes and things were swarming about his face, pickis < out good places to bite. Let us all hope that Grover will come back from the woods fee,ing like an American ci,izen. That IS a good enough feeling for any