One Ichabod Smith, born in 1850, has 
been a lumberman and guide all his life 
and during the season of 1922 was still 
going strong. He guided some of the 
earliest parties in the Maine Woods, 
and having taken up his life work be¬ 
fore the day of motor boats, he thinks 
nothing of paddling all day or away 
into the night if the occasion requires 
such exertion. Though of a positive 
nature, he is likewise courteous, and 
with his ample build, strong, bronzed 
face and picturesque speech he reminds 
one of the whaling captains of by-gone 
days. 
The other fifty year guide is Simon 
Capino, who is not only the hero of the 
Moose River trip just mentioned, but 
the hero of no end of adventures in 
woods, mountains and sea. Unlike 
Ichabod, who has lived about all of his 
72 years in the Maine woods, Simon 
has been a jolly rover. Born in Ver¬ 
mont, a descendent of the St. Francis 
tribe of Indians, he came at an early 
age with his mother to Greenville on 
the Lake, for his father and three 
brothers were killed in the Civil War. 
At an early age, Simon took to lum¬ 
bering and guiding, but at intervals he 
tried his hand at other crafts, such as 
driving horsecars in Boston, Mass., min¬ 
ing in the state of Idaho, and fishing 
in Alaskan waters. Besides being a 
traveler, he has been a student, and a 
city “sport” is at once surprised and 
astounded at his knowledge of present 
and past events. He can regale a lay¬ 
man with opinions on the latest hap¬ 
penings, or no end of yarns of his many 
years of experience on land, lake and 
sea. Before motor boats drove sails 
from Moosehead, he ran one of the 
pleasure sloops. So he has probably 
had as varied a career as any guide 
on Moosehead Lake, which, of course, 
makes him the interesting, virile and 
versatile character that he is. 
Both of these half century guides 
have no bad habits, neither smoking nor 
drinking, which may explain one of the 
reasons why they are so active in their 
seventies. Simon, at one time, was 
known to play poker, but he now pre¬ 
fers to listen to church music, while 
Ichabod never misses a chance to hear 
a sermon if one is being preached where 
he happens to reside. 
So in the State of Maine we have 
noteworthy pastimes, products and 
characters, viz.: Maine canoe trips, 
Maine canoes and Maine guides, and 
the most interesting of these three, 
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