The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-08-05
4 FISHING PARTY ON.
BE PIPE CREEK.
: HEEE's OUTING Nth AN IECEs-
ST loUED Of JOKES, FROLIC
ID sPoRTs, IEDULGED IN
IT SPIRIT.
The zanager u The Advocate an
innocent zember Of The Party.

One week a.o today. Weant's camp
wae formed one5haIf mile from Key
mar, On Big Pipe Greek. Mr.. Samuel
WeanIla IIne bungalow furnished bet
ter and more substantial quarters than
are usually enjoyed by campers, which
was highly appreciated on Thursday
morning when this party learned of
the dnenehlng the Forest and Stream
Club lad received the night before
when the Wind and rain storm, while
St. s.lthln Has asleep. caused their
tent 70 collapse.
TIE party vas hardly on the ground
until ; half Iledged piekaninny gave
the party the delightful intelligence
that dis hah place am hanted." When
asked HhaI he knew about IL he quot
81 IL the reputable eolored citizens
from he parson up and said he had
never seen de ghosts, cause Use
lIbed hah only free weeks and never
looked Tor en- But he was con-
fIneed they we're there.
On Saturday night about one o'clock
Len shaffer reused the male
members Of the party 10 listen TO the
hideona and uneanny noises on the
cellar zlepa In the back kitchen OF the
bungalow. The ghosts we're there
IN nIsn feHslry and several OF them
we're undoubtedly performing clog
dance n vaudeville for the entertain
menI Of the depressed nymphs OF
spirit Iand.
Len. the bravest, followed by the
manager of this paper quietly opened
The door 70 peep out Horrors OF
DarEnsaa Just then there was an
other hideonH rattle made by some
exIl spITII=-a wretch who had left all
hIs music n this world. lie was un-
deuhIediY zhod With clogs made from
MulIaekY.a bones and his dance was
without rhythm or meire-nOiseE 10
an9aTIIIt l1aI they brought the hearts
of theHa brave men 10 their throats.
The d00r saa pushed 10 with a Jar
sufficient - disturb the sleeping fish
81 II pIpe Creek and Doc" Cassell
made Iool ball rush To help to hold
The dor ~ Aa yelled Don't let him
IN nd caught the manager of the
Advocate Nlih his shoulder and
squeezed hIm against the door until
h preferred IIs tender meTcies ~ any
ghost civilized ~ barDaruus.
After due persuasion on the part
81 IL mauazsH-auuH.a having heen
assured n protection. the cellar door
- reached ! beeT botile-we are
nnI guilty oI emntyinK that bottle. and
We oan prove Il b Frank Shaeifer,
tie KaIeT beF for the camp. who says
fhIz uafIf drank more water than
he'd q sameIH after seven days
lrIn ACROSS ; desert. but We cannot
III : truthful story without this cir
eumsIanIIal evidence against us--lt
HaH } faaI heeT bottle with string
around II HaeE running Into the room
under IHs cellar door. The circum
stances pointed 10 Len" ShaeIfer
q he ghoaI. but he insists on his
constitutional rights and declares that
In Ihe science of sEhostology" there
are many authentic cases of spirits In
bottles causing bottles TO act very
much - IhIa empty bottle acted. no
the zIors stands uaaolfed. but the en-
tire narl. suspects Len" suppreHsing
their opinions through courtesy.
Mr. Frank Phillips. q deputy clerk
Of Ihe Circuit Court of Baltimore. was
genial member Of the party over
Sunday. bnt hia geniality appealed 70
the IneorfIKible young Ideas OF the
party serY much n = bald head APP
peaIH u HIea. lie suffered the pest
ferrous IIbea and frollcaome antics OF
thee presidential possibilities with n
aIoeIem tint speaks well for his un
bounded patriotism. lie returned 10
baltimore With the feeling that he
would never again be unable TO sleep
from Insomnia.
The Forest aud Stream Club was
visited. but their Is fishermen had
caught only i fIah In Two days. The
children oI our party caught almost
that number each DAY. Our FIRST Sat
nfdaY gafe u more than iifty OF the
IInnx IeIIeaeIea for our table.
N incident occurred that created
considerable excitement. A four foot
black zuaEe-He measured him after
We killed him. 20 this story is true
0IHIrusIaI tie path Of one of tho ladies
and held her prisoner until she was
rescued b. The gallant Butch Thom-
aon.
The unanimous opinion of the mem
berH Of tbs party was, We are ready
70 20 DaeE again.
Before green apples blush,
before green nuts embrown.
WhY. one day In the country
L worth : month in town"
TIE following we're in the party;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank shaeffer, Mr.. and
Mra. Charles L. Thomson, Mr.
ma Mrs. I. o. Dlffendal. Miss Blanche
shaeIIer. Miss Sadie Riley, OF Balti-
more: Mr. Leonard shaeffer, MIR. Harry
GagaeII. Mss Minnie Easton. Larue,
Irene and Theodore 6haeffer, Earl
Thomson. Roland Harbaugh, Charles,
Edward an1 Elizabeth Diifendal. The
following guests visited the camp dur
IN Ilze week: Mr. Frenk Phillips, OF
Baltimore: MIss Elizabeth Shaeffer.
IL lar. Wagner. Miss Rose Shaef-
fer. William shaelIer. Clarence Roop.
q baltimore, Russell Bfxler. John
pozaeI md on Fritz. Bernard Shaef-
IeT. David Growl. Marshall q. Camp
bel. Bruce WeanI and wife, Samuel
WeanI. Walter 1rumblne. and many
others. IN Monday night about $50
four politicians arrived in an automo-
BILE. he occupants were from Hamp-
stead. Taneylown and Westminster.