Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-05
HE'S SOME MAN.
John Nugent, Caratunk, Almost
Seven Feet Tall, Visits Augusta.

among the distinguished NlSlofS IN
Augusta this week. is John ]. Nugent
Of Caratunk, vile, with his SIX feet
and 9sI inches of altitude stands high
among the tallest men of the State.
Men are plenty Who win measure sew
eral inches over six feet in height, but
those who will measure almost up
within hailing distance of the seven
foot mark are few, which practically
brings Mr.. Nugent into a class by
himself. And it is not for his unusual
height alone that he is distinguished
for he is strong according To. and is
literally giant. He is 81 years OF
age and is one of a family of eight
boys all of whom are six feet or over
in height.
Mr.. Nugent is a lumberman by pro-
fession, and is in the employ of Boyd
K Harvey. in the woods of the Cara
turk region. \ remarkable feature
in connection with his work is that
while ordinarily the hauling to the
landing is done by team, he does the
hauling himself. on a little sled which
he built for the purpose. this sled be
| ing about eight feet in length and twu
and a half feet in width.
TO show his ability in this line the
Journals informant said that on one
occasion Mr.. Nugent had loaded on to
the sled the butt of a tree which he
had cut. The butt was l. feet in
length and scaled about 261 feet, and
| was bound To the sled with telephone
Wire With this load he started
through the woods to haul the butt to
the landing. a full half mile away.
The log WAS 50 long that it caused
the front part of the sled to tip up
and in order to make the load balance
he placed on the front part two rail-
road ties which added weight OF
something like 80 pounds. but this
made no difference to the man, ana
he reached the landing ON the river
bank on schedule time.
Cutting and finishing up railroad
ties is Mr.. Nugent's long suit, and it
is doubtful if his equal in the quality
and amount of work done in a day
can be found in the Maine woods. All
of the ties made by him are hauled
to the landing on his little sled and
he frequently takes II of these ties al
u load. When ii is considered that
the ties when freshly cut and green
are heavy, it will not take very
siNid iilttibtI 10 EHslIlLe tfiat il OF
them would make something of a load
for man to haul and over II woods
read.
The amount of work which the man
can do. and does, in the course of ia
DAY, Is also remarkable. 1t is a mat
ter OF record that beginning at mid
night. he has. between that hour and
o CLOCK the following afternoon, cut.
trimmed to the proper thickness and
hauled to the landing half a mile
away, total of 81 ties. The ordinary.
man in the woods. by working right
smart, can make between 80 and s.
ties in a day
IT might be said in connection with
the above, that Mr.. Nugent uses in his
work an axe which weighs seven
pounds, while the ordinary axe is OF
about half that weight. He does moi
contne his efforts exclusively to max
ing railroad ties, but sometimes. lust
Tor nun, engages in the gentle art of
ming saws and doing other work
ABOUT the camp. He has been work
ing FOR Boyd & Harvey for about two
years past.
physically he is the typical woods
man. He is the picture of health. his
iiesh Is as hard as nails and he
never saw a sick day in his life. IT is
SAID that he does not know what II il,
TO be tired.