Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-09

Maine Huntsman,
 Haze Huson, a noted hunter in the wilderness around squaW Pond ake, in Aroo8took county, Maine, owns 8 mon- grei dog which much fine gold cannot buy. This dog knows nothing about the pampered life which his city eou- sins lead. He answers to the name oL Sam. is three years old and weighs forty pounds. Haze got him when pup from a Tobique River India7. siY- ing in exchange for him two mQskrat skins and half pint of red liquor
 Sam gave proofs early in his career that he was no ordinary dog. He never wasted time on running after smaA birds. and has never been known to exert his energy In chasing cats or paving at the moon, but gives als leisure time to more industrious pur- suits. His sagacity. intelligenee ana remarkable doings have been tue top ics for Eaany an evenings dIaeussloh at the village grocery where the resi- dents of the town congregate twice a week to get their letters and papers from down the state. Huson has camp on the shore of Squaw Pond lake, where he spends the greater pars Of his time, and Sam constantly keeps an eye out for bear, etc The region abounds in bear, deer, moose and caribou, but Sam has learned the laws of the state and in close time will not chase one of the animals. However, if any Of them strays into the camp ya@d, Sam sees to it that he does not ,pg remain
 No charge of illegal killing has ever been laid at the dogs door, so to speak
 As a fisherman Sam mas become an expert. In the lake near by are many fine trout that are not molested by the high-prieed kit of che city fisherman. and the dog spends much of his time on the shores of the lake, where he watches with great interest tbe slimy bottom Of the lake where tha trout come up to feed of the water weeds. When Huson wants a trout for dinner he calls Sam and tells the aniual to bring trout Sam immediately goes to the shore of the lake, watches a few minutes, and then sWims out Shortly after he dives toward the bottom, and nine times out of ten when he reap pears at the surface he has the fish in his mouth Sam disIi6es ehub, ee1s and suckers and never touches them
 Near the lake there are fine fioc1zs of ducks. They come Up in the fall and remain fer few weeks, and Sam ta then on velvet. His long suit is catch ing ducks. He enters the water some distance from where a flock is, and swims along carefully until within few feet of the birds Then he goes dnder water and rises underneath q duck and pulls 1t under the wzter. Then he starts for shore, leaves his catch and goes after another. Sans most notable exploit was last June, Huson's camp is built along the side ot a big, sloping rock, the top of which is nearly even with the eyes of the cabin roof. One day, just after din- the lake. slight fire was burning in the camp stove at the tune, and the stovepipe being defective, sparks fell on the dry roof A flame was soon started, and the camp was in dagger of being burned unless something was done quickly to prevent it. Sam was lying in the yard, having his monday nap when he smelled the smoke. He awoke and found small blaze on the roof. Without ringing in an alarm by barking the dog rushed into the camp and grabbed water pail in his teeth and ran to the lake. There he filled the vessel and ran back to the house. climbed the rock and turned the water onto the blazing roof. He re- peated this operation several times un- til the fire was extinguished, and be- fore Huson, who had seen the flames from his canoe. could reach the house.