The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21

Down East French Canadians Engaged in
q scientific Quest.

n SC1enJiuC guest.
EAST ORRINGToN. Me-. May 1o.-If DR.. Francis
L. Harvey. professor OF zoology at the Univer-
sity OF Maine. will admit there are frogs in
Brewers Pond that weigh from twenty to forty
pounds, the French Canadians OF Old Town
and Onono will agree to send four boys to the
university and have them educated as civil
engineers. otherwise the school will lose the
French Canadian support. and any statements
which Prot. Harvey shall make about natural
history. particularly the natural history and
lives and habits OF batrachians. will be dis
credited. The trouble arose two years ago.
when Jimmy st. Peters asked DR.. Harvey II he
had ever seen afroR that weighed forty pounds.
No" said the doctor. and nobody else ever
saw such a frog"
al bin seen heem. BeeG-so beeg"-said
Jimmy, measuring off three feet between his
h~ands-"ez beeR ezen un earcon tree year OIL.
Heem weigh forty. may be tlnty pounds"
Where is this monstrous frog 2" aeked the
professor" Bring him to me dead or alive
and I'll give you 500 for him"
Everybody who lives In southeastern Penob-
scot county has heard about Joe. the gigantic
bullfrog that has lived in Brewers Pond for
more than fifty years, although nobody except
o few Frenohmen had been able to set eyes on
him. After DR.. Harvey had made his 500 offer
the hunt began in earnest. As soon as the ice
was out Of the pond st. Peters and his two boys
took spears and baited hooks and searched the
pond for days. Tom Beaupre. whose dog
had been swallowed by the frog in
1892, came out and offered advice. Tim
Thibideau. whose creel OF pickerel had
lately gone down the frogs throat.
appeared a day later. and afterward came a
assembled, David King found, the tracks Of a
f Hs tel ,f9 q KS X ' dis so,, mu9 1 6e sns no fbe sHo5e;
Rssss t ss%s miles s ~ t%s sisSEs v T. set sSe ;s sssss
long By 81 inches vide. As the track o, Of" an
syeT z g, o al T0sb Is M r2t more SnS a asa tRs l v1 5nsm 10 lsp q;
so9lid b % :" are ie' 70 one %ast another esS %' as sst tho No cuPss 81 g!
t tRss: f lGsi}shIas tr ,Spt the he, iT iaIiy with } Ran 9saS
times bigger than the ordinary b%ulIirog: They
sSSnysysdd The the aG mio rama d9 A. to e Or; Ha nNG yydg Tho
Very well the tracks are all right. Now
warily following some o. thes Big tracks along
the muddy shore. he turned a point Of bushes
IN the mud sp0IHe He shot the heb rS Ia and When a,'f he
found that Its webbed feet fitted the tracks he
HSic Ssa ass idsd'G tRa Up t Re Ss! Fss a no s9p pesd Of q T ssatI::
ing, DR.; Harvey anything about this discovery.
ca Tss t hs9 ires w SSHishs , RhsSly so S1sssPtp fSiasSd be- to
great and little frogs that sang and screeched
n nhd esab5s st the sN bIe f tlTSs.s whose he @ObS sIyIoww fssr IN IN
iSrpsF years had led many to seek shelter In
came al from different parts Of the bond at inter- g
order ords; All After sP' two oT WEEKS Of %9f almost sxsae eontin 1@o Hs
s siss &c the hS H %as hf ais ys sEsiRR , aW KY nss tie sr soItR
With u age. In In former err years he had d''iie let
o ~ z series 81 explosive ss gutturals that sound
were full Of quavors and Cracks. After pad.
dIing Hpntths pond st for v miles in silence n e
s4seasf d ti%ii' shed sTIsd 4 iEGihtv Kan n"a f, fin'G 9saf anguish.
taken Tor the Voice Of the srest frog were re- made
The frog siaded them for days and nights.
to them from he towns below, The men, LETT
S %s,s BY alone. lone until 4 d al re!e F1e neS I hrf t tSSe bS ent
from Brewer. one nleht and said, Polssons-
S TbsT 1S6ks %i ~ tbs to iatbs two and IT. w psteri :, s9 fHc
Out earapaud." they replied. "Avez vous 10
rh nop 9br. sal, tdo The ne now sa Sog o sn% s%iI nsu gGo aim
rowed of across the pond under the light Of
You gset ze crapaud an Al bin geei you
sight. They didn't come back that night or
the next night or the next day after the next
!R",ssnnda' his I,% two %f eoss s and % the st sT ses boy oyer cat Haa
Ing smeIts and pouring them into the punt
they had carried away.
What for YOU do, avec 10 crnpaud you bin
hef?" asked jim Of the new boy.
Al spear hecm.' said the hoy.
What place you bin spear heem o.
I'm heem back" replied the youth. "Ai bin
do Get an hole on for tire heem out. Heem
swim an swim. an All hin hole on. ten-nf
hours. maybe. Bimeby Al come out an 20
frog heem pull 70 spear out an go back heem
home. Al stay here an catch feesh. Bimeby
Al bin come and cntch heem some more"
st. Peters looked at the boy in silent admlra-
tioG for fully Aye minutes. Then he said;
for tell heem lie. Now, Al leek you lax Al want
to fer steal heum boat"
the N mattress If t Ak uPTtn the he s sors places nt on his seG SarE'
Meantime Jimmy st. Peters and his two boys
are back at the pond, working day and night
to win the 800 reward.
Hn.,,to~n A-oor A. Mao