The Republican journal., 1875-11-04


cold bed, till we finally gave up and seating
| ourself on log, finished our task of washing
the remaining dishes in total darkness, and
when Sam returned, there he found us looking
as disconsolate as a clam with the neuralgia.
With stick here and chip there, Sam soon
had fire roaring, which lighted up the scene.
We instinctively gaZed at him to see if there
was ANYTHING supernatural looking about him,
but there he stood as unconscious of the feat he
had accomplished, as though he had done moth
ing. Our bump of respect for him swelled up
as big as a ruta-baga turnip. Few men there
are but what can learn to turn a grindstone.
Men of medium intelligence get into the legis
lature, and fill high places i'll the nations as
senblies, but a man who can go into the woods
when 1t is raining, cut green wood, start il good
lire, and get supper in 45 minutes, ought to
have paper collar named for him. and be
chromoed and given away with packages of
fine cut chewing tobacco. While at Williams
stream we visited a beaver dam, and won
dertul piece of work it was too. Built Of sticks
set up ON end, and interviewer with twigs and
plastered with mud, it was as tight as anybody
we ever helped home. Some of the brches
they had cut off with their teeth, We're over
| four inches in diameter. For fear we should
| not believe this statement when we wrote it,
we brought home piece of an alder that they
cut simply to look at occas ionaIly as we wrote,
| and if any one doubts our statement we can
| show him the travelling bag we brought it
| home in The dam was not built straight
| across the stream, but on curve, the better to
| resist the pressure of the water. We stood and
gazed at this piece of engineering that had been
| done by animals, that had never seen Il pull
| back dress in their lives, or heard of Hannibal
| IIamin, and yet could dam us well as if they
| had enjoyed all the facilities for swearing that
are freely offered to every American youth.
| As we looked at their work, we could not heip
| thinking how contoundedly it was raining, and
how wet we werc and we returned to camp as
soaked through as though we had been lowed
| across the Atlantic ocean, behind a Cunard
steamer.
What strikes one Us singular at MOOSchetd
| Lake is the absence Of lumber. Our idea of
| the lumber regions was, that pine lands were
| like corn fields, and that when the trees that
| were fit for lumber had been cut of, that the
land was comparatively bare. But there is
| not and never has been any pine lumber of any
| amount there. All the pine trees that arc cut
are far inland. and are run down the rivers that
| empty into the lake, and then RATED down to the
| kcnncbcc outlet, through The DAM and thence
| down the river. Even in the pine regions, the
trees that are fit for saving are few and far be-
| tween, as is said of angels visits. We never
| had much experience with angels, but we can
| answer for the other. The wood about the
| lake consists of spruce, tir, hcmock, beech
| birch, and maple, with an occasional pine, and
| there is no distinguishable difference from the
forests i'll this vicinity, only that they extend
! over more territory. The water of the lake is
! very pure, and if one enjoys drinking water at
! all, he can find as much enjoyment here as he
can hold and more too. The face of the lake
| is dotted with islands, and it is claimed that
| there is one for every day i'll the year, except
| leap yea. We did not count them all, but
| should say that three hundred would cover the
| amount. Some of them are of immense size.
| Sugar Island is over five miles long, and con-
| tains upwards of 5000 acres, and Deer Island
| about 5000; then dotted here and there are
| islands of smaller dimensions, down to the size
| Of buckWhcat cake. The lake is about forty
| miles long, by from five to ten miles wide,
though in one place, from Spencer Bay to the
| kennebec outlet it is fifteen miles wide. The
| best places for trolling are at the foot of the
lake, where you only get lakcrs as rule, but
/ in some cases a nice brook trout. Spencer and
| Lilly Bay thoroughfare, North Bay, and the
| North West Carry. For still fishing, the North
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| and surest places to go. When the wafer is
| low, Williams Stream, Roach River, North
| West Garry Brook, and Moose River, will al
ways furnish good sport for the angler.
| Effects of the Gale.
PORTLAND. Oct 81 The storm was
very severe here Saturday night The
| house of Mr.. Reed in Deering, nearly COM
| pleted was blown down; signs, awnings,
| gas-lights, etc, were demolished. In the
| harbor quite q number of vessels We're in
jured. The schooner Alice Norwood,
from Gloucester, was forced against the
Grand Trunk wharf and had her bowsprit
| broken short off The schooners Henry
Clay and Ida May parted their chains and
| went ashore near the same wharf, but
were pulled off this morning by tugs. The
Ida May had her bow stove in and her
stern smashed down to the waters edge
| The sloop Active ran into tie schooner
Carrie, staving off her top rail, breaking
| the jib boom and carrying away the bow
spirit. The schooners Elijah and Eagle
ran aground. The Ida &. Spotlord had her
bulwarks dam aged by collision with an
| other vessel The Sea Witch ran into the
brig LA, taking away her lanyards and
main rigging. She ran into two tugs and
other schooners before being secured. The
| Maggie w. Willard collided with the Geo
| w. Pierce and had her rail badly broken
| A number of other schooners, small steam
ers etc, received injury by chatting against
! the WharveS. No Boston boat went ont
| or arrived. The Halifax steamer Chase
| did not sail until this forenoon. 1t was
| the most fearful storm experienced on the
| coast Tor years.
| SACo, Oct 81. The schooner Marscil-
| les, Remick, from Boston tor Ellsworth,
| went ashore on Stage Island, inside Wood
| Island light, about 10 80 last night dur
| ing the severe gale. She came to anchor
| inside last Thursday night and during the
| gale parted one chain, broke the shank of
| the other anchor and ran ashore on the
| rocks. She is bilgeu, with rudder, stern
| post and principle part of the keel gone.
The sails and rigging will probably be
saved, but her hull will prove total loss
| She is $50 tons burden and owned by Cap
tain Remick and others of Ellsworth. She
was built at Bucksport in 1910, but was
newly topped three years since. Loss 81
| 500; no insurance. The crew were saved
| The rise OF water here owing to the gale
is very great, and to-day Poor Island is
submerged. The tides are very high, flow
ing upon the wharves. At midnight the
gale was fearful, and one pinnacle of St.
Josephs French Catholic church was
| blown off.
BATH, Oct. 81. \ heavy easterly rain
accompanied by a gale, Prevailed here
nearly all last night. Vessels in the river
dragged their anchor, and the schooner
| f. r. Emerson dritted on the flats near
railroad wharf but came of without dam
ape and proceeded ND river day.