Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-21
A SAIL. OH
Patients Of the Insane Hospital Have
Grand Time.
visit 70 the Isle oi Springs Sunshine and
Fresh Air at Wholesale.

lo 81 AoA dAy tHiHS. Inc only evil
dent difference between this and other
excursions was that there was less
noise. and less ''hollering" at this tha
and the other, the participants gener-
ally seeming to be thoroughly pleased
and lost in the appreciation of the sun
shine and the breezes which blew from
over the sea- or wooded hills stretching
away far into the blue horizon.
There were about 100 Of the patients
present. They had everything that the
heart could desire. Lemonade flowed
as free as water and there We're pea
nuts by the bag. The band played 60
ing down and coming back, and at the
Isle of Springs two concerts were given
one before and one after dinner in the
pavilion
Director Donahoe had his liveliest
pieces on the programme and the in
spring music added greatly to the joy
| of the occasion.
| DIR. Sanborn, the superintendent, was
there, of course, as was also the pains
taking. steward, Mr.. Campbell, the lat
| ter having direct supervision of the
dinner and the many details of the
| trip.
| Governor RObie, the president of the
board of trustees, joined the party at
the Isle of Springs, after attending the
grand banquet in Portland on the even
ing previous, and accompanied the
patients on their return to Augusta.
Mrs. Oramandal Smith, one of the Wis
iting committee; Mrs. Barker of Port
land, Governor Robie's daughters ana
Mrs. Manning S. Campbell, accom-
panied the party. Hon. S. w. Mat
thews, who has been making a short
visit in Portland and the Isle of
| Springs, also returned by the Islander
The guests were entertained at dinner
by DR.. and Mrs. Sanborn.
The day was an ideal one for an ex-
! cursion, as soon as it got rid of a little
rain that fell just as the steamer
started. but for only short while, II
make way for the sunshine, which
ended in a cloudless afternoon.
| The party arrived about II O'clock,
giving time for the patients to stroll
about before dinner, or listen to the
music of the band.
| Then came the feast of the day. Be
| meath a tent were tables spread with
everybody an appetite that was some
thing terrible to endure, and there was
no call for urging from anyone. There
was no delay, and when a very salts
factory dinner, certainly eXtraordin-
ary dinner for a picnic, had been dis
posed Of the men played ball or
smoked, or both; and the women
scattered about where they could
watch the sport and lend their cheers
or else seek the highlands and view the
land and sea for miles around. There
was a breeze up there such as the
patients seldom get and they made the
most of it.
The dinner and all the parts, putting
up the tent and everything, took Mr..
Campbell and his efficient corps only
circus, the show, it was all over; ,ani
the paraphernalia was packed away,
ready for another day.
The ball game was a sumner, the
Invincibles beating the Mohawks by
score Of 80 to 90. w. B. Sanborn was
umpire.
After dinner there was music and
dancing until 2.3O, when the boat and
party was ready to return.
The whistle blew and the people
came thither, as had been directed.
But when the patients were counted
over, it was discovered that two men
were missing. They were E. w. Harris
of Calais, formerly resident of some
years of Massachusetts; and Freeman
Jackson of Dover, the latter being 1T
the hospital to be examined as to his
sanity by order of the superior court.
1t will be recalled that he was brought
to- Augusta a few weeks ago. He is
charged with making some peculiar
financial transactions, so peculiar that
his sanity is doubted.
Whether or not these men were over
come by the fatigue of the trip and lay
themselves down in the kindly shade
of some bushes to enjoy sweet sleep,
thus, not hearing the whistle. or else
they were suffering from Authorizations
and got it into their heads that there
was a hide and seek game on tAe pro-
gramme, is a matter for conjecture.
Or, again, they may have laid plans
for escape. In the limited time avail
able, to insure seasonable return,
search was made, high and low. At
tendants were left behind to search the
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