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THE RUSAL «EW-YORiKER. 
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CAMPING OUT. 
RUFUS W. SMITH. 
"AM in hopes many of the 
Cousins will take advantage of 
the Summer months and spend 
a week from home camping 
out or yachting, for with 
proper managmeut nothing is 
more beneficial or pleasant 
than thus roughing it. 
If conducted aright it 
is inexpensive aud fur¬ 
nishes a fund of enjoyment which will last 
for a long time. Almost any company of boys 
to the number of six can furnish talent enough 
"To eredt a cabin in a wood, along some lake or 
river where fish abounds and game is plenty, 
or if it can be got, a tent will answer. Often¬ 
times all these requirements can be found not 
many miles from home, aud near enough to 
some farmer’s house to procure milk, eggs, etc. 
As I have just returned from a little cruise I 
will give au account of it, hoping some of the 
Cousins may go and do likewise. Upon Mon¬ 
day morning we left our inland village and 
took our way to M ay’s Landing, N. J.. where 
the Egg Harlior River becomes navigable for 
a good-sized craft. Here we found our boat 
which we had previously engaged, and Capt. 
Wm. Lee, who took us in charge. The boat 
was large euough to furnish sleeping room in 
the cabin for our party of six. At high tide 
we (Capt. Lee) hoisted sail and steered down 
the river, before a favorable breeze. Alter a 
sail of about 15 miles we reached the head of 
Egg Harbor Bay, and soon came to Beesley’s 
Point, and landed to stretch ourselves. After 
an hour’s enjoyment at this shady retreat we 
sulk'd across the bay to Somers Point, w hen at 
low tide we anchored, and taking off shoes and 
stockings, and rolling up pants, waded for 
clams,and in the next hour gathered about 200 
of those bivalves. At first Capt. Billy had a 
monopoly of the business, but we soon learned 
that the slight lump underfoot meant a clam, 
YVe soon stowed ourselves snugly away 
in our blankets and were rocked to sleep by 
the waves. Next morning we put across the 
bay to a sandy beach for crabs. These fel¬ 
lows which look like great spiders are very 
agile in the shallow water, and we soon found 
that we had to be very quick in covering them 
with a hoop net or they were gone, aud after 
we bad managed to capture them most of us 
were afraid to take them from the net, as they 
have terrible pinchers. These crabs make the 
best of bait for blue fish aud are relished by 
most people as a dainty hit. We were soon at 
the fishing grounds, and with crab-bait caught 
euough for supper. Sailing down the bay we 
anchored off Ocean City fox* the night. Tins 
city, three years of age, like all the rest of the 
places along this bay, is much frequented by 
Summer visitors. Next day, after doing the 
place, we set sail for Atlantic City. As one 
of our party had a good spy-glass, wo were 
euabled to see everything distinctly within a 
radius of four miles. Here we had a race, 
and being handicapped with a small boat— 
which we found very convenient on all other 
occasions—we were finally beaten after an ex- 
citiug time, a lady iu the other boat having 
lost her hat. Early that (Wednesday) even¬ 
ing we reached Atlantic City, which we found 
was entirely given over to pleasure seekers, 
having to entertain about 10,000 visitors daily 
during the Summer season. That evening and 
the next day we spent iu seeing the sights and 
bathing in the ocean. On Thursday au ex¬ 
cursion by rail from our pails came iu and 
we saw nearly 100 people with whom we were 
acquainted. They all seemed glad to see us 
and some envied our cool woolen apparel and 
white duck hats. Sometime during the night, 
at high tide, Capt. Lee let his boat into the 
channel, and when we awoke we were 
anchored about four miles from Atlantic City, 
homeward bound. The Captain was sleeping 
soundly and we went on deck and fished, 
catching dog-shark, toad-fish and other kinds, 
worthless, save for the amusement of catch¬ 
ing. After breakfast Capt. Lee landed us at 
South Atlantic, where we ran up to see the 
Elephant House. This building is a complete 
pattern of an elephant. It is 87 feet long, 65 feet 
high, surmounted by a howdah or observatory. 
