The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-08-26
BILL NYE's POLAR EXPEDITION.

The Boomerang reporter sent out To End the
north pole eighteen months ago has just been
heard from. An exploring party recently found
portions Of his remains In latitude ! I I, long.
itude southwest BY south from the pole, and near
the remains the following fragment Of diary
July ], lssi.-Iiave just been out searching for
u sunssroke and signs Of n thaw. Saw nothing
but ice Zoe and snow far the eye could reach.
Think NO will have snow this evening unless the
wind changes.
july 2.-spent the forenoon exploring To the
northwest for right Of way for q new equatorial
and north pole railroad that I think would DO Of
much value TO commerce The grade IL easy and
the expense would be slight. Ate my last dog to-
day. Had intended him for the 9Th. but got too
hungry, and ate him raw with vinegar. wish
wa. at home eating boomerang paste.
July 3.-we had quite frost last night and IL
looks this morning as though the corn and small
fiuits must have suffered. II 10 now two weeks
since the last Of the crew died aud left me alone
Ate the leather ends Of my suspenders to-day for
dinner. did not need the suspenders, anyway.
for by Tightening up my pants End they will
stay On all right, and don't look for any ladies
to call. 80 that even u my pants came OF BY some
oversight. nobody would be shocked.
July Saved up some tar roofing and bottle
Of muciiage for my Fourth Of July dinner and
gorged myself to-day. The exercises were very
ure. IL 10 clouding up In the west and I'm afraid
we're going to have snow. Seems TO me we're
having an ALTERED late spring here this year.
July 5.-Didn't drink drop yesterday. Il was
the quetet Fourth ever put In. I never felt so
little refnorse over the way I celebrated a. do
to-day. didn't do thing yesterday that was
ashamed Of except TO eat the remainder Of box
Of shoe backing for supper. To-day I ate my
last bootheei. stewed. Looks - though No might
have hard winter.
July 6.--Feel . little apprehension about some
thing TO eat. Ny credit all right here. but there
10 no composition, and prices are. therefore, very
high. Ice. however, IL still firm. This would be
good Zoe cream country u there were any demand,
but the country 10 90 sparsely settled that man
feels as lonesome here as aGreenbaeker at Presi-
Dental election.
Ate pound Of cotton waste soaked In machine
oil. to-day. There IL nothing ieft for TO. morrow
but iee-watsr and an old pocket. book for dinner.
Looks a. though We might have snow.
July This 10 good cool place 90 spend the
summer IL provisions were more plenty. I am
wearing seal skin undershir; with three wooden
overshirts and two bear skin vests to-day /; and
when the dew begins 10 fall have 20 put on my
buffalo ulster 10 keep of the night air. wish 7
vas homs. IL seems pretty lonesome here since
the other boys died. I do not know what I will
get for dinner Tomorrow. unless the neighbors
bring IN something. A big bear 10 coming down
the hatehway as write. l wish could eat him.
II would be the first square meal In two months.
II IL. however, . little mixed whether I will eat
him OF he eat me. ], will be cold day for me II
he"
Here the diary breaks of abruptly. and from the
ehewed up appearance Of the book We are led TO
entertain = horrible fear A. 20 his safety.