Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-29

to prove It. An AuEuStan Is TeSpoh-
sible for the tale. Said he: I was
out fishing yesterday (by the way, he
has a cottage on the west shore OF
Cobbossee) and we went to a favorite
spot where I've caught many q fish
in bygone days and also about three
years ago had the misfortune to lose
an anchor, rope and all. Well. We fish
ed for some time and the fish failed
to bite hard enough to arouse any en-
thusiasm among the other members Of
the party as to my selection Of fish
ing ground. Looking about and taking
the bearings, remarked that I was
pretty sure We were on the same
grounds where fishing used to be ex-
ira good. in fact was sure Of 1t. But
the fish refused to have anything to
do with our bait and we decided to
move. When the crew tackled the an
Choir he complained that it came hard
and seemed awful heavy and to our
establishment, when 1t reached the
surface there was that missing anchor,
lost some three years ago. hitched on
to our new anchor. The rope of course
had rotted away, but the anchor was
in good condition, considering its time
in the depths. We had that much
luck, anyway. if the fish didn't bite"
Mrs. Roosevelt, wife Of Assistant
Secretary OF the Navy Roosevelt ar
rived at Eastport Friday from Wash
ington with her family and made the
trip across the harbor TO Campobello
island. New Brunswick, where they
own and occupy a handsome cottage
for the summer months. Mr.. Roose-
Welt will arrive by steamer from Bos-
ton Saturday. July 3. and will soon
join his family across the Canadian
border and will be frequent visitor
to the Border city where he is we'll
known to most of the leading resi-
dents, Secretary Roosevelt will be on
hand to help Eastport celebrate the
glorious Fourth Of July on Monday. as
he has been one Of the leading figures
at this annual demonstration In re-
cent years.
The Monson correspondent of the
Bangor News among other interest
ing items announces:
DIR. and Mrs. H. w. Sampson left
on the early train Saturday morning.
The doctor is one of the surgeons Of
the National Guard of Maine aud ac-
companied his regiment to Philadel-
phia for war manoeuvres. Mrs. Samp-
son will visit friends in Boston,"
Over 500 knight Templars and their
ladies attended the outing of ST. Johns
Conmandery of Bangor and their
guests, Blanquefort Commandery of
Ellsworth. to Kineo on Saturday and
Sunday. The fine weather conditions
made this trip one of the finest out
ings ever held by the knights Temp
lar of Bangor
The Bath Times has on exhibition in
its window. the largest lobster claw
probably ever seen in these parts.
The claw alone measures ten and one
half inches in length and some six in
ches in width. 1t was brought into the
Office by the well known diver. Scott
Tibbetts, of Woolwich. who found it
recently while doing some work at
Barters Island. Some of his dredging
probably the bucket apparatus separ-
ated this claw from the rest of the
lobster. Judging from the size Of the
claw thesaobster itself must have been
several feet long and monster. The
meat in the claw was of good color
and fit TO eat and enough for din
ner for several people. The claw alone
weighed three pounds and he estimat-
ed the weight of the lobster at thirty
pounds.