Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-24

reported such instances. The late Capt
Lemuel Soule of Woolwich was en-
abled in a similar manner to rescue
the crew of dismasted French snip
in mid-Atlantfc. years ago, after chang
ing his own course not only In ooeul-
ence to an impulse that he could not
account for but after resisting the I'M
pulse as illogical and ridiculous, pelhg
finally obliged to yield in spite OF nl1n-
self On that occasion, when he was
lying too near the derelict ana the
nearly famished crew of the latter
were heing brought alongside, Capt.
Soule, leaning over the rail of his own
ship, was recognized by one OF the
Frenchmen as the man he had seen
accomplishing the rescue, in dream
he had had and had communicated
to his companions on the very day
when Capt. Soule had the presentiment
which caused him to change his course,
without having done which he would
never have sighted the wreck. There
are many theories as to how these mys-
ter.ous warnings and communications
are conveyed, but they are doubtless
| manifestations of the unseen world to
which our souls belong, and of the
| Providence which watches over all
| mundane affairs. They are really no
more remarkable than the means
which man has devised for transmit
ting communications without any vis-
! ible agency, and the wireless telegraph
would have seemed just as marvellous
and supernatural only few years ago.
Some down river visitors in town
! this week informed Bath Times man
that sewall Maddocks, cashier of the
| Boothhay bank, can with both hands
! write, separate bills and foot up two
| different columns of figures in the bills
| at the same time. Mr.. Maddocks Is
| the brother Of Hon. Luther T. Mad
| docks, the man who built the foot
/ bridge in Boothbay and has done more
i fer that town, probably. than any
other citizen explains the Tints.
In 1884 the first paper published by
Cony High school students at Augusta
was issued. 1t was edited by Byron
| A. Meade. The editor was to be
elected annually by a vote of the stu
dents. In 1885 William E. Perkins
became school editor, and in 1856
Leander j. Crooker, Jr., was the
choice. The paper opened that year
with debt of about $40, arrears for
printing of the previous year, and
things looked rather dubious as re-
CARDS the future life of the paper. AT
this time the business manager of the
sheet was Frederick l.. Thompson.
The editor and manager got together
to discuss ways and means and it was
decided to get up concert, advertise
it and hire hall In which to give it,
and devoting the proceeds to the
| liquidation of the debt. Then a chorus
was formed and named the Cony Glee
Club which Immediately began re-
hearsing under the direction of Miss
Lena Bean, student in the school.
As time wore on there were certainly
two much worried boys in Augusta.
These were the editor and manager of
he paper. Rehearsals, often repeat
ed, give to perfoI mers a diminishing
amount of confidence in the excellence
of the program and such was the case
with them. At length they agreed
that the concert would not draw suf-
fcient crowd to pay the cost of hall
and printing and. while they felt sure
Fit would be up to them to put up for
any balance owed by the company, yet
they had one comfort-they felt that it
might be just as we'll If as few as pos
sible were present to see what poor
show they would really give. The
day came, and the night saw Meonian
Hall packed with relatives and friends
of the members of the Glee Club. as
well as many curious ones claiming no
relationship or personal interest in any
of the club. And the concert was
pronounced a good one, to be given by
school students without assistance or
suggestion from a single adult The
admission was so cents, the old debt
of the "Cony Student" was liquidated
and, in addition the boys had a good
surplus to carry over as a sinking fund
for the coming year. The paper was
made solvent and remained so for
many years. The members of this
Cony Glee Club were: Edwin L. Nash,
Arthur L. Persons. ]. Murrav Ouinby,
Walter W. Wyman, Robert T. White
house. Horace G. Turner, Percy w
Prooks and Leander ]. Crooker. r..and
! the concert program was made up Of
vocal and instrumental selection fthe
instrumental numbers being banjo,
guitar and piano renditionsl. readings
by Crooker, and character sketches by
Whitehouse and Crooker. It was
year or two after this that the first
athletic association at the High school
was formed, and without shadow of
doubt, the success of this concert
suggested the idea of the annual
"Chizzle- Wizzle Fair as an aid to the
association. Thus it is safe to say
that the venture entered intol with
fear and trembling by the boys of 1886
became the neucleus from which grew
the presnt great annual fair of the
Cony High school,