New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-06
BATHING STYLES FOR WOMEN AT CONEY ISLAND
Farmers Side of Summer Boarder Question

raked up the same charge against me. ]
called him on his mistake. but an hour
afterward 7 came upon him looking under
the house IN hopes that he could get back
at me.
THAT gave me "a good deal Of trouble
this can proposition. Finally ! hit ON "a
clever scheme. saw what "a Tot of good
il did them 10 discover the cans and ] got
the local junk dealer to send ne out "a
wagonload Of assorted cans. took 'cm
around back Of the barn and dumped them
where il would not appear that they mad
been hidden and yet wouldn't BE- too hard
to md.
Did il work? Great, You have no idea
what a lot of comfort my bcarders got out
Of running across that pile Of cans, and ]
always stood their kicks because 1 saw
that they enjoyed it $50.
There were always a great many COM
plants because / didn't have ice on hand
all the time They forgot that couldn {
hang out a little sign and have the iceman
leave me days supply every morning.
Another class that makes up a large
part OF the summer boarder population is
the Ear Fisherman-that is he fishes by
ear He has never done any fishing. but De
thinks me would like to. And. on thc
strength Of this he buys a silver mounted
outfit. including rod. reels and wicker
basket with postoffice hole i'm 10.
81 caught one OF these things fishing
for brook trout in my pond one afternoon.
That pond was half water and the other
half blue mud, owing % tho fact th8J ~
was inhabited by a very line Lcrd OF pigs
got behind the barn 20 see what "ould
happen and T was sorry aft.rWard Chat
/ hadu stepped right in ana told the man
right. Tie cast and cast and east without
catching anything until at last Dee sot
hook i'm the car of "a lne shoat that was
walloWing ON the edge The sh0at jumped
up and lit out across the lot. squoaIIng
bloody murder al every jump. And before
We got the hook out OF his ear he had rum
three good pounds Of weight OFF himself.
At that time hO-s were selling az 10 cents
d pound. TOO.
Many of the boardcrs who used TO run
out 10 my place for the summer udo been
used 10 eating i'm restaurants. whcre they
could look al printed card as long ass
their and order anything ON IT, When
they got on the farm they soon began
10 banker for variety. They couldn't eat
the run of the garden every day with
a cold meal now and then without say
ing something harsh about IT, some
times had 90 remind them that they were
paying me just 81 a week. and though
I didn't do so in Il rude voice or any
thing ike that. they never had much TO
saw aftcrward. Cream as thick ~ butter
was another thing they expected.
Sleeping IL the country is one OK the
worst things the summer borrder does. We
didn't have screens up 20 a year ago. and
before that there We're always complaints
on account OF the mosquitoes. Now, YOU
know for yourself that ] couldn't have
bred the insects. and ] would lave made
them sleep when ] did II possible because
they biz me. too, but these things didn't
bob up I'm the irate minds II he summer
people who stayed with me. every mos
ouito bite that the boarders got was faith
fully reported 90 me- next morning. with q
finger pointed to The exact spot where the
lancet went in.
Lots Of en- found 10 too quiet go sleep
the first NO - three nights out OF town
one fat man had in the year OF the
Jan Russian war mad lived near boulc-
ward i'm town. md couldn't sleep because
there wasn't any stream Of automobiles
uassiug our house. lie mad been used to