Bethel Living Issue #33 - June / July 2019

FREE • Issue 33 June / July 2019

Bethel LIVING Marijuana and CBD in Bethel

with Moosehead Farms Jar Co., The Medicine Farm and Norther Roots

NEW Displays at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Summer Recipes

from Brian’s on Main Street

So Much to See at No View Farm An Excerpt from Robert Spencer’s Novel At Hollis Dunton’s Gem Mine in Newry PLUS a Listing of Local Events

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MINERALS METEORITES GEMS MAINEʼS

PREMIER SCIENCE MUSEUM

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Publisher’s Note Summer is pretty much here. Evening campfires glow and daylight lingers while flower gardens burst forth and greens flourish in long, lush rows.

An article on the medical benefits and side effects of THC and CBD products helps shed light on an upcoming decision for Bethel about recreational marijuana sales. The medical market for alternative treatments

has

grown

considerably,

offering non-pharmaceutical options for various ailments and conditions.

The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum will be celebrating the installation of fascinating new displays this summer, and No View Farm should top your bucket list for savoring a fine meal at a local farm.

Step back into time and explore Newry’s Dunton Mine with Robert Spencer, then be sure to visit Bethel’s Farmer’s Market for fresh produce, meats and baked goods.

For a real treat, head over to South Paris to visit the Inside Scoop, where you can pick up some homemade ice cream and fudge!

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Marijuana

AND

CBD

in Bethel Photo Courtesy Mooshead Farms

As the legal use of marijuana and other cannabis products under Maine Sate law grows, consumers are becoming more curious about their options. Cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), two natural compounds found in plants of the Cannabis genus, claim to offer relief for many ailments. THC is the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, which means it is the chemical that makes you “high”. It is often consumed by smoking flowers and marijuana leaves. It is also available in oils, edibles, tinctures, capsules and vaping devices.

Cannabis plants that have been bred to minimize THC levels and increase CBD levels are commonly referred to as hemp or industrial hemp. CBD extracted from the hemp plant is not psychoactive and can be ingested by consuming gels, gummies, oils, supplements, extracts, aerosols, smoke and/or vapor. Both compounds interact with your body’s endocannabinoid system, but they have very different effects.

CBD vs. THC: Chemical structure

CBD and THC are chemically similar to endocannabinoids — substances that are produced by the human brain and nervous system to act as neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are chemicals responsible for relaying messages between nerve cells, which play a role not only in pain perception, immune response, stress levels and sleep management, but in all aspects of mind and body function.

CBD vs. THC: Psychoactive components

Despite their similar chemical structures, CBD and THC do not have the same psychoactive effects. In fact, CBD is a nonpsychoactive compound. That means it doesn’t produce the “high” associated with THC. THC binds with cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptors in the brain to produce a “high” or sense of euphoria. CBD binds very

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weakly, if at all, to CB1 receptors. In fact, it can interfere with the binding of THC and dampen its psychoactive effects.

CBD vs. THC: Legality

Issues of legality for both CBD and THC in the United States have been evolving constantly and rapidly for the past several years. Under federal law and in four states, all forms of cannabis are illegal. Thirty-six states have made at least one type of cannabis product legal for medical use, while in ten states — including Maine — cannabis is legal for recreational and medical use. In states where marijuana is legal for recreational or medical purposes, you should be able to buy any CBD product legally. After passage of the Federal Farm bill in 2018 CBD products with zero THC content became legal in all fifty states.

CBD vs. THC: Medical benefits

CBD and THC claim to deliver many of the same medical benefits and may provide relief from several of the same conditions. However, CBD doesn’t cause the intoxicating effects that occur with THC. Some people prefer to use CBD to avoid this side effect. Epidiolex, the first prescription medication to contain CBD, is used to treat rare, difficult-to-control forms of epilepsy.

CBD vs. THC: Side effects

CBD is well-tolerated, but may cause tiredness, diarrhea or changes in appetite.

