Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-24

and refined have selected for compan-
ionShIp, not only with other gentle and
refined ones Ike themselves. hut with
that In their own natures which is most
in hlrmony with the spot and to which
its >eclusion and quietness most appeal.
And he who utters M oath in such
a place has not only transgreSsed the
rules Of good breeding which should
ever be emphasized in such a company.
but has Sinned in a peculiar sense as
one who, having knowledge of its $ ne
ity, violates nm altar
If because of some ancestral trans
greSSion not yet eNpiated i'm your falni-
~ You should be afflicted this summer
reader with 4 swearing man in Your
camp may angels and ministers of
grace defend YOU If You ask me to ad-
wise what it would Zoe proper for You,
liz such circumstances TO do, ! confess
to a hesitation in advising YOU Were
in your place, being a mild-mmnered
man, / should in the first place eNpoStu-
late with him. and If eXpoSyulatiou
failed | should kick him out of camp.
But live in the same camp with him
| wouldn't. I would as Soon go on a
tour through heaven with an imp Of
the old Fellow himself as q travelling
companion.
There is only one creature in the
world round of unfortunate growths
that is more out Of place i'm a camp
than the proflne man. ] refer to the
coarse fellow; especially the fellow
whose coarseness is expressed i'm the
telling of questionable stories or auec.
dotcs that are both stale and malodor-
Gus.
/ have dshod q good deal i'm my life
in boat and canoe alike and at points
rs widely apart as the size of the con.
tinent would permit ana | have had
to put up mt times with many veNa.
tiouS conditions and disagreeable peo-
pie, but / have never auglcd SO far
from shore that l wouldn't risk my life
in swimming to il rather than abide
a half day in the same boat with a
dirty minded and foulmouthed fellow.
1t doesn't matter what bc his name
or abilities or profession, or TO how
many cubs he may belong, such a man
can have no standing among respect
able and decent campers Like the
deviLhsh offered FOR sale in the fish
market of Vancouver, he is wholly re.
pulsive and abhorrent to every sense
that iutcrpreis evil ana good to the
consciousness. No mercy or tolerance
with men he knows are thieves and has
good reason to believe would, If they
dared, be cutthroats and have a pretty
/ good time, provided he sleeps lightly
and isu't naturally nervous nay, des
perate characters are, rs a rule quiet
hammered folk and make pleasant com
panionS enough unless some disagree
ment occurs; but vulgatity of speech
is utterly uncomfortable to clearly PEG
pie, and a foul.mouthed wretch ear
not be tolerated Break camp, friend
and return home rather than abide
him
DO not imagine that | expect al
campers to be saints or every cam
/ a little annex Of Heaven, for l eXpec
no such thing Camping is mercfully
/ elastic and can accommodate a good
many angularitics in human nature and
stand the strain. If your wife gets
yeXed because her nose looks Ike 4
stormy sunrise and you. naturally gifted
with keen observation, have lightly re.
marked upon the royal coloring you
can quietly get into your boat and 20
fishing until the nose and temper Of
the dear soul have both cooled down
If you yourself, in entering the tent
have tIipped over a tcntpin and have
driven your head through a 9N12 look
ing glass that your guides wife. with
true feminine sympathy. loaned mplan
as the most essential bit Of camp fur
niure in the outfit, and YOU begin "a
talk to yourself and say something as
You pick the glass out of your shirt
collar and call for sticking plaster, the
partner Of your bosom. who know,
you better than you know yourself and
is wise to discern the signe Of the times
can gently crawl out under the ten
without disturbing you and enjoy her
self an hour or two down on the
beach laughing, al to herself
Oh, yes.
! Camping is very elastic and beats Q
house ten to one in beautifully accommC
dating us in our faults and foibles
I For If man gets mad in a house how
can he get away from the house or tho
household or The household get away
from him! But in camp, Lord bless
YOU, If a mans temper gets the bes
of him he can get away from every
body and everybody get away from him
in a iiffy For he can go back into the
woods or out on the lake, or get around
the first bend in the river or climb Q
tree or DO any other wise thing tina
suggests itself, and so the "anomalou:
condition mends itself naturally an(
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