New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23

DUR form the luxuries. Tho ~crews Of snasty v1
number frcm twenty to SIXTY The man ana the oueaa4
wora rs,ey apHn snsm - n, ,ns 81
Comprehend then, that when The "icsrer gets Ssef
to civilization in tho sprne with his unspent seasors
song story and loading hours smotheredi ~ tooscc$
cn on IT,
when not hurting ts head against the pines 10 ssns
n .sS$ g ssisns
be nSns as there among society bellies relative
bted another ab lon hs axe nsaW snms prefer
thick bits some thin Others require soft, easily
the extreme crook to the uerscy STRAIGHT
sne wms are IS various as the owners good choppec
one swings in graceful deItety another throws away
as useless.
THE WAY IN WHICH VARIOUS TREES ARE CUT.
White pine. in fact all pines used for lumber, out
nom the ground, leaving usually stump Of abous
three feet. Other American evergreen timber trees,
the cypress and red wood, generally cut OF
distance up the trunk high enough to this
dubious nature OF the base In regard to tho tempera
ture in the imbers 1t is curious fact that, while
chopper would hardly think OF building fire
his work to keep him warm he frequently builds to
keep his warm. cold frost-nled axe-head has o
positive dislike for entering wood that can. only be
by coaxing and keeping the frost out OF It,
The dexterity and precision with which nrsteiass
chopper handles his remarkable. Trees three
feet In diameter often cut entirely through and stu
retain their perpendicular position until breeze, or
slight shock topples them over The two gaps on
either side meet In straight line To the novice there
are many strange things within the province Of an
In clearing piece OF farm land 1t is frequently stpu
laon that tho chopper shall "bucket" bis stumps to
hold pail Of water in other words leave concaVo
bowl on their tops to catch rainwaer and rot them In
pneries the used for nearly purpose for
which cutting tool Is required With 1t the chopper
trims his oot-packs" cuts lacing thongs buckets
horse and cattle feed boxes pins his sheds shanties
uthouses. constructs his bobs and "gocevs" and
drinking cups Axes tobacco for his pipe, throws dying
bridges over winter streams, whites out
5 msn,, and caryes the checker board In word.
t is part and parcel Of himself and Its song is the
Alter leaving he pineres the axe has long rambie
TO new life upon the Pacific slope. In California.
then indeed another existence found In fact It's po
sition society elevated Those nooe trees the GO.
SSa1tio stumps stll remain to tell Of their departed
greatness. And enormous stumps they truly are 80
TO overcome them, and toe chopper assumes position
when he not compelled TO attempt an, where else
To ,nrmOunt the swell at the base Of the
| and commence operations where the average diameter
Of the trunk may be said to begin, he builds platform
made OF stakes with crosspieces of rails, sometimes
SIX feet high, around his yictlm ana chops from
hat cutting above tue dubious swell Or an expert
stout stake INTO it, stand perched upon that slender
ioothold as he dextrousy swings his blade Inc $40 oi
of the coast that woodsman having chopped lo week
one aS Of who ,eee aa been az work for
the other side. Huge they are, but beautiful
mysteries VI old centuries wrapped In their red
hearts; and the deathbeow OF tue forest colossus as,
@ Gr SEn DC a ay be- Seara
atin dull thunder through the cloaked hills at all
seasons Of the year
~ THE cypRrss swAMps
But It Is not until the cypress swamps OF the.
southland are reached that the takes
TO water. In those dark-shadowed and mossdraped
lagoons the chopper becomes amphibious, and
performs his work while skilfully balanced In one
Of the most treacherous OF all aquatic con-
trivances, q dugout Should anyone think there
il no science required to chop from dugou let tho
skeptic try it. person, not inexpert hand with
axe but q novice at swinging while lettering 10
canoe. did So and mourned Once on tue Bayou Teche
he padded big tree whose great dubious stem
reached far uuder water and fastening his dugout TO
the victim, seized his and boldly stood erect in the
PROV Balancing himself for moment, until arue
equl Drum attained, lie swung back bis axe and
made bold stroke ut the tree The dugoul ATTEMPTED
the cutter shot under water the bow aud where
a world OF wealth in the cypress, aud 1t has been CON-
plratiyely lightly drawn upon It's sort hne,grilned
worked Without question the easily manipulated
wood in the world is the SOFT smooth, gossy-grained
mahogany pine of California the famous red wood ts
gram Is 40 straight delicatey woven that 10 use
choppers preston. it shlsif you shake an ak at
| it," .
or the axe In the landsof the Southwest where It
Iabors Tor France and Spain. sending them annually
OF dollars worth OF slaves ana also OF It's des
utory existence in cordy0Od chopping, grubbne,'
charcOal-stackirg, h00ppoe-cutting ana Nj dred M
dusries little need be said save that II does s snare OF
the work honestly and has settled policy that no man
shall bold with ii with his coat on. This def
ereuee U exace all with whom IL enters INTO Dusi.
ness relations whether among the ice-lo kd lakes ana
rivers white pine the aureecenteL chhOns OF tns
| Coast Range, the magnOa-hauned lagoons OF the
mournfu, draped cypress There Is DO heaiu ier
| cleaner and more enjoy able exercise In tue
every muscle the body brought into active play IN
fact the axe H. a whole gymnasium In Itself tOrpu
liver dyspeptc stomach or malurihaunten system 10
sezes upon mercessy, chops out the trouble, mnngcs
H. hurs Il away and fills the audable vacancy with inc
annette OF wolf and the digestion OF an ostrich as
| mental, moral and religious Instructor IL occupies
an exalted position In the first place instruets where
there plenty OF elbow-Io0m and fresh air. ana WINE
tho eve and occupied. the mind prompted ana
reinforced body well atnDed 10 healthy exercise
nnds new fields OF meditation and cogiiation IN WHEN Ia
ramble investigate improve Itself and invent Ana as
healthy body generates healthy brin the latter re-
| turns the courtesy by supplying the former
| with honest physical desires. There is naruy
| another physical labor afording the independence
| of the axeInau. In timbered lands nc Is always
In demand aud his workshop IL from ocean 70 ocean anu
from Hudson Bay the Gulf. 10 the woods therel Is
| always room for good choppers and an axeman need
| never be idle from September TO April
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| lfDVINn A SpEHTsCIE