The side effects associated with THC are pervasive in American pop culture, well known to anyone who ever heard the word “stoner”. Neither compound is fatal, however excessive THC use may be connected to longterm negative psychiatric effects.

Moosehead Farms

Photo Courtesy Mooshead Farms

With Mike and Jodi Everett

Since their business is licensed as a pharmacy, Mike and Jodi Everett can legally grow and sell their own medicinal marijuana. Most patients come in for relief from pain, anxiety, insomnia and/or arthritis. Many clients are looking for an alternative to pharmaceutical drugs. At the farm the couple produces 8-12 strains of their own marijuana, with all their products tested for strength of THC so that dosage levels can be rigorously determined. Different cannabis strains, which go by names such as Wedding Scotch, Banana Bread, Strawberry Cough, Tangerine, Doobie Dog, Grape Pie, and Rootbeer Float, each have a different chemical profile. Moosehead Farms also offers five different types of chocolate bars, as well as truffles, gummies, hard candies, lollipops and drinks like lemonade and fruit punch.

They offer a full line of CBD products from The Medicine Farm in Bethel, grown by Quinton StevensPalmer such as oils, salves, tinctures, pre-rolled cigarettes — all for muscle and pain relief.

Vape pens and pipes are available for consumption of both CBD and marijuana. There are clone plants for sale, and older healthy bushy plants as well. Using a combination of hydroponic systems and coconut husk fiber “soil”, they have 60 plants in flower and 120 notyet-flowered under the bright LED lights. Moosehead

Farms currently serves about 250 clients, with about 150 of those being Bethel residents. More customers come in every day. All products are fully tested for THC potency, mold and mildew, heavy metals, and are as close to organic as can be without certification.

Marijuana and CBD use by senior citizens is the industry’s fastest growing demographic. Unlike marijuana that consumers buy on the black market — which may be laden with pesticides and chemicals — Mike and Jodi’s product is grown clean, tested thoroughly and monitored for maximum results.

FMI on Moosehead Farms visit MooseheadFarms.com, email mike@mooseheadfarms.com, or call Mike & Jodi at 207-393-0500

Northern Roots Grow Supply

The Medicine Farm

Nick & Janet Bartlett own and operate the areas friendliest and fully stocked grow supply store around.

Whether you need growing materials, worm castings, fertilizers, containers, and more this shop is stocked from floor to ceiling and is always growing and expanding.

With excellent prices and products of the highest quality, stop in and see for yourself how Norther Roots can help keep your life green!

Producing products in small batches using organic phytocannabinoid rich full spectrum hemp oil, the Medicine Farm offers dozens of CBD blended products to help support neurological function, cut brain fog, promote positivity, support digestion and immune system functions, reduce inflammation, relieve muscle and joint pain, and reduce anxiety and stress, as well as many other benefits.

FMI on Northern Roots visit them on Facebook, go to northernrootsgrowsupply. com or call 207-875-2089 or stop by at 3 Bird Hill Road in Greenwood.

FMI visit themedicine.farm and purchase their products at Moosehead Farms and Jar Co.

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Jar Co. on the Sunday River Rd in Newry with Erika Morrotta

Jar Co. opened their first shop in Windham featuring a full line of CBD and THC products. This past December, their finely crafted second shop near the Newry Post Office began serving clients in the Bethel area.

Jar’s marijuana varieties include Purple Punch, Mac 1, Girl Scout Glue, Sour Diesel, Clementine, GMO (which smells like Garlic, Mushrooms and Onions) and more.

“Wellness meets the outdoors” is the focus at Jar Co., where customers range in age from 21 to 60+. They have found a great deal of success through the proper combination of THC and CBD doses.

Their CBD and THC products include lotions, salves, lip balm, capsules, tinctures, vape cartidges, cigarettes, gummies and dog treats. Used to treat pain, joint problems, skin irritations like dermatitis and rosacea, and many other ailments, CBD also helps with inflammation.

