The Republican journal., 1882-06-15
Maine Miscellany.
LIFE IN THE WOODS.


Morrell. senior, of the Gardiner Home Journal
has been camping out for his health, and fl ON
Il very readable account of his experience we
copy the following: We believe the natural
condition of man is that of sayagery, for every
one seems naturally to take to the woods.
Neither fishing or hunting has any destinations
for us, but we never tire of the woods-Or
should not, if the flies and mosquitoes would let
us alone, for we must confess they spoil our
| pleasure. We camped here eight nights. After
the first night we entered neighbOring hut and
stole cot bedstead and borrowed a buffalo and
had good sleeping accommodations. We had not
a single fair day while we We're gone. but had
not lonely or weary hour. We always found
enough to do to keep us busy and never saw
| time tly so fast. The Old Campaigner had
| served year in Libby Prison and several years
as Chairman of the Republican City Committee,
| and after completely eXhaustng ourselves try
| ing to tell AS big stories he, we gave in and
| listened patiently to his yarns. We had thought
| at first of writing book out of them. but we
gave it up, we found we would not have pa
| per enough. We do not know whether his
| army stories We're true or not, but as we can
| fully endorse his account Of the cussedness of
| his fellow political associates and opponents we
| have no reason to doubt the general truthful
| ness of the rest. They amused him and Willie
| and generally put me to sleep, 50 [ enjoyed
| them. There was not an Old OF new water
wheel anywhere but he had set it or knew its
history, and, as he had travelled in almost every
| 'titt III tllt Dou Dt was Ntll pNStttl anu w as
the best housekeeper and most cheerful COM
| panion we had ever met. No men ever agreed
| better together. He wanted to do all the work
and we lei him, and peace and harmony
reigned in the household Of the Wgwam
A NEW MAP OF NORTHERN MAINE.
The wclI-known sportsman's paper, Forest
and Stream. says: MIR Thomas SedgWick
| Steele. author of Canoe and Camera, and other
works, has ust compiled one of the most salts
factory maps Of the great canoe tours of North
ern Maine vet published. This chart is 20X3O
| inches, printed on government survey paper,
| mounted on CLOTH and is an invaluable aid to
! the sportsman tourist i'll these wild rpgionS-in
fact, to such an individual ii is a most necessary
| adjunct to the economy of his camp kit. From
| the extreme lower portion of the map covered
| by Moosehead Lake diyerge the great rivers Of
this vast wilderness, the Main st. John. Ar0os-
| took, and east and west branches of the Penob-
scot, while a portion of Canada on the north, and
| New Brunswick on the east, is embraced with
| III its boundaries. Great care has been eNcr-
! clsed in noting many points along these routes,
which, although of greatest Importance to the
| can0eSt are seldom brought within the scope
| of the ordinary map. Along the Main St. John
| every loghOuse and portage seems to be con-
scientiously indicated. while the many falls of
| the picturesque East Branch are noted, to the
advantage and caution Of the yovageur of these
waters. After leaving the farms at Chesuncook
and Chamberlin Lake, the tourist TO the Aroos-
| took paddles about two hundred miles through
the wilderness before reaching q sign Of cirili-
| ZatiOn the first house being that Of Philip Pain
ter, while the second habitation, one mile fur
ther on, Is tnat OF W lIil;ui bOitlIS, situated
the right bank, at bend of the Ar0o>took
River, called the OXbow. lnnumcrabe lakes
and ponds are spread out before one on this
chart like shOt-holcS in target. These and
many other points of interest. recommend this
new survey Of Mr.. Steele to the campcr-out in
the wilds of Maine The map is published by
| Estes X Lauriat, of Boston. and is mailed, post