Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-12-09

bore NE on nv rackcts. AM Buck. too bat
the moose broke through % the ground ev-
cry jump. For the last ten mile. h. had
lea blood in esery track. and his fore Ices
we're cat almost 70 the bone. Hc wasa
grvat buu moose-Ar right ~hopper-and h..
I'D hesd and pair ofhorns ike a blight
81 bemiock. Down vent his heal. ani III.
name bristied ~ foot high. straight from
his horns O. his taii MS eve Looked ucl.. I
tel you. bad iust time % drop nv pack
On The snow and doige behind Big tree.
~b'n on the oid heaihea Plogched ,hr.ush
tn snow. straight Tor me. raising such
cl'ad thai ] couldn't -et si-ht ofhis hide
- at. aat vi;h saort enough % make
Jour hair lit your hat night oH. Iftiere
i' ANYTHING that looks "a lier than the devil
himself, Its bull moose when his danler'.
air'y up. A. ho lsngcd pa; the re. I
sent him baii through his fore shoulders.
li hroughi plenty % biool. bat it diInt
take hIm down much but b. set up the
most internal roaring yo1 ever beard.
Kept behind my tree and loaded IN a bury.
dlant stop o. measure the cLarrc. bat
eiaPPcd ihe nozzle oi my po~derhorn ia,o
the murzle - ny riac and poured til
thought Ia got enough. thea drove do-n
BAL without AM patch 70 didn't take ne
lcns. When got al ready stepped out
hgain the Oh ssian beaded to-ar,I me for
another rush. ! saii. Nov. Ga rravlearl.
vel settle Up for these three days Of hard
-crs. and % take nv paw in moose mea,
= a. b. drove or. 7 gave hirn one this tine
far between thr ewes ~ settled dowo
ald rolled over in the snow Without 80 much
A. 7livcr. Oii Bu-k was scared into 81.
almost. anl IE tell you. boys. I Va eIaI
uys-li % get ost % 30 a. dL / vent %
~or< ani skinned him. did up he saddle
ia t.c hide. packed 90 al aaa, safe. All
tlsu begun 90 look around o. ,ee shrrg
"a. lor hAdn't thought much about that
tih theu. soon got nv points of compass.
anl struck through thr wood. toward Pen
llrton. Fourteen miles travel brought ne
int7 lau.bcF camp. wterc tlcrc sero tueu-
O. OF 'hiFty men getting pine logs out 10
The rivrr. % 60 down WITH the spring fresh
cts. They verc Jasi a. supper. and vas
ght glad to so d0un AM eat AM rest.
to.d t-em hal got moose back in the
woods. and that they sbouh have the fore
41arers. u they voali Lsip me bring out
ile res5 of is o. che laa.bcr road. They
agreed. nnl in the morning seven Of us
vent iu and got thc meat That moose
weighed about eleven LandTed sc.sht
lhus the cool-raturcd. honest hearted.
talkativ- guide hcgaiicd the tiule With
thousand Anecdotes q bis experience. s1e-
Ees,el 1y obIcc;s that met Us a. every step.
aud by this means shortened th- wav 90
uach that. before 10 va expected. a., raar
of cola River resched our ears. an q frr
aoments laisr the party iaid OF tloir pack,
upon its preeipitoas brink.
IL ~as hi-h noon. snd our iiunt having
given us all Keen Appetite. before getting
our 6shing tackle. ~c sat do~a upon the
rocks. and from The conients Of our knap-
SACKS made hearty repast
cold River. a this part q its course. is
succcssion oi NOISY cascalrs and rapiI..
relieved ly occasioaal reaches ana basins
of oaimer an deeper water. in which ,be
tide. fecked With rrsa, ratcbe. of foam.
rcst.ess.y ohaie. from shore O. shore. Az if
O. -ather strength inr the neHt hea-iang
leap. ii' decent BE- here 'aid 10 be more
than I've hundred feet 90 the nile
~ present ihe stream '' o. 10 lo~e't ebo'
Us ''.n' '"uI'''er -0"n among re rocks * 've'
% 'o-'n oi '' 'lFy ~hen swollen by ihe
"' 'l'- 'n'"' oi 'pring hut high uP in
~.''s OF i' o,s "aii'' ,r'i"o'd splinter
f4 AM anne iufn chaotic pI.fss aui marV