Ingestion can bring relief from anxiety and depression, and offers a calming yet uplifting effect. Many of the products offered come from Natures Resolutions in Gray, Maine. Other CBD products come from the Medicine Farm in Bethel.

FMI stop in a Jar Co., open Wed – Sun 10-6 at 2 Post Office Drive, Newry. Visit jarcanabis.com, and call 207-824-1326

CBD

THC

Produce a “high”

NO

YES

Illegal

NO

In most states

Almost None

Psychoactive side effects

Shows on drug test

YES

YES

Pain reliever

YES

YES

Reduces nausea

YES

YES

Eases migraines

YES

YES

Reduces anxiety

YES

YES

Increases appetite

NO

YES

Decreases seizures

YES

NO

Anti-inflammatory

YES

YES

Side effects

CBD may help with other conditions, such as:

THC may help with conditions such as:

THC can cause temporary side effects, such as:

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seizures inflammation pain psychosis or mental disorders migraines inflammatory bowel disease nausea migraines depression anxiety

pain muscle spasticity glaucoma insomnia low appetite nausea anxiety

increased heart rate coordination problems dry mouth red eyes slower reaction times memory loss

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NEW Displays visitor from away… Bethel is a special place. Knowingly or otherwise you have been surrounded by the influence of minerals and mining. From mica reflecting in the roadway, quartz dug in your back yard, to hours spent driving winding roads whose paths were determined by Maine’s rich geological history, our lives here are shaped by the landscape.

Western Maine and Oxford County boast a long history of mineral and gem discovery and Bethel is central to some of the area’s most historic mines and mining culture.

Perhaps you’ve noticed the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum. Chances are you’ve watched as it’s evolved.

You likely wonder what exactly is happening behind those curious crystal shaped window grates?

No matter if you’re a multigenerational local, a summer resident, an avid skier or outdoorsperson, or

1220 Exhibits has been building exhibits for months in their

MINERALS

METEORITES

100,000-square foot facility in Nashville, Tennessee. On April 29th, 1220’s 53-foot truck made the first delivery of exhibit components to the museum. The installation crew has been onsite for four weeks and is scheduled to be there for five more.

The once-empty gallery space is filled and plans are becoming a threedimensional reality as the museum enters the final phase of the design process. The completed museum will include 19 interactive exhibits in four galleries within a 15,000 square foot space on two floors.

The MMGM will permanently house some the largest and finest mineral collections from Maine, featuring the Perham Collection, which had been

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For information about becoming a volunteer and details about upcoming events visit mainemineralmuseum.org or call the museum at 207-824-3036.

previously displayed for 90 years.

Museum staff have catalogued approximately 45,000 specimens; 15,000 from Maine and 6,000 are extraterrestrial (originating from the Moon, Mars, and Asteroid Belt).

The research team at the MMGM has published 80 research papers since moving their lab to Maine.

Current research focuses on understanding the origins of Maine pegmatites as well as the study of meteorites. The MMGM is also proud to have Dr. Alan Rubin, cosmochemist at UCLA, and Dr. Henning Haack, a former Curator

of the Geological Museum at the University of Copenhagen, as research associates.

Additionally, the Museum Store has been completely renovated.

Chase Construction cabinetry and millwork subsidiary, The Webhannet Company of Wells, Maine has made beautiful wood and glass cabinets separated by slabs of pink granite from the Millennium quarry (also in Wells).

The MMGM is actively seeking docents to be the public face of the museum, guide tours, and help

interpret the galleries. You don’t need to be an expert, just someone with an enquiring mind who likes to share information. Training sessions are ongoing.

The MMGM is approaching the finish line and will soon open Maine’s premier science museum. In the meantime, mark your calendars, the MMGM is counting down to the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s Moon landing and will host a lunar extravaganza at the Museum on July 19th. v

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Follow us on Facebook and Instagram Come in and check out our wine room or try our jerky!

