New-York tribune., 1901-04-28

Vince yoop.
Room for the gang the smoking car,
~e,re down from The woods for the wait for the
lookin for Jsoube an plenty 10 eat
AZ Tley an w ahHhng n 25s fsp4 ~ fP4sh fuT neat
An youh trail us ah right by the calks in our
! MheoR y;l4e yah; Yah;
Right from Seboomook-line up to the bar:
-(From Ballads Of the Drive
/The folks in the rear coaches Of a Bangor and
roost"ok train the other day heard above the
anking and rush Of the wheels a tuTlult
shouts from the smoking ahead. Any
me who was not accustomed TO the gentle man
ners of the woods crews their way out 10
civilization would have imagined that fearful
scene OF not and slaughter was in progress
once N a while the yeIls would almost split
the ears and out from the open windows of
ire car would go Whrling old coats. tattered
shirts OF bright hue, caps and hats, and other
garments.
From the fact that later several men in the
car We're seen arrayefi only in their heavy
underwear. il was evident that some Of the
travellers had even discarded their trousers
ne lunbernnan OF the cid school likes 10
reach the city peeled right down the indis-
iersabe III the wa OF attire. He is going TO
huy new suit OF $40 clothes anyway. and what
does he want Of the woods garments that
have been absorbing the steans and stenches
cf the lumber camp fer many months? They
remind him OF his bitter toll and his seques-
ration 50 he offs with EN- the train goes
he things
But unless conditions are extreme the noise
rom he smoking car is the worst feature of the
.-ene The average IuInhernan : good naturel
his Iiot, Unless h l. especially provokes or
nas some old grudSes satisfy he yells and
hoops and storms W. and down the aisles-
and Iilat about ali Eut even IN doing that he
+Irrishes some queer sDeCt2cleS along the lire
l. p these days between the cut and the drive.
w There Is week or TWO now when there Is
nothing else - do except 10 have a good time
sTenC HE earnings Of -he winter in the woods
and ger ready for the start back to the head
~
! rush down the river.
Ia these later days the majority Of the woods
in Maine unmarried. and are aS ire
ponstle SO far as their financial affairs 90
aloTs- They have only few days TO spend
ot of money 1t burns. The frienGs of the
gn'errnen say that the men are better of when
| her money il gone Then they viii get back
L. work They VIII remain temperate steady
&Ic sober as de2conS until the next pay time
comes.
The unfortunate featrre Of the situation is
that there are so many harpies waiting in the
Maine cities ready 20 seize and pluck the un-
wary W3odsmen- One standing 1T the railroad
stations viii behold solicitors for all sorts of
enterprises from clothing stores and boarding
houses down o the varied list Of attractions
s.rasping the elbows and whispering into fh4
of the rough bearded men VINO step of the
trains from up river and gaze about themselves
half umorously before plung.nE into the whiri-
pool Of the distractions that the city offers.
They understand about what is waiting for
Them there. hut with the obstinaCy the
lessness of sailors y no allow themselves b.
shanshaied over ana over again, they are Id
away
In the old days Of the men who came
down from the Moosehead region knew the
, veteran Conductor Nathan Swan and used t.
! make him The custodian Il 4 part Of their
wealth. H had their entire confidence. and used
TO be carrying al kinds Of little bundles of
money tied up and ticketed- The men would
turn up later their way back the woods
congratuating themselves and Uncle Swan on
-t1zs fact that they had left a reserve fund suf-
\ firient TO buy their to.acco and Ittle luxuries
! until the time of the next pay day.
The police tell me that fully one-half the men
waste with careless pr5digality the whole of
their earnings in fOrty-eight hours They either
i spend il themselves il is stolen from them
The Law abiding people Of Maine have long la
nented tnat this TACT is so. but to prevent IL
Guardian would # necessity he required for
each lumberman 6 he struck town
md the guardian would likely be used
roughly f be attempted to interfere with any
mans proud prerogative OF spending his own
money he sees fit.
The MOoGsmen used TO great havoc in
trains and hotels with the spike sOed boots that
! they resoutely wore everywhere and chaw nked
down with great Vigor. 4 State leW makes
4 A punishab bic offence such footwear
in on floors Therefore. il is a common spec
] tacle to behold string OF kick off their
zig shoes az the doors Of barrooms and hotels
before going in for n drink But their heavy
SOCKS are almost much protection i the
cinarv mans thin soed shoes. The law against
/ lrs.ezv man from the woods hasn't yet finished
cursing The dude noticn"
EAGLISH BISHOPS WIVES.