Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-07
u IN RACK WOODS.


"wednesday noenins, Jsns ~, 81, aeesf
i o'cIeck, III psepls q H. 6hav aosse
eonme,ceA Rstsi1g %. 6sns Of fhsn
vho had been in IL 0oods hsh1rg ana
esmuins out were aAout STARTING ont fof
their hcnss IN Massachusetts,, vhile oenefs
mo srrivsd tn night hsfore we're makins
prepeYasiops for Z trip into ths campo. Ths
rornipe uss cool and smoky, bat sdh yoar
scrihe thought thsre might BE- someshing OF
;nse,ess 10 ucss even q that early hour.
Afrr mahine . hassy toilet my FIRST point
- v;eit n, the hotel flee where found .
sep,lemanly book agent talking up the
1e,i,a OF one OF his WORKS, % Billy
I.ochyey, the veteran guide lisferlos
70 the conversation for few moments 1sf.
I.ochyer aoally said. II will take the
book" and while be vas signing his name
for If, I strclled out on to the etfees.
Eastis Nils il snaji village ON sne
banks OF the Dead river Ut the termic u, OF
ths county road. There 10 road tnst
soes up into the sporting camps, but II 70
suitable only for tie heavy buck
boards which they use. An ordinary
light wheeled carriage would not stand II TO
70 over the route one trip. ~ the road y go
terribly rough and rocky. There are two
hotels; the Shaw House and the Coeurn
House, both good houses and doing large
business As walked up in the st'eet
noticed that the inmates Of all the houses
SCENE d 10 be up and making preparations
for the morning meal. AT the upper end
Of the village found man oiling his buck
board and getting ready to carry party up
20 the csmps. While talking with him l
noticed he keeps looking over TO the
other side Of the river aud finally hs said /:
"L,ok ever there. Do you see that deer?
That is q beauty" 1t was q large buck.
"Thsre comes another" said he, "anothef
big ore. There are Of them that come
out and feed in that feld every morning.
Mt long since we missed one OF them Tor
two DAYS. and one morning she came out
with Two little kids. The deer sre very
plenty here, ard on some farms are qul'e
troublesome az they go into the grain fields
and destroy the crops" My new scqusiI,-
tsnce was an easy take, and entertained
me With stories Of the woods, ard l was
quite surerissd to learn that he vas the
tsmou, guide and hunter. Mr.. A. L Doug
lass. who his followed the business 3 great
many wears. Speaking OF bears. sSii he
81 have followed guiding aud trapping for
36 wears bat never eot scared in al, the
time till las. fall, and will adult did set
most swfully frightened. l had trap set
for bes, and was going over to see II
had caught ore, wbea discovered upon
ridge one Of the largest bears ever saw.
q! cnce made up my mind would have
him, although had nothipg but little ~
@ ,iiber revolver which sportsman gave me.
II had had my Winchester rifle could
have stopped hin, right there, but knes all
the way I could d. anything with him was to
cree D up upon him and take him unSwares.
So l followed along lodging behind trees
and logs Till pretty near, when he lsid down
behind q log and crept up to within about
twelve fee: of him behind another log. be
would lsy ashile then rise up and look
round, then lay down again got Ivy re.
volver ready AID lay beside my leg resting
1t over the log, all ready to blazs sway a.
hiu, the nj K; time he came, up Instead Of
coming up side t., 81 he had done before
he came up face toTards me and laid hi
forward PAYS over the log, / let go at him
The ball strik ing him in the face below the
eye s. The blood ran pretty freely cow
onto lis leg, ard he would suck that up JUS
the same as hog would milk, aud makt
lust such g noise. I lat 20 at him sgsir
twice more and he raw me and came fol
me with all vengeance. saw there was nc
tinlsst, iosa and started on the rGu, and be
no hnsa after me. l fund where three
little spruce trees had heen blown down OF
Turned up by the roots AID over in ,hert
jumped He could not get in bu
W uld travel round within three fee
of me ard howl. and bite { If large roots
Now l wan. you to know that that was no,
a very pleasant place to be in with nothing
but little 80 calibar revolver l bad
number of cartridges and when l could DC
so would rus bullet into him, which only
seemed 10 make him msdder. saw out
side MY bar,icade white birch pole about
feet lorg with the roots turned up, snt
thought. if only had that, 1 would 60 ou
ard tsckle him. KEEP. pegging away q
b IN, until but one cartridge was lefs, and
30 waited for as good chance as
could gel, finally let him have
it and he shook his head ard started eff
jumped cut ard grabbed that birch pole
and after him, ard struck him heavy
blow breaking { # sbtu. two feet Of The
pole. He was getting weak with less Of
blood and got up and gave him good one
on the nose which brought him down
Then wsllopped him ill be WAS dead, and
eter the excitement WAS over l was &c
weak could hardly get back to camp. Il
was the biggest md latest bear l ever saw
had 10 go rear my tap in going to camp
and saw there was a bea- in il, ard Al
he was in good and fast l though
| would leave him till the mex
morning when | would take cut some
Of the sporting men from the camp and
show them some fun. They were al
delighted to g. and all wanted to shoot
him, and told them they could as soon 81
got my revenge. Cutting me good
pole, walked into him, and il ever real
got licking that one did and that is the
way serve every one now this. catch.
give them good basting before shooting
them, as 1 don't propose to be al
frightened, as was then withou. getting
even with them"
Just shen the bell from the Shaw House
called to breakfast, and I reluctantly left
the old guide Till aoolhsr time. +. s. B.