Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-12-02
VI L sc T. I. l. A NY.
from iAs Iiarns Juuruai
Two MONTHS IN THE FOREST
~ IoHN e. rFNrON

~ f.AAt -tfftArlif-A EIrr asI Iiernf 80
N'gf-Tts D. at k~r Fau-us-St,.-
ring "a HolCtir>.
One morning. no, long after our uirht
hunt Al South fosd Csry sad. e. n vou r.
a mind 20 oone With me two or ,hrre milk,
do-n TIE lake. III sho- you something ,ou
don'' ofsea so - long a. I've been IN the
woods. ] never az ii more than once or
t~ice
d" What is ,hAt uncommon sight. Cary.
pray
" IL. dos. -ith hsr fa-u, in cover. I
ran Across fhe 'poi day or to az D. A.
eden;
Aiter br,aSfass Ne crossed The lake. and
The Old bsnter I'D ,he ~ay do-n tAs .bor,
about tvo miles. vhcn be turned asav from
tie lake into a deep ravine. the coarse of
'Pung torrent. bot nov = rner, riH triek-
icd do-n anoug tbe white-poli.bed boull-
ers- Our ~sy nov led up The bed of the
strrau. iu -hich - made Bat tir-so-ae p-5-
gress stepping ani jsmping from rock 10
rock over The shallow -afer rbo wan. II
III ra'inc ~,r~ quite prvcipitou, aal dense
. iy chd vith sapling frs. Eser and anon a
90 Am Il dr'is -ood. Piied BY the torrent
many feet overhead. opposed our-.dvaucs.
ant co-t severe csors % surmoant or
crs~l beneath it.
Ibervl'a AXE sail Cary. "t'other
sisie q this r.ouutain or our rirht. a. the
'auic ore Captain Peter talked - o. you
tothcr night. IL has al-ays ben trsin.
60 g. over there ever since I kno-od han.
bug De- never does. u Amt qulic 80 bi. a.
South Pond. bat it never hai any uaule a.
ever kne- o. Wei. Iast hu. late. three
yoang msu sent over thcrc Ca a hant FOR
deer. ltvss ia.t fr--zing. snS -, -as raak-
ing IN thc lake. TIE amp Va. on thc 9th
- siic frum ~hcrr th-y .tru-k ihs lakc
Rather thAn ioot q around. they undertook
O. - across. parks. naes. All all. lu an
old rotten skih that somebody had built and
lcit there years ago. Thsy coaiiat mak-
mueA LcA.iway through the making ice. ths
hoat had bcyun O. ieak faster an faster.
ard a. ast to % them had o. take % bsil-
rng 1gt the water vith their has. While ths
other oac palled ihc crary thiu. shroseb
tbe lce thc best b, could. lt ~oaiJut 10 4.
thc beat berun O. .cttl- unt~r them thcv
ihrcw olt their packs anl az iast their r.
he'. aiso. bat tie roitca tbing sunk forty
ro'is from shore it~as = harl spot in
that eoii -ai-r ani au,on~,t ioe that broke
a. fast a. ihes got hoI Off. Twoo oftheai
sent do~u before ihey c1aH 90 Ashore /.
tbe other one ga out. bot higher d-ad ihaa
alive. 81 -ot thrpugh % nv house. and I
vet over 18th some iunherurn and got
olt the bodies Their ihrce riles Iav oa
ihs bottom yet 'iaint likely they would b.
gooi for mech no- q thy could BE- f.hei
op
buring Cary's narrative. we have been
iahonnc sP the ngrcd ascent. and have
nou r-sch-I q i.vai ia iAs zas-c. uli-h
turning o. the ieh before long terminates
jess rusZei. bees rocky valley. so 1easeIv
stud1ed 18th spruce All hr sspling. that
the go can r.cn-frafs bot f.~ fret in 81
fher iirectior. !. - .pot % the most
. perfect see.lsion.
+ " We ha.a't <ot far io 10 Bou. ~ saiI Carv /.
"th- cover sint more than q has.lr-d rol
further up this hoiiow I've brought YOU
lp on this siie bccas-c the ~iud chs morn.
iog b. dovn the run tovaris us. ~s car get
pretty nigh The cover 4 -e src .tHl snd
rarefI-
Parting che Icnse tra,Iinr b,arhs D.. f,-.