Evening journal., 1897-07-01
spoRrsMsws EeArs AT EATING
BiE Records Made with Trout and
Xenison In the Adlrondncka.

Four men sat about a table In a
Broadway restaurant the other night
trying in a half-hearted way to do |
Justice to the elaborate dishes spread
before them.
"How different this meal would taste
70 US after a single day in the woods"
sighed one Of the party.
"You bet it would" said the fisher
man. II went down on Long Island the
frst day OF the trout season, aud,
though didn't get many fish, ac-
quired a gnawing hunger that enabled
me to get away with q two-pound beef
steak and all the accessories when ] got
home, Why, have seen party of four
bet away yvitha all the best part of a good
sized young buck inside of "a hours.
The strongest part OF it was that we
thought nothing OF it at the time, al
thoughnow even the story seems almost
too much"
"Not for man who has followed
fine Venisou steak all day without
thing to eat" said the hunter. 81 re-
member once up in the North Woods
we were looking for deer along one OF
the mountain lakes. There We're three
of us and the guide We had rowed up
the lake in a couple of boats, and near
its head the guide and / left the boats
and trampcd along an old trail that led
to a natural lick on one OF the little
creeks, while the others were to bring
the boats around to the place where we
had decided 20 camp. The boat that con-
tained orr few provisions rah on a
submerged log. and our Beef and bis
cults went TO the bottom, so we had TO
settle down in camp and eatisfy our
stomachs by tightening our belts.
81 woke up about three in the morn
ing and with the guide slipped out Of
camp and down 10 deer run, where
we shot q lusty buck, two-year-old.
We didn't wait for it TO cure, but just as
soon as we could get a saddle we had
breakfast. A little later we had an
other, and when we broke camp 70 go
back after supper there wasn't scrap
of eatable meat left on the bones OF that
buck. I'm convinced we ate above ten
pounds of deer meat each that day"
81 don't know much about eating
venison," said the fisherman, "but
remember that last summer three OF us
were on Buck island, in the middle OF
Cranberry lake, up in the AdirondacSs
The fishing was so good that we decided
to remain one day after everything ex.
cept q little bread and few potatoes
had been eaten. When we came bacl
10 camp that night we had 135 fine trout
There were n lot of two-pounders, anc
not one Of the mess was below lega
size. We had rough weather on the fol
lowing day and couldn't get back to th'
foot of the lake, and the only thing foi
us to do was TO breakfast, lunch ans
dine on trout In thoss two days, will
the aid Of our two guides, we made ava,
with every one CT those 135 trout. an'
wouldn't dare tell the number o
pounds. / can prove the truth Of III
story by an elder OF the Presbyterian
, church, who was one OF the party"
, Mai. Burke, who passed 20 year
, among the Indians in a western for
laid down his cigar with q smile 81
You fellows had ever seen an India
eat" said he. "you wouldn't think thos
stories worth telling. When first wen
out to Fort Lincoln there wasn't niue
game to be had about the fort, but nlon
the Canadian river a wild turkey coul
, he shot once in awhile, There was on
|. old gobbler that | tried for n doze
0 times before i brought il into cam
r. Then / found that had caught q Ta'
e tar. That turkey weighed 16 pound
e and after we had cooked it for two day
it was still so tough that neither lrnii
nor tooth could make an impression o
. II. So we threw him into brush hea
a outside OF the stoclade. That day
2 band OF Comanches came around lool
L ing for chuck. AS / couldn't think {
e anything else 10 offer flshed up the ol
d turkey and turned it over to them. TT
q chief looked it over carefully. Then
d went back 10 where the bucks wei
standing. My children said he, 'th
is the flesh Of the wild turkey. II yo
eat il it will make towards CT you. 81
/ have seen many winters. / am an o
: man and have endured many danger
Therefore it is fitting that ] should
In the one TO run the risk don't lmo
n whether the bucks appreciated this re
.s soniug, but at any rate they said not
y ing. The old man sat down behind Il
'o stocl1ade and tackled the leather bir
ie When came back an hour later TO s.
what had happened TO him, found hi
b. there, asleep. BY his side lay lit
Ip heap Of bones picked clean."-N. y. su
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