Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-12

by storm and tempest tho men get drunk and
fall over; and altogether it appears extraor-
dinary that raft put together at the Trent
village for its final voyage to Quebec should
ever reach its destination, tho transport being
at least four hundred and fifty miles-and
many go much further--through an open and
ever-agitated fresh-water sea, and amongst the
intricate channels of the Thousand Islands,
and down the tremendous rapids of the Tongue
Sault, the Gallope, the Cedars, the Cascades,
&c.
'The lumberers life ia truly an unhappy one
for, when he reaches the end ofthe RATS voy-
age, whatever money he may have made goes
to the fiddle, the female, or the firo-wster; and
ho starts again as poor as at first, living per-
| haps by rare chance to the advanced age,
| for lumberer, of forty years."
But there is some hope, we are happy to say,
even for the lumberer. On Lake Ontario it is
| already customary to cut down or otherwise
altar, condemned steamers, and rig them as
barques or ships, into which the lumber ia
| shipped and carried to the 81. Lawrence. "One
step more, and they will, as soon as the canals
are widened, proceed from Lake Superior to
London without raft being ever made"
The settler in the bush is in very different
position from the lumberer, whom he looks
upon as sort of wild besst. Our author gives
an equally striking picture Of the former, in
the persons of a young friend of his own and
his wife, who establish themselves in Seymour
West, in the Newcastle district, about hun
dred and twenty miles northwest of Kingston,
and upwards of twenty miles In the bush from
the main stream of settlement.
"My young friend commenced 10 this seelu-
ded region-where the outer barbarian was
never seen, and seldom heard of, where even
the trouble of 1878 never showed themselves
his location upon one hundred acres. He
had received the very best education which a
public institution in England could afford but
circumstances obliged him, at the early age of
twenty-five, to turn his thoughts, with young
wife, to life in the bush,' ns sole provision.
Tho partner of his cares, equally well educated
and of an ancient family, by the death of her
father, who was high in Office in his eountry's
service, was left equally unprovidcd for. Their
first undertaking was to clear an acre or two
of the formost, and crop it with grain and po-
tatoes then to build a log-house. In all this
they were assisted by friends and neighbors,
as far as the limited means OF those friends
and neighbors--who were all similarly engaged,
and the settlement containing not more than
four or FIVE families-would admit Of
"My young friend really set his shoulder to
the wheel, and did not call upon Hercules
whiningly. He had fondness for carpenters
work, and having cut down tho huge pine trees
on his lot-for so property is called in Cana
da West-he hewed them, squared them, and
dovetailed them; he quarried stone with inf
mite toll, burnt lime and in the space Of two
years had decent log-palace, consisting of
two large rooms, and kitchen and cellar,
with an excellent chimney, we'll, which he
dug himself, and very large framed barn,
which he built himself, the only outlay being
for nails. shingles to cover his roofs, and
boards. These he had to bring with oxen and |
a wagon from the saw-mills at Percy, many
miles of, and by the most hideous road ever
saw, even in Canada. He split his own rails,
made his own fences, and cleared his own
forest. This first settlement was commenced |
in 1910; and when saw it in ls45, he had |
nearly thirty acres cleared, and this clearance
and his really good house, let to a settler just |
arrived. By a freak Of fortune, eonne1ion,
who occupied the adjacent farm of two hun
dred acres, and had had the command of money,
died, and his property was left to the young |
couple They had now family growing
about them, and, as they were very old friends
of mine, they asked me to come and sec life in
the BUSH
nFarmcr Harry, as VIC will call my young
friend, had now three, instead of two hundred
acres to attend to; but he had flock Of sheep,
l pair OF oxen, the span Of horses brought
for him, several cows, much poultry, and a
whole drove Of pigs, with barns full of wheat,
peas hay, and OATS mn excellent garden,
inc little brook full Of trout at his door, plenty
If meadow, and his harvest just over. To help
iim, he had hired man, who drove the oxen
ind assisted in ploughing; and to bring in his
harvest, there were three hired laborers, at
wo shillings and Sixpence day each, and
heir food and beds, with two maid-servants,
,ne TO assist in the dairy. Labor, constant
ind toilsome labor, was still necessary in order
o make the farm pay; for there is no market
lear, and everything is to be bought by bar
err Salt, tea, sugar, and all tho ittleluxuries
must be had by giving wheat, peas, timber,
,ats, barley the feeces of the sheep, salted
,ork, or any other exchangcable property; and
hus constant care and constant supervision of
he employed, as well as constant personal
abor, are requisite in Canada on a farm for
cry many years before its owner can sit down
nd say, will now take mine ease.' The fe-
male part of the family must spin, weave, make
omespun cloth, candles, salt the pork, make
utter for sale, and even sell poultry and eggs
whenever required; in short, they must how
yer delicately brought up, turn their hands to
verything, to keep the house warm. The la
or of bringing home logs for fuel in winter
not one of the least in farm, and then
hese logs have to be sawed and split into con- |
enicnt lengths for the ireplaces and stoves. 1
"But all this may be achieved, if done cheer
llly; and to show that it can / will add that,
midst all this labor, my young friend was
uilding himself dam, where the beavers, in
lines when that polite and Woodworking lit
10 trowel-tailed race owned his property had
cen the value Of collecting the waters of the
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