Show ON SNOWSHOES the plan by which mall wag carried through biff it Is said that the late jock darling the most noted hunter and trapper ever known in maine once brought a young deer out of the deep snows of the woods by fetting snowshoes to its feet and there have been instances of doga wearing the but not until a recent day tar as the rec show dm any one in this new england state ever see a mule on snowshoes enow shoes the snow that came last week was only an ordinary but the gale that succeeded it piled up big drifts shutting out many towns from all communication with the outside world bingham in somerset county bad been without mail for a week when one evening the carrier henry caswell arrived from the forks with four sacks slung over a mule s back the mule pete is a diminutive animal tough and strong but going as mules generally go ut terly unable to wade through the high ridges of snow between the forks and bingham so caswell after study ing the situation a bit decided to fit snowshoes to pete the plan worked all right and the little mule seeming to appreciate the situation allowed the shoes to be fitted without tion the shoes were made of oab frames woven with sto it moosehide moose hide about half the width worn by men and without the usual long shank behind pete came along on his shoes as well as caswell on his and the two were welcomed with shouts of approval by the people of bingham the return journey twenty tour miles was made in the same way |