Helmar, lumberman from the Blue Mountains, spoke feelingly; he said: "My company is the owner of a considerable amount of timbered lands and timber purchased from the state and from individuals.

For this: the Penobscot at this point approaches within two and a half miles of Moosehead Lake, and over this portage supplies are taken conveniently for the lumbermen of an extensive lumbering country above, along the river.

It is a most interesting fact, both in a moral and hygienic view, that for some years past intoxicating liquors have been rigorously excluded from almost all the chantiers, as the dwellings of the lumbermen in these distant regions are styled; and that, notwithstanding the exposure of the men to cold during the winter and wet in the spring, the result of the experiment has been entirely satisfactory.

The sturdy lumbermen at last gain the advantage over him.