The Portland daily press., 1871-10-23

COUNTRY LIFE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
A village paper, printed in Cumberland
County, reported in its last weeks number a
Farmers Meeting, a "Hunting Match" and a
"Husking" besides giving ordinary attention
to singing schools, lectures. base bali and 9TH
er matters of local importance. To our mind
the effect is like that of "Georgies' and "Bu-
cocs" rolled into one. This faithful and mi
mute picture of country life appeals to the i'm
agloation good deal more powerfully than
the formal and affected pastorals OF most poets
of Theocritus himself, we are tempted to
say. Dull indeed must be his sensibities who
Is not moved by the following artless recital of
the deeds OF the participants in country
Hunting Match" to picture to himself the
stout yoemen "thrdding the boskage'' amid
the unutterable glories of the .all Landscape
the hilarity attending the counting, and es-
peclally the production of proof that poleeat
is among the slain-the fierce jealousies and
rivalries among the Bridgton Nimrods, as real
and as important to the persons concerned as
the quarrels of Fentou and Conl1ling or Butler
and the rest of mankind are to them, riyalries
that appear clear enough in the secession of
three comrads from one of the eontesting par
ties. And then the supper, ''the time honor
ed violin" and the dance Alas, how poetry
and art in these times go pottering about, all
over the world, in search of the picturesque,
and come to US in triumph with bit of trash
about Peasant Life 10 France or "rhe Arab
and his steed,' When far better material is
ready to their hand in the homely labors aad
pastimes of the sovereign kings, queens and
princes OF our Down East commonwe althi
But we can deprive our readers no longer of
the report, only slightly abridged, of the PIN
hood Hunting Match
The Hunting Match at Pinhoolx took blace
last Saturday, according to the original pro-
gramme. Those who proposed taking part in
the match met Friday evening at the above
named village and "chose-sdes" Orlando V.
Plaisted was elected to be one of the Captains
OF the Hunt" and Lyman Bradstreet the 9TH
er Each captain then proceeded alternately
to choose his men, after which written agree
ment was submitted aud adopted. By the
terms OF this agreement the game shot by the
members should count as follows:-striped
squirrel and wood pecker each count 5: red
and flying squirrel each 10; gray sauirrei and
partridge each 25; od-cock, pigeon, night
hawk, cuckoo, yellow hammer, blue Jay, piov-
er, blackb I'd aud king-fsher each 20; rabbit,
raceoon, skunk, weasel, woodchucb, muskrat
sable, welt, mink, porcupne and owl each 40;
fox, loon, and loupcervier each 100; hawks all
kinds, 20; duck, teal, crow and lophand each
so; wild goose and otter each IS; deer bear,
moose and catamount each 1000. And it was
agreed 1a iarthermore, nc tnat good substantial
SupPer sloulu oe iurniShed me Whoie COM
or az tne eose oi tne day sport, to be paid
good 'ie a. iense successi9l cess party 80 tar so
at nncn Gssemoied at the rally point, and then
the crack Of anns 70 me woods. All day long
by the ouee dweIsra Mas neard IN IN every direction
which to tho uninfnrnl1 l1 mat section, and
,hr;Ir nort ono unihorm was doubtless OF
era anain raiIi.S At PinHoc pG CLOCK E M. the hunt