The sun., 1902-01-12

| n January, yardlng h supposed to b I'm
ished, and hauling begins.
On the Penobscot alone this winter about
oOOO men and 800 horses are employed
and more men would have been sent In
had IL been possible to hire them. Years
ago there was always good supply Of reg
ular woodsmen, but latterly the natives
have been seeking other employment.
The young men Of this day do not care
to go into logging camps. with all sorts Of
associates. TO eat beans and swing axes all
winter for s25 to $50 q month. Therefore
great difficulty b often sxperienced In
getting crews.
A woods crew is composed Of several
classes of workers. There arc choppers,
who fell the trees; swampers, who make the
roads. clear away the small growth and
trim the fallen trees teamsters, who drive
the log seds; sledtenders. who load the
sleds; markers, who out with axes various
distinctive symbols upon the logs; cooks,
who are the chefs Of the camps and cookees.
who do the scullery work and walt upon
the men. The wages vary from SIS to $50
month with board. and the season u
usually from four TO five months.
The camps are scattered over Q vast
stretch OF territory, extending for 700 miles
or more along the Penobsoot and It's
branches, away back GO the Quebec boun-
Diary line Woods work l. laborious and
monotonous. beginning with daylight and
lasting until dark, with three halts for
hearty meals. consisting for the most part
Of baked beans although In some camps
now-a-days q considerable varisty Of food
u provided
The days work concludes with . Big
supper, for which the men have rsvenous
appetites and then follows a smoke-tAlk
when some Of the men play cards, soms
sing Tollicking songs Of the woods and the
drive, others dlsouzs the latest prize hsht
ana few mend their torn clothing Ihs
ma Hiority are 90 tired that they roll into
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drop IN 10 sleep when they have smoAed
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