The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-04-11
CAMPING OUTFITS
Complete and Convenient Kits for Sports.
men and Can oeIsts.

Complete and Convenient Kits for spores.
men and CanoeIsts.
A well-known dealer In sporting
goods in lower Broadway. in conVersa'
ton with reporter, remarked: 1t
Is surprising how every year the num-
Der OF people who pass their vacations
in camping-Out increases. Naturally,
winter is not the season when people
90 to the country, but at the same time
we sell very large quantity OF goods
10 Florida tourists As the number OF
sportsmen and campers-out has grown
larger, more and more peremptory has
been the demand upon US for complete
and compact camping outfits, Now.
astonishing as 1t may seem, there has
never been any thing Of the kind made
in this country which begins to APP
proach the right marx. The three re-
quisite qualities Of good camping
outfit are compactness, lightness and
durability. | have secured this
and other cities to secure the
kind OF goods ! wanted, but in vain.
No American manufacturer makes
specially OF that class OF work, nor
could get it done to order at any
reasonable price. Finally | deter
MINED to 90 to London and see what |
could do there. After hunting all
over that city discovered a manu-
facturer who could make exactly what
| wanted. 10 consequence ! have now
stock OF goods for campers-out and
canoaists such as has never before ben
offered for saie in New York.
The dealer then showed TO the rc-
porter varied assortment OF outfits.
First, there was a row OF wicker bas-
r1ets, of different sizes, the Iargcet,
which contained an outfit for six per-
sons. being about three feet long and
two feet vide. You will notice, eX-
planned the dealer, that nothing has
been left unthOughtoi. There are six
knives and forks Of the best plated
ware, with bone handles, and the same
| number respectively OF large and
small Spoons See how nicely they are
fitted into their places on the insid" OF
the cover, which is lined with soft
leather The basket proper, You will Oh.
serve, has five compartments. The one
at the right contains six plates, made OF
| enamelcd iron ware, and a platter OF
the same material Next to it Is q
compartment in which are snCgty
| packed two quart bottles, covered wit b
| fine wicker work, and closed With
eorks which have metal tops. No
! metal, however, is allowed to touch the
contents, which thus can be kept fr h
and sweet In the -WO middle CoIu-
partments are three deep dishes OF
enamelcd iron, with metal covers, IN
which cold meats. sandwiches and
other provisions can be kept in gooU
/ condition. One Of the middle coin,
partments also contains six glaS-r~.
each of which is protected by wicker
| case, and boxes and bottles, similar. Y
protected, for spices, etc. he last
compartment is an ice-box, made O.
Britannia ware, in which fresh pro
visions can be kept. There is also a
separate tin box for fish. This outfit
IS the largest we keep, and costs 81 ).
We have them though OF ali sizes, down
to that for one person, the price 0!
which is S5.5Q
DO YOU mean to say that nothing ot
this kind has been for sale before?
was asked.
That's exactly what | do mean.
Ten or fifteen years ago there WAS ao'
solutcly no demand for such things,
and it is only recently that We have
felt competed to keep them in stock.
Why, even in this dull season "" arc
selling one outfit day on an average,
Besides the style Of Outht | have just
shown to YOU, we have two Others
The first is much like the mess Xii
used by officers in the British army,
It is made of zinc and Is round. i
largest size, fifteen inches b. t"r'r"
contains an outfit for four PERSONS
The cover s deep and can be used ion
making soup or stcws in, The re-
Coptacle proper which contains varl
Gus utensils. including, a frylNg-par
and stew-pan, places for coffee
sugar, salt and butter, knives, forks,
plates, and spoons, and a sheet-lror
stove, can, when unpacked. be utilized
ior a watcr-pail All of the ware IS ol
cnameled iron, and the plates, wh"r
packed. fit exactly into the stew-Nan
the handle OF which, as also that 0
the frying pan, is hinged so that 1t
be turned over The prices of thi'
style Of outfit range from SIS to s., an,
the weight of the largest size is hu
eighteen pounds. About the neatc>
outfit we have is the one we have got
ten up for canocists. The case IS O
black enameled tin, oblOng in shape
ten inches by nine. 1t contains com
olete set of cooking utensils, includin!
an alcohol stove, for two persons, anC
will fill long felt want. IN. \. lost
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Photographs Of the Sun.