Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-17


grandparents were little children.
The people who take summer out
ings should rest. recreate and recuper-
ate. They might as we'll stay at home,
but for the change of air, if they will
work in the country. Maybe It is easier
to carry a rifle fishing ontfit about
all day than it is to sit in office and
write; but 1 don't look at rest that way.
Consequently upon reaching Eepsidam
"a pla tform of principles was announced
to the effect that the visitors to Ifep-
sidam were not to be bothered about
anything. They were to sleep all day
if they wanted to, stay up all night if
they wanted to, eat like farm hands if
they wanted to, or fast like DIR. 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, change of
drink and change of disposition, in
| order to build up 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. 1t 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 gets
| back.
One thing very amusing at HePsidam
| (and hold that whatever is amusing is
good for the general healthy was the
way good boy of the mountains made
| love to a 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 a No. cow hide
shoe Sunday. Her education had
been somewhat neglected, judging from
her original methods of grammatical
| expression. But she was 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 regular company"
He is a strapping big fellow about %
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
F5.5n runner and jumper of the county;
| but he never went with any girl as
| 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. I never heard his name. but
they called him "Jim," from which
| the inference is drawn that his name
was James. de called on Sunday morn
| ing, sat in the front yard whiting and
| vino fhinv until ShnrflS- ffar ft,r,
| 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 j i'm,
and off they went to church. Jim came
back and had dinner with the family
After dinner Jim and pap" sat under
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
| a backless chair and sat near Jim.
The women said but little during the
afternoon. That is the way Jim does
| his counting. 1t is generally accepted
| that they will soon be married. Jim
is accepted as regular company" the
OfQ man llkcS MIN, the ola 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
Hepsidam. They have plenty of rag
| carpets for the whole house, but they
| only use them in winter. 1t 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 a
part of the family and assist in lay
i ing the carpets and putting up the
1 stoves. There is only one stove run
ming in Hepsidam during the summer,
and,sthat is the cooking stove. They
built a big fire out in the hack yard
| for two days and boiled lot of ash
I'VE and fat refuse meat. and made a
couple of barrels of soft soap. The
ashes were in a barrel and were packed
down. Water was poured into the
barrel, and when it ran out below into
big pan. it was strong lye- They don't
| waste anything at Hepsidam.
| There are snakes about Hcpsidam,
but they are not serpents of the still
such as some men see in the cities.
These are big black and rattlesnakes.
They are not SO plentiful as they used
TO be, for snakes are killed wherever
found They can't kill hogs. but he gs
have killed many snakes at Hcpsids M
4 They never = come near the