The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-06-12
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EIES OF DEER 4
Injections and Camp
| fire Stories

ma Timer, Rowe roma, MeD
,,,bt we we're sitting aroun'
. Filling stories-that has al
s,su a great indoor eventnl
:, Rowe Pond-and | was tell
,anr some of the stunts which
,aIled off fifteen or twent!
no when | first began COMING
!. 20 woods. Then ed" Nodin'
',s these camps now asked mi
oaldn't write out some OF these
and send them to the indie
t.Reporter. After a while \
me that perhaps, If l coul'
ant a few stories, the edito
=, set some more from othe
and we could swap yarn
tbe paper-sort of a CAM
'mrtment. you know.
Ifing along this line brings m'
n nv first trip to Rowe.
ri started high school in Bos
Mare my parents had movet
augusta. Maine, when l was fif
,,srs old. | was pretty tiret
,rhool was over and my father
me how l should like to go vi
we and spend the summer. ]
noyn of Rowe Pond for a Ions
mi | had never been there.
should like to take a chance
morning right after the .4th
got up early and took g
Iom the North Station. | car
member the smoke in the city
the station and how hot the
has. After a while we go'
,jne and ran along for miles
The Kennebec River. Tha1
about six o'clock we reached
I'M. Albion Healy met me al
lin and took me UP to his
10 stay all night. I remem'
n we'll just how the Cliff op'
the bridge at Bingham looked
that evening and particularly
nr the air was compared with
10 the city. 49,,
N1l morning it was raining
.ame into camp just the same
i IN sight of the camp, I saw
bk sign reading. Nv s1comess
n pretty good to me then
Sign is still on the dining
utss it used to. bes r rhipef
81 for about two weeks !
ei of the days after n while
tre was only one other guest
D., OF course l expected tc
eack-I knew that boys were
Supposed to be .homesich
hey went away from home the
me-but wasn't. Mr.. and
sIfeld, who ran the camp fol
bears, were wonderful. There
pool table in the office" and
Ter guest was Dinnie Farr OF
k, Mass. Mr.. Farr was q
emarkable man. He held a
aportant position in the Farr
Company and was what Is
g called a "big business
This company, as you may
makes large part of all the
Innings used in mems coats
lion Mr.. Farr had been mayor
yoke.
20 far as | could see, he was
Out my age. He. had several
/ Of his own and knew the
dewpoint. | look back on
ays as among the most pleas
ave ever spent. I thorough
NJ every one OF them. And
pre- that the talks l had with
= Did me great deal OF good
NOV whether one can say
camp iy fortunate or not, but,
possible, | should like to say
BAT ! mean Is that this camp
ays been run by big, human
lttic sort of people-and has
pad the same kind of people
u.s. The Maxhelds were fine
and the present owner, ED
u the same sort of fellow
ally ed is some cook. Last
en- Mrs. Fletcher and l were
made partridge pot pie
still the subject of CONVEX
our house. have a pretty
petite most of the time, but II
lose 1t | shall come here Inn
Y and II will soon return.
back to our story, when the
esan to fill up about the mid
July, | found some more in
people. Many of the men
me here with their families
Portant positions in big bust
had never met many such
was a little afraid OF them.
sand that they were Quite DIFF
I0n what the newspapers pic
em- They we're all VERY finc
y recent years since my bust
brought me In touch with
OF men all over the country
'0aad that the bigger the man
~ y, ne is to talk with and get
scout two weeks In camp l
Y notice little whispered con-
~. kept quiet and finally
~ some of the boys--there
'usi fellows about my age
. .aa also several girls were
..si' OIL going out on dark
70 look for deer. One OF
Vows had secured a small
y one side Of which he had
.la mole about four inches
~. Inside the box was an
IMP reflector placed SO that
W hole and a table lamp.
eehent would throw "A
!. usn' much like the spot
M, ssea on automobiles. On
r,-'hese were the days be-