The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-09-05
TREE ROAD CROSSING

Well we bean on those camp trip
we bean tink we go on. for cougt
som those beeg fish Xix Doc Poisson
cotch when he go som tam go. Hen
Crapeau and me rent som ottmobeel
for took us UP on these pond WHARF
we gon camp ourself We pile lot
baggage on those ottmobeel and our
self and ride long tam. By by som
body fire som guns BANG under
meath ottmabeel and lik scairt us
mos to death. Com find out no guns
bean fired but tire bust herself We
get him fix and get on top and set
while the Teller we rent for took us,
got down and wind up the main
sprung She pref near ran down for
it took him long tam do it, but by by
she tick and off we go. When we
got to mile from WHARF we gon stop
going, he ran down again. The fell
Ter wind and wind and wind, but she
don't seem tick yer we'll | tink she
mus have break som handspring al
rite. BY by he give up winding her
and say he got 90 for doctor to fix
her and we have to up pile all those
duffil and tote him ON our back to
mile to WHARF we gon camp. only We
don't 20 but little way fore we de-
eide we better camp right there stead
toting all way to Horntrout Pond
BY tam we get tent up and stuff on it
We gon be ready for eat som grub.
We build fire and make som salt pork
fry and spuds on our spider and bile
som coffee Some grease in pan got
fire and pref near burn up the stuff
we have but we tro 10 tree handful
dirt on him and save her After we
eat him and drunk som coffee we go
wash our dish and when we emty the
coffee pot out flop big bull toad Hen
had dip up with water when he go for
him He billed pref good, but SOM
how we don't feel lik eat any more
Those mite we ko sleep early only we
stay wake alnite pref near. Shelters
yer tick and all sort noise round us
make us tink mebbe wild animal gon
Jump us. She com morn by by and
we get som breakfast except we don't
neither of US seem care for som cot
fee like we did lat mite. We walk
to pond and took boat for go out
fishing which was pref good only we
forget bring som bate so we don't
cotch somting that tam. We jes get
back to tent when she com yer big
shower and rain hard. II she hadn't
bean our tent leak yer bad, we would
not have get yer wet We 90 fish
som more, only we took som bate this
tam ard cotch tree big peeckleral,
bout same size. One biggest one was
bout tree foot to ounces long, make
one bout tree foot and half, and other
was four foot. Any one not gon be-
leeye this, we can take her show the
place WHARF we cotch it, On way
HON to tent, We bust one ore so she
no good and Hen try puddle with
other one but lose him. We drift
round till bout twelve o'clock by mite
we get shore on side pond crost from
WHARF we have our tent and we have
walk bout fly mile fore we got him.
We yer tired when we get thare.
Long bout morn a yer big wind com
up and blow down our tent onto us
and we get all tangle up and decide
we better go HON onstead of try set
her up som more, so we pack up and
got HON that mite bout tan O'Clock
We have yer good tam.
Som more folks have got chicken
meesle than have her last weak.
Julie Lagrande have get her som
new rist watch WHARF she got all
her money for by SO many tings is
queer ting to mos OF US.