The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05

ment with man in Fulton Market 20 send me 9
deer every two weeks during the hunting season on,
and decided that could palm on lamp on ule
table whenever my venison gave on, .a, s; S1u
mer. and many of them have been coming udch
regularly ever since. The women, and uieli luuR
ment makes or breaks hotel sl,d I a., ne IN
Slaycrs' Lodge, was the most delightful place ",
the woods, because II was so unconventunnd AZ.
Wild played the backwoods racket Tor a. thas
think that they showed me New York. Mrs
Hardware is near enough TO her name
took TO me at once because ] was orig iim anu ,
she thought she was Literary. Shc WEE ~
ting material for a book and II Is not "rn'eh
yet, N. 1,dr,
al be afraid in big city, num-, says s Deity,
i went 10 Albany this spring and l neaiiy los,
myself Besides. my boots huf' my 'ee' uo""
"How She laughed and II was pretty hard FOL
me- to keep my face sttaght but knGm n ~. city
Don your boots hurt your iect III VIC ''9'
mum said
NO indeed. JOSH ,,,,,
q friendly way. just you step INTO INC hea,css
"a, n and get goblet OF 20 2ld rum; ,hs
/ time you have sloshcd around bityour iee' Will
Well, say, Mrs Hardware laughed ! II she
cried aud she s been my friend yer since Say; he
has all my.uuaint sayings in her book Wouldn !
she drop dead II she knew that ] was orougn.
up in the old I bird ward and that knew eys,y
stale beer dive in ii In my day told hunuhe
stories TO the guests that sumner WIN my new
accent and not one Of them tumbled 10 me
drank more than was good Tor me because GYeIf
once in a while had TO sneak oil and have urink
TO myself or bust
How about the hunters Why, say, mos'
Of them who go TO Adirondack hotels are fakes
They are young men who like to pose In hunuhs
outfits My hotel il filled with them every sum sum
| iner They put on their cartridge belts hlled
| with cartridges in the morning, stick their Dii
dirk knives into their belts and parade arnunu
all day looking mysterious ior The benefit OF ,ng
ri hgN n cd
| shoot at mark. Once in while thew get suidn
,oake them night hunting; good guide can o1'
noise will satisfy them and then they can tell
sheo Wc so mg D The U deer ' ina. he Fulton
| Market man sent me did for Photographic worS
You see the guests think that these deer arc all
| any better have had eighteen Young men IN
full hunting costume, photographed each IN
turn beside n dressed deer which was sent To me
| from Fulton Market II pleased them. and II
| didn't spoil the vcnison
"'rhc second winter went 70 New York as Tho
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Hardware and hnd 10
| watch shHrp. not 70 give myself away, They
had lots, Of fun with, NC They exhibited me-
! gave them all the part calls for, sneakcd out
one night and bought decent suit of clothes
and hunted up the old crowd down In the Third
ward | was the only one who had succeeded
and the gang didn't please me. went back 10
the backwoods business. lot Of iiardwarr, :
each year but my house was Just as full. have
| added 10 my collection OF buck heads and sport
| ing trophies whenever ! could afford II. The
| chief thing that has worried me In that stray
| deer or bear might come into my county, when
| would be compelled To shoot ut II and so display
my ignorance. My hotel Is filled with old guns,
| each with history, but never have shot with
| any OF them. | am afraid of them.
MY season Is short but my rates are now the
highest In the woods and haven't improved
my house in any way. My guests are satisfied
because am such q character. And the hunt
t...r III mo ElaE. N
the trade and you arr welcome 10 them ifyou don I
give your nrlc Josh away. There are n lot ~
Ad rundack hotels now that could give l., 7.
Barnum points u he were only alive Id be glad
myself to board him for summer II he were only
alive, Just to show my appreciation Of The way in
which he sized up the public"
I}cfor adiourning the Hotel Mems Social
Benevolent and Life Saving Association passed
n vote Of thanks To Uncle Josh wilkins for his
thomghiiMl and p.oliiable address.