Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

BrrL NrE's PoLAR ExPKDIrsox.-
Ihe Boomerang reporter sent out to
End the north pole eighteen moaths
ago has Just been heard from. An
exploring party recently founJ por-
tions Of his remains in latitude all
"a. longitude sou'west By sou from
the pole. and near the remains the
following fragment Of . diary
July l. lSSl:-Have Just been out
searching for snnstr0ke and signs
Of . thaw. Saw nothing bat ice Zoe
and snow rs far a. the eve cOnld reach.
Think We will have snow this even
ing unless the wind changes.
July 2-Spent the forenoon explor-
ing 10 the northwest for right Of way
for q new equatorial and north pole
railroad that / think would Be Of
much value to commerce. The grade
u easy and the expense would Be
slight Ate my last dog to-day. Had
intended him for the 4th, but got too
hungry. and ate him raw with vine
gar. | wish ! was at home eating
Boomerang paste.
July 3.-We had quite frost last
night and it looks this morning as
though the corn and small fruits
must have suffered. II Is now two
weeks since the last Of the crew died
and left me alone. Ate the leather
ends of my saspenders to-day for
dinner. / did not need the snspen-
ders. anyway. Cor By Tightening up
my pants find they viii stay on all
right. and / don't look for any ladies
10 call. so that even il my pants came
of By some oversight. nobody would
be shocked.
July 4.-Saved up some tar roofing
and Q bottle Of mucilage for nv
Fourth Of July dinner aud gorged my
self to-day. The exercises were very
poorly attended and the celebration
rather failure. 1t il clOuding up
in the west and Tn afraid we're 60
ing to have snow. Seems to me we're
having an ALFRED late spring here
this year.
July 5.-Didn't drink a drop yes
terday. It was the quietest Fourth /
ever put IN. / never felt 20 little re-
morse over the way I celebrated as I
do to-day. / didn't do thing yes
to-day that was ashamed Of except
to eat the remainder of box of shoe
backing for supper. To-day I ate
my last boot heel, stewed. Looks as
though we might have q hard win
ter.
July 6.-Feel little apprehen-
sion ab0ut something to eat. Nv
credit isall right here, but there Is
no competition, and prices are. there
fore, very high. Ice, however, is still
firm. This would be . good ice cream
country il there were any demand,
but the country is 30 spaFssly settled
that man feels as lonesome here as
a Greenbacker at q Presidential cleo
ton.
Ate Q pound ofcotton waste soaked
in machine oil. to-day. There is
nothing left for tomorrow but ice
water and an old pocket-book for din
ner. Looks as though we might have
snow.
July This isa.good cool place to
spend the summer il provisions were
more plenty: ] am wearing q seal
skin nndershirt with three wooden
overshirts and two bear skin vests to-
day and when the dew begins to fall
| have 70 put on my buffalo ulster to
keep of the night air. wish was
home. It seems pretty lonesome here
since the other boys died. I do not
know what / will get for dinner to-
morrow. unless the neighbors bring
in something. A big bear is coming
down the hatchway as / write. /
wish / could eat him. It would be
the first square meal in two months.
It is. however, q little mixed wheth-
er ! will eat him or he eat me. It
will be a cold day for me il he"
. o
Here the diary breaks off abrupt
ly. and from the chewed up appear
ance Of the book we are led to enter
tain a horrible fear as Ia his safety