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Spring Recipes from Brian’s Grapefruit Mojito In rocks glass, add fresh mint leaves, tsp of fresh lemon juice, tsp of simple syrup, 1 oz St Germain, 1 oz Cointreau.

Muddle. Fill glass with ice. We Add 2 oz of Absolut Ruby Red. Shake well.

Top with soda and splash of fresh grapefuit juice. We used a mix of chile powder and sugar for the rim and garnished with lemon and mint.

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Brian and Jess Nichols opened Brian’s on Main St in Bethel a little over a year ago. They both bring over 25 years of restaurant experience to Bethel. Stop in and enjoy their unique menu, friendly staff, and a great craft beer, bottle of wine or delicious cocktail!

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So Much to See at No View Farm

by Will Leitch

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hen I bike, I like to take the road less traveled. One day last summer I pedaled past a sign that read, “Gone Loco! Café.”

Beyond the sign were horses, a quaint building with an inviting porch, greenhouses and luxuriant fields.

“How can a café survive in this obscure location?”

I wondered, deciding I must pay a visit sometime.

A week later, my son and I decided to sample lunch at the café. We walked onto the porch, through the door and stepped inside a warm, wood-paneled room, with a wood stove and a staircase lined with books. It felt like we had stepped into someone’s home. We smelled baking bread. A woman’s voice called, “We’re actually closed.” Just as my son and I turned to leave, the woman appeared from the kitchen wiping her hands on her apron, and continued, “But come on in. We’ll feed you.”

We were seated and Annette, the owner/baker/ server/farmer/cook/builder, handed us menus. We ordered salads; Annette went outside and picked the lettuce. Soup, tacos and cookies followed. After

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a home-cooked, literally farm-to-table meal, in a restaurant that was not even open, we felt like we had just been welcomed into a family.

On a later visit, I had a chance to sit and chat with Annette. I learned that the land has been in her family for three generations and that she and her family built the house over a period of several years to use as a restaurant, farm shop and inn. The beautiful interior woodwork is Annette’s handiwork.

She began selling maple syrup in the early ‘90s, then added a farm stand to sell vegetables. In 2000 she added greenhouses. Like many small farmers, she has endured setbacks, hardships and some health issues. She has always held a full-time job off the farm in order to make ends meet, while striving to make the farm a viable business. She may have turned that corner. “I’ve been working off the farm all along until last February,” she said. “That was the first time I felt like I was actually at a point where I could just work here. That was a good feeling.”

Volunteer owned and cooperatively managed, the Gone Loco! Café has been satisfying hungry diners for a few years now and though you may get a meal when it’s closed, the official hours are ThursdaySaturday 8-2 and Sunday 8-12. Once a month the café hosts a “featured chef ” event. “A chef comes in and plays for a day and has some help and bosses us around,” Annette laughed.

Wednesday is baking day at the farm. Cakes, cookies, breads, meat pies — just about anything one can imagine can be baked to order. Call in an order during the week and it can be picked up during the shop’s hours of operation. The pantry has jams, jellies, relishes, pickles and salsa for sale. No View Farm sells organic farm produce and seedlings and rents out community garden plots. The farm sells wholesale produce to restaurants and also caters events.

One great reason to visit the No View Farm is their Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA), featuring packages which range from $100 to $600.

These are not pre-packed boxes of whatever the farm has in surplus. You get to choose what you will use and delivery is available to several communities.

Annette has a passion for strengthening the local community and one of the ways she does this is by delivering fresh food to people in need. “We were able to help quite a few seniors last year,” Annette said, “along with a disabled veteran who had lost an arm and was down and out.” Also last year,

the Rumford Elementary School had to extend its school year but the budget for its afterschool program was drained. “There was no food for the kids,” Annette said. “So we fed about 30 kids for two days. We made quesadillas, English muffin pizzas and cookies. The kids loved it.”

