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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Sept.  24 
A  Western  Farmer's 
Outing. 
PART  2. 
Every  few  miles  along  the  upper  part 
of  the  river  we  meet  huge  rafts  of  logs 
and  sawed  lumber  on  their  way  down, 
and  tied  along  the  banks,  near  the 
mouths  of  the  Wisconsin,  Chippewa  and 
other  small  rivers,  are  hundreds  more 
awaiting  raft  steamers  to  steer  them 
down.  From  the  appearance  of  the  log 
rafts  it  is  very  evident  that  the  lumber 
cutters  are  sparing  nothing  that  will 
make  a  board  six  inches  wide,  no  matter 
how  gnarled,  twisted  or  knotted  it  may 
be. 
The  steamer  usually  stops  one  to  three 
hours  at  all  the  large  towns  along  the 
route,  for  the  purpose  of  discharging  and 
taking  on  freight,  and  all  the  passengers 
rush  ashore  to  see  the  sights  and  “do 
the  town.”  On  such  occasions  old  chaps, 
who  are  usually  very  dignified  and  cir¬ 
cumspect,  act  like  young  colts,  and  the 
placid  features  of  stately  dames  go  all  to 
pieces  in  smiles.  A  summer  girl  fairly 
expressed  the  sentiments  of  every  passen¬ 
ger  when  she  exclaimed:  “It  is  awful 
nice  to  be  on  the  boat,  but,  oh  my  !  it’s 
such  fun  to  go  ashore  and  ‘  do  ’  a  town  !” 
Long  before  the  end  of  the  journey  is 
reached  all  the  through  passengers  con¬ 
sider  themselves  members  of  one  family, 
of  which  the  captain  is  “daddy,”  and 
when  they  separate  at  St.  Paul  there  is 
much  hand  shaking  and  wishing  of  good 
luck,  a  pleasant  time,  etc.  Quite  fre¬ 
quently  parties  of  10  or  more  are  made 
up  who  agree  to  stick  together,  and  out 
of  their  number  they  select  a  diplomat, 
or  advance  agent,  who  goes  ahead  and 
negotiates  with  hotel  keepers  for  reduced 
rates,  and  invariably  gets  them.  This  is 
another  iform  of  trust  or  syndicate,  that 
has  never  before  been  exposed  and  con¬ 
demned,  and  it  is  high  time  that  some 
sad-eyed  croaker  were  informed  of  it,  so 
that  we  could  have  a  proper  sort  of  a 
jeremiad  on  the  grasping  cupidity  of 
combined  capital.  It  is  only  on  a  steamer 
that  the  formation  of  such  “trusts”  is 
possible.  People  traveling  by  rail  are  in 
too  much  of  a  rush  to  become  acquainted 
with  each  other,  or  to  think  of  anything 
but  Number  One. 
Some  parties  who  dislike  hotels  rent 
furnished  rooms,  which  are  be  found  in 
all  parts  of  the  “  Twin  Cities  ”  at  50 cents 
to  $1  per  day  and  take  their  meals  at  res¬ 
taurants.  These  rooms  are  their  head¬ 
quarters,  and  from  them  they  make  ex¬ 
cursions  to  the  various  points  of  interest 
in  the  vicinity.  Others  bring  tents  and 
other  paraphernalia  for  camping  out 
and  immediately  depart  for  some  point 
they  have  previously  decided  upon. 
I  would  advise  all  camping  parties  of 
this  sort  who  wish  to  enjoy  a  good,  quiet 
time  to  stop  at  Lake  Pepin,  or  in  that 
vicinity.  It  is  the  best  camping  and  fish¬ 
ing  ground  I  know  of  on  the  Mississippi. 
They  should  locate  near  some  small  town 
where  provisions,  boats,  etc.,  can  be  pro¬ 
cured,  make  arrangements  with  a  farmer 
for  milk,  butter,  eggs,  etc.,  and  can  have 
a  delightful  outing,  one  to  be  remem¬ 
bered  with  pleasure  ever  after. 
During  July  and  August  the  “Twin 
Cities  ”  are  overrun  with  tourists  and 
pleasure  seekers,  and  many  are  they  who 
seek  to  secure  a  portion  of  their  shekels. 
I  find  it  a  good  plan  to  procure  all  neces¬ 
sary  clothing,  fishing  outfits,  camping 
materials,  etc.,  in  my  own  town,  or  at 
least  before  coming  here.  Money  can 
often  be  saved  by  so  doing.  The  dealers 
here  know  a  tourist  the  moment  they 
sight  him,  and  don’t  hesitate  to  elevate 
prices  to  suit  the  occasion. 
“  I  don’t  mind  paying  a  fair  price  for 
an  article,”  said  a  peeled  tourist  to  me 
one  day,  “  but  I  do  emphatically  object 
to  being  skinned  !  ”  Be  was  a  merchant 
himself  and  knew  what  was  a  fair  price 
for  the  goods  he  wanted. 
California  seems  to  have  almost  a  mo¬ 
nopoly  of  the  fruit  business  in  the  “  Twin 
Cities.”  Peaches,  pears,  grapes  and  other 
fruits  are  displayed  in  the  greatest  pro¬ 
fusion  at  every  turn.  The  peaches  look 
especially  luscious,  and  I  was  not  long 
about  exchanging  a  quantity  of  bullion 
for  some  of  them.  I  have  been  disap¬ 
pointed  in  fruit  before,  and  greatly  de¬ 
ceived  by  the  looks  thereof,  but  never 
quite  so  badly  as  I  was  in  those  peaches. 
They  proved  to  be  about  as  insipid  as 
boiled  rainwater.  Evidently  they  had 
been  picked  while  quite  green.  The 
pears  were  all  right,  as  they  will  ripen 
better  off  the  trees  than  on.  The  mar¬ 
kets  are  well  supplied  with  all  kinds  of 
vegetables  of  fine  appearance  and  quality. 
