. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . approach wouklrush savagely at them as far as the length of his rope would per-mit, although he already was on such terms of acquaintancewith his keepers that he would take food from their hands. Inhis rushes to attack, he did not advance with head down, as asteer would do with the purpose of tossing the object of attackwith his horns, but with nose ad\-anced and his liod>- held inreadiness that he might rear and strike forward and downwardwith his sharp edged hoofs. I left the moos
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . approach wouklrush savagely at them as far as the length of his rope would per-mit, although he already was on such terms of acquaintancewith his keepers that he would take food from their hands. Inhis rushes to attack, he did not advance with head down, as asteer would do with the purpose of tossing the object of attackwith his horns, but with nose ad\-anced and his liod>- held inreadiness that he might rear and strike forward and downwardwith his sharp edged hoofs. I left the moose to the care of hiskeepers, who seemed more worried o\er the situation tlian hewas, as they were liable to a legal penalty for having a moose intheir possession, and yet were loath to let this one go free towreak further devastation on the h. isi A. railroad fences. Aweek later I heard at Presque Isle that the moose had ])assedthrough Bangor on his way to Monmouth, Me., consigned toHon. L. T. Carleton, game commissioner, who probably willpresent liim, in Ixdialf of the State, to some zoological NEW Swedens homes are cozy. IN FAIR AROOSTOOK. 23 The town of Ashland, which is twenty-five miles abovePresque Isle, on the Aroostook River, contains 1,0S0 inhabi-tants, and it is the ^: point of a wide area of fanning,lumber and sporting territory. It contains the great plant of theAshland Manufacturing Company, a starch factory and black-smith, millwright, a caq^enter and boatbuilding estal)lishments,and it is the centre of an extensive business in transportation ofpeople and supplies in and out of the game and lumber of its stores which I visited, carry large stocks of hardware,paints, oils and stoves, and the smooth, deadly looking riflesand hunting knives, the trim varnished rods and the belts andammunition and tackle in vast variety exhi1)ited along with themill and lumbering ware was effective testimonials of the gameand fish of the cou
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