WHERE THE SPORTSMAN LOVES TO LINGER. 



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pear for the defense. We put in a plea of justiticatiou. We 

 produced a sample of the vile stuff we bought in the 

 ''States" and compared it with the smooth, oily extract sold 

 ov(M' tlie bar of the Hotel New Brunswick, claiming that 

 no one was to blame for imbibinii, too freelv of such a de- 



The Valley of the St. John— Fort Kent. 



licious article after such a "torchlight procession'' as Ave 

 lu night in Bangor. In fact, we praised everything Cana- 

 dian and cond(^mned everything that ever was or ever will 

 be across the border. The court generally takes ''the pa- 

 pers," but in this case it took a sample of the Bangor brand 

 and then that of Canada, sustained our plea of justification 

 and discharged the prisonc^r on condition that he leave 

 town at once, which we agreed to do and did. 



