Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-08-09
ANroeAsr, July %, 1901.

When occasionally in America 1
have found that the people there are
50 deeply in love with their dear
country that mention or description !
of wonderful sights in Asia or in the
islands of the Hgean Sea did not ap-
peal to their tastesj yet today am
venturing to give you only a few
facts that may interest many that in
my youth listened to my voice in
your charming hillside village.
Let us compare certain things in
your country with this summer re-
treat which l have adopted in the
"Black Forest" in the "Grand
Duchy of Baden!'
Your game laws are strict as the
prohibition principles of your gov
ernment which forbid a traveller to
enter any of your ports with an extra
pair of stockings not "made i'm Amer
ica."
You allow a poor hunter during
only few weeks in the year to wan
der through your forests with the
hope of meeting with some horned
animals at which he may take aim
alas, often before he has been able to
level his gun at living venison your
law says: "Put away that weapon,
the time is up ! ! 2" Now what have
you for that restriction?
When strangers are at your board
you dare not serve them delicious
game they can rarely eat at home.
Here while you are sweltering we
reside in a cool forest and every week
in July and August our table is serv-
ed with venison under the name of
reh-roebuck. These animals abound
in the woods near us, and as only
the younger deer are shot and served
| i'm summer, the meat is tender and
delicious We have as accompani-
ment raspberries, millions ripening
on the hills where exposed to the
sun.
When an object is easy to obtain
one is apt soon to weary of it; here
trout are almost too abundant. / can
any day catch eighty to ninety one
half pound trout in an hour in the
brook near our dwelling. When
caught each trout is placed in spring
water in long fat barrel which is
hung from the shoulder by leather
strap.
No one thinks of running these de-
licious fish by relegating them to the
frying-pan. mol they are quickly
boiled in water with dash of vine
gar What a delightful repast the
"Brethren of Milford LOdge' Ito
whom 1 send greeting) might make
in this mountain home
These forest covered hills are ter
raced from base to knob in every di-
rectiOn and one walks always in the
deep black shade. The air one
breathes is pure yet richly fragrant
with odorous flowers, tannen trees,
and beautified by hundreds of digi-
/ AtlAAo UlOooDkAl6s
Away from our house in quiet hooks
like bogs near the upper heights we
find one of NATURES greatest floral
curiosities, a plant interesting and
wonderful-drOsera rotundifo liza, the
rOund-leafed sundew plant, also
known in Germany as the flesh eat
ing plant.
1t is found on mOors and in forests;
from its mOssy base it sends up ten
drills; at the extremity of each is a
small round leaf, the outer edge of
which is draped with bright crimson
hair-like fringe, forming a trap.
Whenever an insect or fly enters ou
Of curiosity it instantaneously closes
its fibres and the venturesOme insect
is imprisoned. Other tendrils ascend
in curved lines bearing a delicate
white blossom.
The plant dyOu@a muscipula found
in India is of the same family.
This plant might hOnorably warn
visitors
"On entering here abandon hope" "
My hope is that in the autumn
you may for a moment again take
by the hand
Your old friend,
MAXWELL SoArAiERvILLE.