Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-23
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If you are on hard or sandy roads, eX :
anime carefully your horses leet fr anu ,a .,
there Is heat near the heel or iros al, re
the foot be packed with pas'e i'''''
of ground haXseed and water. N,
Keep an eye on your harness. dis-
eliminating inspection of IL wheii yoi ~
hitch of an evening may save } ~ = w.
hill on the morrow AS a lubricant 10,
your carriage spindles II IS so5u p'an
to have with you a small pottlc vi ~, =, al
foot oil. | am aware that castor . o. - ' is
most universally used. but heatsloo' ,b
the better by far. few drops on Gf m
axle and the carriage ought 10 run my
to sixty miles without reolhhs; Heh''-
foot will Outwear castor every INN.
Among the curious experiences, some
times comical and many times eNa9pei +,
ating, that the carriage tourist Is bouHu
getting directions" When one WORKS
out into the real country WAYS ana ne tb -
compelled to frequently interrosate tn9
passerby with, How far IS II 10 30 am; anu
So?" or Can you tell me the dIcSti'li ?
to Blankville?" he begins his STUDY OF
individuality in go-as-you please eh lEI.-
neering. After one has had the requisite
number Of answers like the following, ne
IS apt to be moderately pcrplexed. An
old fellow in Ohio said to me one di'ei-
noon:
Less see-now-I amt been ter ther
county seat fer nigh two years. MY boy $
been. but then he amt here. Well ye
keep right on this road till We git where
they's three roads come together. an ye
take the anelin' road ter Their right, an
keep that TIN We git ter Gouse Neck
Creek. an then We turn ter ther lei past
an old mill Go up the hill an go bout
four miles till We come ter a cross road,
n | doan knows | kin rec1cck no furdcr.
Yen hev ter inquire when We git thar.
One finds that the system OF lnqulrlng,
not of a single individuality but OF sew
eral, and then making sort OF survey
tttIi sia nttTh e Ia
is apt to prove the most satisfactory;
People in directing the stranger reveal
their personal tendencies OF mind ana pc
culiarities. one person instinctlVely hXfs
upon distance and he will tell YOU the
shortest course and advise you by all
means to take that, even though the way
be intolerably rough or the Instructions
thing of a hypochrondriac on the sub
ject of avoiding roads that are In the
least hilly. He will bid you take course
that might swing You halt around
county rather than subject you To half
mile of jolting.
If you have along one Of those indis-
pensable little alcohol stoves, ana II has
been taken for granted that you have had
that forethought, you may prepare your
dinner under the branches of some noble
oak, and as you sit there, slipping cof-
fee that possesses an aroma such as you
never obtained from any grillrOom. with
your bit Of steak which You purchased
back at the meat shop In yonder hamlet.
A sandwich ana crisp ginger snaps. yun
can perhaps look off down magnificent
sweep of valley. gradually Up the slope
and to the mountains in the apparently
immeaSurahle distance. ana feel that the
cares of your journey are bun trivial
when compared TO the inspiring, glorious
privileges you are permitted To ENJOY.
l. for one. shall never forget sitting
down to many such luncheon whll'
touring through the marvellous Mohawk
Valley, where you behold the farms mat
dotted the slopes like CheCkcrboards. tho
Kaleidoscope tints of pasture. wheat Or
rye fields. the beautiful rcdhish-purplc
colorng of the huckWheat patches. all
stretching for miles ANA miles on either
side Of the winding. @llnting, silvrry Mo-
hawk. and in the vague haZv heights.
scores Of miles beyond the valley. the cy"
could lust reach the range Of the Aiirou-
dlcks and Green Mountains.
Crowded into this brief space. the fore
going suggestions might make it seem 10
the unthinking that the carriage tour i
imhucd with much Of seriousness ana
worrimcnt Let ii be remembered.
though that these homcly hints are in
tended to be distributed over hundreds
OF miles Of wandering. past teeming land
Scape, noble forest. purling brook ana "a
the doors of inviting cottages and farms.
Let II be known also that uOtWithStdnd-
ing the disa grcea bile few whom YOU meet,
vou will discover that on the highway
exists perhaps the trueSt approach to the
brotherhood of Man.