Thousands of the visitors to Atlantic City 
come here to see this J umbo and get a view of 
the surrounding country from the howdah 
upon his back, the entrance being through the 
rear limbs. Sailing homeward we stopped 
near the mouth of the river and caught blue- 
lish for supper, which when fried were de¬ 
licious. Turning in we were soon asleep. 
Upon awakening Saturday morning we found 
our boat anchored fast to the shore at 
May’s Landing, the Captain having sailed her 
up iu the night and gone home. After a stroll 
through the town we took the cars and went 
home, haviug been absent from Monday to 
Saturday. 
In summing up we found our ex¬ 
penses to be: for boat $12.50: for groceries 
$8.25; for twelve tin plates and six tin cups, 
$1.05; total $21.80, divided by six, making 
each one’s share $8.63 for the week’s enjoy¬ 
ment; this does not include the railroad fare 
of course. Should I go again 1 would take a 
knife, fork, spoon and blanket; one of the 
party should take a rubber coat. Take no 
crockery as it is liable to break, and tins fill 
the bill completely. Would wear a light 
weight woolen suit; the tendency is to take 
too many things, which most of us did. 
Divide the work as evenly as possible; you 
will find that some eanuot cook, and you may 
find it hal’d to eat after some others have 
washed the dishes. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark: —Those flower seeds 
you sent papa, he gave to me, I planted 
them aud they came up, and I thiuk them 
very nice. 1 will save the seed and plant 
them next year. I thank you ever so much 
for them. The Oscar Wilde’s I planted in the 
hot-bed and then transplanted them; one is in 
bloom which I think is beautiful. Sister 
wrote to you and you sent her some flower seed. 
She thinks they are beautiful, and so do I. 
She is taking good care of them and will save 
the seed as soon as they are ripe. W e live on 
a large farm, Fapa has seven horses and 
three colts, and the little colts are so nice 
they rim and jump and play so funny. 
General Jackson, Romeo and Bareo are their 
names. I have one brother who helps on the 
farai. Papa deals more extensively in tine 
horses, though often times he gets hurt by 
them; a few weeks ago one stepped on his foot 
and hurt it so badly that he could not wear 
his shoe for nearly a week. We have 28 
sheep and 20 little lambs; we get a good deal 
of wool from them. A lamb is a pretty little 
thing, they can run. jump aud skip so nicely. 
Have seven cow’s and six calves, aud 14 Jei-sey 
Red Pigs, four black ones, and three hogs, and 
about one hundred and fifty little chickens. 
This is my first letter, and if I see it is in 
print I will write again. I hope this letter is 
not too long to print. Uncle Mark, and will be 
interesting to all that read it. Good by* 
Uncle Mark and Cousins. c. T. d. 
Eaton, Ohio. _ 
Dear Uncle Mark aud Cousins, I have 
been thinking about writing to the Rural for 
quite a while, so will write now. I am 13 
years of age anti go to school, and study read¬ 
ing, writing, arithmetic, spelling, geography, 
and grammar. I weigh 84 pounds, j am 
piecing a charm bed-quilt, aud if any one will 
send me some pieces of cloth I will send them 
some in return. I have nine hens and 19 
chickens. I had 27 hens last Fall but have 
been killing them from March 1 until July 18. 
I got 97 dozen eggs from them. 
Fond-du-Lac Co., Wis. Laura Andrus. 
Dear Uncle Mark:— Pa has taken the 
Rural about three years. I like to read the 
letters from the Cousins, and have often 
thought 1 would write hut have neglected to 
do so; but I saw iu the paper a short time ago 
that Uncle Mark thought it was nice to have 
so many nieces and nephew’s and that encour¬ 
aged me to write. Most of the Holyhoek 
seed came up w hich I received last year, and 
they are now in blossom and w’e think them 
very pretty: also, the plants from the seeds of 
the Garden Treasures are iu bloom. Pa planted 
the comand it looks well for so backward a 
season. W e have had lots of rain in this part 
of the State; there ai-e not many days but 
what it rains. I hope Maggie wull write soon 
and tell us about the Oleander trees, for I 
should like very much to know about them. 
