Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-09
ON THE ROAD,
The Little Things Of Life the Journal
Tramp Transcribes From Ills Dlsry
Over a Weekend Southwark Hike.


moral example. for he had been oeep
sea fishing on Sunday He was from
the far West where they promptly
string up to the nearest telephone pore
or branch of tree criminals guilty Oh
such atrocities as last weeks TRAGEDY
in Boothbay Harbor. and thought II
would be very proper In this case II
the criminal could be caught. He mao
never seen salt water before last
week and quite innocertly joined
fishing party in launch out OF ocean
Point. He enjoyed his experiences
for only very brief period, for they
soon struck the long rolls of the ocean
and the Western boy lost all interest
in earth. or sea, or fish for that mat
ter, but by this time they were near
ing the fishing grounds and would not
return because of invalids, so they
simply laughed at the victim OF Nep-
tune and began to fish BY dinner
time they had hauled over the SIDE
big barrel full of haddock and cod.
All this the Kennebec journal
TRAMP learned from his seatmate In
the smoking car, and he also learned
from the fact. which the western
youth mentioned, that tney hdu
hauled in a good many doghsh III au
dition to the haddock and COZ Una.
dogfish flesh has been analyZed anu
found to possess excellent food quaii-
ties and will in future be sought lol
by fishermen for shipment to the large
cities Just as is the sturgeon IN oui
own Kennebec.
Years ago when sturgeon were
plenty in this river, no one In tne
Kennebec valley would eat it. even as
the coast dwellers of Maine VIII hot
eat dogfish at the present time pu'
sturgeon flesh in New York ana bos-
ton commands high price. Inc
sooner the fishermen begin the COM
mercial pursuit of the dogfsh. there,
by lessening their number, IN All
probability more numerous VIII pe-
come mackerel and again in large
shoals the tinkers will reappear
The Tramp hears good story about
a granddaughter of Bath, now resi-
dent of Boston, and by many cohsio-
cred the prettiest girl in that CITY.
With a party of ladies and gentlemen
she was at Provincetown seaside re-
sort for shore dinner. At the enc
of the dinner the young lady's escort
pulled a roll of bills from his pocket
to nav the bill and incidentally ne
left on the cloth silver half dollar 1or
tho co,ored waiter. The young lady
noticing the half dollar and thinking
that her gentleman friend had drop
ned it as he rose. picked 1t up ana
walked off with the same much to the
l.
lowed the party down the nall. opoli
passing the coin to her escort she was
informed that it was the coioreu
bows tip, so she smoothed the waiter
feelings by returning the coin with
very charming smile.
ON the train the Tramp met
Maine boy, a former school mate, VINO
for many years had been an expert
hand in the Waltham watch factory.
About five years ago the delicate WORK
so told upon his eyes that he nad 10
give up his employment in the factor!
and throw over his trade or else lose
the sight Of his eyes. So he went over
to Watertown and entered the rupper
shoe factory of that city where he mas
now the superintendency of one OF the
departments. That's getting ahead
nretty fast isn't it?" observed the
Tramp. "a man can always get
somewhere" was the reply, provided
he has push. perseverance and ambi-
ton"
You could almost walk from one
shore of New Meadows river to the
other opposite the New Meadows Inn
bv making a bridge of the multitude
of motor boats and yachts at their
moorings on Monday morning.
Wednesday the Democrats of Saga
dahoc gather for love feast at the
Inn at which probably Candidate Nc
Gllicuddy and other notable Demo-
cratic chiefs will be present.
While the Tramp was disembarking
from his train at Brunswick station
funny thing happened. man
slipped on the steps of the car and
fell The funny part was not in the
fall, but the fact that pint bottle or
whiskey in a newspaper was dislodged
from a hip pocket and fell without
breaking on the asphalt of the station.
The wrapper went one way and the
bottle another. A shout arose in
celebration of the episode.
While awaiting the north bound
train at Brunswick station. between
talking politics with statesmen whom
he met, the Tramp made a study OF
the back hair of the ladies. young and
old. more especially young, as they
passed him on their way to the vari-
Gus trains. The Tramp in common
with 80 men out OF 100 has an ami
mostly against the big meal bag
chignons which are alleged to be III
style. The Tramp was pleased to OBJ
serve that the daintiest, apparently
the best bred and educated and most
stylishly attired of the young ladies
wore their back hair, not in this hor-
rible atrocious and disgusting style.
projecting from their heads in a hap
hazard fashion for half foot or more.
but had their hair done in coils and
braids ard rolls in every unobtrusive
fashion, and not only the Tramp but
the other gentlemen in the group
agreed that the extreme mode in
which some young ladies wear their
back hair Is not at all attractive but