Milford chronicle., 1915-11-19
BOY SCOUTS COLUMN.
MILFORD BOY SCOUT NOTES.

The log cabin has been at last com
pleted, and during the school holiday
occasioned by the meeting of ;he Teach
er's Institute in Milford, was occupied
BY the members of Troop 2.
Too much credit can scarcely be given
to the Scouts for the energetic way il
which the work was pushed to compile
ton. Clay was hauled crevices chinched,
roof made water tight, and a goodly sup.
ply of firewood cut, so that when Tues
day night arrived everything was ready
| for a comfortable occupancy.
As Tuesday night was rather cold the
Scouts were assigned to hour watches for
the purpose of keeping up the log fire in
| the fire place. Certainly a coZier picture
could scarcely be imagined than the
rough log interior of the cabin lit up by
the red glow from the fire, with the
Scouts lounging in comfort on the hunks
and enlivening the occasion with frequent
tunes extracted from more or less melo-
dious mouth organs. Sleep was post
poned to late hours of the night, until
each Scout had unburdened himself of
divers songs, saying or jokes, which,
whether tuneful, pointed or pointless,
nevertheless evoked considerable merri-
ment.
The following day began at four o clock
and in a short time each Scout was busy
with break fast. Individual cooking was
the order of the day and the breakfast
menu was of a consequence as varied as
the tastes of the Scouts were different,
the cabin being filled with the odors of
cooking bacon, beefsteak, chops and
and the delicate aroma of steam |
ing coffee. AS to the appetites, they
were all alike, and of the outdoor, un- |
satisble variety With breakfast over.
the Scouts turned, their attention to var
ious amusements rowing, canoeing, tar
get practice, all came in for their share
Of attention, while one or two arrived
with shot guns issued passes of safe con-
duct to numerous ducks at a distance of
fortyhve Yards. In part. it might be
said in passing. that as far as the Scouts
we're concerned. the ducks and especially
he divers. were as safe within gunshot,
Is they would have been in their beds
netaphorically speaking. It is only fair
o state, however, that this was due not
o the aimless mannerof Scout schooling
,ut to the undeniable fact that the ducks
lad been so we'll trained bv previous
portsmen that they had learned to duck
t the flash of gun. One diver, accord
ng to all the rules of the game, was
ill,d by properly located shot, no
ess than FIVE times, only to reappearl
ut of guushot, on the other side
( the lake, where he amused himself by
linking an eye at the Scout gunners,
lille he rearranged his feathery armor
,r fresh rally in the zone of FIRE.
Considerable interest was manifested {
= the Scouts in a proposal to supply y
lem with boat sufficiently large for :
eep water cruising And so thoroughly :
,nvinced was the Scoutmaster that the
embers of the Troop would take the
ouble to thoroughly prepare themselves
nautical lore. that when he fall asleep, o
ter the discussion, he dreamed he was i
the tiller of a fine cutter, buoyartly '
ipping over the waves the salt breeze
esh upon his face, and the spray driven r
the wind, dripping in large drops 4
om his 'slickers " But alas He needs =
ust wake, to find the wind blowing :