The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-08-23
Crystal Springs Camp.

There have been camps and camp
ers, and there have been mosquitoes
but for merry humming time and
for keenness of wit, whether mild or
stinging, the have-been campers and
the antediluvian mosquitoes are
quite eclipsed by the situation at
Crystal Springs.
Through the day the rocks rever
berate with the prattle Of the Logan
Innocents Abroad, and through the
early hours Of the night passer-by
might be puzzled to ascertain the
cause of the mirth, since the sounds
might indicate that these same in.
nocents were going through the tor
lures Of the Spanish iDquisition, or
hooting for ball game, o perchane,
playing down-the-river, or, perad-
venture, singing few roundelays in
pantomlme. We hope our log book
will prove entertaining for our
friends, the 1888 who are left to exist
in the city during our absense and
who find life dull without us Aug.
1918. The short skirted brigade in
cluding Misses Charlotte and julia
Work, Sophia Smith, Anna White,
Pearl Hopley and Mrs. Botkins
opened camp Wednesday. Thurs
day Miss Bird White joined the
party and Mrs. Pauline Baumgart-
ner of Columbus and Rose White
were camp visitors. Friday Misses
Sue Mcbride and Lucy Westenhaver
arrived with their saratogas and
numerous pretty gowns whose ap-
propriateness to camp life WAS not
demonstrated until Sunday. Misses
Frances McManigal Kate Friesner
and Minnie Deissle came Saturday
with their maids anA diminutive
amount of baggage, and that even-
ing, with the party complete there
was sound of revelry that would
have made the frolicsome commo-
tion of Belgium's Capital seem a
mere squeak.
Sunday:-
"When visitors come with something tu
eat
Nobody minds the Sunday or heat.
Ours was the ignorance that is
bliss because we had no thermOme-
ter and il the mercury chose to rise
| up out of the tube no one knew
Will Strentz and Doc Smith who
came up in the afternoon said the
heat In morning church was intense,
and we were glad that our temple
was the grove that day. Ben Nc
Manigal was up from Union Furnace
md Messrs Colgan and Kanmacher
Of Columbus spent the day. For the
edification of DIR. Smith the CONVEX
sation touched upon shells and the
uncertainty of certain games in
which there 10 many slip t'wixI
the shell and the ball.
The circus now carries my FIVE.
lspot, that's all.
Monday.-The meals were the on,
| ly startling things of the day, be-
cause they were cooked by the
Hezikiah force Julia Work, Nc Man
igal, Friesner and DeIssle. The lit
tie Hezzie of the Harris show ha,
been immortalizei by this cotcri'
who have been so dubbed because
their meals can just be crowded un
der the dining room tent.
Tuesday:-Mr. John Ward of New
Lexington, and Miss Nan Nc
Bride drove up from home, for th'
afternoon with a box Of good thing
for supper. Camp life sharpens tn
appetite for the good things tina
come from home. Aunt Barsh
Work the youngest. merriest girl 4
town came to her girls that day too
Carleton Bright, Irving Kreig ant
Meade Bowen came up from Rock
bridge camp for the evening, an
the strains of song that floated dow
the vale had an added richness an
strength in Wesley bass, and calvi
tenor. The curly haired force Ann
White. Mcbride, Smith and Wsi
. tenhaver served a lunch In honor {
our guests, and the day was men
ory and the night was dreams.
Wednesday morning: Mrs. Hol
! ace Smith and Miss Jennie Stein
man with baskets, and q prospect I
! a course Delmonico dinner from tn
j efficient and good looking fore
e Bird White, HOpley and Botkins.
k N. B. We had a chicken christer
}. ed Biddy Westenhaver, but sh: hs
(, wandered from her vine and fig tire
:, However she knows her name. an
IL any one meets a chicken of alaba
4. ter here will they kindly turn h
" head hitherward toward our mood
u pot and "There'll be fowl pla,
8. For Biddy that day, When we cary
her and serve her for lunch."