Litchfield enquirer., 1878-10-10
SPORTING IN MAINE.
MIDWAY, MAINE, Sentemher 18th. 1878. :.

 September 2Sth, 1878. J + Mr. EditOr.-In all political, or non-pohtl- cai gatherings, it is customary for the chaiF- man to gracefully, and sometimes fatteringly introduce the speaker. This present gathering not having been able to elect chairman, It becomes the painful, and modest duty of the speaker to introduce himself and by way of doing so would refer you back to the. Sep tember issues of the Enquirer one year ago. You will there find partial record of the joys and sorrows experienced in the pine woods of Northern Michigan, by band of nine males who styled themselves 'huntersr from the town of Old Judea Now that immortal nine reached home safely and were all. honorably discharged, with the understanding that they would, if possible take similar trip this falL Accordingly the roll was called, seOne had married wife and therefore could not come, others had builded barns, &c. &c. Only two of the original number stood forth and an- swered, ''here." One other young man just blooming into manhood, tore himself ruthless ly away from all the earthly attractions which flesh is heir to, and subscribed himself among our number the first day the books were open- ell.
 MAINE-wARD.
 | We all agreed to visit the Maine Woods, this time, one of our number having spent two years in that section, hunting and trapping, of course is well fitted for guide. He proposed taking us to his old camp, near the foot of Mt. Kataidin This is much the widest section of Maine and the least accessible of any part, but the wilaness of the scenery, the hunting and fishing and the views from the summit of Mt. Katahdin led us to decide upon taking just this trip. Our party, to be just right, ought to be composed of four members but that fourth man not being forthcoming and in order to make the number good, decided to go along and personate that individual, acting as sort of fourth class shorthand reporter. General Grant has set the example by taking the Herald reporter along in hls travels abroad i; so, if our reporter proves to be a 'confounded nuisance" /" it's not our fault, fer we took him so as to be able to fellow good example, and all Sunday school books will bear us out in it, even if we fail in producing good results.
 All the arrangements having been made one of the veterans of our Michigan trip kindly volunteered to drive us to Terryville where, at S45 on the morning of.the 27th ult., we took cars for Boston via. Hartford and Spring field. The Hub" was reached at D. m., ] and at 5:3O we set sail for Bangor by the steamer Katahdin. Had a delightful sail out of Boston just as the sun was setting, darkness setting in just as we lost sight of land.
 The first four hours we were remarkably calm, and were eongratulating ourselves upon having good nights rest, when. upon going out for ward, we found the wind whistling in the rig ging pretty sharply. It was not long before Old Ocean began to wake up to realizing sense of her duty. Our vessel began to pitch and plunge in way not at all pleasing, from an economical point of view, to say the least, for we had just partaken of rather expensive and high-toned supper in honor of our first in- oiOAuSoAOu Uo CAC 1AIIouIiC. HI oilOlt, GuC HULL ey invested therein at one time reminded us of the tradesman's motto, ''Quick returns and small profts'' We hunted up our hunks about as quick as we could, and by assuming strict ly horizontal position, passed very comforta- ble night, considering that the Pilot said in the morning that he called it pretty rough night. At daylight we were just rounding into the mouth. of the Penobscot river.
 The sail up was grand. The river from its mouth to Bangor Ca distance of 100 miles) is perhaps little smaller than the Hudson. The scenery of course is of 8 different character from that of the Hudson, but to us it seemed more interesting. The banks are mostly rocky and very abrupt. Our steamer at times ran so near the wall-like banks that one could al- most jump on shore. The river is very deep and the largest steamers run to Bangor without the least trouble. ... BUCKsPoRT.
 BuckspOrt, about 20 miles below Bangor, is next to the largest place on the river, and is the winter terminus of the Bangor steamers. Almost the entire business of the place is ship building, which is very dull at present. We saw vessels in all stages of building, some of n Ai-. |. I cksn