Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-01-16
cLEARFIELD WEDNEsDM ItUARY 49, 1856

a. rIaed qurselves under the old beech to |
bis arc 70. dinner.
lis Eoy, ling the basket
bo iIumphis said Archy, Il know whose wife
til pjQp hat prog
Ees.s indeed replied L., 'ever since
rIiaposed on my good wife as beggar, in
sIugoggles and knapsaS, and drew on her
slbathies for good dinner, and was broom
Med ont of the house to pay for it,
fArehv chuckled at the remembrance. 'Pick-
w.. Indian bread, salt, a chunk of raw pork.
ed potatoes to roast. Good!
I sAh ma = said Ables, 'three black quarts =
,Twas the rock he usually split on, tho our
eneral failings might be said to be prin'iiire.
! A circular hole of three feet across, by four
hches deep, was soon dug in the ground, and
! fled with clean stones from the brook. On
ncse, a rousing fire was kindled, and left to
Irn nearly out. Meanwhile, Archy had cut a
! ljlf-dozen chops from the venison. The Sher-
| IL had occupied himself with preparing his
/ tro pound trout for bake. The nodas oper-
! tEdt l beg 10 set forth rs a rule for all gour-
hands in,li!ie situation. After properly cleans
! ilg it, he, with knife, made an ncision down
tae whole length of the back, nearly as deep as
| tie backbone. Into this was laid thin slice
| d draw pork; if you can add a squeeze Of The
! lmon to the pork, all the better. The belly was
/ Suited with the soft part OF q loaf of rye and
! Ildian- bread, mixed with say gill Of Madeira
| vine. His troutship was then carefully and
tightly rolled up in the half Of a clean neWspa-
| pr, and laid in the embcrs to bake. The time
necessary to properly do the fish must depend
on its size. l should say for - i'o1',''''.
| f,rtv minutes. and when properly dohe' nc ID
r,orscl for m. epicrre. -sTalk OF your tafo0'
;. -, IT'S mere pop and lolly-pop to the
| ri.1, rr,erraaec, the delicate naFor Vi "SAi-
! u:iTcd dccp-water trout.
The fish devoured first, as wos proper, then
came the chops. Oh yc well-fed city alder
man, who think ye sit down to your groaning
boards and eat rsatsoa, would one of the best
| Of YOU could have partaken of those chops !
! syenison as was venison' we're they, cut from
E'''--- tlas had been browsing in his native
II '--prs before; none OF your
/ black, disgusting stuff tnos--, -,os down from,
i the country in February, coursed u,--., his
blood is heated and unwholesolne before he i;
] killed, and then frozen and thawed and frozen
again, until no trace of juiciness, fibrine, ol
of renisom is left; but rich in favor, tender, be-
cause we'll fed and fat, and luscious wit b the
rch juices with which nature seasoned it.
broilcd on the glowing hickory Goals, and eat
en- yet smoking with the bubbling heats of it:
own juices. y single glass of wine to each
! and then for tho dessert. What, dessert ii
The woods Yes, indeed, and such a dessert
When Archy went up the brook trouting j.
the morning, he returned, to all appearances
an unlucky fisheramn. Now, however, he SIP
, ped up the stream a few rods, and retpned
! sth dripping basket, in which were oout
twenty little troutlings, of from threet three
ind half inches in length, which hof man
ged to keep alive, by taking them arefuiiy
iona the hook, and keeping the baHet Hnder
later. To kill these, dip them inrdian meal
nd lay them in frying-pan OF the Goals,
yhs but moments work. Wast not worthy
tessert for such q dinner-ten'rng niorceaur
ttreYive the dropping appetas OF aPpopiec-
ts alderman
The days hunt, the day feast were now
eided, and, reclining uAef the Spreading
bach, the party rested Pin the fatigues and
ceitements of the dayelieVing the time by
tides and stories of oldnntS, escapes by flood |
and field, and all Il varied trials and expo
s,rcs of border life.
s,Soufre., said AS to the Sheriff, IN bet |
The yenison You + hit the yalier bird top
of.that mullen.'A fr
Not now. n .and's too lame to shoot
Afchy can.'
Harry will lend mo his
.:eSas Caswell, made at Lansing
~ Ty manufacturer Northern hunters
is thought capable of boring de-
II. The bird was a good ten rods
-. fnd the ball hundred and twenty to
W. Ind. He slowly drew sight on the lit
bw. as he said, 'I'Il not kill him, but
~ ~ lit his legs off, The bird piled his little
Is as he fired, flew around and around, tri-
N vain to alight, but could not, and at last,
Varied and bleeding, fell to the earth, both
sgs missing.' Il
We were all astonished. sWell, Archy,'
aid the Sheriff, sthat beats my shot, when you
,eld the chip for me to spit at twenty -tisf tai
rods Fsostlie
Rv this time the lengthening shad6pe har =
nonntain we're drawing toward ysa our day,s
lessed up for home. And d,t5s:s.1i -
mort an tls banks of 80 =!
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Hssaoezas :. = .l5;ss} s4s3|
Irst coaduct4
: j.. took s-sslIs.s mouse Hills,
S....,Ss s,ds keeping TEN to mako his
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