April 25, 190S.] 
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WHISTLING AND GROUSE. 
In 1834, in Milan township, Coos county, New 
Hampshire, father took his old flintlock musket, 
hand saw, his best little boy and started for the 
woods. The cleared land, I have a vivid recol¬ 
lection, was inclosed with an old rotten brush 
fence. Father went over the fence, laid his 
tools down, and came back after me. He 
squatted down on his feet and I climbed on his 
back. On top of that old brush fence father 
broke through, and I went about eight feet 
further up the fence hunting for a better cross¬ 
ing, and struck the fence forked end up and 
went right through—just enough of me stick¬ 
ing up for father to get hold of to pull me out. 
In pulling me out a stick run up my nose. A 
little blood ran off my upper lip, and a great 
big yell ran out of my mouth. “Hush! Hush!” 
says father. “Hear that partridge drumming? 
You will scare him and we won’t get him.” 
Father shot the partridge, and if there ever 
was a proud little mortal on this earth he was 
right there carrying that partridge. > In the 
spring the male bird, while its mate is on its 
nest, will find an old log, generally a moss cov¬ 
ered log, and about every five minutes in the 
morning he will drum. Some say they strike 
the log with their wings, others say they hit 
their body. I don’t believe anyone knows, for 
they will see one first. I have watched them 
for an hour at a time. They, won’t drum as 
long as they are seen. The noise they make is 
a kind of a muffled sound that can be heard a 
fourth of a mile away. They are very wild, and 
yet if you understand them you can kill them 
with a stick four feet away. If your whistle 
is out of repair, fix it before you start in. First, 
find your partridge, circle round them, draw 
nearer every round. You must keep your 
whistle in good order.. I have killed them with 
a stick a number of times. Only one got away. 
Then I hit an old brush with the toe of my 
foot. I presume they think they are not seen. 
In New Hampshire fans were made of their 
tails for young girls to carry when they went 
to church. They were speckled, and when prop¬ 
erly fixed made a very fine show. . Girls carried 
them fastened to their waist with a ribbon. 
Older women used turkey tails for fans. When 
first taken off trim the meat, or flesh from the 
quills, spread the tail the size and shape you 
want your fan. Let them dry, sew on cloth for 
the hand hold. Generally they cover the cloth 
with silk. The next kind of a fan I saw was 
a palm leaf fan. Now you know more about 
fans than I do; that is of present use. 
[From “Reminiscences” in the Edgarton 
(Ohio) Earth, by L. W. Wilder, who went to 
Ohio when the Indians were still there, and 
who is now over eighty.— Editor.] 
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The forests of the Southern Appalachian 
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valuable hardwoods they contain that very little 
virgin timber is left, and about 85 per cent, of 
the area is second growth. 
The drain on these forests by many industries 
is immense. The lumbermen are going over the 
land for the third time. First they took only 
the prime oak and poplar saw timber. Next 
they took the oaks that were suited for barrel 
staves. Now they are after whatever mer¬ 
chantable trees are left, such as birch, chestnut 
and gum. 
Moreover, these forests have been, and still 
are. logged very wastefully. Nearly three- 
quarters of the timber cut for ties is wasted. 
Double or even treble the number of ties now 
cut could readilv be secured from the same area 
without injury to the forest. By simply taking 
all the suitable trees, 123 ties could be* cut from 
an acre which now yields only sixty, and if all 
of the wood in the trees were fully utilized, 170 
additional ties per acre could he secured. 
With mine timbers the story is the. same. 
Fully 40 per cent, of (he timber handled in pro¬ 
curing them is entirely wasted. 
Finally, fires are injuring the productiveness 
of the Appalachian forests by running over the 
ground and killing young growth. 
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