Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-12-13
How LOggerS Live.


Three hundred men will cover and Gu,
Il section f about three miles square.
taking off over sixty thousand logs which
would measure about ten millions feet
each season. Work beg ins ut d;tvnmht
and ends at dark; and when the days
ltnglhcn or the moon t:tvor> a longer twi-
light or earlier morn, the men get the ben
cht in longer working hours On the
river, when the drive is started, work BE
gins At three O'Clock in the morning. and
ends at nine in the evening. the men hav
ing five mc;ls-b.eaktasl at six, lunch II
nine, dinner at twelve, supper al five and
tea ut nlnc. The meals consist ot pork
and beans, corn bread, molas>ts cake and
tea or coffee.
No stint is given to u mans appetite
The fare, such as it is, is abundtnt monot-
onous nutritious and cheap. A cook is
provided for every fifty men. The beans
are generally She large white bush bean,
parboi!ed in pots holding halt i bu~hrl,
then ten pound, Of pork is set in tl.e mid
die of the bean, in the pot, Il qltrttr OF a
pint Of molas>cS is poured in. then the pot
is set in Il hole surroundtd by hot ashes
and burning charcoal. the top covered
with II s,onc. over which u heavy wood
fire i, built; and here thev stay from five
to EIGHT hours, coming out u most paltlable
dish. All the bathing i, done in rndrly
constructed stone ovens. which are heated.
before The dough is mixed. with a good
wood fire The lU:l>c> Of biscuit or cake
are set upon the hot stones, ana are cook
ed quickly anl thoro, ghly.
/ \ cam, of three hundred men viii con
.unr ,I,,Iv tnur hn,el, Of l,.1us. half :,
hnr,l 81 ,nrl onn h,,,I of h,ur' half =;
h,rr.l ,,f mr.,l n-,,,1rr of = barre, of 81
.,nI ,,y.. n.'I,in, If mnI.,,,,s The men
are ,nr,mn.I in tents. u1,h,nr their beds
,,f Lnn.rI,. vh,l. 1h.ir rxn, rlorhinr-a
,,,;,. ,t dn,.L ov,r.ls vnnIrn >hi,t and
w., ~, ot wn,1'.n .n..t. II, ken, N ,u
Old Grain ,.,rk and u.,.I As =, r!llow al
XIX
III. S,bb,lh in thc wood, is ALWAYS a
d,,. ,,r .L.,r,.,iu., ~, ,n.udjuu ~jrd-.
,.i,.;,.., WINS In ,.L,rl,.. .4,rjn,, on :.
,,.!,, ,..nr,ny snnr h,n,li,.r 10 1h. cuIlluu in
,,.. y,,,,. ,,t l.,i,,., ,u IN. uId curr,,
>yhi,b wn,l1 GROW ont If In. congre.,:.li. n
If l,r.r 7,Iv of men. All w,Il-rvr-
,,.,,,.l ,.F7,,,. ..>,..r,.,,,.- manor The work
n..in, n.u,IIy tiuy +, 1vn hnn,lrc.I mil ,
t,,.,I .,n,. >,.it!,.u,u, and 1h,. men uol be
,,,I'I unriI ,I,. end Of ih,. season. rhrr,
7,t,I,. ;u,,n,..u,nt f,,r amy >m.culalor 4.
n.l,I,..,,,, lI.r,,,,.,h th,. v,ut-. u for tn,
t,,.n tn >,,.,rnl. # ,rvwhcr,. in search u
!,
III. .op>u,,n,ion nf axe, !, enormous
l,.ri,., p, mnu.h II. An. a h .n,ilr :tbuu
NM. .>rs ar. ii .rl.nc,
,'liv s,,n,. r,uns l,yIn.r regular sharp
..m,.r. vhll. ,fl'.r, req urr ,.ch man /.
..rn mi. nvn.,\ IN order The u.A axe.
| ,r. never collected tor tie Junk ,e.tler
,h,. ,I.f,n,Dtn ,u,p lh N irill. almost tu,
: .r..,t 10 u.h,u an ,run..mi,.,l mlr.,-or,-
: Wuo,Ir,.u ,,n,.r;,ll1 con>lIvr spruce hard
I4r un,>,, Ih,,u ,Itt,r bl, IA on pine In
/ .,um IN Il rul, out ol :, spruce lI,, j. uil'I
i fnuud I.,rd ,noi.ah 10 chip tie cd.c oi a
i X when striking through IT,
K III. -,,i,s Of axes uitl..r with nntjon,,li
. tirs. a Canadian chop CT prrl"rlinG
: broad -ou,rr bl ,,lr. Nil. the weight NOR
e in .n,. h ',l,. lh,n ,l>rN here, the h tndlt
/, h..;,,,, short and thick. A down East lo4
ser. on,. from N,inr. selects /, lone mario,
r Head 1h,. blad,. in crescent shape. tn
: h,,xi,.,l pa,t in Tie t y of the head ;,bpv
{ rL..,.y. New York cutters select :, bro:,,
rr,.c,ut-> >hap. Il blade the whole he,,
rather shorf. and The Wei n; ba|tnc,
e .x.u1v above and below tn. eye; th,t !
:, vh.r,. ,h,. b,nIl. GOES lhruuuh \ We>
N ,ru lackwouLsman selects a lonr bl,d