Ellsworth American., 1920-08-25


opposing team which netted six runs,
the summer school nine succumbed to
the p. c. F. aggregation in game
played at Old Town last Wednesday,
score s to 7.
A veritable slugfest began when
4. Z. f. came to bat in the ninth.
The ball was sent soaring into all cor
ners of the lot, and six happy base
runners scampered across the plate
before the third man went out.
Through the courtesy of Capt. and
Mrs. II. M. Roberts, the entire student
body of the summer school and their
guests were entertained at a monster
clam-bake and picnic held at Con-
tention Cove last Friday afternoon.
The affair was an unqualified success.
and was pronounced by the ex-ser-
vice men one of the most ENJOYABLE
or the many good times given them
during their stay in Ellsworth.
Jhe afternoon was spent in sports.
swimming, and getting ready for the
dinner at o'clock. The dinner was
served on the rocks. The men ar
rived back in the city early in the
evening.
Meow, me-a-ow, me-a-a-ow!"
A plaintive but insistent call
aroused the attention of the loungers
along Main street few nights ago.
Stald and sober individuals who
would never indulge in the cheering
thirst-quenchers of the olden days,
could hardly believe the evidence of
their eyes.
Gentlemen of bacchanalian tenden-
cies were astounded, and their minds
reverted to visions of weird and
wonderful forms of animate life
which were supposed to have been
cast into Oblivion by the eighteenth
amendment.
Gosh all hemlock!" exclaimed an
astonished pedestrian. There's a
pink cati"
Red elephants are not unheard-of.
Purple cows have been enthroned in
literature, and denizens of Boston s
bohemian district, which nestles on
the slope of Beacon Hill in close
proximity to the residences of the
mighty and the executive headquar-
ters and courts of justice of the state,
are familiar with the distinctive
Purple Cow" that Mecca of society
people, artists, musicians, writer's
and professional idlers.
But a pink cat, This was a new
phenomenon in Ellsworth. The evil
dence was present, however. and
those who saw, believed.
So far, the search for the person
or persons who dyed the erstwhile
white feline an alluring pink. has
been unsuccessful. The cats owner is
said to be still on the war-path.
With the conclusion of classes at
IL a. m. next Friday. the seven
weeks session of the Boston univer-
sity summer school for ex-service
| men will come to an end here in Ellis
worth. Nearly twenty-five of the
students will leave for Boston and
other points on the 1920 train Fri
day noon. Most of these will travel
| by boat from Bangor to Boston.
Others of the students will leave
Saturday and Sunday, while nearly
twenty Will remain in Ellsworth for
a week or more after the closing of
the summer session to enjoy a brief
vacation before returning to enter
the regular winter session OF the uni
versity beginning in September.
The summer school baseball team
left Ellsworth this afternoon in auto
mobiles for Old Town. to meet the
P. c. F. team for another game.
I've never caught a bass in all the
fishing I've done since being here in
Ellsworth" said Frank Horrigan,
one OF the untiring fishermen, Mon
day noon.
Two hours later Horrigan had
landed a fve-pound bass at Mill
Meadow brook-a fish which local
fishermen pronounced the biggest
beauty caught hereabouts this sum
mer.
Horrigan, Prof Charles E. Bellatty
and DR.. Eugene r. Kelley of Boston
left Ellsworth about l o'clock, de-
termined to bring back a sizeable
string. The only result of the after
Moons sport, however was Horrigan's
bass.
More of the "intra-mural" baseball
has been going on the past week.
Monday afternoon the "Yannigans'
defeated the regular team, to 4 in
six-inning game at Wyman park.
Although scheduled to play again
Tuesday afternoon, the teams did not
meet, owing to the absence of several
players.
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