The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-08-13
4 ToU6H FIGHT WITH A LYNX.
Tie Lively "Reminiscences oT 40 Ota eu,ae
HauReIsy Lake.


on his oars and motioning with his head to q
dead pine that hung out like giant SIX eletop
over Umbagog Lake. NO. not of | live to be
hundred. Why2 Well. I'll tell ye. Ye sec.
was ris aSaound here. an when was younker
1t was wild enough Many's the time I've seen
moose and deer swimmin' the lake here. and in
the woods IL warnt safe to travel without a
shootin' iron o. some kind. We used to come
up here hunting, and one time that tree kind
o got impressed on my memory. was bound
up tho lake. Jest as we are to- night and pullin'
along sortcr free-and-easy like, enjoyin' the
moon and the sight: them ere Hampshire
Hills behind us and Mt Washington way
of to the south and west, and the
Halt Moons. Azscohos. and all tho rest
dead ahead. tell ye 1t was beau tful. and /
was, takin' 1t oil in when l heard a most on
iuciyeo-and in / puts, Well some folks calls
oh iyhxcs but luclyep's the name they used to
kind {, softly like. until got under that very
tree. Then there warh't. no dam. and the
mate Mater warnt so high. 40 gil around was dark.
me canoe slipped in, and Jest us she touched
tho, shore heard kind of a scratch overhead,
and cast my cye up Just in time to see pair OF
and by the time / struck the bottom OF the
canoe that ere luclyee was In, too | thought
we'd both go rig ht through tho bottom. but tho
then commenced the fun. The tarnal critter
he'd evidently took mo for n buck and smiled for
to use, my, rifle, 50 grabbed big wooden
baiier he'd and lot out Ms soon as | got a
chance. The cat had mo by the shoulder,
hind logs and gave her a twist over the side.
and felt my skin give all the way down. just
and fetched her a clip with tho bailer, and was
hold ON the canoe with her hind legs. and over
we went IN the water, me on top this time
TO he sure. but 1t warnt II minute afore she
grapplel me. never made up my mind SO
SO grabbed the brute and tried to drownd
nor and the way she raked me down. fore and
AZ, was caution. was jest poeed OF clothes,
three minutes; but stuck to her. gentlemen,
and thar on my arm Ia some OF the tokens Oh
too soon. bled SO much IT made mo weak. I
got ashore and tied myself up. thon baiIed out
the canoe. ehncScd the luciyce in. and got
Some oks snS boxed psS Gr ave neb weeks
Did l keep herr TO DO sure. She was
weighed nigh on to 900 pounds. In them times
they was tho commonest animals about here.
and and as many as 5000 pelts has been shipped to
pany In one year. It's their eye that breaks up
a good many green hands, Why, I've seen d
been everywhere got regularly paralyzed when
round round and ioi WALLER and they have way
looks like two burnin' balls Of fire. unpleasant.
TO be sure reckon you've had tie buck
akin to tibet. only . tarnai sight Iuss, They're
in summer is Kind o reddish 1 gray, and rf IN
bsnys notified, checker board IKE. and the
short tail an, and ears tpred with black give em
the limb of a tree and spring on to deer when
they 80 past and they rarely miss EN-. Some
times they go after you on the dead level and
a;comna When they run y they f Kind q ss GALLON H
like striking all their feet to oncet. In the
and often take to the lake after deer There
used TO be prize on EN-, and I've shot as many
as ilfty in season. but 1t don't pay naow.
Tn, in Magali6way, some years ago. there
WIS a Mr.. Durkee who had a fight with one in
vii his SSS and asu as w B5s xth
reckon. was the best hand at EN- for a stranger
and wouldn't want to say haow many he'd
Then there was another-nIr. Torrey. from
He WAS great lucivee hunt
T1 h tR bS sna Ss
turned into an old barn between Lake Molly,
chunknmunk, and Moosetockmaguntic. and
step nraound in among en-. He started up.
and OF Jumped lucivee,; but they were so
for fear Of http' each other. SO ut last tho eat
en- all purity We'll. She WINS in the raftcrs when
they went in; and when they got asleep she
: melt the food and jumped daown to have her
share. Bill Lcverctt, he tibet moved aout West
Wisconsin,. think-was a master hand for n
lurivee 10 tackle aud | reckon in his Tins he
accumulated more skins than the best Of en-
He vas one o. these fcllcrs that never got fl us
turned hair But he came near gttn' scaped
Dnret He wts aout with gentleman huntin
iyoc. she's trapped, sez Bill. How do You
know SCI the other. Hits jest the difference
twlXt Eullin n, cats tail and strokin her back
In a few minutes they came up to horca big
me in trap. niIl broke of a stick and step
lodged and spriuged Mt him trap and ali. His
DOT caught IN u vine and daown he went. the
ucivcG r9kih him daoW;n fearful, and ef tho
'l"aurd out, sure.
Here's somethn' of a curiosity" added the
II beaver dam. probably fifty years old. They !
vas dretiul thick here at one time. but it's |
nii$i,ty rare you SEQ one naoW.
! here,s one critter", continued the guide.
y WE showed OUT from the ancient dam. tibet |
iyos on and don't seem to give way afore the |
ny and thet'a trout. They run about the same. |
y course they amt quite 80 plenty, as there's
'"u can have al the sport you want. Worms !
good enough bait for me. Some takcs TO flies. |
M poi" and worms rs some Of these ere fellers
with th"!r fancy poles. some time ago | was
uliin' by an island IN the lower lake. and
ruwcd over. and there ho was eanin' against
ire" u couple Ut bottles of wine alongside o.
hin. sarin1S, cigars, and iine lunch spread
ia 500 pole alongside aud no fast asleep,
~ To- hls Knees III water to-. We SEQ. they'd
rl out the dam that afternoon, and tho water
~ ON hlW hut SO slow he never knew it, He
vas Kind oi H-tunishcd when | yelled to him,
nd lerk"d hlS lri:S out of the water lest us IL
hey hadn't been there for an hour or so. He
Nrd mo to be sure. not To- let on to any one
'aoui II. sol forgot his name on the spot: he
a. from New York, though, one Of tho bust
Sh"rm"n In these parts is Mr.. Whitney. He
amps on Mosquito Crcok, Lake Molychunka-
1unk. lie keeps y regular account of the
,ri%ht Of all his hsh by the year. and finds ac-
"rlnS t. talk, thar theyaverage / l-lO pounds
Ach; Ha took over 300 trout from Beaver
re"k near A2srohos Falls. one day and only
nuckCd ON cause he was tired o. iftn' 'cm in.
hey d run from u paound mp to six and seven.
'r. Stcarns from l;nston took II nlne-pounder
lSt season, and Mr.. Eamcs from Bridgeport
tught lot ayrragi n five pounds apiece
ruld tell what We done myself in the way of
min, but 'twont be- of any use, You wouldn't
-lieve it, We eNpostulated. " But" said the
uide, faint in thu natur OF things to boliovs
man about fish don't expect il"
GURINDS TWO HIVES
'wciiing Amicnbiy with their Joint IIu.-
band and EIUhteen Children