Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-29
AT CAMP RESTLESS.
The Home of the sleepiess breaks Up
Murray Lake Outing.

full sheets of water which are so
numerous in Grattan township and
add materially in making that part of
Kent county paradise. Ii Is on the
south line OF the township and extends
into Vergennes, surrounded by rich
farming country, its fine banks and
beach and groves make it an ideal
camping ground for pleasure seekers.
With an outfit of camp equippage,
which of course includes tents, kettles,
frying pans, bedding, ETC., Mesdames
Reed, Chapman, Eddy, Cusser and
Ferguson and Misses Leonard, Joiner,
Snow, Hutchinson, Baton and Hum
phrey with DR.. Ferguson and Con.
Eddy to do the heavy work, pitched
their tents last Thursday at the
romatic spot and named it Camp Rest
less, the Home of the Sleepless." The
grounds and appurtences were laid out
with an eve TO convenience and artistic
beauty, the ARCHITECTURAL design of tents,
tables and buildings being under the
supervision of Messrs. Ferguson and
Eddy, assisted by their wives, the lat
ter displaying great skill in that line.
Everybody gets hungry camping out
and although they might not be able
to eat "a raw dog" appetites are ever
sharp and nothing goes to waste.
Horace Weeks is whole-souled
farmer living near by and owns the
land where the campers were. He
pointed out to them his peach orchard
and melon patch. 1t was fatal mis-
take on his part for he learned to his
sorrow when it was too late the capac
ity of their stomachs for such luxuries.
Mrs. Eddy sniped "A basket Of peaches
one day from his orchard, but unfortu-
nately for her she wore red dress and
it goes without saying, that high col
ors will always agitate turkeys or
bovines of the right sex into rage.
A COW came along shaking the flies of
her head and Mrs. Eddy, installing it,
throwed the peaches to Halifax and "a
picket fence with barbed wire on top
was no obstruction to her get out Of
the way speed.
A big storm came up and the tent
pitched in the dell was soon flooded six
inches deep and Mrs. Reed Little
Billee' fearing she would get struck
by lightning, stood in an open field for
two mortal hours with an umbrella
over her. That night the whole camp
was scared and took refuge under the
roof of farmer Weeks, fourteen of them
being packed like sardines as it were
on the parlor floor with blanket cover
ings.
The night before breaking camp q
grand finale was arranged as a parting
farewell. The company had been in
creased to twenty-eight during the day
and news of the breakup had spread
and in the evening neighbors for miles
around gathered. The famous Swiss
band of Alton was there and huge
bonfire gave light while musical and
literary program was enacted. The
band played several pieces and sung
the beautiful yodle song. Interspersed
with these was an Irish song by
Mademoselle Ferguson; duett, Cant
Play in Our Yard" Ferguson and Ep-
ly; reading, 1.-THE Bobolink, l.. Chilly
Leonard" which took the large crowd
by storm and called forth from one Of
her Swiss admirers the expression,
"She's two daisies;" trio led by N.
Taffy Joiner and j. Cricket Hutchin-
son. 1t was eleven o'clock before the
end came. Over one hundred were
present, among them Mrs. Delaney,
SIS years old. They are fine people
| down in that country.