New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-11-17

deal az whiting VAS expended on the latch
which was maize OF wood. m the torn %, 81 lrol
one. These houses are made comfortable hy The
huge hres that can be afforded night and day
sualy the scenery about them . drcar ant
savage enough and the logger camp Is as com
p.etely IN the woods as q fungus at the loot
o. E pine IN swamp no outlook bat 10 the
Say overhead DO more clearing than S msde by
cutting down the trees Of which 10 IS built, and
those which are necessary Tor fuel IL 0nly 10 be
vel sheltered and convenient u his work. and
near spring, he wastes no thought on the pros
pect. They are very proper forest houses the
stems OF the trees collected together and piled up
around man TO keep out Wind and rain made %,
living green logs hanging with moss. snd W .th
cgr.s and friuges Of the yellow birch bark and
dripping with resin, fresh aud moist and redoleui
li swampy doors " It'll that sort OF vig0r and pc
rsnnianess even about them that tosd-stoo.s sas-
gest. The lOCzers fare consists OF tea. mclasscs,
-four. pOrk-sOmetimcs bccf-anf beans. great
proportion OF the beans raised In Massachusetts,
Ind their market here. On expeditions il i only
nard bread sud row pork. slice upon slice with tea
OF water. SIS the case may be.
Here is glance at the free. sturdy lie Of a
settler, buried among the mountains
A sErrLERs HOUSE,
Eighteen miles from the Point brought IS n
sight of McCauslius. OF Uncle Georges as be
was iamihary called by my companions 70 whom
be was vel known. where We intended % break
our long fast. HIS house was IN the midst OF an
extensive clearing OF iutervale, at the mouth Of
rhe Little Schoodic River, on the opposite or north
bank Of the Pen0bscOt. - we collected on r point
1f the shore that we might be seeH. and fired our
-un as signal which brought out his dogs forth
with and thereafter their master who IN due time
took us across In his batteau. This clearing was
bounded on all sides but the river abruptly by the
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only few feet square 10 the midst Of a thousand
acres OF moving. sni set down = thimble therein.
lie had a whole heaven and horizon 20 himself
and the sun seemed 90 be j0uneying over his
clearing only. the .iye-iOng day. Here we cOnclJ
ded Oh spend the night and " mt for the Indians
As there was no stopping place so convenient
above. This house. which was fair specimen OF
those on the river was built OF huge logs which
pceped out everywhere, and were chinked
with clay and moss IL contained four or five
rooms. There were no sawed boards, or
shingles Or clapbOards, about II and scarcely any
tuO but the AK had been used IN is construction.
The partitions were made of long capboar1 ike
splints. OF spruce or cedar, turned % a delicate
salmoncolor by the smoke. The root and sides
were covered with the same, instead OF shingles
aud capboards and a much thicker and larger
size was used tor the floor These were all so
straight and smooth. that they answered the pur
pose admirably and a careless observer would
not have suspected that they were not sawed and
planed The chimney and hearth were OF vast
size. and made of stone. The broom was lew
twigs a. abOr-vitic tied 20 a stick and a pole was
suspended over the hearth, close to tie ceilings 20
dry stockings and clothes on. / noticed that the
floor was tai of small. dingy holes It made with
R emet but which were, In fact, made by the
spikes nearly an inch long, which the lumberers
wear ia their boots to prevent their slipping on
wet lOes