Show old uncle neds moose uncle ed abercromble a noted maine guide who comes from the rangeley lakes told the following tory while in boston recently did you ever hear about me ami the moose cow and calf I 1 was up to peevy s camp at moose lake we call it and one day at down the river to the dam to git a canoe I 1 were fetchin it up and just as I 1 were goin to beach to alt out of the way of some men goin down to mend the dam right there on the shore stood a moose cow and a calf she lowered her head like she wanted to charge and defend her calf says I 1 to her old gal you ve got a nice bossy and ou got the longest beard I 1 ever saw on a cow but you ain t inter terin with me and I 1 ain t goin to interfere with you then I 1 started up bartlett s brook with the canoe and comin around a curve there was the cow and the calf again says I 1 old gal give you all you want with my gun if you toller me any more but she gasn wasn t much ith me so I 1 dian didn t interfere with her now Bart lettes brook you know runs all criss cross and zig zag like saw teeth and comin around three turns more there was the cow and calf again says I 1 old gal you shoot you but there gasn wasn t no use doing that fer she gasn wasn t really inter ferin hith me then I 1 went around a couple more turns and there she ft as agin still howerin her head and lookin wicked like by gosh old gal sas I 1 that 11 do for you you come arf me an settle you but she dian didn t do no inter ferin so I 1 either so I 1 went to bishin for an haur and after I 1 had caught two or three hundred I 1 come back down stream ard barred it there the calf all alone it seems the cow gasn wasn t after me but alter my little dog who was in the boat but who had skimmed ashore while I 1 was bishin that moose cow followed the dofa clean into peevy camp and v as batin cold oatmeal out of a pot on the hearth when peevy came along and she was scared off peevy was too surprised to shoot he dian didn t have a gun |