Annette envisions the farm as part of a healing community. For the past couple years, she has been accepting placements from Work Opportunities Unlimited, which connects employers with young people who need support making the transition into the workplace. To their clients, No View now offers Reiki and yoga; a food forest, a healing garden and a space to support those affected by seasonal affective disorder (SAD) are all in the works.

In the dream stage is an indoor arena where people can participate in a healing experience with horses.

“You don’t have to ride them,” she said. “It’s just being with them. I have four horses here that would just excel at it. It’s amazing that they know what they can do for people.”

As I got ready to go, I loaded up my arms with some goodies and asked Annette where she learned to bake and cook. “I’m not a chef,” she said. “I’m just a home cook. I’ve always baked and cooked.

I’ve always been the person that cooked in my neighborhood. Even when I was young, everybody came to my house to eat.” And that is the best way to sum up the No View Farm and Gone Loco! Café: a visit to Annette’s house to enjoy great food and be part of a family. v

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Lifelong Maine residents Shane & Veronica Poland always dreamed of opening an ice cream shop. In 2015, that dream became reality when Veronica left her corporate career of 17 years to open The Inside Scoop with Shane and their three children.

Veronica and her family love to give back to the local community by donating to many local organizations.

The Inside Scoop sells dog sundaes called Inside Paws and $1 of each sundae goes to Responsible Pet Care to support the work they do.

Now in its fifth season, The Inside Scoop serves its handmade ice cream using only the finest ingredients. “The luxury of making the ice cream yourself allows you to get creative and have fun with flavor combinations,” said Veronica, who also makes her own ice cream cakes, ice cream pies, and giant ice cream cookie sandwiches - all of which can be custom ordered.

Looking to grow her business, Veronica purchased Great Northern Fudge in 2018 and sells the fudge at The Inside Scoop and wholesale up and down the east coast. Hand stirring fudge with real butter and cream - she uses the same vintage recipes that have been in place since 1976.

“Our flavors are a combination of best sellers, customer requests and unique combinations we thought of. We love to introduce new flavors for our customers to fall in love with,” she said when asked how she comes up with her flavors.

For the 2019 season, The Inside Scoop expanded its sweet offerings. In addition to ice cream and fudge, Veronica began offering customers a full selection of sweet treats all under one roof, adding European truffles, chocolates, and candies.

“We strive to provide a wonderful experience to anyone who visits,” Veronica said. “We provide samples of our ice cream and have a cool dining area for guests to sit and enjoy. I love that I get to make a super product that puts smiles on the faces of our customers.”

The Inside Scoop is open daily in-season and is located at 156 Main Street, South Paris, Maine 04281. The Inside Scoop offers dine-in, take-out, and drive-through service, as well as a place for private parties. Contact by phone at 207-461-2300, online at www.insidescoopmaine.com and by email at veronica@insidescoopmaine.com.

Veronica said their children played an important role while developing the business. The family made countless visits to ice cream shops and tested ideas at home to perfect their recipes. “Their input was important to us,” Veronica said. “Our children all continue to help out at the shop. By including them in our plan they fully understand our vision.”

Wholesale inquiries for Great Northern Fudge may be made by email to sales@greatnorthernfudge.com or by phone 207-892-7599. Visit Great Northern Fudge online at www.greatnorthernfudge.com. v

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At Hollis Dunton’s Gem Mine

by Robert Spencer

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ollis Dunton of Newry stood at the top edge of a shallow, but wide, pit and made a big circular motion with both arms to catch the six guest prospector’s attention. His mine was a wide expanse of boulders and a jumble of broken rocks piled one on another in dangerous disarray. Beyond the edge of this wasteland were stands of first growth pine for which the part of western Maine north of Bethel was known.

“Folks, this here pit is the Dunton family mine. Don’t look like much now, but the prospect for finding gemmy crystals in abundance is very, very good. Ask Mr. Hallett here what he found a week ago. Just ask anyone who has poked around in this pit. There are good pegmatite pockets sure to be found.

