Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-12
AND NE Went ICE
BOATING WITH A PER-
FECTLY SAFE. SKIPPER

He is uret.y we'll known along Water
stree, ard with the patrons Of tne e-eet-4c
road and ne had heard SO much about the
beauties Of !ce-boaring and mad seen tne
Graf, ,scoo;irg as lightly as birds over
the ice on Cobbossee, but had never Aaa
the privilege OF enjoying a lersonali:
conducted trip on one OF tneN- Il 4
different now. ne has had q SAL on an
ice t,oa,-and he has also tasted some n
the other JOYS that go with that aHluse-
men, ard sport Listen.
He had made up MS mind that ne
would have a sail on an ice boat no MAJ
te- whether he was .irnid about 4 CT no--
So he cautiously inquired around among
his friends to ascertain who, IN tae!r
opinion. was the most careful ice boat
! SKINNER on Lake Cobbosseecontee- He
found OFT.
! TIE budding ice boating enthusiast
I the- cautiously approached the Most
careful skipper OF the LAKE with We"
Z TO ascertain If the latter would sa1T-'-ce
: some OF his valuable tine a:ld initiate
him Che en,nusiasI into the mysteries
I ard pleasures % the betore-rle-t!o3e1
! ice boating.
I Now, the Most careful. etc" is ne,
We: 3 member OF Ihe supreme neHch'
though he may have ambitions. but rs
tine is pretty we'll taken up with atten-
ton TO his business and re cannot al
wars indulge himself in the pleasure 81
navigating h:s speedy ice boat around tie
lev surface @: Lake Coo. but when q
young man presents himself with such
a pathetic appeal 20 1t initiated ITO the
etc. etc. ne is willing % let some c-lsI|
old client val, day and hoist sal! ard
away.
Whether Or not the law-,ne skipper
had been Put wise" by some friend g
the budding enthusiast. or whether r
eansh, on and decided 10 have & i.-tle
fun, or whether j; was purely accidental.
We know no,, but here IS what happened;
Sail was hoisted ne enthusiast care
fully stored away in the after cabin and
instructed how 10 behave and what 70 d..
which was chiefly 20 hang on like thun-
der" q push 70 the toat, the 'Helurl''
thrown over and av y they went straight
as an arrow fer the east shore. Nov, the
law-skipper is pretty we'll acquainted
with the ice conditions On Cobbossee this
winter, and watchers from the houses IN
sight wondered why that ice boat kept
on directly for and finally ran sn?ach-oh
into a great sag in the ice. away over by
Fred kinsr7ars cottage on the east
shore, where a. least foot and { hal,
OF water j. places had collected and was
lust as We: ard cold as water can be il
winter
But !, did PERHAPS L was going SO
fast thu. the law-skipper couldn' !.
change her course. bit anyway. the
craft finally brough, UP in the deep
es- part Of the water and there they
were-far. far from home and 10 pitch
hot and 10 life boat handy. Il was case
Of get out into the Icy water and push
and haul. push and haul until dry ia-ice
was reached and then away 10 the cot
tage. where heroic measures were adopt
ed By the iaw-skipper 10 prevent the
cnce-upon-a-tiu enthusiast catching
his death O. cold He nearly killed the
patient. but he routed the cold.
Some people have been mean enough 70
wonder why the iaw-skipper didn't OUTFIT
the enthusiast with rubber boots such as
he wore-and then the aforesaid ana