Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-21

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Said the drummer who was patiently
waiting for the train. Il have been
| looking for a man to kick me eyer
since left Bangor. yesterday. and
none Will accommodate me- What is
the reason for my grudge against my
| self? Reason enough | should think
| Through my COMPOUNDED carelessness /
am $25 out on this trip. and | am no,
in this business for the sport there -
/ in it.
Il started out during the cola
weather, and took along an ulster that
cost me SO the first of the season
! When | reached Aroostook county the
! weather changed and was too warm
! for the ulster, and for days | carried
garded moment | left ii somewhere. tn
Lord only knows where. and | never
thought Of it until | reached Bangor
Since thar time ] have been trying to
think where l last had the coat. but to
remember | can't. | don't care 50
! much for the coat. bat it is the
thought of being 50 careless that
makes ne tired" and he started off
down the station platform delivering n
choice Grafton in the language of the
modern pirate. while his brother "fel-
lows of the grip" looked mournfully on.
and thought Of their own few misdeeds
1t IS said that the one who lost his
coat is doing penance by abstaining
from cigars and pop beer for month
The subject Of the genial Lon Chad
borune and his great prowess as fox
hunter. has been the cause of leading
many into the jaws Of a joke. hut the
latest development in that line is the
best one Yet.
The fellow who was the butt of the
last joke is the son of a New York
dealer in furs and the joke is too rich
to keep silent
The young fur dealer whom we will
call Mr. York. was in Portland a few
nights ago. and while in conversation
with a crowd of drummers. told them
his business.
If You buy fox hides you must no,
fail to see Lon Chadbourne of Angus
ia, said ono of the drummers He j.
one of the most successful hunters IN |
that country, and it is said has an i'm
mense 10, of hides on hand. many If
which are silver greys"
Mr. York thought that he had struck !
ii rich and came to Augusta on the !
very next train, inquirine for the hunt |
CT, Lon Chadbourne. and to his intense |
surprise was directed to the stylish |
hair dressing parlor operated by Mr.. |
Chadbourne. He had evidently had 4 |
different idea of the mighty hunter of !
the Kennebec, but then. first impress /
sions are sometimes deceitful
His business was at once made |
known. and as Mr.. c. had been previ- |
OuSly posted on the matter from his |
drummer friend, he was ready for TIN |
joke, SO he said he had a few hides left |
possibly -. and an exceedingly large /
number We're silver ereys. No talk was |
made regarding the price. and the !
young New Yorker evidently thinking /
that someone was "stringing' him |
went to the COny House and made in
quiries regarding MI C.'s Veracity, /
which he was assured was not to be /
doubted During his next visit to the !
barber shop the price of the hides We're |
spoken of. and Mr. c. set such an ex-
orbtant price that Mr. York decided it
would be useless to have any further
talk about the matter, and so took the
next train for Skowhegan. where he
was told to visit Bob" Haines, who,
as everyone knows. is the genial bon
face of the Hotel Coburn. and knows
about as much about fox hunting ds
the equally good fellow. Lon" Chad