The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
SOME NEW BOOKS.
From the Lumber Camp "a the Tut
ted states senate.

tcd states senate.
Tho story Of n great industry is in
esrWoven with the story Of a man in
Senator Isaac ST~EpHEXsoN's R"cOilcc-
lions Of q LOaO LJc privately
prin,cd). In simplicity. %clcarn,ss of
statement and vivid portrayal of per-
sons and conditions. this record
Possesses the Qualities Of literature not
ephemcral. There 20 in 1t not IA sug-
eestion Of that self-consc.ous aH,cta-
ton which IL the curse of modern let
ts:s. II is an epic of the LUMBER trade
. It's heroic days.
Tho S~tcphensons we're Scotchmcn.
who acquired M Irish hyphcn by par-
t5cipating IN the Ulster Plantation.
The Wisconsin Senator's ancestors fol-
lowed that movement through It's suh-
seuucnt development. the exodus TO
America. His rcnt-crandfatiler. An
drew, settled in Raphoc. and had Il
farm called Culladerry. and a FAX mill.
Andrews son. Robert, was true
"Scotch-Irish.' lie Showed the spirit
Of his race on one occasion when.
angry at some workmen repairing n
dam in winter and timid about getting
into tho Icy water, he lung aside the
crutches which his rheumatic affilctior
made necessary md splsshed into the
stream himself. His family feared the
cold plunge would do for him. but II
cured his rheumatism 81 that he never
had to use the crutches again.
The Senator's father. also an Isaac.
was the NTH of seventeen children.
of whom fifteen camc to America. He
sailed from Londonderry in 1909:
landed at ~. John. New Brunswick.
and settled In Fredericton. lie became
n Iumberman. His son. the author.
was born June Is. 1929. at Mauser-
Vile, whittier the elder Stephenson
had removed on becoming manager
Of an estate there. The Senator says:
Life meant. a, this time, little more
than hard work. our manner ~
living was simple. Luxuries were low. but
our activity In the woods and on the
river KEEP, us In bounding health and good
spirits. and We did not regard our lot as at
ell dificult. Stoves were unknown, The
big open hearth. with it, blazing logs. It's
pots and kettles. was the centre ~ do
nestle activity. Beside II stood the dye
ing pot. the large Old fashioned spinning
wheel and the other crude implements ~
the day with which the wool was ca-dcd.
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fnnhc scmoo's hau NOT peeh e''ao,.'""u.
.x..,,. - ,a,,a. ,ar
r,vl,r and roaming. ,o- cardiuV wool
quitting. clearing the forest. and raising
barns.
The authors frs, recollection Of inn
portant events IN of tho ID COM
troversy Of 1889. which at the tim
v IL TO the people OF Maine and New
p ,,psu.ick an occurrence 81 grave
i,ynor, War seemed Imminent. and
u, n,berinr onera,;ons vere susnanaeS
I've Yankees hr,iI, n b,ockhouse on tho
Ayoos;ook called For, Fairfield. and N
tie mouth of the Fish River was Fort
Il m, named for th. D,riuo Governor,
vho is calehra tod In the Slogan:
u.t,, r.,
u.,, hen,
For Governor Kent.
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