Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-04
MISTAKEN IDENTITY,
Highly Respected Citizen Gets Into
trouble With His New Neighbor.
An Old Hat and Gust Of Wind the Cause Of \
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| TArre is Il good citizen Of tn. H.. n.,-
Suasion. win" lives not loco miles frnu
| Augusta amt whose r,putaiiuI, III,
truth and Nrracity has never been
| questioned for the last - wears and
who has 4 reputation among his fellow
m II 81 Swing eight peckS 10 the hash.I.
" h"n his neighbors retire for The night
| ,htN don't have Ia tie their ,ino-stens
down for fear ot his placing his cold
| hands on them IN the still hours If the
morning ana Spiriting them away.
| The phrcnul0gists say his bump of
| honesty IS bigger than n t-cent cocoa
| nut ana gives his head the aI,praranc,.
! 81 having a hunion On IT, He is loved
ANA respected in the community and
| rumor says if he would only chan e. his
! politics a little or even get on the fence.
| NJ could hnN. Il fence viewers .nb in
his ward for The asking.
Thus far II" has kept aluof fr".n tnr
| tempting political arena. prefer in. Il
quiet home Iitr I" the temptation III An
anna l9amattd wand With its champ gqt
| ami political assessments incidental tea
q s. salary. Iut all this is changed
nnNv ana the. good Oh deacon il inst
| ing fnr gore. buckets uf gore ANA t.sr
nam who goes an his street aud even
r3thl-% takes mis- life in his handS for
| tin deacon has i hlundcrhuSS located t.
TIN muZIl- with SPLIT peas ANA ru, X
salt ana he De, lares by th,- great bald
hc&dcd Itcl, of clubs the first man " hu
M ntjonS on even hints that his trpu
tati"u is ruined ana his good name
dragged in the dust viii get thc con-
tents at that old rummage sale Queens
arm and no questions asked.
All this has come about in the past
tew duyG ana m"Stl, On account 81 The
dcaccn'S hobby. Every man has
hobby and the eodly man Is no eXccp-
r;on t. the rule. He's an amateur farmer
ana delights i'll riSin. in the deWY
nom aud Waiting for tn" sun tn show
~: Il firm believer in the old adag"
Of III" early bipco that catchc: til"
..oln, He likes IT, tickle the ground
VITA !. hcc ana see the crops laugh int"
ahundancc. Now the deacon likes /"
lock rugged ana hearty and dress "a
cording to his work. Ola coat like -
s"rh 1T i;ibl,- fame Of many c'lors.
rro:.l-hrimmcd hat. sombero style with
tn. r4St of his raimrnt To match. ana
vh.n he gets into his uniform they
don't need AN; Scarecr"w in that dis
trict "a Keep the crows away. He's the
real thing and when the crows come
towering over his patch and catch 4
sight III this Giscipl" Of Horace Greeley
t.,y SAY. mo. no. Pauline, not any 10!
us It's alive. Won can't fool us W"
know a good thin. when W. see IT,
Right bach of the deacon'S dornl'I lt.
Il new family has just moved IN amt
their yards adjoin. Right here the
scene, was laid for Il domestic tragedy.
the other morning. that has almost
driven the deacon !" drink.
Tho deacon WAS labuIing in his vine
GARD the other morning. as usual.
Gathering up tn. debris Of the summer
campaign. when a gust "f wind came
hiS way and caught his hat in its grasp
and away il went like Andree balloon.
olI Horeas finally got tired OF playing
vim il and landed il in the ncM nti@n-
hor's hen pen. Tine deacon gave chase
ana scaled the fence like Il boy. landing
IN tho hen yard. The feathery trlb"
r.uictad intrusion by Sunhry cackles
ANA nuttering. but the hat was secured
and tn. owner was making Go"i ms
retrcat when the new nciShp"r APP
peared on the scene and taking IN me
sittr,tion at once. proceeded To open Iift
IN III. enemy
she said: You baIdheaded Old rep
rebate. | have caught you at last. nave
| ~ have lost two hens this week anu
| I don't propose to lose any more YOU
are the second tramp have seen hanS-
inc around here. I'll teach YOU I" steal
ne n.ps' I'm vain the poor man cN-
| ,o-tuI,tad ana told the story ~ the
| u.;r,, ma ne hat but the infuilat"d
/ hale who owned the Thanksgiving
h,,,d would not listen. He couldn
| ,I bar Sh, could tell a hen thief
! ubo, IN. saw him and if ever william
. ..n,ned on a mans brow it was
on his. .,.:,-
. mann things to say in five minutes
| ., an ordinary mortal can in life
i'm. and The poor deacon caught IL
| '.,,.,,., ,b.. robbl.r caught the cleaNcr.
| ~. made, 50 much noise that tht
| ,, ~ c,1n,. out to see what the
,r,uhi.. was and when the poor culprlt
r;s r,;ends and neiShbors ap
| ,,;,c II. was overjoyed: he was
| '' an,,,d nroye an alibi. But that
ne whore the deacon did not know the
value of his rooster Ior ever! wy VI
.,,a,,, evyor, pnint blank that they never
cav The nan before In iheii ~ CIV
:. ,r,, his lust deserts they would
| hang him. ,;.,,, equally.
Things began TO i'oh -
car ;he good man. wheh ms WY ~
ncarcd and poured OIL on .le ''o''"'c''
,rotcrs and rescued him from UP
over tho river and - anu $50 .', s.o,.,
,ionaI. and now the deacon. s"e ~ A..
Of an homcC pathic swear ina