Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-12
HOW TO CAMP OUT.
The Appetite You Acquire and Wna'
tOSatisfy 1t With-What TO CarS
and What to Leave HOme'

Now come the days which try mems SOULS
Dame Nature hangs her head IN llstiesS
abandon, and the thermometer, with a SUI
lime disregard for the feelings OF OUTLETS
climbs up to the fifth story in search Oh a
rarer atmosphere. The heated man OF Dusi-
ness casts wistful glance through his ONCE
window at the far-off mountains, whose cool
oray tints seem to WOO him to their embrace
and murmurs "Next week p No place IN the
Union possesses greater facilities for sum-
mer's outing than Salt Lake City, surround
ed pc II ia on all sides with mountain ranges
into the depths of which penetrate vast can
vons containing some of the most beautl1ul
scenery in the world, and afford1ng most oe-
liohtful retreats for ''camp out"
Aswe are now in the midst of the heateu
season, few words to those who are COIL
templating an ''out," but who have limited
exnerience in this line, will not be amlss.
| Tn the first place, you must not expect to do
everything on the ''gilt-edged" plan. II you
do. your hopes of having an enjoyable time
will be largely handicapped at the very OUT.
set. Gowith determination to rough IL,
in a liberal sense of the word. Inc great
mistake which nearly all novlces In the art
of camping out make is IN MAKING up an
outfit largely of delicacies instead OF SUP.
| stantials. Cold tongue, boned turkey, Irult
| cake and miscellaneous pastries and contec-
| tions of all kinds may be we'll suited for the
pampered appetite of city life, but DAY OF
| two in the keen mountain air, with marcy
| exercise and pure water, Will enable Two Or
| three persons to make wagon load OF sucn
| stuff look as If 1T had been struck by light
| ming at single meal.
"Mell, Them says the would-be camper
out, somewhat impatiently, what shall l
| take?' To which we would reply: Attend
| first to YOUR provisions. For each week you
intend to stay take something like the FOL
| lowing amount for each member OF the
party: Ham, 4 pounds; breakfast bacon,
pounds; -four Cor it's equivalent), pounds;
fruit for stewing (any kind, pounds; po-
tatoes, pounds; butter (if possible), |
pound. These, with salt, pepper and pickles,
are all that are really necessary. Take what
ever else you see fit, but do not neglect the
above" "Why, goodness, could not eat all
that in three weeks" we hear some one ex-
claim. Couldn't you,'' we reply; wait
and see, and our word for it, If that IS all
YOU take, at the end of the week you are
more liable to be hungry than anything
else" No need to take ''bitters" along with
YOU Except for snake bites); nature will at
tend to your appetite for you.
| Now, having your PROVISIONS, the HeAu
thing is camp outfit, which for each men,
Der of the party will consist of one TIN
plate, one tin cup, one knife and fork and
one spoon Let everything as far as pos
sible be of tin. The reason is obvious. For
the party, as a whole, take an extra cup OF
two, coffee pot, frying pan, a TIN bucket OF
two for cooking, fruit, ETC., and then II you
desire, or if there are to be ladies in the
party, take small ga" tent, and if you still
insist on clinging to the cherished superstl-
ton of civilization, a small sheet-iron stove.
Then pack things away in the bottom of tho
wagon, tie large roll of blankets and COM
forters on top and HE yourself to
wherever you have concluded to go.
When you find yourself in the canyon,
conclude to camp in some shady nook, pitch
your tent, arrange things for your stay, as
tonish yourself by eating enough for two
the first meal, and in a few days you are en-
joying that keen sense of pleasure in the
mere act Of existing which comes from q
good digestion, plenty of healthy exercise in
pure bracing air, and mind devoid of the
needless and numberless anxieties of bust
ness and social life. In time you return,
and will then shoulder the burdens of life
with renewed vigor, realizing every day a
magnificent return for capital invested.
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