Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-10

GIL CAAo VA 4AaspdHuIy uO uOI nave liz
time Of their lives, next week, it will be
their own fault.
The most surprised woman in Maine
this week, was Mrs. Frank Mitchell of
Kennebunkpcrt who stepped upon q
sleeping tramp half buried in the hay
NOW while she was hunting eggs. Th :
report says that she fairly few from
that NOW to the house, and as for the
hobo. he went through a barn window
and across the fields at a pace which
shattered all local traditions regarding
the inability of his species to hustle.
And though eggs continue high, Their :
is one Kennebunkport woman who now
feels no temptation to hunt for them.
Something OF a story in figures about
the operations of the lifesaving service
along the coast of Maine is told in the
recent report of Superintendent Sum-
ner /. kimbal!, who is himself a son OF
Maine and d graduate of Bowdoin.
Tie figures are for the last fiscal year
and apply to the first lifesaving dis
trict, which comprises the coasts Ct
Maine and New Hampshire, but as tn ;
New Hampshire coast is very short tn !.
record applies practically to Maine.
There were seven disasters during the
year which involved the total loss o.
vessels Of the coasts of those two
states, while the total number of dis
asters was siXty-thrce. The value o.
the vessels in these disasters was $74G,
79h. the value of the cargoes, $132-9S0
and the total value OF property $50 :
775. The number of persons on those
vessels was. 573 and it is highly to tn !,
credit of the lifesarers along the coast
Of Maine that only one OF these shiI.
wrecked persons was lost. Forty OF
them were succorel at the lifesavin%
stations and in all fifty-nine days C
succor were provided. The value nf
the property lost was $1S9,445 and the
value of the property saved was $500
800 Those figures alone speak forciblJ
OF the worth to the government and to
all concerned of maintaining an eff
cient lifesaving service along the
coasts.
The smelt fishermen are on the ice al
surry, and although the season has
not yet begun, 300 to 400 bushels are
being taken and shipped to Ellsworth
each day by stage and to the Wess.
The outlook for the smelling business
this year is greater than ever before,
and there will be two tents this season
to every one last year. Not only men
and boys but some women and girls are
,t..> s,,{@ -,
even will send q small delegation to
participate in the smelt fishing. With
the fishing season there is 4 demand 70,
boxes for shipping the fish, and while
the custom has been to contract with
some manufacturer in another city to
furnish the entire lot, it appears this
year, that home manufacturers will be
tried and one of the citizens will try to
make them. The smelling has also
created Il demand for small sheet iron
stoves to be used in the tents for heat
ing purposes, and Ellsworth dealers are
having them sent over by the load.
While of the ice when the tides are not
favorable to fishing men are busy max
ing more tents, not being satisfied with
one. When fishing is good and tides
are running favorably, it is a commo1
thing for the fishermen who best IN
derstand handling the lines to take il
40 or so pounds Of fish tide. Later in
the season whom the men are all on the
ice, the stage won't be able to bring
one half of the fish to Ellsworth that is
to go by express, and extra teams are
sent over, besides the many sent from
Surry.