The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-02
GLeGttdtiaeneex
Gossip About the Moods and
their DenfzenS.
The Fore.l DonaLs % SO YOrk.

their DenlLellS.
The Forest DOmuiu OF New York.
By LAURENCE suASEET. IN lie Seu YsiE Post
No State in the Union hSs a more mag
niAceni forest domain than New YORK
Looking from the tops Of her mighty
mountains one seea forests bounded Only
by the misty hills along the hotIOn
Lakes seem 10 nestle in every hollow, and
streams where waters gather to the HOd'
son or ST Lawrence spring from every
| hill side. The streams abound in Jlsh, the
forests with Wild animals II Is ditcnli
for one who has not seen Tor himself 70
CIedit the assertion that these inEesA are
like Well-iruldtn sheep pastures, scanned
far and near With paths worn deep win
small shnrp.pointed hoofs. The Lhinly
wooded hill tops OF mUunIAin sides are
covered with luxuriAns growth Of sd
dap0 rirodufsd, the golden rod Of the hills.
The deep moss Is inieTlAced with the most
delicately aromatic Of plants, CaE4g.aui
hi1piduld, and the iAiry.like A11Lc' T'o1aha
Is literally everywhere.
Spring. spots in the deep sponge-llEe
moss abound in familiar plants and grass
e, Of which Phelum dlpiBum Is Of the
zane family as our cultivated hsrtsEraSA,
In these spots moose arc more likely 70
feed than deer. In such q spot saw their
tracks last year. One can scarcely repFeSs
thrill Of delight At sight Of that broad
cle(t-hoof track. II is the track Of Q
creature 80 rare with us as 70 be nearly
extinct. But few eyes have seen Il In the
Empire State, and standing beside I on q
Iofty mountain side, in a tAngle Of reed
mace, rank veratrums and leonuruS AStray
from cultivated lands, token OF the winter
geanings Of the chiCSAdee, who tWltlered
at me from low spruce near by look
ed out with kccner interest at he great
forest valley beyond. There was no visi.
bic sign that human being lad ever
penetrated It's depths. Neither thu axe or
| IRE Ind broken the surface Of that sea Of
foliage stretching away into the blue OF
the distant hills, Two magnificent lakes
shOne like silver in the sunlight, md the
course Of streams could be tracedby the
deCiduous trees along their banks.
So dense Is the mass Of tree top over
head that the sun seldom shines upn the
Garth. md one has to have actual eXperi'
ence oft TO know the stcamlng, breath.
less warmth Of those shaded woodlands in
July and August. COlorleas plans like
the monotropas and brOOmrApes Dound,
with endless varieties Of wonderful and
beautiful fungi. The canoe birch iiits its
rosy.tinted SHAFT to the archcd AM cano-
pied roof, BY the side Of pines whae LOFTY
tons vihratG with perpetual music swift
streams abound, and magnificent range
covering nearly all Of two and part o.
ono or more counties, isOpen To IL ohotce.
But ii this hollow west OF Dis Peak
away to Mount Marcy is the pandSe Of
the moose.
Tho red deer, more easily adapted TO
circumstances, loves the edges o. wood
lands and cultivated fields. II hasa liking
for grim, and being tho dnntiest o)tecders
prefers an oat or clover field to TIC rough
browse OF the hills. Tender tultsof acid
Young beech, or aromatic birch lAVcs, II
culls along tho edges of clearing. Sue.
culent sprouts OF Indian corn, or Een the
ripc grain, Is not despised. III fact, IL
dogs could be kept from the foods q
greater mart Of the year, deer wOuR hnunt
our cultivated fields In such numhrs as to
aslonish ind perhaps annoy their owners
| have myself seen them feeding among
cattle in an open field, and know more
than one case in which doc with iawn
has lived about u farm through TIL whole
Of the season, coming into the orchards
and meadows at night. As the deer,
when undisturbed, feed In little groups,
and continue to haunt the same places TOR
wears in succession, nothing seems caseF
than that they should increase in numNr'
To that end some enforcement Of lf~
is required. The halt.grOwn lout whGG
only possession is murderOus gun should
lose the privilege Of using It for a ilSs
crime than shooting partridge on lnr
most or a doc with young. What pnnih'
mcnt should he accorded to those cocKlluy
sports who net and drive trout brooks,
slaughter deer in season and out Of scAsen,
and otherwise display their hRlCbutc!er
and hall.poacher prOpcndIies, It Is hnr4to
say. II should be neither light Ur plGIS'
ant, ff.t5L... /, y i
The tinidity aid habitual caution Of
the deer teaches it 70 keep in the tracki Of
its fellows Us much rs possible. llelcc
tho well worn paths In the woods It re-
0uents, 1t also feeds but little in pltcc,
nIhhlinC little hero and therC, 80 tlat
An unacc,stomed eye would fail 10 SEQ
their traces even on their hNbItual fed.
inc ground. A deer may 10 driven. by
dogs back md forth very near To OAcr
deer, without starting them. The can
ming creatures lie low in hOllOws, gener.
0Ily dropping where they stand, I'LL tho
hunt goes BY, 1.-THE deer pursued can
Join Il herd Of cattlcO a number Of people
together, 1t will do 80, In order to throw
Of the scent. IhavG had one come with
IN six feet Of me, and turn at right angles
and away like the wind Its q very COM
mon thing for them to run up TOT group
az men At work in field, loiter around
them for moment, and finally strike Oft
In another direction The bay Of hounds
sooneD or later explains their apparent
GeaTlCasncss.
The beautiful rutfed grouse has so many
other enemies than man that no parttcu'
lnr increase can bchoped tor. Yet when
StlIc bird chooses to Conilde in man 80 much
ma 70 build her nest by wall or roadside,
II should he o sOrc offence against Inv TO
disturb her. The grouse Is not so tlmid a
bird as might DO supposed from its rettr-
inC habits. I have dropped from rock
70 u lealy hollow within foot Of a bird
sitting on her nest without seeing her, 50
near Is her plumagc the color Of the leaves
about her Amer I discovered her the
res, Of my party came up, and jumped
down after me. could not see that the