The Yale expositor., 1895-08-23
A WEEK AT LAKEPORT.
And the Joys and Sorrows of Val
Camping Party.


citizens have been camping at Lakeport
| this season and coming home and
| Dragging about the number of pounds
gained while there, | thought perhaps
a short description of the resort and
customs would be of interest to some
of The EXpositor readers.
| Lakeport is a sleepy little hamlet
| situated in the eastern part of tins
county on the shore of Lake Huron,
about ten miles north of Port Huron
and eighteen miles east of this place.
| 1t is bounded on the north by sand, on
| the east by Lake Huron, on the south
by more sand and on the west by the
1 Port Huron q Lexington Railroad.
Take it altogether its quite sandy
town, rs the people there, in order to
have n lawn, have to cement the grass
in the ground so us to keep it from
blowing away.
| The place has Il couple of stores, a
| hotel, the usual blacksmith shop, and
a very pleasant NJ. ID. who looks after
the physical welfare of that vicinity
and signs his prescriptions-Foster.
| Communications with the world at
large can be had by n tri-weekly mail
and by telephone connections with
| Port Huron.
| Going about half mile south of the
| village brings one to very charming
1 grove pleasantly situated close to the
/ shore, making it an ideal place to
| spend few days in rest, recreation,
and talking about the neighbors left
behind.
| The Yale Camping Club, from whose
Experiences this sketch is taken, con-
sisted of about twelve to sixteen per-
sons with additions and revisions from
! time to time, and ranging in age from
eighteen to -- but perhaps we had
better let this subject rest, suffice 1t to
say some of us were old enough to
vote at the spring elections. We went
to bed when we got sleepy and got up
with the flies in the morning, not on
their account of course, but TO see TIE
sunrise over the lake, to get an appe-
tite for breakfast etc, etc. But don't
be hood ked-'twas the flies. Why
they were thicker than base ball cranks
in front of Windsor's barber shop on a
Saturday evening, and if you want Il
Ihustling brand of flies that's warranted
to commence business early and keep
it up late, get Il few from LakepOrt's
sandy shores.
| shortly after arising and brushing off
the superiluOus sand, the majority of
us, seeing that water was plenty, took
Il wash, looked to see if our hair was
sufficiently mussed up and then pro-
ceeded to hurry up the cooks with the
brea kfast. But one more duty awaited
us before partaking of our morning
meal. With the assistance of three tin
horns on which various agonizing tones
could be produced, we proceeded to
break off the dreams of the few fly
proof sleepers who had tarried too
long on the beach with right hands
clasped while with the other Il diligent
campaign was made against the festive
flea. After this regular morning task
we did justice TO IL morning meal that
Invent to the right spot and laid the
foundations for the days joys and
| sorrows.
The forenoon was spent according to
each ones taste-reading, boating
sleeping, in fact lazy time in general
was the rule. The next thing was din
ner and it was anticipated with about
the same interest as the advent of an
Uncle Toms Cabin show would be in
Brown City and the minutes were
eagerly counted until the time arrived.
The menu was good and thoroughly
enjoyed by all, with perhaps the eX-
ception of the cooks of the day, who,
with waiting on the rest and visions of
dirty dishes to be washed, would hard
ly be expected to assume the satisfied
Expressions pictured on the counter
ances of those who having just finished
the midday meal would quietly steal
away to some secluded corner, there to
partake of the usual after dinner
siesta and rest their face and hands
while the architects of the dinner
table" would skirmish around amid
the ruins of n once noble repast and
| try to find enough provisions to sustain
their weary bodies until the evening
meal. But the task was II hard one as
the table was as bare of eatables as the
beach was of grass.
About three o'clock we would go IN
bathing and as the grotesque collec
ton of humanity would meandel
across the beach looking for all the
world as though some of Zim's char.
acters had escaped from Judge" the
: waves would spitefully slop against the
shore as though protesting against the
dirty work about to be imposed upo
them. But then twas fun just the
same, and as visions of hot ginger {?
tea fioated before us we carefully pick
ed our way back over the stones, and
dlleI ~ SOOu TuD uOWn we I'LL lelJ Ind
! life was still worth Lying and that an
other large quantity of provision
= would be necessary to fill an aching
void about supper time.
After the evening meal we usually
. had an impromptu concert, more no'sy
than musical, and after dumping tn,
sand out of each shoe for the last tim,
we quietly stole away to IL well-earneC
s lreDOse and were sOOthed to slpeD bV thu
/ waves and buzzing fly.
/ One of the Campers.
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