The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20
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Las, one tait.d stats. of4cehold~r In
Maine Who earns his salary Ills nams
u John 4 Nadsau.
Two or thru. times q month q stout, rrd-
faes-i man ridss unto q viiagv Ia AOu.iSos
county behind . pair Of shabby. foam
spaiieret hcr--s. stops hong enough TO
eat and then ilshs- ON TO III. n"st town,
trotting his team on III" level roads and
running ths har-e- up and down hill That
i Nadeau Whrn business u urgent he
rtds~ day and night. shifting hor-cs when
he can and gong at such a furious rate
tina, mr-t per-uu- take hun for a s'nugsI"r
who u hard pressed by the revenue men
and u ANXIOUS To- get away
While Nadsau and ria occupation are
mysteries to the villagers there IL not q
lu~nhcrunn, a farmer or = strolling trapfrr
within fifty miles Of Naine's northern and
western Norler- who does not know MIN
and either lear or respect him for ~ha, he
has lone or l. able 20 do. On the pay
rolls At Washington and among the snug
glcr- and woodSn.n, John Nsdsau us Depu'y
Collector 81 Customs for northern Maine
covering a border line % more than two
hundred miles and doing deeds II physical
daring that Civ" him high rank among the
employees OF the United States Treasury
Department.
He is known under many names. The
Yankee and Irish population 81 the towns
call him tho scared smusglcr.' ON account
81 the hurried manner OF his travelling
Tho Canucks, who have come over from
Canada to grow rich from %choprins timber
and eating rabbit stcws. call him. lie NOR
Il - - L-IN. 80 Wa.I NInf Iva
Is The personal representative oi The oId
S~-a;ch. Who has sent him TO the woods to
take io.I upnn the souls II wicked French
men Across tho line the Scotch and Eng
Ish settlers who cing to Canada and are
proud Of their loyalty to Great Britain give
ham the title Of Warden vi the Marche-,'
Il term tackled on to the DEPUTY Iou.st"r
bsCaus" ms duties are similar 10 those pr
formed ~ tho Anyhtly wGdrns u centufl,s
ago.
His work consists % seeing tha, all duti-
able ~aittCl's brought across the Main. hne
from Canada arr as-eased and paid Tor AT
regular 'aIir rates Now the collection
81 customs j. nu, a holiday Job. even IN \
his s.sIort with revenue cutt'r- aud q
lus, oG deputies At hand. Away up IN north
cTu Ma.ne the guarding Of n tn~ aS miles
long which wind, IA and OFT among q, no
wood and across great swamps, where
there aIr .ew roads and where the Mid
animals are not aiIa!d u usL-io iaifol
his s,rtoh 81 woOds and waters at all
seasons aud In every kind al weather, 10
a tazk which few men would crave
here ale uU.y "A few professional SNUG
g!,r. VIZ l,ad lv,s Of hazard 10y taking
lJuor atrD-s the border, SUl Nadcau has
pl"uty 81 trouble with the MN ~ tae .umicr
came J. - cheaper 20 paw hugh prices
lr lhs. can pctatuss ard pork that
az raised near nv than To buy lhCm IN he
uaGHtfs and iaul item many hu!'s over
pIur 'Dt" r.Ut- 10 supply tie Iumi"r
camrN a scor" 81 more Of thrifty m'n have
tascu ny farms along he waterways, where
they byS one WEALTHY IN a few years from
lands ihcy hav. never purchased. And
~ Al. farmers OF tlu, sad" the 4iI" pay no
dui'ss wn'u r-IInE 20 Maine camp, Il IN
human nature Tor 10" camp tpss's 20 assert
that all the supplies they consume are Il
L,W" production
No IA" cout.nds that a few farms scattered
twenty mL,s apart Ia the ior,rt az" aide
o. supply 100 m'n and So horses during
a Winters operation. but every foreman
pre'snds 20 have bought from local farmers
II - Nadesu's duty to prove he dId aut,
l--au-n a iorc- ~ 100 mn could hot Hc,p
watch On al, the camps all IN. time.
Nrf"au gets around tn" difficulty by
visiting ~" farms curing The Srasun IL
harvest and learning ga" total amount pro-
alcsd Ihcr ~ IA easy 10 cstiuat" how
much ~. Different camT~ will No.. lu a week
~ q month. and when tho crops ~ the
local farmers ar taken RN' '..fl lFH 'b'al
cuu-.mI'l,r. what j. left over g. presumed
20 havr b-.n imported from Canada. and
the camp owners g" asscss"d according
10 the Si7" & their crows. Vow and then
a NpS- uIi,sis. lu' knowing that 4 b." re-
il-s- 20 raw and - caught luylLg snuggl'd
god A. any future time. he must no' ,nly
ia. 'ull duty uT pact 20, uCcr, Nut have
i- whole stock ount-ratca, lc galns Wiz
dom rom cvu"ricr"r and pays whatever
NHHDnV -H'-I l. Tsu'
When Natsau starts out from Fort Kent
early I'm January on his tr,t trip 20 round
u' 'ic logger be- ;skc- four small horses
and 4 wide sled loaded down With food
ar4 nIr'h.rg'' supply hts Tar'v fora month.
TVu vyuug men - with hitr 80 n'lp m build
inP brush camps ana To- shovel ruaas They
visit .vrrv amp from the mid-wat-rs uf the
~ John 90 the New Hampshire line. pitch !
iuP their !eau-'o az niCNttgil among tho
,uicN spruccE and coming IN upon the
~IuuterWan AZ all hour II CAV and night
II their horses bsrom" PLAYED uut from
ov-rvurk. Nadeau leaves them al some
ramp p, rcrupeiate and CUntslat.s a pair
t. 49,. until his return
Al one camp where there was a French ]
hpS- AMI a crew OF twentv-hN" French.
Canadians. Nadeau one night overheard
~. ly.- toll the cook In FrrnCh 20 mix |
m a hos, Il tea that would MAKE the CulltT- |
tlT Sirk and compel h,tU 20 return home. |
The foreman was badly scarud when Nsdeau
Joined M 'hc cnnv"rat'un. sI,Rking the !
CauIck a'pI- hr Tor than q native. He
s.tflci without arglfnent
Last vin'er. after Nsdeau hsd teen tho
rounds 81 the camps and was returning |
g. Port kort, n snOws'orm earn" on 50
fierce that the horses could make no head |
wav for a week IL wac toward the cut |
81 Fchrunry and the monthly report must
D.. ~ by Nsrrh , Giving directions TO
hi- men. Nad'tU started uLt through the +,
woods ani walked sixty uIln- ON snow !
shoes lie came INTO Fort Kent On ;he /
third dav with h'- clo'h'ng In rags and MS
'o.> BADLY frrs'-hit'cn. hu' with more |
than tGrD m hii- Ia the po'krt II has fan |
nj -h!r'
IN back NV Warden ~ the Marines |
agniu-' any man "a the world for the bust |
n"-- he ras 70 do said toilvator Tom |
Phai5. when he heard Il the adventure