The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-22
A STRANGE EXPERIENCE IN THE
MAINE WOODS.

ol tho -h"lhe hunting "oo"o L
know considerable bout the stories OF
the Maine woods. If if were not vouch-
ed tor so emirentIv would not tell it.
If would he too much for credulity and
wouldn't be worth the telling. / be-
lieye il for know the men who tell it
to me, even though they cannot explain
il They beljpve if and do NOT try to eX
njain il for they feel they cannot Here
+ is If fine tiinq seems too much to
believe then do1'f believe II Rut the
facts ara inst the same
I'm the north side of Roarstone moun-
+ain i'm +ba town of ElliotSville in
pisratannis co1ntv Maine lives TINS
+r1,n II Rrovn who calls himself "The
Nadiator,; lie entertains the harmless
vaparv that he is the mediator between
mn and God Far sor1a X wears since
Ms retirement To thp wilderness of
mo,+l,arn Maine he has hpen writino
,yhaf Ga calls . 1}au RHINE and Ne has =
mass ot mannsrrint nilpd A foot hioh
I!,- +l,n u.aI bava aY.miupd five Me
,liatni.s.. mannsrrint rnnsideraLlv and
II j. far frn ,' Heina h9lderdash Nnch
~ NE ,,.,,i+il,g irlIicatas ra'l tbor~ht
a'i,d nonsidara7Ia aIii;t,- Tha ..NIadias
+,. IS w, ~ ia ,nr1 n,ol,
',,,,, 1ns,,i+o l'is 1,oll,,.t,o+;n, on M,
NV ~ roll il WV
G,.,,,,1 Las I,it l,+ =, farm, ,,,d ,,isoc
,,1t.i+,s 5,1d ile.e a1,o,,Si, 70 last
I'm tIlrn',',I tIa Winter. fIn rrans y
iittia ana fr,,+- q ,i+ AND ,,aver Does
i,f,,,c,,,
E5,,i,. -, 1,oo.,,,l.,, i,,s+.,fta,.+ ha fret
- = 1ji',,-n,,,d ,1,,o
,,,o,,,,i,,o +t,,, f,,.b +,.,.l.l ~ a n,oosa
100 -. I,,,'i,, -, no ,l,annar in
mb;ab +La ,..a,+,,,l,s fs,.t 1,,J shaved
intn tla c,5n,r Hro,.n cav, that the
l,loG.sa ,,.,s ,;o n,',. II, bjs nonacitv
,s ,Sfadia+or,' No ,sSe,ts +hat tLare are
~ nn" en;r;tI. ,io',t Lin, ali +hn tima
ia .,Iledas tl,at No aalIad nne Of those
,,,i,;+s - +,1i 1'i,n l'',,'. h;(r mo moose
,i.al aN,d tla+ 4ha s,,;,5t siSin,ad aIono
b "a a,S no., l.o a,i renGarad
~, +l,s. rnonso ,,ac
l 'e iro + NAVY, th wa" t,f ,,Uo Cist
+ha+ Nod datiad Ibe ritias If h1ntars for
'-''t M snr;t ~. ianlarad 50
!, ,',,,.,, ,.a,,e +fInt nn,,so Iid,''t haya
Ny WY L 20 to v.t''' '''' '''N''
III so'' + W. ..NIadio+or,, tod ~, bis snou
e,,ooe rr,.olloJ Nc ,.;aa a,1d q III Of q
s ,,,ooi, ea, " startad au.atl or NO Iona
i1 r' the ''i forest Tb;s w'as aar,y in the
-li or, ''ru iH WI tha .,fed;atnr snnffnd
a 'io III, III noo, without con,ina ~, Win
+ .i,7 o, Illl Rn+ the tracks 9Th ran-
+;,(,,ad fror, o,,d b;s s,,;r;+ n,;Ja ca NO
en+,s l,ar+ hraa +hi,o INTO bic ear tbat
IA oni,dal ,,.as aIn+ost in raacb Ua ata
GiS innnh If cola yanison aS he walked
fnr in a+ern chasa Of a moose NO timt.
