Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-19

all equipped for game. but no pay
ers were In sight. 1t was Suhoay on"
they were ali boating.
soutbnort IL RAPIDLY becoming SUM-
maj, city Five Islands show great
growth within the last few years. INC
,v,r. the COLONY of sumner cottages AZ
Capi,ol is increasing, but to the Tramp
C.nitu island will never be again az
!, ry.. veors ago in the time OF Ola
K,rg 1ohn sidney. At Squirrel Isldnd
~, Tho Girls were in their Sunday
e,n,vns Stmehow dressed-up girls
don,t seem appropriate to mid sum
mer day down by the sea- put ~.
were awfully nice girls ana so'"e NJ
them were fair to look up'n' ,,iad
most of them, however. were
ocean Point seemed prosperous anu
+br,ftv as y summer resort. Inc entHe
barhot WAS specified with boats either
under sail, gasoline. steam, ASH plee~o
| or at anchor.
Returning to Boothbay and 10 oui
hiphv esteemed friend Hon. Luthei
| Maddocks, suggests pretty pdrh- I'M
triangle somewhat smaller IMAM Au
pusta's. but with very green law"
with brand new curbine Oh s'ano
litbic work and containing In It's cen
ter a rubblestone basin ana elec,'io
fountain. Mr.. Maddocks bullt this
nrettv little park or rather green OASIS
nf Roothbay this spring and the fouh-
tain when lighted at night Is very
nrettv and attractive spectacle. me
triangle and the fountain were placeo
there at an expense OF only 500 WHICH
shows that Mr.. MaddOcks IS an
economist as well as worker Some
goldfish presented to Boothbay by the
Path Cemetery Board caught out OF
one of the lakes in Oak Grove Gene
terv will soon find anew home in the
ho Gin on Mr.. Maddock's fountain.
| +, tho harbor were two large
schooners in addition to the pleasure
craft waiting cargoes of ice.
In addition to lawn tennis the down
river summer people have revived
croquet.
The big crowd of excursionlSts TOOK
nossessjon of one of Boothbay popu-
lar taverns and a good many people
wore afraid that there being such
crowd the dinner might run snort
Instead. however, bountiful and we'll
| cooked and well served repast was
furnished each patron including clam
chOwder. several kinds OF meats ana
vegetables, flaky pastry and the best OF
ice cream. all for half dollar. which
shows that the high cost of living has
not reached Boothbay.
On the New Meadows. Sunday,
ganders from Bath and Brunswick en- :
loved a clambake, gotten up by Chas.
Foote. a veteran Merrymeeting guide
and New Meadows fisherman. At the
Inn was the usual crowd including
people from pretty nearly all over the
world. A familiar sight at the Inn
landing was Commodore E. w. Hyde
yacht, Palinurus.
| At Popham. Saturday. the HYDE
guards of Baths heavy artillery M. "
NJ. who had been taken down Satur-
dav morning to Fort Popham in the
/ government tug General Randall, were
given instructions in working the SIX
inch disappearing guns at Fort BAD
win by Sergeant George Bannister and
Corporal N. B. Brannan seth Artillery
Corps of Fl Mckinley. In addition to
fighting an imaginary foe the soldier
boys that night had severe battle
with mosquitoes and their sleep was
driven away by Sargent Wakefields
shores.
hi in Pat 70 n
that there is greater demand for
wooden vessels. and this was cor
roborated bv Mr. Maddocks at Booth
bay who stated that there was con-
i siderable difficulty in obtaining at the
present time schooners of 1900 tons.
Mr.. Maddocks, by the way, stated his
conviction that steel hulls never would
drive out those of wood and that there
would always be a demand for wooden
Goa sters In Bath they are looking
for contracts in the wooden yards be-
fore fall starts in and chances are
that they both will have plenty of work
for the winter The Maine Central
Railroad twin screw steamer is to be a
beauty.
In the Moses yard which is part of
plant. an enterprisng Bath man has a
little farm in which he is raising po-
tatoes. squashes and peas. Bath
citizen informed the Tramp that in the
Sewall yard Friday he went rasp-
berrying and got more than two quarts
of the berries. 1t was in this steel
shipbuilding plant of the once great
shipbuilding concern Of A. Sewell &
Co. that the last steel square-riggers
for the Sewall firm and the Standard
Oil Company were built a dozen or
more years ago
A more cheerful item regarding Bath
terry will soon find a new home in the
Tramp by Baths dog constable. Edw.
Emmons. who stated that during the
present municipal year he has
slaughtered 142 dogs.
THE TRAMP.
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