The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28

1Oung Mems CnrlStlan aSSoclatiOn Wenf on their camping trip recently near Mt. Pinson. the Young Mems Christian asso- citation offered a prize to the boy who would write the best description of the trip. Prof. T. c. Young of the Powell school graded the papers as follows: First. John W. Johnston; second, G. ". Wilson; third, Harold Bowron.
 Feeling that there will be general in- terest in what the boys say of their trip and the manner in which they say it, The Age-Herald prints three of the stories.
 By John w. Johnston.
 The Y. M. c. A. Camp.
 The first week of June a party of ten boys from the junior department of the Young Mems Christian association went to Mt. Pinson for camp. At the depot any one could have spotted us for campers from our grips and our packs.
 While MT. Brown was hunting for a wagon at Mt. Pinson we looked around. At last the wagon came and we helped 70 load it up with tents, provisions, grips and packs. We did not wait long for dinner after reaching camp. MT. Brown told each boy what to do in raising the tents.
 After one fell twice we got it to stay up.
 When bed time came 1t felt right funny to wrap up in one blanket and sleep on the other. Some of the boys brought leaves to sleep on, but they found that they had brought choegers as well as leaves. The leaves were easy to get rid of the next morning, but the choegers were not.
 The first morning we got up at o'clock. Before breakfast all of us had had a duck. The water was mighty cold, but 1t made breakfast seem all the better. Then we gathered together and read the Bible. After that, blankets were inspected. If there was a leaf or any trash sticking to them, or if they were not folded straight, they didn't pass the inspection. and then the boy who had failed had to bring wood or water for the cook.
 When dinner came we were hungry, but we were always hungry for our meals. After dinner MT. Brown made out pro- gramme for every day. We divided the party into two sides, under Harold Bow ron and Carl Merit as captains When every one passed inspection. one side would get the wood and the other the water for the cook. At 1 o'clock we went in swimming about a quarter of mile down the road. The water was eight feet deep In some places, and there was one hole near by that was F feet deep. That was the best hour and half in the day, when we were diving and swimming.
 After supper we went up on a great big rock that had a fiat top and built fire out of fence rails. MT. Brown and some of the boys told fine stories. The best joke we had: "A little boy had the stom- ach ache. Just then Christian Scientist passed along and asked what was the matter. The boy told her. She said there was nothing the matter with him, that he just thought there was. Yes he said, but have got inside information
 After dinner on the third day. Willie and Alec Gilmore Robert Goodall and l. went up the creek about four miles to an old mill. Willie let the water into the mill race and turned the wheel
 Three of us went out in an old boat we found. When we got back the wind was blowing hard. We had to tighten the ropes to keep the tents from being blown away Mir Brown and some boys had gone up to the head of the creek to his farm and they got soaking wet.
 The next day a Sunday school had picnic\right where we went in swimming. so we all went in together. One of the Sunday school boys got cramped and nearly drowned, but one of our boys pushed a plank out to him and saved him.
 Saturday afternoon MT. Brown and a crowd of boys started out for his farm Anotner crowd were going to race us, going a different way. We beat by five minutes, and celebrated by eating so many plums that we made ourselves sick
 Sunday we went to church and then to Silver Lake. and later had lots of fun watching a party of grown people slip up in the creek.
 The last day we struck tent and started home having had the finest time, and all hoping to go back next year.
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