The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-24

cannot get the newspapers on snip
board, kilograms cannot reach you, and
no matter how nervous you are or how
much you are wrapped up in your bust
hess affairs you will be pretty likely
after a few days life on the wave to
drop everything and give yourself en-
tirely up to relaxation. If you have
been sensible enough to take along a
good supply of light, wholesome reading,
you will undoubtedly enjoy yourself i'm
mensely after you have got over being
seasick-and when, after the voyage is
over, you tread onland again your step
will be firmer, your eye will be brighter
and your nerves will be steadier than
they were when you embarked.
There is no more sensible way Of spend
ing your vacation if you are engaged the
year round in sedentary pursuits than to
take tramp of a week or two. \ In these
days of bicycles the wheel is much pre-
ferred by many, but you will find that
the old fashioned way Of footing it has
its advantages. OF course you do not
, want to tramp through the thickly set
tied sections of the country. Your tramp
ing should be done over mountain roads,
where you may hear the gurgle of rum
ming water and the roar OF an occasional
cataract, where you may sometimes
walk for miles in the shade of mighty
forests and where your eyes may at
times be greeted by grand and beautiful
vistas of hill and valley. Hyou are dys-
peptic when you start out and possessed
of little appetite, you will soon miss the
first and find the second, and the simple
fare you will be able to get at the houses
where you stop for meals will help to
bring back tone to your system. Take
my word for it, if you decide to pass
your vacation in this way you will never
regret it. But you must wear solid, easy
shoes, youmust dress for comfort and not
for looks, you must be prepared for phys
ical weariness and you must not expect
that your meals will be cooked by French
chefs.
A lawyer of my acquaintance who
was born in a log house and has built
up large practice in big eastern city,
always passes his vacation in remote
place, where he has had a log cabin built
on the side of forest covered mountain.
He goes there every year early in July
and stays till the last of August. He
tells me that while there he wears Ken
lucky jeans and cowhide boots and
spends his time making and renewing
acquaintance with his few hillside neigh
bors and fishing. II never catch any
thing to speak of" he says, and fish
with worm and hook. do not use
bamboo rod, but pole which | cut for
myself. AS matter of fact, I don't
care very much to catch the fish, but If
have a fishpole on my shoulder and a
box of bait which have dug myself in
my pocket feel that have nominal
reason for tramping along the banks of
the mountain streams, and when meet
another fisherman or a countryman he
sees what ! am out for, and don't have
to answer too many questions. My wife
salway goes with me to my summer log
cabin. and she enjoys it as much as
DO"
The amount of money that is annually
put into circulation by the vacation
habit is very large. In fact, in some To-
calities where farming is greatly run
down more money is taken in during
the outing season than during all the
rest of the year. To offset the fact that
this is the harvest time of the people who
live there is the other fact that this is
also their time of hard work; that they
are worried and worn and tired just at
the time when vacationers are care free
and jolly and gay. I. D. MARSHALL.