The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-23
PRES. WILSON GOES SHOPPING
KAISER CUTS CHRISTMAS TREE
CEDRIC BRINGS TROOPS HOME
NOT ROUND OF JOY
Some Few Drawbacks Connect
ed With Simple Life.
Man Who Goes Back to Nature Finds
That He Has in No Way Escaped
the Curse of Adam, Laid
on Us All.

Back to nature? Well, what about
it! For twelve hours out of the tWen-
ty-f0ur am now inundated in O forest
near FaShon Heights, bordering the
ciammy beach, trying 10 feed the hun
cry NAV of the camp stove, the while
nopping my streaming brow and get
ting back my wind. The other twelve
hours of the day aui dashns across
twelve miles of water III Il s;lucy craft,
getting to work, working. and dashing
back again at eventidc to prepare the
fHewood Tor The evening repast. We
would get along fine in this world were
It not for the fact that we are obliged
to eat.
My poets have lately referred much
TO natures wOndrous beauty that we
OF the city lose and am now engaged
in investigating the matter, but find
the little intimate matters connected
with living close to nature take so
much of ones time that one has few
moments for nature, except. perhaps,
if one be profane. TO swear at the en-
iangling brush, the beach barnaclcs,
and the thickness of the log one is
trying 10 saw through.
Some day when / get, perhaps, two
days fi-cw0oa ahead, and the pancake
tiour, batter and oacUri, crackers, tea,
coffce' bread. etc, all in, If the boat
is not whis1ling for the dock, ! intend
10 lift my weary head from my sQdden
task, brush The perspiration from my
eyes, and absorb some Of this beauty
Of nature that hear so much about.
Last night I tore away a few mo-
| nIents from wood saving to. get into
| the waters of the Sound. 1t was ap-
ipArert at once that the Sound Watef
| is experiencing a very late spa'ingxslnaf
I that if4is winter fI'esltfsess has fIsf Esff
| Worn OFF, However, after one aip-
/ after the first Shock-one gets recon
ciIcd to the change. and the tonic ef-
feet is highly cxhilarating. After the
| DIP / sat on the yeranda of my shack
and felt so well that | saw my way
clear to buy my winters coal and pay
| the last half of my taxes. Ny good
| ness, it would bcWorth while for ey-
eryone to take 10 beach bathing if only
| for the optimism it induces i can
even stand it TO have Willie sit around
and tell me how TO do things. Willie
is only fifteen bnt he has an enormous
knowledge on every subject. He is
here in the wilderness for the first time
in his life, yet he inStructS me how to
saw log and prepare the tireWood and
on other seasonable topics, an6 the
emily way can get even with him is
TO send him two miles after milk,
thereby giving him opportunity to get
st;H closer to nature.
One would greatly enjoy commun-
ing with nature, no doubt. if one had
time TO commune i'll this busy, stress
FIJI business life. And there arc hiuts
of it. Yesterday the sun came up 0u
II world as fresh and bright as though
if had been made overnight; the soft
sea breeze came in through the Win
dow, a strange forest bird chirrupcd
outside; the tapping of the water on
the beach woOed to further .Slulnber
and | was about TO take another eyeflll
and another earfuI when the canln coos
hoWled hoarSeiy for fuel, summonine
me hastily back TO this material world
| Ii | can arrange TO get along without
eating, | think / am going to like this
back-to-nature life Of the camp.--Se
attic Post lnteiligcncer.