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Bio Wolf PosD. ADIRoSDAcKs, Aug 20.
Dan Fro Prs.
Iwri.e you this up amongst the mountains OF
the S,rsusc, here in Ills sanctuary Of the :or-
est, the hsgzt Of the deer an beer with tie
grand Old forest trces booking down upon Inc,
the sunlight deakuz the grouni with moving
shaiou1 az /, dA.ts through their arches and
gili. trunk ard stem with glory. The wind
sigbs through the piues, moaning Snd wailing
and rutil g the bJa9m Of the lake as 1t sweeps
a,ro,s it, IN eagle il wheeling and circiing far
up over our head, crane stands leg deep Il
wster. statue like for it, prey. \ flock Of ducks
are diving aud playing anongSt yonder tuii Of
rushcs and evidently eyeng me with ruspicion.
Nowa trout breaks the surface Of the pond as
he riscs Lf,cr fig, row his yellow sides glisten
and the wster drops sparkle like diamonds.
Now the breeze har liel Avsy and Ike mir
ror lie, the pond, tic rocks brown and moSs7,
the iAik crlen Foliage O! tie pine and tsmArack,
the withe7ed and burut Old tree trunks, once
rlonsrchs Of the flresi, al sre clesrly reflected
in the water, dark snd smbe-, broken here aud
there by patches Of blue ana grey Of the SKY.
Af.r off in a blue unlulailng ike, the dis
t.nt mount.ins melting into the sky. It is
glorious this mountain scenery. Oh thst
had my paints and brushes that might trans
fer this beautiful scene 10 canvas, to shov ny
friends in Brooklyn that do not ezsggerste the
descriptions have given Of this beautiful re-
zion, but alas | mus; say with regret thSt l
prefer when here, to grasp the ri1e rather thsn
the brush
Il is elc.idas iadeei 20 be bere lar away from |
the dusty, busting city, With the Thermometer
amongst the nineiies and the people sveltsriug
il the heat. sni then to fad oaes sell shen the |
cool atmosphere often nesesatstes the use Of an
overcost, AMI when one can expand his luuga To /
their fullest extent and know that he is breath |
ing The air that God made, without tsing sial- /
iersel by the noxious vspors produced by man. /
This Wild sense Of freedom and unreslrsint /
when We dreTs IS We please with theGtmost free 4
dom, and sing and hsll5s until the woods ring .
back our voices in long reyerbersting echoes from
toilet and the cedar bough for bel. we noel no 1
barber or chsmbermai1.
Our camp nsstes in Jonder point and We
keep house in good style, cur fare has been for (
this trip, broiei and stewel venison, carIaut
Jelly, broilei and baked trout, canned sppls,
beans canned milk, broed partridge, corn, to-
mAtoes hot biscuits, hot grildle cakes, chow
chow. hot potatoes, coffee tea and chocolate
Some people may think it unnecessary to lake
% much into the woods, bat believe that one
,hould not depart too sbruptiy from their own
city table to the rough fare OF the wilderness,
hence these feS articles smooth tie veg wonder
fully.
Our psr;Y consists Of ise as COOL fellows as
ever went into the woods, ready TO rough it snd
TO rick together through sunshine and storm
First comes an ex-member Of Congress from
Brooklyn. merchant from New York, rising
young lawyer, student, t0n Of one Of Brook
lyn's greatest contractors, and lssily your hun
bic servant, artist and scr.bb.er 81 your service,
FIVE in sll. all much in love with the woods AMI
lakes You should see us at night around. sitter
the hunt The camp fire. with lite huge blazing
logs, sending sparks Up anon st the tree tops,
which stani ont clear sgainst the inky black
ness Of the forest and casting groie,que shadows
around which causes one to look half feG-tuly
over his shoulder as if in expectation Of meeting
piled sgainst the tree and shining full in cur
i,ces unsh,yen, and our figures clad in hunting
costume of gray flannel shirt, heavy pants and
boots and rough coats, around cur waist belt
with hunting knife and cartridge box, the whole
surmounted by : wide brimmed felt hat. truly
we lock brigsndish IS we tit and recline in q
louDsiDg position Many's the Joke snd story
ihst goes around, the guides giving Us now and
then s hunting yarn Of how that deer wss ruu
and that tear Was shot and Dsnther freed SID
d" he wss a screecher by goi, and measured
just nine feet from tip to tip. How that ar
nal bear Sss such fool ~ to set MS paw in thst
AIe trap And bow that city chap with ali bis
pO0'y clothes or who thort ss how he 70
,m.rt in ttAndin up in Ssrknsc boat, ard how
be went il under the boat and | swoW but he
looked like chicken with its tail feathers We:,
and how that fat old fellow with the red noe
who padded up to deer and who tux 4
drink every rod, aud who thought them war two
deer, AMI the knowing young chap who had
slaughtered tigers and brss in furrin countries,
and who wanted to ttsrt deer out Of the win
dow Of hit hotel, and who when padded him
up to deer trembe1 so be shook the boat and
b!kzed away hitting the mountain away up, and
w.r such cussed fool, and how | chucked
young spng's hair dye overheard snd how his
,Dus,ache vas ysller cats tail color arter,"
and the old feller that | watched arter a deer
with, that weighed chuck $50 and who ttsried
when seed deer swimmiu, and jumped
inter the boat, swamped Ter and pulled around
in the lake ike old cox. and how the mus-
quitoes spilled thSt city gals purity face and
pulled il out all on one side, and hoS she shot a
deer and thought it sech SshAue 10 ,hoot them
All these with the jolly hearty meal, the row,
the hunt and fth, aud the lying awake while
your comrades are GSleep, and watching tic .
s;sr, gi,tering il the sky through the tree tops
cutting shSrp sgsirst il, the ,mouldering FIRE
logs ,putieiiug and Pickering, and listen to the !
boot Of the owl and bark of the fox, while sf.r
oG il the lake rings out the clarion note Of the
loon and anon his Wild weird laugh floats out
like tie vail Of lost one The rising Of the
morning Sun radiant from its bed crimson and |
gold, the mist melting awsy from before iis rays
and revealing charming pictures, its setting in
purple and grey with the violet twilight and
the full orbed moon with lite silyery wske scrots
the lake, the Tippes wsying and flashing like
silver sheen, produce scenes that live long in
the memory, and which sre recalled with plea
sure.
II more people would Wait thete woods instead .
Of Saratoga and Long Branch they would find a
more pleasure real and true, and gain more 81
health ihSn dswdling in those h.unis of fashion:
but must close asIhe call Of my comrades to '
dinner and must away.
You're, CHAs. C. MAnKHNd d