The Elbert County tribune., 1911-07-28
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very enjoyable meal Mr. Rice had the honor
of showing an Indian how to make tea kettle
of birch bark and of proving to the incredulous
savage that the water could be boiled In a vessel
made of such nfammabe material We toasted
the bread, which was as hard stones to give
1t flavor, well to make 1t easier to bite
and masticate. We caught some trout and
roasted them black. The burnt surface acted as
condiment to the meat. We drank the tea straight
and enjoyed it.
But ie is not often necessary to reduce ones
commissary to such primitive basis When you
have selected your camp outfit and personal bag
gage have bags made for every article bags
with quicker draw string. Make the bags
of different material and different colors. You
will boon learn by observing the color of the bag
whether 1t contains a fishing reel, tobacco
toilet articles. Use oil silk for your toothbrush
bag buckskin chamos skin for your ditty
bag In which you pack your nick-nacks thread.
needles and personal treasures, when you do
not wish to carry them your person. such
things your sleeve buttons collar buttons.
watch, compass, etc. Use canton flannel for your
fish reels chintz or calico for your comb. BRUSH
hy-hooks and other small articles. The big bags
for your Blankets extra clothing. provisions, etc.
should be made of waterproof canvas. Pack all
your dufe, first in it's individual bags and then
put the small bags into the big ones. These large
bags can be purchased at seventy five cents to
dollar and BALI apiece. with dollar extra for
lock Cf you want one). The bags have double
tops and edges strongly bound with linen braid.
and they vary in size from feet inches to
feet Is inches In regard to lock your dufle
bags, 1t is interesting to know that have trav-
eled across the continent number of times with
all my baggage packed in such bags have Wis
tied the Maine woods. have camped in the
Rockies in the Selkirk mountains and from
Maine to Washington state: were the
FUCKERS unloosened or tampered with by
strangers. The bags seem to have been respect
ed even by the custom house officers But! When
! visited a small hamlet in Connecticut and left
my baggage in the railroad station unguarded for
tents examined. will say for the honesty of
the Connecticut Yankee that It was apparently
only curiosity which impeled him to invade the
privacy of the contents of these bags. This in
cident shows that these canvas bags should be
watched in some places. but nevertheless, they
safe ordinarily trunk. Besides the
baggage men are grateful to for giving them
luggage which is so easily handled and SO easily
slowed away Today the campers outfit is a mar
vel of economy. both in regard to weight and
space which 1t occupies You can obtain from
any reputable outfitter cooking utensils which
nest, l. g., which fit into each other snugly so that
they all be packed in the largest utensl
They are made of aluminium of the lightest
single detachable handle which answers for all
of them. Plates, cups and saucers are of the
lightest weight possible. My whole outfit which
l have used for nine people a prolonged camp
ing trip, all fits inside of the largest aluminium
pail. Cheaper outfits Of the same sort can be
obtained In tin. In regard to the clothing which
you to wear, that necessarily depends very
much upon the latitude OF your proposed camp
ing trip and whether 1t will be in the dense for
ests. prairies, the hot desert. the sandy ocean
beach But there are some general rules which