Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-05-24
4 TEuTONIC BOAR
BORED A HOLE IN
THE MAYORS FENCE
Still It Was Not a Board
Fence At the Bog
Brook Pigge1y Of Mr..
Viles.
But Augustus Executive Was
Bored by the Farewell Whoosh
of His 42-Centimeter Grunter
That Cost $35.

| This is a tale Of a German wild
| boar: a tale which Is amusing to many
less amusing to Mayor Blaine >.
| Viles Of Augusta. The teutonlc beast
by his unexpected action in the Dead
River region a few days ago, gave TO
the Maine woods new species-a lone
~pecimen--and robbed the Mayor of an
expensive hobby.
About three weeks ago Mayor Files
received at his Ledge House, Deac
River, a specimen Of the German boar
1t was a good specimen and livery
enc 1t was taken out OF the crate IN
which il arrived in the Maine woods
and given home for the time under
the barn which is located across the
| highway from the Ledge House.
Here for a fortnight the imported
beast made himself at home; he ap-
peared not to be very homesick for his
late residence at Corbin Park, Ne"
Hampshire. and conducted himself in
most sentiemanly manner for boar.
| In fact. he behaved so well that the
| Mayor decided he should have more
| liberty in consideration of his good be-
| havior and few days ago he sug-
gested that the boar be allowed the
| freedom of the enclosure in which the
domestic hogs were kept out of doors
! The wover wire fence surrounding the
| section of pasture near the famous
! Bog brook where the hogs enjoy the
sunshine-when there is any in Maine
had strength enough to restrain the
| boar in any antics he might attempt,
the Mayor thought; further he de-
pended upon the teutonic beast to ac-
! cept the company Q, the American
hogs and sport with them in peace and
plenty.
| In accord with the directions Of the
Mayor. the beast was coaxed into his
special pullman car and removed to
the gate Of the enclosure. The mo-
ment the front was taken from his
travelling quarters the boar shot out
like a charge from a German trench
gun-and away he vent across the en-
closure.
Arriving at the far side Of the en-
closure he brought up against the
woven wire. fell back upon his
launches, and forthwith set forth
again with all the speed his lean form
could develop around the enclosure.
When next he reached the particular
point which he had selected for the
weak spot in the enemy's line Of
fence. the Teuton tore through like a
~ centimeter shell through a barbed
wire ENHANCEMENT crashed into the
bushes beyond, and was gone.
The friends of the Mayor standing
about laughed heartily at the conclu-
sion Of the show. but the Mayor
Laugh" said he, laugh your heads
off. if you want to: that pesky beast
cost me s35 and more" But the sec
ond laugh was just as good as the
first
The Mayor is constructing some
cabins near his Ledge House" to ac-
River and he says he thinks he will be
justified in advertising wild boar hunt
ing. Some day a trout enthusiast
from New Jersey may be creeping
along the side Of Bog brook ready to
drop an inviting worm into black
pool where masters of trout lie warily
waiting a meal and as he peers over
the crest of knoll he may look ex-
Lectantly into the face of the German
boar-tnen a German will start in one
direction on the high run and a New
Jersey American will start in the OPP
posite direction WITH almost equal
speed.
The morning otter the wild boar
started into the bush for everlasting
freedom. a native Of the Dead River
region drove up to the Ledge House"
and asked one of the members Of the
Mayors little colony there If he might
see tine German wild boar.
He isn't living here now" the
Mayors man replied
Not living here? / thought he was
in the barn; where is he?"
well, he started down into the
brush there yesterday afternoon in a
terrible hurry. Jim. and he never said
when he would be back"