Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-15

and by night, without variation; and
the days and nights at HepsiGam are
exactly as they used to be when our
grandparents were little children.
The people who take summer OUT
ings should rest, recreate and recuper-
ate. They might as well stay ut home,
but for the change of air, If they will
work in the country. Maybe It is easier
to carry rifle or fishing outfit about
all day than it is to sit in an Office and
write; but ! don't look at rest that way.
Consequently upon reaching Eepsidnm
u platform Of principles was announced
to the effect that the visitors to I!ep-
sidam were not to be bothered about
anything. They were to sleep all day
II they wanted to, stay up all night II
they wanted to, eat like farm hands If
they wanted to, or fast like DR.. Tan.
ner If they wanted to; and it was agreed
to elect our ticket on that platform.
The average city man or woman who
drops work for time needs rest,
change Of air, change Of diet, changeof
drink and change of disposition, in
order to build mp new liver. kidney,
muscle and brain tissue. The city
mans liver is generally out of order,
and that is the reason he doesn't like to
be alive, and cannot see any good in any.
body, particularly his wife. It is well
To send him away alone, and let him be
without the attentions of his valet
whom he calls his wife, and he will
appreciate his home the better when he
returns to it,, that is, if he gets his liver
into working order by the time he geta
back.
One thing very amusing at Hepsidam
land hold that whatever is amusing is
good for the general healthy was the
way good boy of the mountains made
love to pretty girl. She was 16 years
old, and went about the place barefooted
and stockingless. Her feet were very
small. and could easily have been trained
to travel in No. ! light shoe; but she
wore something like No. cow hide
shoe on Sunday. Her education had
been somewhat neglected, Judging from
her original methods of grammatical
expression. But she wasa genuine, in.
nocent, unpretentious, big. strong
healthy and happy country girl. May.
be she has plenty of lovers, for she
ought to have; but there is only one
who is regarded as regular company
He is q etrapping big fellow about 2:
years old. and as unconventional as the
big bloodhound in the backyard. He
must be six feet four inches tall, and
his shoulders are large and well pro.
portioned. He is well-built from the
ground up, and they say he is the cham.
Pion runner and jumper of the county;
but he never wentwith any girl al
regular company" until this season.
Jane Fair is her name, and it would
be appropriate to call her Fair Jane
for she is very pretty, very fair, and
with a complexion that would make al.
most any city girl on. earth intensely
envious. / never heard his name, but
they called him 'Jim," from which
the inference is drawn that his name
was James. lie. called on Sunday morn.
ing, satin the front yard whiting and
saying nothing, until shortly after ten
o'clock the old man came out and Jim
accompanied him to the barn without
saying even good morning. Jim helped
hitch up the team, and when they came
back Mrs. Fair got into the wagon on
the front seat beside pap" and Jane
climbed into the back seat beside JIM
and of they went to church. Jim came
back and had dinner with the family
After dinner Jim and pap" sat unde,
the trees in the backyard and smoked
their pipes and talked about the wealth.
er and other topics of interest at
Hepsidam. Mrs. Fair sat beside the
kitchen door knitting, while Jane took
q backless chair and sat near Jim.
The women said but little during the
afternoon. That is the way Jim does
his counting. It is generally accepted
that they will soon be married. Jim
is accepted as regular company" the
old man likes him. the old lady has
no objections. jane sits near him and
keeps quiet, and that settles it. They
don't do counting that way in cities.
There are no carpets on the floors of
Heps;dam. They have plenty OF rag
carpets for the whole house, but they
only use them in winter. It would be
prodigal and improvident to tramp out
the carpets Of Hepsidam IN summer
time. They are all done up with cam.
phor and tobacco to keep out the
moths. and they will be laid down some
time in November when the first frost
comes. Probably Jim will then be
part of the family and assist in lay
ing the carpets and putting up the
stoves. There is onlyone stove ,un-
ming in Hepsida1n during the summer,
and that is the cooking stove. They
built big fire out in the hack yard
for two days and boiled q lot of ash
I'VE and fat refuse meat, and made q