Your niece, Carrie Smith. 
Kalamazoo Co., Michigan. 
Dear Uncle Mark;— I received the flow’er 
seeds you sent me some time ago. Many 
thanks for them. It was a late Spring and 1 
was afraid I would not get all of the seeds, so 
I planted about half of them. They are doing 
well; some are in bloom now’. The Hollyhocks 
you sent us last year are in blossom; they are 
very pretty. Pap i keeps bees and they have 
just commeueed to make surplus honey. We 
have an artesian well. It is flowing a good 
stream of two feet above the ground. It will 
flow five feet. The piping is two inches through. 
The well is 106 feet deep and the w ater stands 
at 50 degrees temperature. Your niece. 
Ren wick, Iowa. Phebk L. F. 
Dear Uncle Mark:—Do you want one 
more boy in the Horticultural Club, who has 
grown out of his teens'? I feel that we are all 
boys, (notwithstanding some of us are older 
in years) iu learning and wisdom, for with the 
utmost diligence in a long lifetime we can 
only hope to learn a little of nature’s secrets. 
I always read the letters of your youthful cor¬ 
respondents with much pleasure; and must 
say that many deserve great credit for their 
practical observations aud oxjierienees. This 
department of the Rural will wield a great 
influence in molding the character and iustill- 
ing a love for country life among its youthful 
contributors and members. Get the boys and 
girls interested in all their surroundings— 
teaching them to search for all the whys aud 
wherefores; and ere long they will be so wed- 
ded to their calling that they will have little 
desire to leave off their sweet communions 
with nature. Soon they 
“Learn to look from earth’s fragrant sod— 
8o, looking, hope in holiness and God." 
Young folks’ eyes are sometimes sharper 
than older ones, and their ideas frequently 
lead to grand results. Some great inventions 
have been first suggested by boys. I shall 
illustrate some of these at a future time, if de¬ 
sired. So my young friends continue your 
investigations and who can tell what great 
results you may achieve in the future. 
When I began this letter I intended to say if 
Uncle Mark could admit so old a lad, I would 
be pleased to give him some Bee-talks, and 
perhaps help increase your interest in this use¬ 
ful little insect. Yours to command, h. a. e. 
Wiconiseo, Pa. 
[Many thanks for your kind offer. As the 
Club is supposed to be composed of only youth¬ 
ful persons, ^ shall be obliged to put your 
name, not on the Club list, bat on the list of 
writers among the older ones, to the younger. 
We shall always be glad to hear from you, 
aud w ill wait impatiently for your promised, 
shall I say? “Bee-talks." Uncle Mark.] 
Uncle Mark:—1 thank you very much for 
remembering me in your Free Seed Distribu¬ 
tion. We planted them in a box, then trans¬ 
planted them to the garden; they are doing 
finely at present. I saved seeds from the 
White Elephant Potatoes and planted them in a 
box March 1st. They came up nicely and 
when we transplanted them they had potatoes 
on them the size of buckshot. They have been 
quite a curiosity to a great many old people. I 
w ill tell you how* they turn out when I dig them. 
All but four of our Rural Hollyhocks froze 
out, or which throe were white and one pink. 
Our Rural Pinks are in full bloom; also Htatice 
perennial Larkspur and a number of others. 
I must tell you about our Y uecn It had 250 
buds and blooms on it at one time. Now 1 
will tell you about my pete. I have a dog, a 
cat and a canary bird. I call my bird 
Hall. I love my dog Bruno best, he is so wise 
and seems to know everthing w e want him to 
do. When the team is driven up to the door 
he always walks in to see who is going, aud 
the one that is not ready he will give his paw* 
to, as much as to say “ I will take care of you.” 
From your niece, ada e. l. s. 
Wellman, Iowa. 
The Close of a Haro Day's Work. 
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