It  may  be  all  imagination,  but  it  has 
always  seemed  to  me  that  a  potato  grown 
in  Minnesota  is  just  a  little  bit  better 
than  one  grown  anywhere  else  in  the 
world.  The  gardening  business  here  is 
largely  in  the  hands  of  Germans  and 
Scandinavians,  and,  from  the  general 
appearance  of  the  produce,  I  should 
judge  they  are  hustlers.  f.  grundy. 
“  Come”  and  Go.” 
“Now  Jimmy,  get  to  Sunday-school. 
I’m  not  going  to  have  you  raised  like  a 
heathen,  so  hurry  along  !” 
How  often  is  a  command  like  the  above 
addressed  to  the  boy  of  the  farm  on  Sun¬ 
day  morning.  He  has  labored  hard  in 
the  corn  field  with  his  father,  or  carried 
water  to  the  thirsty  laborers  all  through 
the  week  and  then  on  the  Sabbath  the 
command  is  go.  How  much  nicer  it 
would  sound  if  the  word  were  come,  and 
how  willingly  would  the  boy  obey.  Is 
not  a  mistake  made  here  ?  Every  farmer 
wants  his  boys  to  respect  the  Sabbath, 
but  if  he  himself  would  go  and  say  to  the 
boy  “  come,”  would  it  not  be  the  better 
way  ?  The  boy  is  just  as  anxious  to  see 
if  the  watermelons  are  getting  ripe  or  to 
take  a  ramble  to  the  hill  field  for  ripe 
apples  as  the  father,  or  possibly  he  would 
enjoy  salting  the  cattle  ;  for  does  not  the 
average  farmer  spend  his  Sunday  morn¬ 
ings  so  ?  And  why  not  the  boy  ? 
No  sensible  farmer  will  command  the 
boy  to  “go  feed  the  hogs ”  until  he  has 
first  said,  “come  feed  the  hogs,”  for  the 
boy  must  first  see  and  observe  how  a 
thing  is  done  before  he  can  do  it.  Often 
too,  the  boy  is  told  to  “go  weed  the 
onions,”  before  the  lesson  of  “come”  is 
taught  and  he  innocently  pulls  the  onions 
and  leaves  the  weeds.  The  lesson  must 
first  be  taught  before  it  can  be  learned. 
Possibly  on  market  day  the  boy  goes 
to  town  with  father  for  an  outing,  and 
how  often  he  is  left  in  the  wagon  while 
the  father  slips  behind  a  shuttered  door 
to  take  a  drink.  Say  to  the  boy  “come?” 
Why  yes,  if  the  father  dare  go  there,  for 
the  boy  will  always  follow  the  father's 
example.  He  may  be  compelled  to  go 
to  Sunday-school  while  he  is  small,  but 
he  will  just  as  surely  follow  the  ways  of 
his  father  when  he  is  grown,  and  the 
saloon  door  may  close  only  on  the  father 
now,  but  later  the  boy  will  also  step  in 
there  to  see  “  what  father  does.”  The 
law  will  not  let  you  say  to  the  boy  “  go 
into  the  saloon  ”  even  if  the  father 
wanted  to,  so  he  says  to  him  “come;”  for 
of  course  if  the  father  goes  there  he  will 
expect  his  boy  to  follow  his  example.  It’s 
inhuman  nature.  f.  g. 
*  *  # 
Turkeys  and  Tomatoes. — We  often 
have  reports  of  the  successful  use  of 
poultry  as  insecticides.  In  the  Tomato 
Book,  printed  by  A.  I.  Root,  we  find  the 
following  new  plan  of  making  tur¬ 
keys  useful,  by  a  farmer’s  wife  : 
One  year  she  took  it  into  her  head  to 
raise  turkeys,  and  succeeded  so  well 
that  she  had  a  beautiful  flock  of  toward 
a  hundred.  When  they  got  big  enough, 
turkey  fashion  they  began  roaming  the 
fields  ;  and  what  do  you  think  ?  There 
was  much  rejoicing  when  somebody  made 
the  discovery  that  the  turkeys  were 
peeking  around  under  the  tomato-plants, 
and  gobbling  up  the  tomato-worms  before 
they  were  big  enough  to  be  visible  to 
any  other  eyes  than  their  own.  Their 
keen,  sharp,  piercing  scrutiny  cleaned 
the  Helds,  while  it  fatted  the  turkeys. 
The  flock  was  sold  before  the  holidays, 
at  a  big  price.  As  it  was  desirable  to 
to  lead  them  over  as  large  an  area  as 
possible,  Mrs.  Cummins  used  to  start  out 
with  their  feed,  and  call  them  where 
they  seemed  to  be  most  needed.  After  a 
while,  however,  they  “  caught  on  ”  to 
the  programme ;  and  as  soon  as  she  ap¬ 
peared  outside  of  the  house  they  were 
all  ready  for  the  game.  When  the 
weather  was  bad,  and  it  was  still  desir¬ 
able  that  the  turkeys  should  keep  on 
with  their  part  of  the  work  of  running  a 
tomato  factory,  she  clad  herself  in  suit¬ 
able  water-proof  clothing,  donned  light 
rubber  boots,  and  led  her  rambling 
family  off  to  the  hunting-grounds. 
MOTHERS  will  find  as  an  Appetiser  and  Invi- 
gokator  for  themselves,  Jayne’s  Toxic  Vermi¬ 
fuge.  taken  an  hour  after  each  meal  invaluable.  As 
a  strength  giver  and  worm  remedy  for  their 
children,  it  is  equally  useful.— Adv. 
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