Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-01-02

ell out ueCp guIlcys, Wncre your wnccls are WI
each side. and your horses down below, under
meath the wagon But he crownlng feature is
the bridges Bridges are made 10 lct people
through into the water for that purpose they
have holes in them, loosely covered with brush
wood, and when the unwary traveller steps up
on it, he is seen no more and when they cant
yet holes big enough, they have immense logs
rottcd To the proper point, and when you step
upon them, the lug caves, as It were, and then
you perceive the exact purpose for which the
structure was intended. as above stated. We
came to one of these bridges, and two Of ~, hav.
ing some idea relative TO personal safety, deeln'
ed crossing in the wagon, and got out IN see 1t
go down, and sure enough, when the near horse
got in the middle, away went the whole concern,
and the animal went through into the bottom OF
the creek
1t was not, however, so deep but that, by
ju1cious use of his foreeg', he could crawl out
of the hole through which he had gone down,
and he came upon terra frma wet, and to some
extent, an agitatcd quadruped.
This may not, perhaps, he interesting to the
uniniiiaieh, but one VIII has not Witnessed can
not conceive how funny it looks, to be diving a
pair of horses, and suddenly see one disappear
to the extent Of about one half his iore-legs paw
ing in the air. aud his hind legs some where else,
not Immediately visible, the general effect being
that of an attempt TO climb tree. wlthou, any
particular prospect of sucress. No accident.
however hap iened, and no other incon venience
than that of one or more legs going through ev-
cry bridge we crossed.
The next day we reached the falls Of the An
droscoggin, but had not yet attained the trout
in1 region. We took a boat and guide, loaded
in our traps, and put out for the Meealloway.
This river is crooked beyond any power of de-
scrplion; II is a practical exemplitcation OF the
ways Of the Evil One. One minute the sun is
behind you the next, ahead then right and
left, cross the middle. up and down in every i'm
aginable position. You have to row three miles
10 get any whefe if it isn't more than twenty
rods oil, We reached the lower landing, a, the
farm where we stopped, and it was about an
eighth Of a mile by land, and two miles and half
by the river, to the house Water is not a
speedy means of locomotion in Northern New
Hampshire.
Our first day IS fishing was in the Diamond riv-
er, and good time We had Of it, ! tried TO keep
my feet dry ul tumblrd IN, and then staid
in. The water here is rapid, and the stream full
of rocks, on which you step, and in you GO this
is invariahe.
In fishing for trout, two things are to be oh
served first, You must fall down IN the water.
and secondly, break your rod ; " had brok-
en- his before he starred, and soon in he went.
rp to his Ieck To tumble down in stream
Ike the Diamond. beside being nconvenirni. is
confusing the water carries you off your feet,
and bumps you against the rocks; its :oar deaf.
ems you, and you think you're going TO drown
your fishing basket goes one way and your tack
lie another, and YOU regain our feet with gen
eral sense OF damp, to hear your friend laughing
at YOU.
In this days fishing we caught about seventy
five pounds Of trout among four OF us. A nigh,
we returned quite well tired to the farm. house
which was our temporary abode. We had fried
pork for supper. Ibeleve stated that they had
pork in this country. We then went to bed, or
There were four of us, with two beds, IN a
room, which, so far from David Coppcrfcd's
being able to swing cat IN it, he couldn't have
pcrfnrmed that feat with kitten.
Having prepared ourselves for rcposc, out went
the candle, and in came the musquotoes "
had brought with him a connection prepared by
some mrdiral friend which was tu keep oil those
invidinus insects. II smclt strongly of spcarmnt
and unclean OIL Ii wntked. however, like
miracle, for the mosquitoes would light on our
faces and their feet would stick fast in the stuiT
it had an extract Of tar in it for that purpose
and by the time small troop wer, thus cntrap-
ped, then YOU had music. Anon you would
hear - give a rousinr clan. and with an cx-
pletiye state "Tbere missed him - Sowe
rolled and tossed nh finally N burx, on,
laughing. wanting TO know # WAS awake.
Sleep being impossible. we Ii, our ppes. and
sat up in bed TO take smoke. Jokes were crack
ed, stories were told, and we made night, up in
that room, comparatively hideous Next morn
in we learned thai there was a sick baby down
stairs, and the supposiiinn in the family was, that
our noise hadn't helped its cole any.
That house will not soon fade from our mem
ory. We slept in an attic where the roof slant
ed down over the heads of The beds, so that it
was not ten inches above the pillow the root was
innocent Of lalh, plaster or any OF those lutte
amenities that tend to make rxi>-cnce endurab!c.
Rustic ingenuity, upon the raltcrs overhead.
had pinned, in The character of Wallpaper. GER
tain emanations Of the press, among which were
The Christian Herald, Boston Post, and Nep-
Hampshire Patriot
The strong pon, of this contrivance was. tha,
all manner Of bugs, spiders, and other creeping
things, seemed to assemble in convention in the
silent watches of the night, and c>savcd the
climbing nf these papers, which being rather
much inclined, rendered the task ef the insects
difficult but perseverance seemed to be a pre-
dominant trait, for all night long we heard these
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