The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-08-30

DR.. Banzhaf and Charles Spinoler of this
city, Forest Lawrence of Plymouth,
| Charles Volkman and Frank Brady of
| Clintonville, two irrepressible boys, Ted
Jones and Edwin Spindler and Dick
| Jackson of Buckbee who bad charge of
| The commissary, and the writer. spent
| last week, portion of the preceding and
of the present week IN the magnificent
forests which lie about 20 miles east of
Amigo and through which runs the
stream aptly named the Evergreen. 1t
was return to primitive conditions. The
forest is primeval and the river charm
ingly combines the babble of the brook
with the rush of the mountain stream.
The solitude of these heavy forests is
rarely disturbed by the human voice.
while The ripping waters break upon the
silence with soothing and pleasing har-
mony. In the clear, cool waters of these
woodland streams fed by perpetual
springs, the brook trout thrives. He Is
IN charming accord with his surround
lngs. Rapid as flash of light, gllstenipg
with the beauty with which he is in per-
perpetual contact and game while a throb
of life remains, he seems to be Natures
metaphor for happy union Of agility
and grace.
Perhaps more congenial crowd never
before assembled in these or in any other
woods. The leadership naturally fell to
Charley" Volkman, as nature intended
him To be active and enterprising and he
is fulfilling his destiny. But for pure,
unadulterated, artistic and picturesque
| profanity, Dick" has a cinch on frat pre-
MUM. With dash of colored blood in
/ bis veins which gives HIM that olive tint
which the imagination loves to call ORR
entail, Dicks information is pure and soft
and his oaths have all the smoothness of
! good old Kentucky whlskey. He has
spent his life in the woods, and has such
a sense of humor, and is such charming
racOnteur, and is SO competent and good
hearted withal, that he is a general ia
vorlte. Senator Sawyer has been known
to pass through a train with just nod
to prominent people for the pleasure of
seating himself by Dick and hearing HIM
tell some of his experiences and give birth
to good, mouth-filling oaths," Dick has
seen all phases of life, has been wealthy
and poor and has even owned a fast horse
but his chief wealth IS his unfaltering
good nature. He hates snakes, fears
wolves and other wild denizens of the
forest and votes the republican ticket
with most provoking regularity. He is
postmaster at Buckbee and wants to re-
sign, but the people swear with some of
Dicks energy of expression that they
want the office discontinued should it
ever cease to be one of Dicks perquisItes.
The party caught $500 trout. Law
renee was a very modified success as a
fisherman, due very largely to his mex
perience with the angleworm, which is
apt to become a contortionist when an
attempt is made tolmpale him on the hook.
Lawrence carried his worms in his pocket
and they were constantly wiggling over
his whole anatomy. Somehow there was
a GOODNESS between the brook trout and
himself and there was hardly touch of
intimacy between them when they separ-
ated. 1t goes without saying that the edi-
tor of this christian sheet surprIsedpeople.
Amigo is a forest city in SO far as its
environments are concerned. Though
young it has none Of the immaturity of
youth. 1t has the Conservative appear
ance and staid dignity of conscious power
lis resources are such as to assure its
future. The timber of Langlade county
is of itself source of wealth, and with
the exception Of oak, includes all varieties
of marketable timber common to the lati-
tude. 1t is possible that the lumber in
| terests are delaying agricultural develop
ment, but Langlade county has rich
soil, granite in its nature, but durable.
| 1t will take work to make a model farm
as the drift brought many boulders in its
southwark sweep, but 1t left material for
productive soil.
! The shack rooted shanty crowds close
on Amigo and the forest road speaks with
rafting eloquence of newness. But the
Sunday gathering at the doorsteps of a
neighbor is still more eloquent of the good
fellowship of a new country. There is
suggestion of companionable association
n the narrow roadway, and the trail is
fervent with day dreams. A new country
Is a glorious field for the imagination as
1t is, unqusstionably, for enterprise an d
pluck.