The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-12-29

tho silence ni % ghost, tut, Whru uinairr Of
his calling, he seldom leaves u beaver village
until, hy hlh cunning arts, h has become de-
populated, The war of determination, ~
already intlmhird, beginh ni The mouth Of lhe
rlyGr Hud viii our irieud viii only rnHho
Whru h0 hns reached the iouuiuiu heud, ~
ihe season Of trapping couiea 10 NJ end
TIE coolest niwluds may blow aud He woods
may be ronlpi6tuly blocked with snow, liil
the trHpper hns mounted lus snow,nhoes,
aud dhy nner day does be- revisit mud rr-ur-
range his traps. ~ uighl oyUrukrh him when
f,r removed from his shau9 (which may be
the case moro than hall the Umtl lao diRH
himself hole IN some sheltered suew bank
aud wrapped up Ia his blanket by Tie aide
of hs SOLITARY fire spends u strangely com'
Portable night When not engaged with his
GEs's, l's siIs4dz hlz liiIe IN drying and dress
ing his iIirs, nr,uH fancy may dlclnlu,he shoul-
drrH hls gun uud starts oui Tor Ihe purpose
Of capturing u deer n hear, or HGue of Tie
hcusla which nrr wont a. hoNl Nhm 90 Flcrp
az the midnight hour. Nhd game, a. mat
Ter Of course, constitutes his principal food,
hut hr r. particularly partial 90 tie itnil Of
/ hH laVorile beaver. TIE only human hulugs
with whom Ice hns any SOCIAL intercourse dur
/ iug the long winter, are the poor wandering
Indians Who chance Ia Eisit ban IA liih chbihi
aud az such times many are the Wild ndVrn-
! lures md strange legends which they relate
To- cuch other around the huge IRE of the
lrappor Aud lee now eujoys 10 perfection
the conpanouship Of hls dogs. Compau-
ious, II IL true, OF another sort sometimes
gather around his lonely hubitution To relieve
hls solitude, Tor lhr snowy owl boots Hud
screams ~ night from the huge pine branch
thuI reaches over his cabin, or perhaps M
uumoicsird deer uiHuiir-q~' ~, love Of com-
pHn,uV-hip hy browning the tWigH lir hruad
daS light at his very threshold. liut nov TAR
weather cumcih uut of lhc unylh and Ihr
truppcf bogus 10 think that hu has secured
such n supply OF iurH ~ will guarantee lin
"a comfortable suprou during the coming
suiutuef, ai4d one hi ai4c hc gulhrr-h,e traps.
The crack Of his ride s nov heard more lrr-
qurutly echolug through tho woods, for hr
cares not 10 obluu more beaver skins even
Che could, aud he would obtain q sufficient
number ut miscellaneous iurs to rctidnr las
assortment complete Heavy spring rains
have set lu, 'hr water COURSES ARE neatly re-
leased from their icy letters, AID on issuing
nom hp cabin, utter % night of cunilirtlug
dreams, he iinds tlnl the ucphburuG stream
ltur brcouIr unusually toll. A,stuplc glHlicu
6i ~ turh!I W4icg IL enough lie cuts down
Suitable tgur 4lIld hllliia him canoe. and
M tlis does lac SLOW away hs lurs aud all lIIr
Other plumber, aud srlZiug his paddle, lac
jumps INTO his rcut, uud with q light huuIt
starts Tor his distant huiti,'.
The rains are over mud gone, aud although
our ynyu2cf ho- been ten days ppou The wn-
ter, hr hns yet "a least a thouraud additional
miles to trnNrl Rapids without number are
to be- passed, many a luburluu- portage uusi
he mudr ABOUND huge waterfalls. aud lous'
,,No months must clupsu before hc eau moor
hi- hulc hurgtT>n HE haven where h4 Nould
le. Day lulluWs duy, aud hl, cuur.u n uu.
Ward. All nluug ms route the forest trees
ace nursing tiiulr buds aud decking them
: SELVES with The livery of the yrrual SEASON
while lbc grussrs aud flcwcrs cot the pFHlrc,
nrc Striving To oNrrrrnch each other a. thcN
loom mo pleasant sunshine. Aud lhcu,ihc
heart -four Voyngrr Is chcercd hy the sing
, ing of birds. Niirtt night crtttr-, aud lac hus
, lain himself down 10y his ls1tch fire on the
shore, ia some lllllc cove, lac is lullrd to
sleep 10y the murmuriug musr of the stream,
II, on a pleasant day when lac is tjtiigu'd he
happens upon nn Indian euCampucut and
finds that an extensive bali play or an lndiHB
, horso-rHce, or any important medicine core
mony is about 10 occur, ho turrcs there tor
a few hours, and then, II his mind dwolls
upon the groicsquc aud Imaginable scenes lac
hns Witnessed, resumes hs voyage IN more
cheerful mood. Day follows day, aud the
stream upon which he is now floating is
J hrond and deep, aud sweeps onward as Il
rejoicing with pride for haying Irumphcd
over the obstacles of the wilderness, aud r.
., rnuidly approaching tho fields aud tho ahudns
of civilization. II h now The close Of day
in the lcaiy month Of June, aud our voyagor
; is gliding noisecssly into the quie, cove be-
side his cabin, aud utterlng a loud whistle or
whoop, his family hasten TO The shore, and
ne Is AZ trUrT1u
} The summer time, in the opinion of our
trapper friend, is tue season for unnlloyed en-
. IL lao. ~ f.,
the qualification ufsnil his desires. Having
disposed of his Iurs aud peltrcs at The near;
rsi trading post for few hundred dollars ln
cash or lis equivalent IN merchandise lee
deems himself independently rich, and cou-
: duets himself accordingly, In III of lher-
ality lac orders his wife aud children into his
canoe aud Iakcs Ihem upouuvtsit tot the henr-
tel lrObtidF NTti5p0 or cry, wfrrG tUurfS
them with cewgAws, aud Tho family spend II
few days. The novelty of this visit soon
{, pnsses awny, and our trHpper with his family
/ are -Ance more domiciluted in their cabin.--
A week of inactivity then follows, aud the
Htrapper becomes AZ restless M n fish out of
water. He Is troubled with kind OF itching
pnlm,and awuY he goes out upon ragnbon-
zug tour among the hangers ION about the
trnding establishments. rccountiug to all who
will listen to him bis adventures in ths vii
derness, and spending the remainder of the
sumner after the manner oiIhe idle aud dis
sipatcd. But the frost brings him to his SEN
ses and the lrapper is himself ngain--ior he
is thinking of the wilderness. l..
CULTURE OF rnE FIG.-Thc following up
on the culture of the Fig, is copied from tue
work of the Rev. John Kito, on Palestine:
"Ofrhe thirty species or varieties of the
domestic Fig tree which arc cultivated ~
Frnucr SpnIu aud lInly, there are but two