Written by Rowland Evans Robinson in 1889, Sam Lovel's Camps (subtitle Uncle Lisha's friends under bark and canvas) was a sequel to his successful Uncle Lisha's Shop. I had not heard of it before... thought I was up on my 19thC Vermont writers, obviously not.
Robinson created a whole world built around the fictitious town of Danvis, VT populated with farmers, trappers, loggers and canucks. In many of the books (including here) he wrote the dialog in full-on Yankee dialect. Or French-Canadian drawl. Practically impenetrable. Read and enjoy the dry humored explanatory note below.
This and many of his other works can be read and downloaded at the Internet Archive. I found this Forest&Stream published first edition a little while ago; inscribed inside "to father, 1892". Take that Kindle...His parents were abolitionists, and he wrote his best works later when he was blind. Further reading at The Atlantic Monthly who wrote a fantastic obit for him in 1901.
