Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-06
JAY EPP BEE
Enjoys the Piscipatieps 4 /
Beautiful Inland Lake.
He Draws b Long BRsatls u Gem D.
stItyin6 AP md BeheAs Elilale-
h6 SesssgJ.
Kills the Ubiquitous Mosquito. Catch
% the virgins Eel. and Enioys
osnuiss Outing"


| MR. EDtrox:
| In former years Il has been our annual
habit to eonsregafe 81 the sea shore and
there bsthed in foggy food Of doubtful
light, await the destroyer Of disesse germs
generated BY our over enthusiastic appiics-
ton TO business.
We have come TO consi.les il necessary 70
our longevity Ard our duty to mankind gen.
orally, that We "let up occasionally and -
much oftener A. possible. How many times
In the dimmins past have ve wrapped GU.
great warm coat about Us and cfouched on
the shiny lodges Of our rock bound State,
endeavored to masticate the concrete stmos-
pierre from the far southeast, a. We patient
Iy watched for the migration Of the above
mentioned germs. And again. when the
recresnt sun 20 far forgot himself a. TO rend
ssunder the vaporou, pail. and allow Us
momeniAry glimpse Of the great blue dome
beyond the mountain tops, We have climbed
the hills, by the doctors orders hoping 70
scatter the baified bacteria by the wayside,
for the fowis Of the air and the beasts Of the
field. We know our duty was . noble one.
especially when we paid our bills and return
ed 10 the bosom Of our family poorer and
wiser II not better man.
This year through the overwhelming ar
guments Of a depleted pocket book. we
we're induced to try the salubrious surround
ings 81 some northern lakeles whose outlet
is . beautiful yet dimnutive streamlet, be-
meath whose limped waters gsmbol the spotted
troutlet asking only To be let alone.
We pitched our tent beneath the waving
pines and Immediately began extracting new
strength from the oders Of spruce, hemlock
and hr. waited down upon and around US en-
tireiy gratis, gaxed across the pond 1t our
feet. its lily pads and cst-tails. land no gigan-
tic day for feet ether and no charge there
for, listened to the delicious song of the
birds that filed the air with sweetest melody,
and felt ~ q man must feel who takes in
first class opera, on the strength Of . COM
plimentary ticket with front seat thrown
In.
OF the mosquitoes we have little TO
say. They were there first and were
successful in Introducing bill for the
protection Of certain individual mosquitoes.
Others suffered the penalty Of their temerity
and their bleaching bones now lie strewn
along the oozy shores Of that inland sea.
Our groceries. consisting Of four pounds
Of salt pork, three dozen hardtacks, three
ounces of forty cent tea. salt. sugar and
pepper to match. being properly and artis-
tically arranged in the northeast corner of
our seven by six and a half domlcile we
wandered thougbtfully toward farm house
% the hillside. merrily jmgling, meanwhile,
the loose change in our pockets gratihed to
know that we possessed the where wit IL to
pay for perfect happiness, whether we get II
or not.
In response to our gay and festive rap on
the door there appeared female form of
forty or thereaoout, whose hustle had ap-
psreutly been sadly neglected in order 10
properly cultivate prosperous growth, close
IL resembling the whiskers and mustache of
the III possible jsterner sex Her dress placked
from the parental stem before maturity
displayed impossible posey's on blue ground,
and very numerous pair of carpet slippers
within which the greater portion of her feet
were encssed. Hanging to her dress was a
precious youth of four or ive busily engag-
ed in destroying the hard earned wages Of an
over-indulgent father, by causing the disap-
pearsnce, within its open countenance, of
the farinacious ingredient Of lusty lunch
con with alarming rapldity, while the greater
portion of the imported West India accom-
paniment was spread promiscuously over a
vivacious visage of vast proportions. show
ing plainly why the trade with the country
mentioned is forty -four millions of dollars
against us. II was q plain case Of treacle-
aginosis and could be proved by the door
handle, the chair and my trousers.
We bslsn led ourself uDobtrusively on the
OF front corner of the remnants Of preca-
rious chair, as half a gallon Of milk, which,
for fear of making too much trouble we
earnestly begged her not to skim, was being
crowded into small sized two quart tin pa ii
at seven cent? quart, and eggs warranted
pure and undefiled, in our pockets, at twenty
five cents dozen, She explained that this
was little above market. but summer COM
pany didn't come but '.wunst q year and
expected to pay kinder bandsum like -
Promising her our future trade we babe
adieu to the mother and the s,reef faced boy
and made home run with only one out-of
the six being broken.
Cutting an alder a. in our youthful expert
ence, we attached line and hook, with pork
for bait and pushed the leaky boat through
the lily pads into the deeper water beyond
The sun had hidden behind the western tree
tops ss we lowered our alluremept into the
dark olive green waters on which we man.
aged to float BY occasional bsiiing. and the
traditional black II got il: his work with
visor worthy of better cause. A plaintive
whippoorwil at the upper end of the lake
uttered c-'e, that We could have dispensed
with snd-Great Sco,t-whish-sh-s h. How
that alder buckIcd rhe eel was three fee:
long il he was ~ 'ch. He unlocked him
self with uue xampiej dexterity and immedi-
stely took advantage of the four inches of
water inside the boat to show his keeping
From my elevated position on the gunwales
We exchanged glances of ave and admra-
ton until an unfortunate oscillstOry motion
of the now half filed craft gave our prize
an opportunity to escape to a larger body of
it's native element.
Thoughtfully we hauled the boat W on the
muddy shore and prepared our frugal meal,
previously amounting the inner man with
preparation made especially to countersct
the poisonous effects of black fiies on the
average fisherman or touriit. Ii is also said
to be a sure cure for the blues. Our slumb-
ers were unlisturbed save by the signing of
the pines, the musical note Of the belated
loon in the distance. the owls wiered call to
its absent mate, the unearthly howlings of
numerous dogs at the farm house and few
minor noises Of no Importance whatever
Morning dawned at last and long before the
effulgent rays Of the coming sun decked the
eastern hills with crowns of gold, we tried
again and caught another eel.
Our employment for the forenoon con-
sisted of making = run on our eggs and
milk and frequent applications Of black fly
preventative. Also = quiet little bargain
with the "oli man" whereby he was per-
suaded to part with fifteen "speckled beau
ties weighing an ounce short of three
mounds and caught '.outer Their brook, jes
tother end er Their lower medder," for two
dollars and . quarter. He said They all
on EN- done it, and with an easier
conscience said goodbye to the
accommodating tiller of the soil. to
the song birds that filled the air with sweet
est music. to the dogs that filled Us With evil
thoughts, to the wife that filed our glorious
annette. to the cells and to the lad of the sac
charine expression. promising to come
again" and may be invest our surplus in .
summer hotel on the borders OF this animated
sheet of water with hunting and nsmng o.
the very door, also Boats TO let AID
keep of the grass arranged in pictur-
esoue profusion over the head domains Of,
jar Err BEE.