The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-02-17
Maine Miscellany.

maln0 miscellany
MAINE TRAPPER IN CITY SCHOOL.
Capt. Fred Barker, Maine trapper, has been Civ
ing talks on camp life before the boys of the
Chauncy Hall School, Boston An exchange says
of one of these talks: The speaker appeared, as
before, IN his hunting costume, and opened his
address by giving the boys Instructions regarding
their outfit and behavior while camping out He
advised beginners to employ guide acquainted
with the locality and who was also competent to
take charge OF a camp He told the boys that
they should have two tents, one wall tent to
sleep in, and smaller one to keep their cooking
utensils in. With some boughs that he brought
for the purpose, the speaker illustrated the process
OF making bough tent, such as is used by trap
pers who only intend making a short stay in one
place. number of questions were asked the
speaker on the subject of camping out all of
which he answered in a manner that showed him
to be thoroughly converSant with his subject He
then detailed the characteristics OF, and the meth
cd employed in hunting moose, caribou deer and
bears. In his advice to the boys about camping
out, he said that the main feature Of good time
was good nature, and he also said that there
no place in the world where man or boy would
more thoroughly exhibit the good or bad qualities
he was possessed of than when camping out
At the request of one of the audience, Captain
Barker gave a minute and graphic description of
life in logging camp He also illustrated the
method of hunting deer with jack on the hunt
ers head, and with his rifle explained to the boys
-. ~ ~, y 'anih1 an uhuSi 'iio's " e"ti
nursned wban last i, thn uonIs the snoalor sa;d
that the only way was to keep clear head and
use common sense
A RELIC OF YE oLDEN TINE.
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in"it moouen e"e; al ht' looiii VI tlie
~ !oe lauiy of ti? tlg lne SaIe was oTlsliay
in the county OF Windham in the colony Of Con
neccut, and bears upon its face the carved letters
"ie ~ 'Ie eot G"so MI nIai ~ i1oe wa, Was
w. i' tf "t ni d1eu 7uS"II - re ilio
s"i9 ' !" a. a. iel' VI Nnn M na!eS oy he4ly a n!ue
% an1 . - ~ PleoeLtcu ~ n'i 'otue haipe Hstoi
20. a. rne'i - nte,lns - cohtai.s
li'.LS "nraen' lapeis, "lnon tneln Cgeus nlaue III
st. W 'io ~ le'Sr ~ % o'l Soo' hlns Ho1i Sc
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necticut One Of the dends Is a conyeyence of
land in Norwich, Conn. for 1850 pounds the lot
containing % acres which shows that real estate
was worth something even At that time.
Another document is bill OF sale made in l743
where Elijah Hyde bought Of Joseph Coil for l23
pounds, 'one negro woman called Sylvia, Is years
old and her babe Closa. aged months
There is also the original wills of Elizabeth
Hide with their lengthy preambles extremely or
thodo1 IN their character Another fact which ap
pears from hasty perusa Of the documents is
lhat the family name seems to have been spelled
HIDE up to about llSo, when 1t was changed and
spelled as we nave It day, hyde. Bath Times
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:, "i -" ~" u'i Ia'ei' 1l'el the services Ar.
nylng him. As they entered the house Mr.. Rob
ei'I ieita' heu t,ia' ne "aH!eu the uluerlaher 10
i1 e | H. tSt ,' Iett ny ii ae PueS
~; nc ,r'. p"uy apou. iiIs npar' ~ almost
lHnelslpIe alu ueu III ie"
~ ~ apu Nli9 nopei's iet. arg iainiN
~ y. sioMn up cuten Wno are heariy distracted by
'"''' sUu"oH "H" 'eliioie bereavement
HEDGES on THE HIGHWAYS.
The Home Farm saws that Mr.. d Z Manter of
West Waervillp was in this city recently TO Dre-
sent to the Inrs slatura a natition for hn nlant,no
of hedges along the roadside. and for allowing uar
ties who set such hedges a reasonable comnensa
ton the same to be allowed on highwav tayes or
one half of the same in money in towns where no
highway tax is raised The petition was a largo
one containing the names of many of the most
prominent residents of the county and we most
certainly hone the Lepislature will take stems to in
some way provide for the setting Of HEDGES along
exposed situations on the public highway In a
letter 10 the Committee WaVs and Rri1,rpS Tn
whom the netition was referred Mr. Nanter saws
'.The only argument necessary to secure an Ell
cicnt law in regard to This matter vonId he for
the members Of the Iepislatnre TO taEe = waI, ono
hundred rods north of nv house on this very cold
winter dav The fifty rois-mora orIess-of ever
green hedge that would protect them from the cold
wind they would wish extended the whole dis
tance to say nothing of the hard drifts that viii
have to be shoveled out to make the road Dassablr
beyond and this side of the hedge" [kennebec
Journal
MAINE MEN IN CHICAGO.
We had the pleasure of meeting here several
other Maine residents among them Mr. W c
Bailey, formerly Of Lewiston C. Greeley, esq a
Chicago LAWYER, native of Dover Maine: Messrs
Fuller and Fuller, natives Of Augusta prominent
wholesale druggists and importers and Others
know not how MANY Maine men there are in CHI
cago, but their name is legion This afternoon |
took stroll up Michigan Avenue, the stylish ave
nue. Of the town. There, on that piazza" said my
friend, lis where Gen. Sheridan sits of a summer
evening, reading his paper and smoking his cigar
His wife has four small children In wonder house
,i'ga -h"lne uin, successful III pnsinesS. Every
whose centage is lim,tad nnl1 Nv bis nr
"A native Of Maine and q orsdn.ta of pomJi
Co]leue Wonder is thn bop5o of l,an Grart,, s
who has made a heap Of monev in Inrkv ventnros
The General himself stops there whom N tha citT
One Of our strongest Inan j., tha aitr j.; 49, Il'5
Drnmm0nd a brother of Rev Jamas IprnmunGd
formerly a preacher N Auburn Mama 'indga
Drummond IS a native of Lincoln county in Nai,'o
You remember Charles P KimbalI whiIom Demo
cratic candidate for Governnr in Ma;na Wnl,
Kimball. | think is one Of the bnnnjest aftar din
ner snperh makers ii Cbicaao Tba othar r,l,h+
down at a reunion Of Name mon Eimbail ,ln5n y
vary, rao,r and hannr snaoob ~ biob -; IL; IL :"
ia his nrid in Maine and Waira mon b saia ~.
had Blame or Washbnrnn hanr nnminnated for tho
Presidency by the Republicans. he wonld have
uur -" VINO was present oy lnFl
iniscence and apecdote Of His naive state of
course need not say that ex Minis er E B Wash
oule ,nd h oi ana OF LVermore
OCCASIONS of the season is to occnr N This cltv
March l5th-a re union of sons of Maine residents