The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-17

but there is also aqueen Of housekeepers who
presldes over 1t and over the big-mouthed
open nre ana Its tin baker Baked beans 90
Mlthout saying The camp bean hole is
s sii9neu up IKE q small well; the cavity in
sue Is OF about the size of bucket In this
IS IS made MAJ fire of hard wood When the hole
- iuii Oh RED hot Goals, they are dug out, the
Dean pot set in, covered with the excavated
Goals and ashes, 1.-THE whole leveled off and the
Deans lelt TILL morning, at which time they
organ"
A hne morning, and after breakfast all
nanas set out by row boat and canoe for
Rapid River, carrying luncheon and intent
upon a days sport and coming home at
night happy and sleepy, and rewarded by
good string of speckled beauties Sometimes
our gentlemen go for rough expeditions and
neayy trampS, and then-well, books and
neede-work do not seem to harmonic with
the surroundings The spirit of natures I'M
rest. which is the truest rest, lays hold upon
the hearts of even the sisters. of the party.
and makes them toss. away the pen or the
printed page and just listen to the lap OF the
waves, or row idly in the boats or stretch
out in the sun under the trees and stare at
the sky, or wander off to the deserted
Frenchmen's camp of rough log houses and
loiter there for the sake of the woodland
walk.
The camp baby is great success. She is
16 months old and as sweet little girl as
tune of a couple of dimples. She wakes at
6 a. NJ and crows as if pine boughs made a
downy crib. During breakfast, while her
nursery maid is busy and mamma is busy
too serving good things to eat to hungry
campers, Miss Baby is put into big wooden
packing box near the fire or in especial sun
shine; and there she plays by the hour;
hence one of her names-"the box baby"
Later she trudges-for this little tot walks
everywhere-about the cleared place and the
WAnd ad nv n frfa haa chn
likes condensed milk. She grows fat yisibly
from hour to hour; she is brown as a berry
and happy as a bird. Last night we got
home from cunning at p. m. 1t was dark
and piping cold and there and then we had a
hot game supper, with sweet potatoes and
Guava jelly and afterward we toasted our
toes at big blaze. At 10 o'clock p. IN. had
you peeped into our tent you would have
seen seven Of us in row, all soundly Sleep
ing-the baby with hood over her golden
pate-the boys snugly rolled in blankets and
under FUR robes-the three women folks
somewhat queerly arrayed for the night in
wraps which looked almost like 'bunnit and
shawls"-but all with thankful hearts for
the glorious out-of-doors life; and Spot the
setter, "old sad eyes"-as the boys call him
with his soft silky ears and black and
white coat-lying outside close to the other
tent holding his master and his masters
friend. Very likely Spot at a. m. will
shiver and shake and come inside, perhaps
close to the baby's bough bed; we've known
him to do 1t.
The boys are jolly and full of business in
this region of RATS and tramps and sails but
they help no end, too, in the menage and are
willing gatherers of wood and dippers Of
water. Unpacking, happened to take from
my trunk a tall nickle plated candle stick
and reflector. explaining its work to the boys
land you don't have to push 1t up," / said
Its a self feeder" The next night l
noticed three eager faces around the table on
which the candle burned. "Were waiting"
said Harry earnestly, ito see it feed ITSELF"
NOTES.
This is wild country, after ALL For sew
eral nights bear has been heard in the dis
tant wood. Fresh tracks of caribou are seen
within few rods OF the camp and the looms
weird cry has an uncanny ring; so has the
yell of the screech owl.
A call yesterday from an experienced
sportsman who finds his amusements in out
of-doors expeditions. Ills canoe is pro-
n0unced by our camp to be the gameist little
craft afloat She is after the Rob Roy pat
tern and her model was called the Stella
Mary. We suggest for her own name THE
Phalarope" or "The Charmer" Her rudder
makes padding in her mere pastime and
her sails make her scud like breeze. She
is selfish little beauty for she holds Just
one.
Our Acknowledgements are due the steam
boat company for courtesies received. Capt,
Green and the obliging engineer of the
'Parmachenee" which runs from the Lake.
side House--another resort of fishermen and
Erol, and the Magalloway River, is the
bearer of our mail and forwards milk eggs
and other essentials with neatness and dis
patch" M n