Litchfield enquirer., 1879-08-07
Calling a Moose.
A NIGHTS EXPERIENCE IN CANADA.


 It was g most lovely evening. It wanted but about half an hour to sundown, and all was perfectly still. There was not the slight est sound of anything moving in the forest ex- cept that of the unfrequent flight of a moose bird close by. And so 1 sat watching that most glorious transformation scene, the change day into night; saw the great sun sink slowly down behind the pine trees; saw the few clouds that lowered moti0nless above me blaze into the color of bright burnished gold saw the whole atmosphere become glorious with sofh yellow light, gradually dying out as the night crept on, till only in the western sky there fingered faint glow fading into pale, cold apple green, against which the pines stood out as black as midnight and as sharply defin- ed as though cut out of steel. As the dark ness deepened young crescent moon shone out pale and clear, with glttering star lit- tie below the lower horn, and above her an- other star of lesser magnitude It looked as though a supernatural iewel--a heavenly pen daut, two great diamond selitaires and a dia- mond crescent-were hanging in the western sky. After while the moon, too sank be- hind the trees, and darkness fell upon the earth. lt4 7a f'k1' 'Hi l3 'r
 know of nothing more enchanting than a perfectly calm and silent autumnal sunset in the woods unless it be the sunrise, which to my mind is more lovely still. Sunset is beau
 
 full of life, happiness and hope. I love to watch the stars begin to fade, to see the first faint white light clear up the darkness of the eastern sky, and gradually deepen into the glorious coloring that heralds the approach ing sun. 1 love to see nature awake shudder- ing, surcharged with blood. owing, presume, to all the faculties being concentrated on a sin gle sense, that one seems to hear distant voic- es, the ringing of bells and all kinds of strange Ifor A nervously allve to the slightest disturbance of the almost awful silence of 8 still night in the woods that the faintest sound-the cracking | of minute twig or the fall of leaf, even at great distance-will make him almost jump out of his skin. He is also apt to make the most ludicrous mistakes. Toward morning. about daybreak, have frequently mistaken the first faint buzz of some minute fly, within foot or so of my ear, for the call of moose | two or three miles of.
 | About 10 o'clock the Indian gave 1t up in despair and came down the tree; we rolled ourselves up in our rugs. pulled the hoods of l our blanket coats over our heads and went to l sleep. awoke literally shaking with cold | It was still the dead of night; and the stars were shining with intense briliiancy, to my great disappointment, for was in hopes of seeing the first streaks of dawn. It was freez- | ing very hard, far too hard for me to think of | and suggested that he should try another call or two gu...,..t.t. .... ..f ... e,s;-r .t...t.. ! Accordingly we stole down to the edge of | the little point of wood in which we had en- sconced ourselves, and in a few minutes the forest was re-echoing the plaintive notes of the moose. Not an answer, not sound-utter silence, as if all the world were dead-broken suddenly and horribly by yell that made the blood curdle in One's veins. It was the long, 1.rkI ork1, aHw nE loon on the distant lake, After what seemed to me many hours but what was in reality but a short time, the first indications of dawn re- | vealed themselves in the morning star and the slightest possible paling of the eastern sky. The cold grew almost unbearable. That curi- ous shiver that runs through nature-the first | icy current of air that prOcedes the day-chill- ed us to the bones. 1 rolled myself up in my l blanket and lighted a pipe, trying to retain l what little caloric remained in my body, while | the Indian again ascended the tree. By the time he had called twice it was gray dawn. | Birds were beginning to move about and busy | squirrels to look out for their breakfast of pine buds. I sat listening intently, and watching l the blank, emotionless face of the Indian as he 1 gaZed around hlm, when suddenly l saw his l countenance blaze up with vivid excitement. | His eyes seemed to start from his head, his muscles twitched, his face glowed; he seemed
 
 1 ing. At the same time he began with the ut- most celerity, but with extreme caution, to l descend to the ground. He motioned me not to make any noise, and whispered that moose was coming across the barren and must be close by. Grasping my rihe we crawled carefully through the grass, crisp and noisy with frost, down to the edge of our island of woods, and there, after peering cautiously around some stunted juniper bushes, 1 saw | Icfo u,rIo off hlpn I He looked gigantic in the thin morning mist, | which was beginning to drift up from the sur I face of the barren. Great volumes of steam is- | sued from his nostrils, and his whole aspect, | looming in the fog, was vast and almost ter rife. He stood there perfectly motionless, staring at the spot from which he had heard the cry of the supposed COW, irresolute wheth- | CT to come on or not. The Indian was anx- | ious to bring him little closer, but did not wish to run the risk of soaring him, and SO, taking aim as fairly as 1 could, considering 1 was shaking all over with cold, fired, and struck him behind the shoulder. He plunged forward on his knees, jumped up, rushed for ward for about two hundred yards, and then fell dead at the edge of theheavy timber on the far side of the barren. .- Earle DuarGUen, in NiteeteenA Century. .,. -a .a REV. JOSEPH G. SMITH, OF HARTFORD CONN, makes the following statement:
 This is to certify that have been acquaint- ed with Dr. David Kennedys medicine (hap- oily named Favorite Reme,iy) from the time of it's first, introduction Q874) in New York State, especially in cities along the Hudson River. ..'I @H to 7l.tr a
 lt Having been q great sufferer from a severe case ot Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia, com- bined, was induced to give the medicine a trial, and tile fact that it proved an active osaA o.Hra II frau NSS the public. as the most valuable medicine of the age, for the cure of all Arrangements of the Liver, and digestive organs. Rev. Joseph o. Smith, No 17, South Ann St., Hartford, Conn. ia alD a9 L.ss It.t' ai H.s-. lIf
 Favorite Remedy is q combination of vege- table alternatives in the form of a Syrup. It is 1 pleasant to the taste, adapted to both sexes and all ages. and while It is specific in Kill ney and Bladder complaints it is no less elll- cacious in purifying the blood, thus curing Scrofula and kindred diseases. It is very ef- fective in affording immediate relief of ali Liv- CT complaints and Constipation of the Bowels, as well as those diseases and weaknesses pe- culiar to Females. Affording great protection from attacks that originate in change of life, of seasons and of climate. Ask your Druggist | for it. But avoid mistakes by remembering the name, Favorite Remedy, and Price, which | is only One Dollar Bottle
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  I The Transatlantic Circus had lively day at Leesvilie, Ind. Some sharpers who accompany the show, failing in their attempt to swindle a resident with cards, snatched his money and hid in one of the tents Soon after ward one of the women equestrians stole watch from mans pocket as she passed through the crowd. The robbed men fired into the tents l with their revolvers. The showmen retaliated by seizing three villagers, dragging them into a tent, and whipping them soundly with raw hides. This incensed the crowd, and gener- al fight ensued, in which four showmen and one villager were wounded with bullets.
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