. Forest life and forest trees [microform] : comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure : with descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick. Forests and forestry; Forests and forestry; Forest reserves; Forest reserves; Forêts et sylviculture; Forêts et sylviculture; Réserves forestières; Réserves forestières. 152 BIVER LIFE. 1}. the toll-house grog-shop, and baptize them by pouring a quart of rum over their heads. Distinctions of grade were lost sight of, and the office of deacon or priest constituted no exemption "pass&
. Forest life and forest trees [microform] : comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure : with descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick. Forests and forestry; Forests and forestry; Forest reserves; Forest reserves; Forêts et sylviculture; Forêts et sylviculture; Réserves forestières; Réserves forestières. 152 BIVER LIFE. 1}. the toll-house grog-shop, and baptize them by pouring a quart of rum over their heads. Distinctions of grade were lost sight of, and the office of deacon or priest constituted no exemption "pass" against the ordeal, rather the rite profaned. This process of ablution was practiced with such zeal upon their own crp. ' and transient passers-by, that a hogshead of mm was drawn in > hort time, running in broc!:s over the floor. The affair was conducted amid the most boister- ous and immoderate merriment—the more distinguished the can- didate, the more hearty the fun. But a change has come over, not the spirit of their dreams, but their practices and estimate of such excesses. I doubt whether any portion of society, or class of men whose intemperate habits were so excessive, and whose excises, at least for a moderate use of liquor, were so reasonable, can be found where the principles of total abstinence have wrought so thorough and complete a change. Not that the evil is wholly eradicated, for many still continue its use. But it has now been fully demonstrated that men can endure the chilling hardships of river-driving quite as well, and, indeed, far better, without the stimulus of ardent spir- its, and perform more and better-directed labor. At the time alluded to,-however, more prominence was given to rum as a iiecessary part of the supplies than to almost any other article. " The first and most important article," says Mr. (Todd, of St. Stephen's, N. B., " in all our movements, from the stump in the swamp to the ship's hold, was Rum ! Rum !
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