You’re welcome to dig for yer self. Jes be careful. We blasted some two days ago so the rock is all broken and loose. You fall and you likely will cut yer self. You ladies might want to sit off to the side where there is still some grass growing. Perhaps yer men might bring a few rocks over for you to clean in one of them rain barrels.

Before you start prospecting I need to make one request. Since several of you here are partners in this here mine, I don’t think you will disagree with my askin’ you to allow me to inspect every rock you might want to take home. This is a profit making business and we partners may want to keep any crystals that we could sell for jewelry making purposes.”

As he spoke Nathan Hallett of Bridgton and son Nate hurried to the spot they had worked two weeks before, buckets and hammers in hand. Daughter Franny Hallett and friend Lottie Ritchie, both of whom would not likely be sitting ladylike in the sun, moved behind a wagon, stepped out of their crinolines and tucked skirt hems into the waists of their pantaloons. Nathan’s wife Hattie thought the idea of a safe seat was a good one, so she carried the lunch basket up to a grassy knoll where she might keep an eye on everyone. Clarence Potter, a miner from Nova Scotia who was a friend of Dunton’s, took a seat on a big boulder near Hattie and stared silently across the rough rubble caused by the recent blast, while the two young girlfriends stood behind him.

“Okay” he said after a few minutes. “Okay, I think I know where there will be a good little pocket to be opened. Why don’t you two come with me and see if I am right?”

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Making their way carefully across the field of broken stones the three went directly to an area of shattered white quartzite. Clarence kneeled and began to clear debris away from a small dark hole.

“What are you doing” asked Lottie. “These rocks that you are tossing aside are so shiny and lustrous.

Perhaps we might break them apart to find a crystal.”

He paid no attention until he had cleared a space large enough for the three of them to kneel. After pulling away a few loose stones he reached into the hole and pulled out a handful of wet white gravel.

Reaching into the hole with his other hand, he pulled out the same mud. When the gravel was laid out on the ground, a single green speck stood out. He passed it to Lottie and said “Please wipe the film off this chip. Let’s see what it looks like in sunlight.”

She spat on the small rock and rubbed it on the cloth of her skirt. It was no bigger than a salt crystal, but, when held up to the sun between thumb and forefinger, it’s lime green color became radiant. “Oh, Franny.. Clarence.. look what we have found” she exclaimed.

He put his hand into the hole once more. This time the gravel which came out was filled with little green crystals the size and shape of pencil leads. Lottie was so excited she jumped to her feet and nearly fell back against a jagged boulder.

“Lottie,” whispered Clarence. “Why don’t you reach in and see what you can find. The mud is cold, but if you feel around you will locate some big pieces.”

On her knees once again she squealed as her hand disappeared into the hole. “Oh, so cold and clammy.

I don’t like the feel of this stuff. Wait! Wait! I think I have a larger piece. A couple of them!”

“Well, dummy,” demanded Franny, “will you take them out so that I can see what you found. Don’t just sit there stammering, silly.”

Pulling her hand out from the slimy hole, the Massachusetts girl threw a mix of wet gravel and clay on the ground and then wiped the slime on her now dirty dress. Clarence sorted through the mix and pulled out three green crystals each more than two inches long by an inch wide. There were more smaller pieces as well, but the three larger ones were staggering in their beauty and luster. Both young ladies began to scream so loud with delight that the

This fiction is excerpted from Robert’s new novel Mining Chalk Pond which takes place during the early years of mining in Oxford County.

others stopped what they were doing and approached the trio.

Dunton, who had been sitting on a hemlock log, came up close to them. Hattie neared, but only as far as the edge of the rubble field. Lottie and Franny ran to Hattie and placed the crystals in her outstretched hand. “Here, Mother, please hold these wonderful tourmalines for us,” exclaimed her daughter, “while we harvest many, many more.”

Clarence enlarged the hole with his chipping hammer until it was wide open enough for him to dip a bucket into the little chamber. Out it came filled to the brim with the white solution. To the astonishment of all, as the water was drained away, tens of green, white, black, rose and orange crystals lie in a pile.

