New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10
THE RETURN VISIT.
HOW MR. MEADowLAND KEPT SUMNER
BOARDERS

| BOAfDElfGO.
| have received tho following letter from Mr. Elijah
a. Meadowland who last season carried on summer
boarding house in quiet way. This letter, as some
one has said, explains itself
My Dear Sir: Your letter. IN which you say you are
| going to vrite book on Summer Board and Other
Noxious Institutional and want facts about the
business IS received 1t will make me feel frstrate
II can help you any, and will tell you what
learned about the business while running my house,
which might say right here have Just entirely re-
fitted for next season. having painted the front door
| and moved the hen-coop.
1 opened my house the first OF last June, putting
small notices in the New-York papers that quiet coun
try board with COW on the premises and fresh air and
marked absence Of muskeeters could be had by adj
dressing a. X this oflce.S AZ. X" stood for me.
you understand. While was waiting for people to
begin corresponding with AZ. *" my wfe's cousin
happened to find out where her dear old friend
living, and up from the city on visit, bringing
her husband and her Eve children with hor cause
she reokoned they would enjoy the cow facilities and
| so forth. We was glad to see 'em, and give 'em the
front rooms, and was reviving old memories and milk
ing the COW three times day the children would
have enough when along comes an uncle OF mine, and
brings his wife and three children, and all OF them was
tcked to death TO learn that had a cow and they
settled down in the back rooms. Before tho public
| began to correspond to amount TO anything with u.
X,- two second cousins Of my wfe's aunt and man
who brought along a family tree with black frame
around II under his arm TO prove to me that no was
cousin OF nephew Of mine. dropped In and took the
small scattering rooms around here and there and most
Of them mentioned that they was fond OF milk About
a week after had letter from one man, and he came
up TO me. told him that II he could figure IL out
that no was any relation he might Just as well stay
all summer and IL wouldn't cost him a cent; but he
said he guessed he couldn't do IT, told MIN
thought probably my nephew's cousin could get MN
up tree in little while, but he said no, he expected
10 pay for his board set UP bed Tor hin IN the
garrett sometimes he talked about going back TO
town. but the others wasn't heard making any such
remarks. had several other chances to take cash
boarders who couldn't trace relationship, but,
ha6 10 turn them away as the house was full Inc
second cousins OF my wife's aunt complained
some because the boarder TOOK up 30
much room and I heard em saying mat u
wasn't for him they could have their father ana
mother come and make pleasant niue fanny
marty But we all got nd OF him along IN the
middle Of the summer because the lightning struck him
orc night as he was sleeping up in his room close
IN tho urhtnng-rod and tore his bedstead all 10
n,eces and the next morning no said nc guessed ne
would go back 10 the city.
The summer passed middling soon after AL a.
| ,h. Young ones they had brought with them got
into so much mischief that II made u very hVeiy
| tor me About the first Of October they began 10
| Am on and BY the middle the family reunion
| w.s over MY wife's cousin, the one with nus
hs,d and FIVE children that had come hIst ana
| popularized the movement, as may say sVo Us
| very urgent invitation TO como down anu 500
| them this winter. remarhnu !" 'A" "
wouldn't DO no bad plan.
t.. .,sr tho holIerdays we begun to rig up for
Tho tan and eet the six children ready. thought, TO
mako the thing Just right, we ought TO have
a few others along so / sent up TO my uncles ana
or, him and his wife and two children to 60 with US
I1s wife had distant cousin that had seven children
| and a husband that worked I'm sawmhi ana inc
Oldest girl was growed up and was married ana hau
| a baby They all agreed 70 the trip soon as
non ,,onsa n IN them and | fixed them up family
,r.o when We cot 10 the depot in New-York we
Judged We hadn't better 60 all at once, so and my
family started ahead, and my uncles folks were to
start in fifteen minutes and the sawmin cousin crowd
In half hour.
We found the place by the help OF policeman who
went ahead, and when VIC knocked on inc uoor ana
they le, us IN, they peared some surprised but
ia ,b.v vas clad M sec us. We sot down around
an tho chairs and some Of our children went out In
tho hall and begun 10 eight with their children and
mound them ND pretty bad and was pleasant and told
them hoped they had COW ana sau Sposed 'hoy
didn't have no boarders up In tho atuc, oauso "o
wanted plenty of room. Pretty soon ohoie 'ohn ana
HIS folks dropped IN and after rev minutes the rest
Of The procession and tho town children being all
cleaned ont the new ones begun fighting with ours.
oulte a pleasant little family reunion says l.
Yesp very pleasantn says my wife's Cousins hus-
band looking around sort Of fierce; any moro COM
ingfs | told him / thought the tamiy was now all
together and we settled down ana began MAKING
ourselves at home and tho man whose business TOOK
him so much into the sawmn took stick out Of HIS
pocket and began whiting
We pretty we'll filed tho house, but no moro than
they had filed mlne, so 1 didn't care and We
enjoyed ourselves for a couple OF weeks. The FIRST
meal we thought they didn't eat anythl put soup
there being nothing else IN ssa ana o S SS y,
age 10 get a third Then thoy cleared everything on
the table but they didn't get up ana ~ away, 80 4
stayed too, and begun 10 thH m9 sb S WY NAL,
and the sawmili relative had got out ms STICK ana
BEGUN vblttling again. when they Drought us SONG
thing more and seen they WASN'T goh,ns 70 s3 20
way several times most OF the dishes rushed on ana
clothes brush run the tablecl2tn, anu ~ Deg1
10 look once as II the sawmn END OF Lne iay W pi
haze 10 get another stick but they wound Me thlhg
mn AZ Iasf An their meals were spasmOdlc tnat way
never seen any thing look lonesomer Hen teir 'aoie
when they cleared it on heA1 hem nsed 10 ask us n
s'pOsed tho stock and everytmn e. store
home and | told them arranged every thlhs Deiolo
We came away 50 that We So tSst time was up though
we came back home
Mr.. Meadowland c0neludeSi IA. ,ovn.r ho.,.,ou,
This is all Of my experience WIN su ssld nv honss
20 far or making return visits AS ssu my tStS
"a thorouRhly renovated and refurnishea, ana ulnk
II relatives keep away next Su lhih nabh thsS
be able TO make some money: dd,dn,t saw anvtbins
t sDoTS '0hi'"e Wv" FRED r. CARRUTH.
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