St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-05-03
OUE NEW POSSESSIONS,

OUE NEW PossEssIoxs,
G6= Y. IL ls5= ". FEoN GEEzSyIcH.
DEAR Misunderstanding word from
Mr.. Seward, when | was last in Wash
ington, that there would probably be
some new voters added to our population
in less than sixty days-Mr. Seward :
usual reconstruction time-and that the
said voters could be found in a neirhbor-
hood far north of ''iifty-four forty or fight"
| FASTENED up here TO see how the news
would be received when they heard
heard they had been transferred from the
dominion of the Autocrat of all the Rus
Sia> 10 be free and independent subjects
of the Great American Republic.
l must speak in the highest terms of
the fratcrnizing qualities of the natives
found here. Soon after | landed from
the Northwest Fur Company's steamer |
was received with open arms Here is 4
picture of the correspondent in the fond
embrace Of polar bear. by the princi-
pal native OF that section, who pressed me
very harl to stay with him. though had
purposcd getting back 70 the steamer that
night
On the coast | found the climate of a
nature that Is called bracing. and | should
think for summer residence il i all that
would be required. They have ice in
abundance all the wear round the ham
lets, cities, and bergs are all ice, and the
Governor or Magistrate Is called the Ice
berger, As far As the eye could reach
the fields were lrLite with the harvest, and
the ice-crop was very promising The
fishing privileges seemed TO be unequaled.
the fish bite quite freely, and amateurs
afford them apparently a great deal of
sport | found it very difficult to keep
ont of their way.
The Russian settlement here on the
Island Of Sitka Is an enterpri>ing place
Picture OF an ESquinlau hut and two
scrub pines. The wooded tract" Mr..
Seward speaks OF Is this year very back
ward. and from appearances l should say
the woodmen will have poor crop :;
there i no occasion for any one TO sing
" Woodman, spare that treel" As they
are spare enough already. At this place
| had some dealings with the talking na-
tives, and | made an arrangement with
the hotel-keeper of the place TO feed me ):
the contract was net in writing. although
the landlord set the official seal TO the
agreement. Cut of a seal on an iceberg.
| had no reason TO complain of his not
keeping his bargain: only wish be had
also kept his food, as his cooking and in
gredients were alike rare.
\ wonderful thing in this new land of
ours is the cattle; Picture of two wal
ruses on cake of ice they lie all day
croSs-leg-ed on cakes of ice, and sup
pose they give iee-eream, on account of
their peculiar cool pasturage; their horns
grow down instead of up, and their tails
have no provision for brushing off flies,
as both flies and mosquitoes are quite un-
known Worms do not infest the foliage.
neither are there continual cOmplainings
about the late frost killing the peaches,
that source of such annual worriment in
MANY of the Atlantic States
| have attended many ward meetings
in New York, but never saw such ''spout-
ing" as | have witnessed among the big
fish III this country and if there should
come a time when 4 crush to the poll "
would be sounded, the North Pole offers
all the advantages the natives desire.
At present, on account of the thinly
clad and settled condition of the country,
there is great GOODNESS between every
body, which is truly painful to the new
conner; and although the sites for Z" skat-
ing rinks" are plentiful, yet, owing to a
want of eoDgeniality among the natives,
there have been none established. The
chief occupation Of the natives seems to