Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-17


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summer Romano.
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We were in camp -u Long Lake. in
Northern New York. IN August. the worst
month In the year for trout-unle,s you
Iapten To- De there some other month-and
this make INV little adventure the more re-
markahe Long Lake Is sort of highway
Of travel. easy Of access for ladies. and
very pretty lake. a- scenery in that country
g5c--a region very tame compared with the
AdironIack- II Is very damp country.
i9t yol cam q, about almost everywhere in
boats without wettiug Your feet. except on
tbc.- ,arry- which are always muddy for
Il rains there all that portion of the wear
when it does not SNOW
We were waiting one dav at Mother
.lohu-sn-- Oarry-tor although Mother
johnson hasa husband. it Is her carry. be
cause she make- the best fapiacks in that
.,uutr,-fr the slow oxen to drag our
boats over the mile and half of mud and
stones ,aleda road. Mr. johnson drives
ihc oxen. hut be Is even slower than they
are ! am confident that it would facilitate
TRANSPORTATION If Mother johnson should
take The whip. but that would bring Mr.
johnson into the home deualtment. and il Is
certain that the cakes would never rise if
ever johnson mixed 'em. He Is 50 slow
ab5nr rising himself If ever ] am drawn
TO execution myself. / hope thar Mr.. John
SON oxen viii drag the cart. and that he
viii drive them. If the distance were con-
sidcra BE. It would be as good a~ perma-
nent s,av of execution.
was waiting for thosroxen when picked
up Mr. Nuravt work of the Imagination
relating to this region. which is misuamed
D." 4 Guide To the Adirondacks,' and be
came interested in one of his simple uarra-
rives ofconibat with the fierce and sanguina-
~ front which infeSt these waters Mr. Mur-
ray's fault as descriptive writer l. a want
of color. he paints everything with such a
severe simplicity. that it needs much imagi-
nation IN the reader to comprehend the
achievements Of the writer. OF the peril to
which be constantly and wreckle-Sly exposes
himself There ought TO DE little exagger-
alton of language. In order TO place scenes
more yividlv before the reader Still | was
interested in Mr.. MurIav'- quiet and unaS-
~uming account of fierce battle he had
with some front in Namcles- Pond though
INV imaoination wa. aided bv a uicture of
crman standins in his boat. holdinp, the butt
of his pole away from him. 50 that the tip
bends down nearly Ia his hand under the
strain on the line of the advancing fish
Thi. Is called - giving him the bun. " In
tbi. casa however th. 6sb-a ri-antic
traut-ha- srrgur ont of the water some six
feet. a. front are ant to DO when their pas
sious are rouspl and Is aying throuehfhe air
STRAIGHT far the fisherman whose hat has
s,llen r.-mirtir., his hair ~ rise in terror
M. avai ,,r,rrgdino -, tbot he copld ban,r his
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