The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-04-05
A Winter Flight.


MACIIINN no Tx Bee. FROM DRIFT TO DRIFT.
BAD CASE Of ASTHMA. LUBEC A PLEAS
ANT GREETING AT EASrP0RT
Correspondence of the Journal
on Thursday morning, March :, was fortu-
nttc enough to secure 'rcturn team " to con-
Wy me from Machia> to Lubcc & distance of
tWcnty-oight miles. 1t was i cold, clustering
morning the mercury ranging several degrees
below zero. The roads We're badly blocked
With drifts. and as Ollr horse had made the trip
from Lubecto Machias the previous night, pro-
gress was necessarily very slow. 1t was u sorry
exchange for me when | exchanged my travel
| ing companions and powerful team of the pre-
Nious day for the tall, lean horse and compan-
Ion of this days ride Four miles from Machias
we passed through East MachiaS q beautiful
Village containing many fine residences and no.
tceabIc among them was the home of that vet
cram politician, Hon. John {. Talbot. East
MAchlaS like all other Villages i'll this section of
the state. was once great numbering center and
was also much interested in navigation, but
the days OF its business activity are over and
il lives now upon the laurels of the past. 1t re-
quIed but a brief time for me TO understand
my situation for the day. The horse was an
honest animal, but had received too much work
and whip ana not enough Of kindness and food.
lie seemed TO understand however. that was
ANXIOUS to reach the fcrry-bOat connecting Lu-
| bee with EaStport at three O'Clock +. VI. and
nimbN pulled his weary LEGS from great drifts
only to plunge them into others the moment
after. our vehicle was cross between pung
and horse Sled and bore some resemblance to
the old fashioned shrhoygan once used in the
northern forests Our only sleigh robe was an
o!d, unned buffalo skin. Age and hard usage
mad left their imprint in the shape of numerous
rents and holes and it had evidently passed
through process Of Wetting and driving until
1t had become no more pliabIe than sheet of
sheet IRON. Sia>ped the ragged upper corner
with both hands and held on with dcspera-
ton. The fierce wind hOWIed through the
openings and piled the snow in tny drifts
around our chilled and benumbed limbs, Nv
companion and the owner of the team was n
hale. hearly-ookng fellow. but to nv surprise
learned that he was an invalid. We were
slowly ascending a long hill down which the
wind WAS rushing at a fearful rate NV com
raniou began to cough. and choke and groan
| was alarmed at such symptoms but was re-
lieved bv his saving II am suffering with the
asthma; have been sufferer for many wears
and when the cold strikes in immcdiatcly be-
Gin to fill up and am obliged to 90 prepared"
He then pulled a long, black bottle from his
pocket and took Il Stiff pull. AS often as once
an hour after that there would be heard the sol
rmn words, "oh this asthma :" and relief would
be sought at the bottles mouth | concluded
that while perhaps his disease was purely in
his imagination, at least Il portion of his declar-
alton was true. That when the cold struck in
he did begin "jo W "p." He either had bet
ter opinion of my countenancc or else was
more charV Of his medicine AS he did NOT ask
me to JOIN in his rotations. Our route was
through the town of Whitney and at two
O'Clock p. NJ. we came within view of the pref
ty village ot Lubec resting upon point of land
extending sharply into the salt water. For
several miles before we reached this village we
could look out upon the bay. On our right
was the island of Grand Menan and on our
left, and front. was Campobello, and between
them the straight narrow passage Ieadino ont