New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-05
CAMPS AND CAMP STORIES.
Quite few of the Former and Good
Many of the Latter.

This week a number of young men
are enjoying an outing at Clear LAKE.
T. Crone, w. F. Setter, Otto Setter.
Albert and Henry Bennke, }. L. Schoch.
P. r. McHale, Albert Steirhauser,
Frank Kuetzing, Louis F. Entrup and
Andrew J. Eckstein ale among those
who are spending their nights at this
esort.
The campers at Swan Lake folded
their tents and hied towards their homes
in New Ulm late Saturday afternoon.
They had spent two full weeks at the
lake and not day passed but what
from twenty to thirty people from the
city visited them. Liberality and good
cheer characterised their reception and
| no one spent day with them who will
not remember it as one of the most
agreeable of the year.
For the last four days of last week.
the woods around Pfaender's farm were
vocal with the melody of happy voices
and joyous laughter. A party of five
or six young ladies were camping there
during that time, and it would tax the
most fastidious to find a gronp more
jolly or more entertaining. Those
comprising the party were the Misses
Minnie Pfaender, Ella and Emma Setter,
Lulu Fischer and Emma and Allie
Scherer.
One of the best stories. that will ling
er with the recollections of Camp pahl,
is told on farmer of this vicinity, who
attends political meetings and who be-
lieves in special privileges to none. This
man, like all others who visited the
camp, tasted of its hospitality, and what
follows will tell to what extent be en-.
joyed tie proffered refreshments. Dur
ing the evening he discussed politics
with Prof. Nix. The latter withdrew
for a short period, took off his overcoat,
returned apd again opened the conyer-
sation. The guest, however, failed to
recognize him and asked his name. 1t
was given as Conrad, the turning teach
er, and once more there was happiness
over the formation of a new acquain-
tance. A few minutes elapsed, and
then it was asked where Nix had gone
to. AS no one professed to have seen
him but the farmer, a search was sug-
gested, and our farmer guest in CON-
pany with Nix started out TO look for
this same Nix. 1t was good deal like
the fellow who looked for his pipe when
it was in his mouth, but the Swan
Lake incident, perhaps, can be account
for with other reasons.
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Another instance of the innocent
manner in which the Swan Lake camp.
ers enjoyed themselves with their visit.
ors is recorded at the expense of one
who deals in what is sometimes called
''hardware," and another, the intellect
ual creations of whose brain are reflect
ed weekly through one of the progress
sive papers Of this city. The joke con.
sisted in number of the campers 60
ing onto an island with these two men
and after dark leaving them there
! in Robinson Crusoe fashion for two or
three hours with no other company
than empty bottles.
Saturday night at Clear Lake af-
forded scenes that will not permit of
description. Men were there who
couldn't tell the next day whether
they had been together with certain
parties the night before or not, men
who could make up their minds to
watch their horses and than have the
horses taken away from them without
knowing it, and even some who didn't
know their own names for the time
being. It's funny when you feel that
way, isn't it?
Among the many gentlemen of town,
who paid their respects to the Swan
Lake camp last week. was one whose
good nature and quiet submission to
fate should have spared him the unpleas-
antness of practical jokes, but who
nevertheless fell victim to the caper-
cutting members of the camp. Now it
matters little upon what the party in
question feasted during the day. Suffice
it to say, that when night came he was
in that happy frame Of mind which
leads one to acquiesce so easily in the
peculiar whims of friends. Determined
upon going home that evening, he was
invited to a seat in a buggy and re-
NAMED there several minutes until it