Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1909-07-29
OCEAN VIEW HOTEL.
COMMANDER STEVENS AND PAR.
TY GO A FISHING.

Other Bits Of News Concerning
Guests at Bailey Island Leading
Summer Hotel.
The Scene: on Halfway Rock. and
the Time: Monday morning. Com.
George III. Stevens of the Phil Kearny
Post, No. 8, New York and his lusty
crew Of fishermen are out again In
the good yacht Isabella and today
they mean to Guido Neptune and
take back to the Ocean View Hotel
the larger part of the fish in the sea :.
In high spirits the lines are cast! or
course. as is to be expected Com.
Stevens who has the Prize Fish all
trained to come right up to his hook.
catches the First One and 1t is a 20
FOUNDER. This however Is not
landed because the Commander In
looking over his shoulder to warn
Capt. John H. Davis of New York,
who has abandoned his rod and is
pulling hand over hand for Dear Life,
that he must be ready to receive the
order to Fire" IL he hauls in a Dog
Fish, catches the butt of his own
Rod in the crook Of Major Thomas
NJ. Valleau's arm, while the latter is
taking an Observation, and trips his
reel losing the honor of taking his
Prize into the Boat. Gus" Stevens.
meanwhile has equallei his record
OF a previous day, gated a 80 Id.
Cod and hauled him Tapping over the
Rail. Capt. Davis. who SAYS he has
Time on his Hands ond comes up
from New York purposely to Land
a Whale or something" as he writes
beforehand. and who gives II out to
the natives here that he is one of the
most Expert Anglers in the country.
has now brought to the surface his
Wonderful Catch. Heaving Justify
with the last few feet of line on his
hands, he drags laboriously over the
gunwale-a Pair of Old Rubber Boots,
and Immediately retires to the cabin
to examine the Chart to see IL he is in
Casco Bay or of Jersey City some
where
These Mishaps have had no effect
whatever on Lieut.. James G.. Wis
ner Of New York, Sunny JIM" who
also claims to be, or TO Have Been,
an Expert Fisherman, but he can land
Nothing as yet but Dog-fsh. AS
each one is ripped open his Smile
grows more Grim however and he
Changes his Bait frequently. Major
T. NJ. Valleau. in the interim, who by
the way Strained his Wrist pulling in
Big Fish the other day, has gone in
the Cabin to lie down. He remem-
bers with no pleasant feeling the
smell Of gasolene which permeated
the Air when out in the motor launch
last week. Remarking that he
would send to New York for some
Old Crow Gasoline at once and then
make Daily Trips outside. he retires
on Laurels won Elsewhere. He has
all the paraphernalia to fish with but
says he is Disguised with the sight
Of so many large fish all caught at one
time. He calls Com. Stevens in
.ipQitahle~ work. with the rod and reel
a Wholesale Slaughter. As matter
of fact Stevens has loaded his end OF
the boat until she is almost at the
Waters Edge. The others, inclui-
ing the. Schmittberger brothers, two
Wiley Politicians from Tammany, are
keeping up the Good Work, so well
that the Isabella's captain, Geo. W.
Johnson calls Halt and demands ex-
ira tariff for Overlooking. Sailing
homeward, Davis and valleau do a
quick-step on the forward deck to
slow music. while the Commander
struts to the Cabin and Logs Down
the Result: 500 lbs. haddock, 300
lbs. cod, 200 lbs. large pollock (most-
1y caught by Gus, an eel. (Which
almost Pulled Davis Overboard) 30
Dog-fish with whose remains Wis
ner has strewn the Atlantic) and
shall 1t be again mentioned a pair of
Water Logged Boots finally recog-
nized by Stevens as the Ones
he kicked off when he Dove Over
beard after a Fish or Something FIVE
years ago. Finale: Crowd of Island
ers watching fish as they are pitched
on the Dock, while Com. Stevens
and party are deferentially Ushered
into the Ocean View dining room by
Landlord Crafts. who Immediately re-
tires to the ONCE. hiding a Smile be-
hind his Hand. and jacks up the Rates
on this party 20 per cent for Abnor-
nal Appetites.
Major Thomas NJ. valleau OF New
York, a contractor of national repu-
tation and one of the wealth.
est In his line of business is spending
two weeks here. He has a Country
house at Argyle, n. Y. where Mrs.
Valleau now Is. The family reside
at F1atbush. on the Rugby road. Mr..
yalfeau has experienced much pleas
ure in his sojourn here and intends
coming back later this season, or
next year accompanied by Mrs. Val
leau. His recent contract work in
New York included certain parts OF
the metropolitan tower, the Singer
building and a large amount for
Andrew Carnegie at Pittsburgh. Capt.
Davis Joined the party early this
week, coming on the steamer Georgia.
which was twelve hours late. The
captain related his experiences TO sew
eral Of his friends and told how he
vas appointed doctor TO wait upon
those afflicted with sea sickness and
out of the passengers he was the only
person that was not sick.
Messrs. William and Werner
Schmittberger of New York. who are
registered here are sons of Capt.
scbmittberger, chief inspector Of New
York police.