Dunton stood above the excited team of amateur prospectors, clapped his hands loudly and shouted his congratulations.“Folks, what a find! Now you see why I decided to buy this rocky place. Let’s wash all this gravel down and see what we have. You all have done a great job.”

Nathan stood. “Thanks be to our Canadian friend.

He’s the one who figured where to dig.”

“Yes, yes, he has a good nose for finding a lode, that’s for sure. But, I say ‘Thanks be to God’ who put these beautiful rocks together for us to find” said the mine owner as he filled a bucket with sediment from the pocket using a small shovel drawn and unfolded from a sheath on his belt. The others placed their own pails, four in all, next to the muddy hole to be filled. Then they carried them to one of the rain barrels. When each load had been dumped on the ground Hollis and Nathan took pails of water from the barrels and poured them on the gravel.

“Oh, my God” exclaimed Hattie as white mud was washed away revealing so many shiny objects. “There are so many different colors in the mix.”

As Lottie, Franny and Nate went down on their knees and began clawing through the piles, more stones glistened in sunlight. There were green tourmalines:

some clustered in white quartz and others standing alone. There were black schorl splinters which broke easily as they were uncovered. Several glittering specimens showed a layered mix of green crystal in the center surrounded by orange edges, identified by Nathan as “watermelon tourmaline”. Some pieces of white quartz contained colorful specks of rose and smoky gray. Most pieces were small, but one green tourmaline was huge, more than three by four inches with one end, or termination, which came to a fivesided pyramidal point.

Dunton picked up the large crystal and spit on it to get its facets cleaner. “I’ll have to take this one back to my shop. And perhaps a few more of those small gemmy ones, as well. We can sell these to a couple jewellers in Bethel and West Paris. These will help us cover our costs. Don’t you agree, Nathan?”

“Of course, you’re right, Hollis. Even though it may be disappointing to the children, we are all partners.”

Dunton addressed the miner directly. “And you, Clarence, do you understand what I am doing? Your were the finder here and I don’t want to offend you, but it is my claim.”

The Canadian shook his head in agreement. “Just as long as the kids can keep all the smaller crystals and the specimens still held in clusters. These will prove to be the start of a wonderful collection. I don’t need anything for myself, at least at this point. If in the future you have a job for me, I would have a great interest in working such a valuable mine.” All parties looked at him, the partners shaking their heads in agreement with that prospect. Lottie held her hand out to shake Clarence’s. “When I return home to Winchester I will remember what you found for us today. You have a sixth sense about what is in the ground. Thank you so much.”

As the party sat on large nearby boulders and ate lunch, Clarence sat off by himself. In his pants pocket he felt three medium size crystals which he and the girls had first found. These had not made it into any bucket, and in the excitement no one had noticed their absence. v

ROBERT SPENCER of South Waterford, lives in a restored saw mill atop a breeched split granite dam on City Brook. His love of history led him to write his first novel The Spinster’s Hope Chest (Maine Authors Publishing 2018). He is a trustee of the Waterford Historical Society and Waterford Library and President of The Friends of City Brook.

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Museums of the Bethel Historical Society May 28: Robinson House museum opens for summer season. New exhibits: “The Literary World of C. A. Stephens” and “Bethel & Beyond.”

July 12: “Rediscovering the White Mountains of Maine.” A talk by White Mountain historian and art collector Randall H. Bennett, Twitchell Education Center.

July 18: Larry Glatz: “The Once and Future C.A. Stephens. Reflections on William Krohn’s gift of Stephens and Verrill collections to Bethel Historical Society”. Held from 6-8pm in the Gibson Room, Bethel Inn Resort, 21 Broad Street. Exhibit viewing and refreshments to follow at the Robinson House.

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hoosuc Land Trust, and all 3 MBHS museum facilities open during the Bethel Harvestfest.

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June 29: Rotary Yard Sale and Auction Telstar High School. This an-

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