- 10 NO ,,eoe+ad JHS kaaI yoodoma,,'s
1.1-e ,,0taJ tIat tho aio,,6s h,,nc low. and
\tere maSsing ia rl,er and darker Had
hs MOI haa,, cnntidant tbat +ba nonsa
was INST ahead Of Inn and wonld yard"
a+ rho cnnoin,, If ,Iight fan La vwonld
40 1I,aIdn11ed +ha ,sI'.,se
A. n'aIncty II WIS dnsl and sill tha
s,1av tracls v.lra stra.rhina an ahead
~ I'm Than bt. conId sn1. Them no
lapoar and raara+fplI, h. IrouoLt to in
:, r5yine and 9Landonad tL4 rhase for
+1e mont
uafad NOT ,a,.l-onad ~, tha }o,,o nm,
s,,it awe +ho,..+o,@, Ii isd ,ot ,,rf51,(ol
ii1,1.al+. a. ti,a' ,t.,,a1 la1tinn. n1annf,.
tiI,,-a-,1I I,.1,.sl,,,t I,o,1(rI,+ ;e r,,n,,d.
.,ya
G,l,,. ,,,,,, ao.,,e+ mod IN +1,a u.oo,1s
,....,li,ae ll,,. oe,,ione an omission, +hiS
The ..lIadiator.. was ahle to collect
e,',,,44 ,lr,. ~, lir,l,. tha+ I,,d lro,n,a.i
, ~ i.,,I 10 il,-nI ,t4 ,,,"
f,,,,. },iu 1,t1,tit,f
liz i. =, ir NJ IRE ~ tii4 fd ,llt-l lt
tna I1a Ji1 ,Ut iar.. ~ NJ, ,,' ~ ~loa,,
+.,, tt,. ,,I,l ,,',i. .,,,1 ,,;..,i,,.- =,
i,4 Stood ana tlIi,,4J bim ms hefn5e +Lo
rire IN. an a,,ir,l,tt.d .1,i+ n,n,,i'1, ,.ni,
st,,,+i, tn l-S.n,, ,',.11.,.
in ti,n ,,,o,ii,'g tha,l loft
o+ iis ,,roTeTda,, evr..1+ one tlot ch7stnd
{i.nni+ If,G M. MOI I.a,, n,,d,,1,. frod
Win ,,oal f., I.,+.I t,,r ,,l,,a l,l ,,.i,I,id
have. rrtra,.4d his sttns Rnt ba taIt
tEat nrnhal,ly the animal had yardad -
1;+1 , 1'i '''l' ~
IiI c"nra nrnSs +ha +rarana,7 ,,la'o
,yI'ara five mooso Ead sna,t mo Mott l,IGN
, I,.i+I = lr,e3 +aot ia ,;n5 ~
tI '' ',- ~ ,r''tt ippGu oli
,n1.h ~ ''' IoG;a+l,,, s'o v' 49, ny
a1'',,al T,.os a o,1S+or a,d ii'' "n ' ho
1', IN s,1rr s'.,, az ne
roa5 .ia t. l+iil W. aiio" hitiin
in ~ ia,'+ iiiorio
obaad 81 h ~ way
''it T%an s l,,,,l ,,,,,,ind oo+hr .,,;+
,,alrInd NO 1ierds n-'orh"aI IA 9p1aiv
~ -, +I f, ny 3,iom
a(l-ac that ;,,dicat. .taa US
''d ~ t;II 49,, l;a ~ ~
mn+er t,1r ahon+ PIT taforo ,' h[n
had nasSad tho $3.50 so II "n i,oui
fastdr oo1arnd hiS +,oai-c e.l,+ al,u
80, oa.i,1 o,'o aai' I 49, J"i i
g. 81 di,,,Il e.. ,,'aI,4 e iSd.eu no
+f.aS alo,,t = lo,
<. W t'pO " ~, - oS Sl4hS W hCCP awe he.