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HOPE FARM NOTES 
<JASOLTNn Tbampb. —lyast yonr about 
tills time 1 f.'iW how Wm. M. Olds and 
his wife started from Michigan and drove 
their horse to Florida for a Winter vaea- 
tion. They stojiped at Hope Fanu on 
their way, and told us all about their 
plans. Now we have had a visit from 
Mr. and ]\Irs. II. A. Vaughn, who intend 
fo follow much the same route in a car 
which they have fitted up for their com¬ 
fort. The Vaughns started from Eastern 
.Massachusetts, and will feed gasoline to 
their steed, while the Olds fed oats and 
h.iy. These travelers spent about a week 
The Way You Gel Into It 
Hill) us, t-ampiug in our ffl«l house while 
tlioy made things ready for the trip. 
t'oMFOKT ox Wheels. —A day or so 
iiefore they appeared we had a note from 
.Mr. Vaughn. “We shall come rolling in 
soon,’’ he said. “You may think it is a 
circus van or a ‘tank,’ but it is safe.’’ 
The picture shows wluit finally came roll¬ 
ing along the road. You see it is a truck 
fitted out with a cover which forms a 
room large enough for two to sleep in. 
You get into it by mounting the steps 
shown behind. There are two cot beds— 
eacli one the top of a chest the full length 
of the room. These chests hold the outfit 
of bedding, tools, clothing, food—every¬ 
thing needed for the trip. There is a 
passagew.-iy between the two cots, and 
make sucli a trip anything like .a full 
succ*'ss, I should think it would require 
a man of great good nature, capable of 
doing about any kind of outdoor work, 
and a high-class machinist. The woman 
would have to have a fine sense of lnimoi% 
have good health, simple liabits, and be a 
g<H)d cook and worker. As for the car, it 
would be obliged to have nearly human 
iutelligence, Jind be balk-proof in mud or 
on stwj) grades. It looks to me as if the 
Vaughns had ju'etty nearly that ideal 
combination, and I think they will get 
through iu good shape. 
Oats ok Hasoi.i.ne. —There will be 
some argument as to w'hether it would be 
better to travel with a good horse, like 
Mr. Olds, or chug along in a car like Mr. 
Vaughn. There are points for each side. 
WitJi the horse you would go slowly and 
enjoy the pleasant ways. With the c.ar 
you can put on speed and get away (luick- 
er from the unpleasant things. There 
will be many long stretches of dreary 
road through the South where the car 
will seem all too slow to get you out of 
I lie gloom. On the other hand, there will 
be many a jileasant country where the 
wayfarer would gladly go dawdling along, 
and where the horse would walk and 
often stop. Mr. Olds and his wife had 
n<) thought of business or “getting there.” 
'riiey had worked hard and won the right 
to their vacation, and they didn't care 
miicli whether school kept or not. So 
they took a good horse and found the 
motive power of oats and hay rapid 
enough. The Vaughns combine business 
with pleasure. Business means get there; 
pleasure is spoiled when you get there 
too soon. So the Vaughns will depend 
on gasoline, and I think the two families 
have figured it out about right. For my 
part, I think I would prefer to go away 
from home with a horse and come back 
iu a car! 
The (hx)Si.\G Scene. —In aii old school 
reader was the poem by T\ Buchanan 
Beed bearing that title. I used to speak 
Tlie Wandering Home of the Gasoline Tramps 
fhe V. ii.ile tiling cuu be easily taken out, 
or the entire Lop tyiu be taken otY. There 
;iie screened windows and doors, and the 
whole jilace can be clo.sed up tight or 
left ojien to admit the air, as desired. 
It is a most ingenious device, and the 
Vaughns are in for a comfortable trij) if 
the going }iroves good. 
Tilt: OujKCT.—They are out for a Win¬ 
ter vacation. I find that a number of 
farmers are arranging their work so as 
to hiive the Winter free for a little vaca¬ 
tion—long or short. Mr. Vaughn will 
travel along to Florida,'going as fa.st as 
be cares to, provided the car holds out. 
Once in Florida they may strike a job 
picking or handling oranges. They are 
all (man, woman and car) used to farm 
work, and most likely a place will be 
found where this New England trio will 
do good service through the Winter. 
Then they can come hack after their out¬ 
ing, richer iu experience and memories, 
and not much poorer in pocket. A great 
scheme, it wicms to me—great in .several 
ways, but it will need a strong and well- 
organized combination to put it over. 
Tiikee of a Kind. —I^et nc put the 
question straight to you! Could you aud 
your wife go off together in this way and 
stand each other’s private and individual 
society for the Winter without trouble? 
I hope so, hut truth compels me to say 
that a man would have to be on very good 
terms with his. wife if he expected to 
it as a “piece,'’ aiid I do not recall any 
moi'c powerful dest.-ripi ion or a November 
day. in the old-fashioned farming country. 
We are coming to the closing .scene iu 
our valley. Frost has put out the lights 
on the last flowers and the leaves are 
turning yellow and falling. The days 
grow short aud thei'e <*onies a chill in 
the air which there is no mistaking. We 
are hurrying to pick the last of the ap¬ 
ples ; the rye has been seeded aud the 
corn is ready for husking. They all rec¬ 
ognize the feel of the air—the hens, the 
hogs, the horses and the humans. The 
farm has done its season’s work—now for 
the Winter’s sleep. But tlm farmer must 
Avork on. Not many of us can get away 
for Florida by horse or by car, for we 
must stay by the job. It is going to be a 
large aud tough job, too, for many of us. 
This war is to bring new problems aud 
new worries. .\11 the more reason, I take 
it, why we should close the Autumn 
scene with good nature and courage. That 
is where the family with a band of happy 
children will have the advantage, for it is 
a fine thing tliat childhood and youth do 
not recognize any scene as closed. It has 
just stopped for a little while—tired of 
work or play—all ready to go on once 
more when rest has touched it with new 
life. It is all right! It must be if the 
chikiren say so—for, do they not repre¬ 
sent the future? n. w. r. 
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