The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-28
UNIQUE HONEY MOON
Instead of Fun, Pennsylvania Cou.
Pile Sought Health.


"Roughing IT, in the Open Air With
Many Exciting Encounters Cures
Hopeless Case of tuberculosis.
A two-year honeymoon and battle
with i'll health has just been finished
in triumph by Mr.. and Mrs. E. Por-
ter Dickinson, of Ridgway, Pa. That
period Immediately succeeding mar
riage, which most couples pass in
luxurious transit through the famous
show places Of the world on the fin
est Pullman trains and floating pal
aces, this pair spent in most heroic
"rougbing it. ,, = They went through
the widest country Of the NORTH,
American continent with an outfit as
primitive as those which carried the
pioneers Of the early days through
the primeval West they transversed
stretches Of country where day afud
day passed without one living person
being encountered, they rlsked hum
ger and thirst going over littlenoWn
routes, they battled with wolves and
other Wild animals and suffered from
the extremes Of cold and heat.
Itwas in search Of health that they
went on this most unusual honey
moon. To-day Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
inson boast the most perfect physl-z
cal condition, the direct result Of
having cut away from the big cities
and breaking out in the open, next
to nature, where the open air con-:
verts invalids into healthy beings,
and effects cures far beyond the ken
of the most talented specialist. When
the Dickinsons were wed IN Rldg-.
way, Pa, in the fall Of 1905, the pros
pect was not all rosy. Ill health had
the groom in its clutch. A man OF
big business interests, he had neg
lected symptoms which the cautious
would have recognized as signs Of,
lung trouble.
First the pair went to Anaarilla,,
Mexico. This trip was made by rail
in the quickest possible way, so that.
| Mr.. Dickinson could rest there for a
time, and get strength for the siren
uous experiences which faced him.
Then when the groom had gathered
vigor, husband and wife set out on
their trip. With an outfit wagon and
fine team they crossed the famous
"Staked. Plains" Entirely alone,
save for a guide, the pair rode for
days without meeting human be-
ing.
In the midst of this long trip many
curious, some dangerous, experience
es came to them. One night as they
|slept in the shadow Of the dying en-
bers Of their campfire, Mr.. Dickln-
son was startled by a sound new to
him, but which it is said that even
the novice recognizes at first hearing.
| It was the bowling of wolves. Rifle
in hand, Mr.. Dickinson sat in the
front Of the wagon, occasionally hr-
ling when a too venturesome wolf
came into the open. Several times a
| howl of pain told of =. bullet that had
hit its mark. Mrs. Dickinson used a
pistol. In the da, kness there was no
way to tell how many wolves had
been IN the pack, but Mr.. Dickinson
estimates the number as not less than
l5O, His shots during the beleagured
night killed four of them, and prob
ably wounded several others, for
trails of blood led in several direc-
tions from the woods nearby.
! On Nov. 2, the Dickinsons pulled
Into Roswell, N. M., in a rainstorn
and mud hubs deep. From this point
, they moved on to the North Spring
river. This place they found SO near
ly ideal that they camped there,
spending the entire winter hunting
and fishing. Under thisskind of
treatment the husband who had beer
scant~of breath, weak in appetite
and all nerves at the outset of the
trip, found himself putting on
weight, eating like a horse and sleep
ling as though he had never known
| that such things asnervous troubles
existed. The lungs that had been a
cause of fear, gained in soundness,
and no exposure see med to have the
|least i'll effect.
The trip ended at Fort Collins.
some 40 miles from Denver, Col. Al
together it took about 20 months,
and in this time Mr.. Dickinson esti-
mates that he slept in the open air
away from the shelter Of even an
awning on all the nights save about
three months of the time. When he
came East his old friends hardly rec
ognized him, though from time to
time his letters, which he never >er-
mitted to be answered, told Of prog
ress to the best of all possessions
health. Mrs. Dickinson also profted
greately, and the pair are now pre-
pared to start a married life with a
Splendid supply Of health and ener-
gy.