Connecticut western news., 1899-08-17

ve come to more familiar names among
 the cottsgers: s. A. Eddy of Canaan,
 R P. Paine of New Britain, Judge
 Rorsbsck of Canaan. the Felten- Herri.
 mAn-Pease-Reed cottage, where MT and
 Mrs F-lten and c. Fl. Pease of Canaan
 are now stopping. Then to the tenters:
 Frank Van Deusen and family and G.
 P. Strong and wife of Canaan, Frank
 Strong and family of Dalton, Mass..-
 these are two camps on the beach at
 "Edgewster' Under the old apple
 tree in Freemsn's tents are the Ben
 hams of New Jersey. Next we pass
 'The Rest" where Geo. Hardenbergh
 and his friends are transient visitors, coming and going as the mood strikes them. Then us, Camp B. B. of Ca nasu. Then to the picnic grove where in one cottage is Camp Minus, from
 which MT Lawrence and family of Hartford break camp today and John Adam and party from Canaan come in. Next and still on the picnic ground we hail the genial good fellow, Lorrin
 Eggleston of Millerton, who has a busi- ness in that town and in Canaan and attends to them both and spends the months of July and August here in the house on the lake shore at the old pic mic ground. This week, besides hi family. his sister, Miss Laura, has been spending a we'll earned vacation here.
 In the cottage on Mrs Russell's point CThe old Canaan Academy cottaee) are B. H. Fry and family of AmeniA, N. I.
 We now row s short distance further, back to His to get some fuel for our old briAr pipe. and there we look across the little lske-WAshinee-where Mir Hal. sey, George Everts and David George of Salisbury are the lone campers on its shores
 Of course we must mention-on the shore of Washinee the nice residence of the Miles where reside the widow of the late Congressman Frederick Miles and her son William and his family. Let me say that it is due to the kind ness of MT Miles that most of the camp CTS find place to soiourn on the main land.
 CAMP NorEs-Howsrd Bierce is per sonally acquainted with 60 per cent Of the fish in the lake and when we want q mess he rows out in front of camp about five rods. calls them together and with a piece of string assists them into a boat and he brings in "Jim Dandiesn enough for two meals. John Hubbard does not catch as many but he ke ps Biercie green with envy for Hubby knows the big ones and yesterday caught a bass that weighed three pounds. Yours truly can't catch fish, but he has gained the sobrisuet of "The Man with the Tools" and with the ladies is quite proud of the pretty and appearance of Camp B. B. Mir Scot of Camp Scot has the record for big fish as he caught a pickerel day before yesterday that weighed over pounds. Camp life. like camp weather. has its clouds as we'll as sunshine and we are all saddened by the news that came to one of our party, Maud Lan- don, who was called home by the death of her beloved little sister. Ssdle. Maud had been with us, filling out our happy half dozen during the absence of Miss Ives who has been VI iting friends a few days in Lakeville.
 If the ha<b that you serve your read srs is this keek a little thinner than usual csA their attention to this article md they will understand that the chef | is going it alone without his second | ,ook only on duty part of the time.
 J. G. BRcKLKY.
 P. S., August 16.-This week sees | our own camp depleted to three mem- bers, Miss Ives having gone visiting in Berkshire county, Mrs Biercs and How ard being called home by the illness of | Mrs Bierce's mother. Both families of | Strongs have left "Edgewater" but Frank Van. and family are staying. John Adams party consists oNbesides pr John, Sam Camp, Albert Barnes, Misses Catherine Adam, Julia and Hat ie McNeil, Katherine Utterwick md Miss Walsh. the chsperon. The Misses McNeil gre from Lime Rock. They are expecting new arrivals next |