The Republican journal., 1895-10-31

from very enjoyable visit to relatives in
Brockton, Mass.
Mrs. Lucy A. Orcutt and Mrs. Rebecca
Sylvester have returned to Rockport from g
very pleasant visit to Mrs. Elzra Brown.
| The ladies of the Baptist Circle will meet
at the residence Of Mrs. Emery Brown this.
Thursday, afternoon at 2 o'clock. 1t is the
| be present, as business of considerable in
terest to the members will be transacted.
| There resides here retired sea-captain
who takes unbounded pleasure in hunting,
and the other day, taking good supply Of
shells, he shouldered his fine breech-loader
and hied himself to the forest, thinking that
pot-pie would be the correct thing at this
time of year. For three days he plunged
! through alder bushes and birch groves in
| search OF the ruffled grouse. After eating
his supper on the evening of the third day
he lighted his pipe and figured up the re-
| suit of his travels and the amount Of his
game, which to his amazement summed up
as follows: 1st day, miles, game, o; I'd /,
day, miles, game, O; Sd day, 9 miles, game,
O. When all added together these figures
presented the astonishing record of q miles
Travelled, and the amount of game secured
for pot-pies was 600; which he family ac-
knowledged to a friend was blasted mean
business.
few days ago very exciting event oc-
Cured on the waters of the Penobscot just
above Mixes Bluff, so-called, or better
known as Great Spruce Head, and which
probably has not happened since the noble
Red Man folded his tent and silently stole
away and left the banks of the Penobscot in
the hands of the pale faces. We had dis
tant view of the proceedings from the shore
Of Islesboro at Crow Cove, and with the aid
of spy-glass this is about what we saw: On
a very windy morning recently man we'll
known along shore, and whom we may as
well call George, was proceeding up the
shore in his boat pulling his lobster pots.
Passing Mixes Bluff he observed two OBJ
jects swimming in the water. Changing his
course little he made for them, and on
near approach was much surprised to find
they were two deer, making bee line for
Islesboro. AS one was little way ahead of
the other he succeeded in running between
them, and the hindmost deer, finding him :
self separated from the other, quickly V
turned and made for the Northport shore.
The other kept right on his course, and
az strong westerly wind was blowins
at the time it was dead beat for the
boat and hard pull for the deer to
windward, but by short tacks George kept
the deer heading for the shore, and as he
could not lawfully kill the deer, he thought
possibly it might become exhausted and
give up the ghost then of course he would
pick him up. But it seemed the deer had
no such thoughts OF going under, and so
they kept on At every stroke the deer was
nearing the shore and George appeared to
be getting trtie uneasy, and as there was
no fear OF the deer turning about he made a
tack, which gave him a slant nearly abreast
of the deer, which appeared to be getting
tired Now Is my time, thought the exultant
George. so letting his sail down by the rum
he grabbed his oars and was soon alongside
the deer By quick movement he caught
the animal by the horns, when desperate
struggle ensued, for as the deer realized his
situation he seemed to be imbued with new
strength, and for about fifteen minutes there
was lively kicking and splashing on the
deer's part. Finally George could no longer
withstand the repeated thrusts and loosened
his grip with considerable reluctance. AS
soon as the deer found himself free he arose
half his length out Of the water, and made a
beautiful bow to George as he dove be-
meath the waves. While rubbing his
wounded hands and resting from his exer-
tions and inwardiy bewailing his i'll luck,
his attention was arrested by a break
in the water a short distance ahead of
him. 1t proved to be the self same deer
who had come up for little air. and after
looking around for the lay Of the land headed
for Elwell's shore. George, catching the
impulse Of the moment, rowed hastily id
pursuit Notwithstanding the deer had
somewhat the advantage, the lobster man
pulled for all he was worth, but the deer
gained the shore a few rods ahead of the
boat But in his frantic endeavor to reach
the bank few feet above him he gave des-
perate leap, but, alas! he reckoned without
his horns, for they became entangled among
the limbs OF a scraggy cedar, and there he was
supended in the air about four feet above the
surface Of the water. So firmly was he held
that even his own weight could not dislodge
him. It was perilous position for the deer,
but most desirable one for George, who
stopped his boat and said to himself, IN ow,
my deer, I've got you, and if am not great
ly mistaken you'll be mine after hanging
long enough" So getting up his sail he
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that time the deer would probably be still
turned to the deer, which he found appa rent
" lifeless, so running his boat up close to
shore he let his sail flap in the wind 1t
was nearly high water and his boat was
nearly under the deer. Taking a small
hatchet from the boat he jumped upon
big rock and quickly scrambled up the bank,
climbed the tree, and crawling out as far as
possible on the overhangng limb began to
hack away The limb soon yielded to his
blows, and before he was aware of it down
came the deer with chunk right into the
boat, which caused it to careen somewhat,
and puff Of wind taking the sail about the
same time she started ahead under a
splendid full. Before Geooge had time to
reach her she was too far away gliding beau
tifully along finely trimmed by the weight
of the deer, leaving the lone fisherman
ashore imprecating himself for being so
stupid in not having line with him fasten-
ed to the boat when he went up the tree.
The refreshing breeze soon revived the deer,
and recovering from his bewilderment and
noticing there was no one around but him