The morning call., 1892-04-02
IN The ACKNOWLEDGES.

and adventure which might be called its pre-
historic era, meaning a time before Mr..
Murray or Mr.. anybody else had written
historical romance about II and it had be-
come fashionable In those Arcadian days,
writes Z2b BoylstOn Adams in Forest and
Stream, hunters. amateur and professional
alike, lived in the woods in primitive style,
and shared the same fatigues and the same
humble fare. The whole kit was carried IN
a canvas bag, waterproof coverings either
not having been then invented, or not being.
as now, in common use.
The outfit for an exIedition or tramp COM
prised the following articles: A frying-pan,
kettle, ladle for melting lead for bullets,
tin mugs FORKS and spoons were a luxury,
hardbread coffee, flour and sugar. and
the indispensable salt pork, with pepper
and salt in q bit of newspaper. All
these aud some rope went in the canvas
bag. One Of the party carried an AK.
The hunter had his large bore rife on his
shoulder. and in one of his numerous pockets
caps. and in another bullets of his own mold
ing, some lead and a mold. In his belt was
a large sailor-knife, used for Skinning deer,
dressing deer aud for purposes of the
kitchen and table; also Ratchet and Tin
mug. Slung at his back was blanket or
rug, and his dress was flannel shirt with
numerous pockets, corduroy trousers, large
heavy boots and SLOUGH hat. A powder
HaSh ana UaNetSHCk cOIipltt6u MS equip
ment The hayersack contained fishing
lines, book of flies, flask, matches, Slip
pers, an extra shirt and few toilet articles.
In q special pocket was compass and
whistle. There were no dogs In the party
Dogs were introduced later. In those days
Poll Smiths way Of putting it expressed
the whole matter:
Il tell We, boys, Teller must be able to
endewer grief that goes on these ERE excur-
sion parties"
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heavy rain had drehched the canvas bag
and spoiled its contents. There were no
fiapiacks, The -four was soggy lump OF
dough. Blank were the looks at supper
time. The air was sultry and heavy. Mldges
were in great force, and the ateful smudge
had been lighted Ii order to keep them off.
Now the midgP, or punky, has made vivid
and lasting impression upon my memory.
He is most peTtinGclOus. yOraclOus blood
sucking fly, stealing npDn you unpeTceiyed
in fOggv, misty clouds of millions. and Of
size so minute that the meshes Of the finest
bToadcloth Omen 10 his entrance as wide as a
baEndoOr. The only means known tC pre-
vent his insidiOus and irritating attacks is
the smudge-i. G.. fire OF green wood
SmotbeTed with turf-W hich, filing ewes and
lungs with its puugent smoke, blinds or
suffOcates midges and men alike. The IN
deTgTaduRte of Harvard was in misery by
reason Of his wet c0Whide boots, which, his
feet being swollen, refused 10 come of, and
must be worn to bed.
'Say, Poll" in a tone of despair, "did
you ever know any one who had decent
home who was fool enough to come up Eere
twice?"
81 tell ye boys. it would astonish W to
see The folks that come up into these we're
woods every summer a-huntin'. | don't be-
lieve there's the half on EN- knows what
they come fer, anyway. Now, there was
Mr.. SullOway come up here last summer to
my place from Philedelphy. Some of my
friends sent him up to me; told him to be
sure ana git me TO 60 with him II he could.
Wall, l never kn0wed just who the man
was that sent him, bat that man had better
not come up to my place and let me find him
out / should go for him, boys, baldheaded.
It would jeSt ha' made We laugh to hear that
Mr.. Sull0way talk to me when used to call
him Mr.. SiIlyways. oh, pray, Mr.. Smith,
don't pronounce my name in that way. l
once had very serious quarrel says he,
with a member Of the club / belong 20 be-
cause he addressed me Familiarity as Silly"
but II was finally healed up bStween us by
his voluntary admission In the presence of
several prominent members and mutual
friends that the expression was in very bad
taste
swell, It takes all sorts to make world.
and, after all, there's jest sieh. But Mr.
Sulloway, III allow he beat any circus /
ever went to. lie was the fastest man
about himself you ever see. He had q
little knife, with scissors into ii, to pare his
EHS6I-uRilS, AuQ IlLlI6 LNeeLeTS TO pun out
his eyeHinkerS, and he had tootbpickers and
comb and brush for his muStache, and an
other comb with point on TO 1t 10 part his
hair, and no end of such knickknacks; aud
all them things had to be toted round with
him wherever he went TO.
why, boys, he came up here to go into
this ere wilderness with one Of these yere
SaratOgy trunks, such as women carries, as
big rs covered wagon, and I had TO back
that there trunk through these woods and
over the carries and away up the ST. Regis
River, and across the 81. Regis ponds, and
down tie Raquette, and home agin. And
you wouldn't never guess the things that be
had into that there trunk. Why. it was
amaZin'. The fust day out when We was
crossing Rain bow Lake, he stopped and
hauled up the little canoe we'd fetched
along a-purpose to carry the trunk, and he
opened her and took out little pink um-
brella, with top to It about as big as my
hat. He saw me l0okin' at him out of the
corner of my eye, and says he:
"1ts very light and easy to carry, Mr..
Smith, and this sun is extremely dazzling TO
the eye
"He had great long bag made of flannel
that he used to creep into al night. with q
string to pull at the mouth of it. He said
that was to keep the insects out Why, he
used to dress himself up in the mornin' TO go
hnntin' in these yere woods jest the same
as If he was gOin' to a ball. There was a
looking glass sot into the inside top of
the trunk, and he'd put the cover up
and fix little cross-legged stool in
front. and then he'd open q case with a
gold top to 1t, and some gold bottles, and
take out his razor5, and he'd save his chin,
and Slick his mustache and whlskers with
pomade. and part his hair in the middle, and
rub perfumery into it, and put on can
billed shirt aud stand-up collar and wrist
bands; and then he pulled on 20 bis legs a
pair of long leather cases with little buckles
on The outside edge and purple necktie for
his neck with breastpn into ii and a red
velvet waistcoast with pearl buttons. And
then his coat! You ought to see that velvet
coat. He had two of 'em with big metal
buttons with dogs heads and deers' horns,
and guns and powder-fasks stamped on 'em,
and as many as forty pockets. There was
90 many Of them pockets lie could never find
nothing when he wanted il.
1t used to take him more than an hour
to get inside of all them clothes mornin's,
and then he'd put over his shoulders a pow
der-horn on one side and telescope on the
other, and he had the master great knife
that ever you see that he used to buckle
around his waist. The blade was as much
as two feet long and covered all over with
engravings, and the scabbard to 1t was all
crusted on with gold and SIGH like. He
ye how that was. Ye see he had a most
beautiful shootin' -iron, but, Lord! he could
not hit nothin'. He used 10 say 1t was be-
cause the boat wasn't steady. That um.
brella OF his would scare any four-fooled
beast on airth, and when he did get shot
land rowed him on to az many as ever
see to one man he took the buck aguey and
shook SO as he couldn't draw bead on one
Of en- One day l see young fahn that
had strayed away from its dam. and
rowed him close mp, and he fred and
wounded him somehow so that he sot right
down on his headquarters.
Now says !, Mr.. sideways, there's a
chance to blood that there big knife O
yourn. Do put that poor little critter ou
OF his misery. Its too bad. I'll put W
ashore
Dear me! What is to be done, Mr.
Catch him by the ears saws I. AM en-