Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-06

and two boat houses, each boat house
proprietor had his choice in hotels, that
Is, the hotel whose guests rent boats
from his float, is his favorite hotel and
unbeknown to the gentlemen, some of
the guests of the hotel where they stop
| ped were at the boat house, which favor
| ed the other hotel, and Some one said
there were no fish being caught and one
| of the guests said they catch plenty of
| fish for our hotel and naming the two
gentlemen, said they caught large
| number and brought them home this
very noon. The boatman asked how
| many there were of them? and the an
swcr was. as many as 80 or 40 / should
| think and the boatman said: II will see
| about their breaking the law" which it
was soon learned was, THAT no one per
son should catch over 10 fish in one day
with hook and llno!' For a short time
they were not heroes, but the old mag
| iStratc' came to their rescue and told
the man that he forgot to tell them that
! part of the law, that they were innocent
| of doing any intentional wrong, and re-
| fused to entertain the complaint Moral
| lst.-If they had hired their boat from
the other follow the majesty of the law
would not have been disturbed. End. DO
| not catch over ten fish Il day when you
! are in Canada.
Another peculiar feature relative to
fishing in this section is, that the In
dians who have camps along the
| forcst-lined shores. and gain a live-
| hood by fishing and hunting. are very
| independent individuals. one will go
with party in a boat and show them
where the FISH are, for 500 per day h}t
! he must have the best seat in the stern
| of the boat and those who hire him must
| do the rowing. They are as lofty as
was Tecumseh, the famous Indian chief
| when in the conference at Nincenncs.
| thinking that Governor Harrison had
| t,ttr Ia tab, /,
a neglect which Governor Harrison or
/ dcrcd rcmoded as soon as discovered.
| hut the chief thinking the oversight was
| more an affront than Il mistake, declined
| the proffered seat. your father requests
| YOU to take chair and answered as
| he calmly disposed himself on the
ground My father. The sun Is my
| father and the earth is my mother, /
! viii rcpOsc on her bosom" So these In
! dams rather rcposc on mother earth than
| to be oarSmen for tourists. at any price.
! The people here are not noted for
making fast time they are moderate and
| 1t Il as much out of the question to
hurry them, as it is to get railroad
| train out of Essex junction on time.
| Even the passenger boats wait mornings
for the hotel guests to finish breakfast
| and If a passenger gets left and the
| boat is not over half a mile away the
boat comes back after him or her or
| waits for someone to row the passenger
! out to the steamer.
However they are good people, con-
SCieEtiOus, law-abidmg Christian men
and women, not swift and lashY but in
| tins respect much the same as the peo-
pie in Toronto and some other Canadian
cities, never in hurry. But we are
| brothers, children of one common parent
! but this brotherhood does not mean we
are absolutely equal or alike. Distinc-
tions among men are necessary to pre-
| serve subOrdinaton which must ever eX-
| list The law of fact cannot be con-
travened. Tho larger intellect must rise
above the smaller, the man with great
heart must be more powerful than one
with Il smaller one. The strong man can
ovcrpowcr the weak man. However, the
high can he high without iujuring the
low. and they can be Gods Instruments
. to h,ip the low. TO undertake to put all
men on common level. of equality. bodi-
ly morally, mentally or politically would
be the attempt of an insane man, and
yet men are alike in all the necessities
/ whicl, rest upon them and our brother
hood is not disturbed. 1t has been well
| said that the glory of the household is
| the strength of the strong and the weak
ness of the weak. There is nothing in
the household 50 strong as the weakness
| of the cradle. There is nothing SO
reverend as the weakness of the veneer
able father or mother that sits trembling
IN the chair To the one extreme or the
other of weakness all strength, all virtue
and all mauiucss bow"
There is one extreme in our hotel. the
| venerable mother of the landlord, over
81 years of age, is cared for with 50
! much kindness and tenderness that the
heart Of every guest is touched And
retaining her faculties to such a marked
degree. she is interesting in conversation
and appreciates to the fullest extent all
| that is being done for her She is UNI
able To walk, but IS regularly wheeled
in an invalid chair out into the Verandas
and ON to the lawns in pleasant weather,
that sh" may enjoy looking out upon
the sitterug waters of the lake, the
glorious woodlands beyond ana see the
numerous steamers which pass near by.
This noble son demonstrates that he UNI
dcrstduds and intends to fulfil the com
mandment:
Honor thy father and thy mother,
that thy days may be long in the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee
| AS many who have not read my former
letters VIII this one, and at once
inquire, how do NOu get there, and many
of those who have read them have for
gotten and have written me, and many
have personally asked me, the route. |
trust you will pardon mo for briefly re
stating that the tourist reaches this VOL
drrful "oul of door sanitarium" if you
do not stay inside. from New York, Bos-
ton, Vermont and other eastern points
by the Central Vermont Railway com
panies steamers, from New York thence
by Boston and Maine and Central Yer
mont railway system, converging at the
beautiful city OF Toronto, Canada, to
"AIuskoka Wharf the gateway into this
land of pleasure and promise and from
this point tourists are conveyed on the
steamers Of the "Muskoka Navigation
company through an almost endless
chain of lakes and rivers to any desired,
destination.
Last year | gave a full account of the
beautiful scenery along the lines of the
Grand Trunk and Central Vermont rail
use for the comfort and entertainment of
passengers. but like Shakespeare ! must
not repeat, therefore suffice it to say
that these ever progressive companies
have continued their efforts in the inter-
est and pleasure of their patrons.
In travelling we always see queer poo
Pile, some are filed to the hrim with
egOtism and such are usually ignorant.
This time it was an Indian who favored
us with his eloduence on the way. he no
| doubt imagined himself the lamented
| Red Jacket, the famous chief of the
Seneca Nation, who when called a war
rior, said "A warrior, | am an orator
| was born an orator. but this fellow $
oratory was not like that Of Red Jacket.
but more like the rcputed oratory of
Judge Merriam of Fitchburg Mass,
whom, rs the story goes always expect
ed to be called upon to speak on State
occasion, and was humored by his fell
| low citizens. AT the time of their cen
tennial celebration, some years ago, he
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