The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-07-27

a 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 nfammable material We toasted
the bread which was as hard as stones, to give
1t flavor, as well as to make it easier to bite
and masticate We caught some trout and
roasted them black. The burnt surface acted as
a condment to the meat. We drank the tea straight
and enjoyed it.
But it is not often necessary to reduce ones
commssary to such a 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 soon learn by observing the color of the bag
whether it contains a fishing reel, tobacco or
toilet articles. Use oil silk for your toothbrush
bag, buckskin chamois 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 on your person, such
things as your sleeve buttons, collar buttons,
watch, compass, etc. Use canton flannel for your
fish reels, chintz calico for your comb, brush,
fy-hooks and other small articles The big bags
for your blankets extra clothing provisions, ETC.,
should be made Of waterproof canvas. Pack all
your dufle, first in its individual bags and then
put the small bags into the big ones These large
bags can be purchased at seventy-fve cents to
dollar and half apiece, with dollar extra for
a lock Of 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 a lock on your dufHe
bags it 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 1 have camped in the
Rockies, in the Selkirk mountains and from
Maine to Washington state; never were the
"puckers" unlOosened 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
Is minutes, every bag was opened and the con-
tents examined. will say for the honesty Of
the Connecticut Yankee that it was apparently
only curiosity which impelled 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
are as safe ordinarily as a trunk Besides, the
baggage are grateful to you for giving them
luggage whi:h is so easily handled and 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 outftter cooking utensils which
nest l. e., which fit into each other snugly so that
they can all be packed In the largest utensil.
They are made Of aluminium Of the lightest
weight possible the cooking utensils have a
single detachable handle which answers for all
of them. Plates, cups and saucers are of the
lightest weight possible My whole outfit, which
1 have used for nine people on 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 are 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