Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-10
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OCTOBER, 10, 1890
FRIDAY, &C
o,upe.1oox VACATION.
How Young Var Istics Mode tho Most oil
IA poor Thing.

How Young Var istics M'ie tho Most oil
u Poor Thing.
There is nothing in this worl that is
a livelior factor In ones happiness
than being able to make the most OF u
poor thing. And 1t is tho happy tenn
permanent OF the imaginative clerk who
can not get away for vacation in the
mountains or on tho shore that enables
him to be as serene 10 his third'story
back hall bedroom.
Here ho can DO In all the resorts in
the country In his imagination without
leaving tho house. We arc all well
aware that the anticipation OF the err
Gus intoxicates tho soul OF tho smali
boy much moro than the oircGs Itself,
and authorization and imagination are
about tho same thing. Therefore, the
clerk In his Imagination enjoys some
thing that can not DO cloulei by dis
appointment, when he iancics the Joys
of a place that ho can not visit
lie ha, guide books and photographs
without number, and with these he may
well murmur, his soil bubblinS over
with dreamy joy;
"Here am climbing Mt Whiteface,
while sitting on soft bed in my slip
pors. / can look up To its grand old
! bald head on which there arc no hies
In any sense, and from the top OF 1t en-
ioy Tahawus and the Druid' to my
hearts content without feeling that on
returning l have got to hold on to sap
lings and lower myself TO its base ike
one descending from burning build
ing on a rope. II this mountain climb
ing gives mo huge appetite, / have
not rot to travel two hours 10 reach
Grizzly Lodge to get meal about three
sizes too small for dwarf. AS 1t costs
nine dollars per week here and $3.50 at
the Grizzly Lodge, | can not con 'istent-
ly feel that ! am at all unfortunate In
not being able to get away.
AT Grizzly Lodge, II you complain
OF the smnllness OF the portions, you
are told that they are in reality large
but appear diminutive TO your vision
, only because your vision is acted upon
by your gnawing mountain appetite
Therefore, in this house ! may enjoy
Grizzly Lodge At its bcst-which is the
guide. bool; description, and still b'
within half block Of hr5t-class res
taurant
at costs fifteen dollars to travel from
, Grizzly Lodge TO Campobello, but in m.
hall bedroom ] can make the journe,
in a second by turning page Here
am in Campobello in q first-class hotel
in the guide book-and, looking at thu
picture, SEQ the wavelets curling like
weary tiger lilies beneath the silver.
moon. All. the grand old ocean, this i
|. the way like to lay hold OF Its froth
oh, ouch, ah-l---!!----!W lneve
thought could split hcad-board wit
nv knuckles before. How delightful
how picturesque is tho grand old SCUM
y" ing main, when enjoyed in this wa
'' where its freezing air cant chill yC
p through. AMI the land breeze can NJ
Ir. thrust YOU into q swarm Of hungry mo
quitoes
81 tell you, IIoratio, there is nothin
so plaasant as a guide book vacation
o because there is no disappointment
YOU don't have TO tip the wal
ers, YOU don't have TO sleep
A room so narrow that you ca
v not turn over in bed without falliu
over your trunk, you don't have to u
tend to your correspondence by sitti'
- on the bed, having your feet against
~ elastic wall, and writing on your kne
" and YOU don't have to sleep on b'
D that's so uneven that you awake roun
4 shouldered and bow-legged.
}. ! am the old optimist that believ
firmly in the guile-book vacation, for
" stretches through all the year. enabl
YOU to paddle among the lilies in II
cember. 10 catch fish out OF season, a
p shoot in great quantities animals th
are really extinct Pray, excuse N
gentle reader, for ] ain an inn
cunious dry-goods clerk, and tire
BILE until the very scissors j
l. gle in my vest pocket, when
lk. think of tomorrow, and the rural m
that swarm the place on every barga
day. and ] want to lose myself in
bowling Wilderness OF the North Woo'
Y and float OF into rosy visions TO
murmurous melody OF the sparklir
silvery Ultowana.
where the steak Is sweet and tender
). As the lily on the stream.
Where the lovely maidons render
Life rosy posy dream.
Where by Towsur's bark Pernvltn
lila We ut night are not unnerved,
Where no hen that's antediluvian
On the tables ever served
Where the atmospherc's delicious
And the views Us flne nis.lk,
! And the cocktails "a nutritious
W. As the cream upon the milk.
. R. X. Mumkittrich, in Once Wee
PHYSICAL CULTURE.