Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-02

the masquerade ball in the evening at
Society hall, AZ in costume. During the
first number on the dance bill, a
young son of Miles Weber of Phipps-
burg fell from the gallery and in fall
ing was saved from fatal results by
landing on the shoulder of Mereen
Blaisdell and then struck the floor.
The boy will recover. Rlaisdell was
not injured, though much surprised
The train for the east which left
Bangor Wednesday morning struck a
buck deer near Mattawamkeag and
killed it. The animal stood as if fas-
cinated, gazing at the headlights. and
this daze proved fatal. At Enfield n
bull moose and a COW moose came out
of the woods and deliberately marched
across the track in front of a quickly
moving train. 1t happened that they
had just time in their dignified march
to get by in season to make further
Investigations of the country, but it
was close call for them.
Walter d. Kinds of Portland has
been entertaining party Of friends at
his camp at Oxbow, at the headwaters
of the Aroostook river, and had Geo
Wagg as a caller the other day. on his
way to Houlton. OF course Mr.. Wagg
went out after deer and it was his
first hunting for big game, but,
arriving in the middle of the forenoon,
he had before o. clock that night
shot two deer. One of them, big buck,
showed fight and made break for
Mr. wagg, who had to stop the
wounded and maddened creature with
the last shot in his rife.
Albert BIaisdell at Parker Head.
who had a COW shot by mistake for
q deer last week, owns a wild bull
which is two years old and which,
escaping from the barn, has lived q
wild life in the woods back of Parker
Head for year or more. Mr.. Blais-
dell offers half the beef to any one
who will shoot him. Friday one
hunter did get a shot at the bull but
failed to kill him.
Bangor people and others owning
cottages at Hines pond, otherwise
known as Brewer pond, Brewer, were
much concerned recently over the
discovery that the screen at the outlet
had been raised by someone. allowing
the fish to escape from the pond into
the brook connecting it with Fields
pond. AS great care has been taken in
recent years in stocking Hines pond
with land-locked salmon, and con-
siderable expense involved, it was a
matter of deep interest and an inves-
tigation was at once started. 1t was
blunder of an innocent party. The
Eastern Mfg. Co. had sent a man to
the pond to open the gates for more
water needed at the mill at South
Brewer and the man dispatched on
the errand had accidentally lifted the
screen without realizing he was doing
anything wrong. The company. how
ever, was obliged to pay fine OF
$50. the state Fish and Game Commits
sion having taken cognizance of the
case.
Bar Harbor sportsman Is consid-
ering the folly of taking gun into
the woods when he goes partridge
hunting He has dog which he thinks
will take the place of a gun. The dog
recently scared UP partridge, chased
it furiously and caught it while on the
| wing. and came back to his master
very much pleased with himself.
| Bert Davis of West Harbor, Booth
bay, captured live raccoon on South
port recently. The dog chased thu
coon until he was tired out, and Berl
hit him with his gun and broke it
then he got a rope on him and lee
him to the shore and got him in his
boat, and he has him now in cage al
his home.
John Sylvester of Eustis, one of thu
most skilled hunters in that section, hat
an unusual and lucky experience few
days ago while deer hunting near Kins
and Bartlett He had been following or
the track of a deer, but the anina
seemed to be travelling faster than the
hunter and the chase was abandoned
Sylvester started through the woods te
reach the blackboard road and return tc
camp. AS he was passing big pine
tree which had been blown down a beal
thrust its head out from the hollow be.
meath the roots. Sylvester placed bull
let from Ills Tlue III Tic Ucdi aice1a- 1aAt
shot was a fatal one. When ne ap.
preached the tree to examine his prize
more closely, Sylvester was surprised by
the sudden appearance of two cubs
Both succeeded in making their escape
1t is thought that the old bear and her
two cubs were planning to den up under
the tree for their winters sleep when
disturbed The cubs have since beer
haunting that locality and may meet lat
err the fate of the mother bear.
Amos Knisbt fhe nhamnion coon hun.