New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-01
CAMPING.
OUTDOOR LIFE ON LAKE HoPATcoNG:

WAS wofuy dlscouraging the Patcr said he had peoh
thinking about It, too. aud he believer soinssAAs
might DO done.
Excuse me from the farm. house dusty road
with a view Of the pig-pen in the near distance s1
Nelly.
And from the glddy maiden in the second-oi@ss
resort hote' said Charles Augustus.
The Mater said she didn't much about going
anywhere The Lower saranac In the summer OK
mad spoiled her for less cheerful SURROUNDS
ngs, ana II one had been rich and one was poor MOVE
one might we'll submit and be- patient. There "e"
compensate That maid she had.
There was always nasty disappearance Oh Inc
Pater and Charles Augustus when the Maters ma"
came into the foreground
The situation not pleasant. Two men, throo
women, boy and Sarey the family. They mad
been wellor7 and they were in that happy con-
dillon at present Three years before, Just previous
the crash they had spent six weeks In the Ad;fon-
dacks, camping, and II had been the happless sum-
OF their lives. But it was out Of the question:
now. The Pater and Charles Augustus could coune
on weeks vacation only, and If the money couio
have been spared, the time out Of the question:
1t two days later when the Pater revived inc
subject and suggested boldly another camping season.
impossible the response Not at ALL said
the Pater with dignity. But NOT In the Adrondackss
NcwJersey, l am informed, possesses attractions
besides mosquitoes. one Of the in the Office
boasts of cottage at Lake Hopatcong and hs tells
me that camping is feasible there and quite COM
fortable found t in the Adrondacks"
1t is two months since then and for five weeks we
have been proving that there than ons
of spending summer pleasantly.
The Pater's office friend was our best half' He
It was who gave us the and who selected our
camping ground and obtained the privilege from
the a cost Of fifteen dollars. We could have
had campsite for nothing, but the spot we wanted
not available except by payment The Pater took
he jubIant. " AS pretty place can be found
a gem of lake, hills. wild woods, fishing, boating
and accessibility The camp, he inform6~ us, was
to be made near spring, natural terrace twenty
feet above the lake and fifty feet from shore, and
he had ordered the lumber for flooring while he was
there 1t had cost ten dollars, and a shed for
kitchen had cost five dollars We have spent
$50 already said the Mater anxiousy, and S75
IS limit, you know"
The Pater himself was a little doubtful. but he
to work upon the problem Four tents were
necessary, and their was subject of anxiety.
One, however, We had-an tent of decent proper
tons, that had been wllies play house in other days
The devislng and ingenious Mater declared she could
make good, and in four days she and the girls
had duplicated it at cost of IS, and may remark
In passing that after the canvas had been prepared
by sugaroflead soaking 1t was the best Of the lot
Two big tents were purchased outright, at cost OF
S12 each Our expenses. outside D. the Paters
journey to the lake, amounted 10 -. Could
get through with the $40 remaningl 1t was a prob
lem that kept of us awake nights, for by this
time all set upon making this camp a sue
cess. How did wish for SIS more. Just
round beautiful hundred sighed Nelly.
There was less difficulty than We had thought This
freight from the city the lake had been bugbear
but 1t vanished when confronted We found that
reightrates and eNpessrates were two very different
things, and the fIeghtbill was just "a % when 10
paid. 1t included the barrels of bedcorhing, In
which the crockery was concealed, the cot-beds, OK
which We fortunately possessed sutiiciency; ths
laundry stove which ha; done elegant as sairey
has repeatedly asserted, and two packing trunks.
Behold us, on the first day Of July, in camp. Our
last dollars had been spent In hiring boats nor tho
season. and amount exceeded Only by the cost
of getting freight from the railroad to the camp,
| matter of a mule-team and So so. "The halls for
the Kid ~ explained the native who did the work,
and more marvellous " KID in capacity for work
no father reioiced in. our private division was
IS for the boy and team, and the half dollar for the
| parent.
The agonies Of settling brefer than We had
| feared The Pater and Charles Augustus had got
! day off each, one Saturday and the other Monday,
and when they went back TO tho city they left us
| in comparative comfort with thrteen-year old Willie
| and SIrey TO protect us. hundred yards away
was clergyman, camper like ourselves, and when
he found that lone wOmen-folks were DEPENDING
| upon on one executive, he all kindness. 1t
pied one tent and didn't attempt TO sleep much.
The of early morning dispersed our fears such
as they were and they have never returned. Tho
girls all good oarswomen, thanks 10 Adirondack
experience and Willie is host in himself Tho
kitchen department caused difficulty. much as had
been feared Iaggots in boundless quantity filled the
woods and Sairey old enough TO have had some
early experience in the control OF wood fire. think
another shall invest in COAL however, for
| even In camp its superiority over wood is easily
demOnstrsble. Tie provision supply had been am
other source Of worry that vanished with experience
The staple groceries obtained from our city
grocer, who delivered them without freight charges,
at the railroad station here whence they were brought
10 camp by boat. with all OF the girls at the oars
The meat was excellent and obtained from tho
travelling butchers wagon Of the DeighborhoOd Why
he should have charged precisely eighteen cents tor
nb-roast, porterhouse round steak, lamb. veal and
mutton without discrimination, has been standing
and is still an unsolved problem The minor grocer,
les and small pure bases have been Obtained az gem
era store' within easy rowing distance. The drug
store is further away, bat accessible. We are told
that doctor be found, but We have been ia
curious on that point.
We had felt some Slight alarm after week or two
at the increasing number Of campers bu, We early cary
people who would cheerfuy ignore your existence Tor
twenty years In the city should devote themselves To
# is this mountain air perhaps IT is because all
bent on enjoyment and hate to see others debarred
from A. but as practical result we have had so many
Illustrations OF beautiful kindness that think We
let bitterness Ill our hearts sEsn;
last sunday night and the Pater began bis Saturday
| afternoon That will give us four full weeks OF
man in camp but really, the masculine adult need
not think himself necessary. 1t has been his socIaf
attractions not his protecting power that we nave
desired. Health has been our strong card Why we
| have not caught cold IN the long rains, why o4y
sOusng In the lake of another has not produoeu
pneumonia we can only answer by tho camp phras7
| We don't mind such things In camp, you ko"'-
Certain 1t is, have never been so well: 49,.
The practical side Of the experiment Is an en.lsy
success. We having summer outing anu = .onxx
| hapny time II Is doing all world OF gooo, aa0
the is S75 The actual cost OF ylng mere 70 ess
than II In the city and there Is far less T. e,
| IN waste The excess the weekly cost III CIV
life has been mainly railroad fares for the pses
and Charles Augustus, who have come up on Ss.uss
DAYS and thew reckon that the saving they mako IN