Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-17

ISLAND Pom, Vt. Sept. 6, 1853
To hc Editor of The Boston Jomnai;
| have been making u pilgrimage along The
coast Of Maine, and though now seated be-
fore IL limpid lake embosomed amid the
mountains Of Vermont, yet shall write Of
the Pine Tree State.
If Bostonitns wish to enjoy bracing air.
and meet with genuine specimens of human
itv, Down E,st is the place above all others.
the nearest and cheapest of access The
coast of Maine is now in its glory. Old En-
gland could not, even if we threw in the sun
s,ine, present Il richer green than that which
clothes field, mountain, peninsula and sea-
washed isle. The llaspcridcs themselves,
where
- eternal summer dwclls
And west winds about the Ccdaru alleys fling
Nard and cassia's balmy smell"
could not, in luscious fruits an h;tlmy.
oler-ltrn airs, surPass the plump hlnchcrr-
les, the blushing raspbcrrics and the Fragment
I fir groves of Old Acadia-thc modern Maine.
BY the way. were You aware that When
inc was to b, clectcd fer this State, Acadia
wis emily defeated by very few votes?
/ have Just returned from u cruise among
the hunIccds Of Islands that are the dread
and the safety of the mariner and the joy of
the artist. Church has spent many sum
mcr amid the picturesque suhlimities OF
Mount Desert. But my observation has not
been confined to the lthacas, which stud
these shores and hristlc with the wildwood
equal to Ulysses home. have by railway,
buggy, old fashioned stage cpach and
"sl,nk' 5 mare auuted over the hills, down
the dalcs. and into the bosom of the forest
| have found rich historical rcminisrcncc,
romantic incident, suffering, JOY, spiritual
and material cultivation, horurly Wit indus
try and downright hospitality. 1t did M
Z 10 to find some old things-some thir rs
which had the moss Of Il r,Spectthe vast,
il not the boar of ass Fort Gcor 90. dis
mlutlrl now, tclls of English sway upon
the picturesque bay of Castine Md Cas-
tine itself is the scene of III re mon
ey-m,kng than could have been f,rcsecA
hy the romantic Baron ',c tastin,. vino. in
this portion OF Aclji. "a nearly two ccntli-
rics ago erected II Fortress aud traded with
the Indians. 1t will pay the E,>t .nian t,
take either the daniel Webster at Port
land, or the Sanford a Il .stun. and. de
barking ut 1nliitSt, enter the s,iInS pack
ct which in u few hours will bear him tn
tast'nr, where he vii find n bay of Rio
on 4 small scale. re- les OF the o!den TIM,
and people who mind their own business.
~ We no uuarrclS, and love their minister,
! Again, let the Traveller stop at RpckLsnd,
stay all night and in the IN brning foot it
IL fhomaston, look at the oil chateau Of
Gen. knpX. lio1'r over the stories of his
lorlly hospitality, and wander in some Of
ti,os, wool> Where Prince ftllcyrani roam i
while the guest OF the tcsty mmtni,r
General OF our revolutionary artillery. |
don't like penitntifri,~; but some r'rIl'
d. In the lttsr els, whoever will may
- into such a public institution at ThJm-
aston and msrttiA'.
Now mount the old fashioned stlse-cnacll.
| always, ratn or shine, take Il seat with
the driver. You then hear stg remarks
IN people and hprs.s, You g,zs upon a
wider landscape, and YOU are abpNe the
vulger dust and sweat OF the fHter"Nr.-
Berry has iiu,' horses, and no where do stages
grtqlickcr over the ground.
W. pass through Warren, whose interest
ing ANNALS" were compiled with such faith.
ftl and serupulyus care by Mr.. Eltan, vino
, ike Prescott. is Icblrrel the Use OF the win
fi5ws of the brain. Through woodlands ana
ttrm-lanls W. reach Waldobor5, and w. r.
all the history Given in the same. Annals
, at the carly t,erntn settlement on the 'tdt
IN Paitni Wriiml the tirrmln name; ar,
, still hpritc hv =mIrv Of h. citzeis Of tht
stlwn It il Il rur,onS fact. brought f,rtt
, recently by tr y w York Hist 'rc1 S1ri "
tint al III tbs territory Nts once claimed As
tn 'liand2f>, 3n ! t'2''ln1r wts dct1t9A
appoint I,%.ll3n'yer CINE; II wtsfreneh III
, Il Mas IN Eng lisa l}s,' IN, aii II htl i
German ell ny.
Leaving WiIlohoro' and il. ha8p5iah'epea.
Ilc. We ridc to Lincoln m nalaaTi~cot'a, and
thea tnrnlaek 10 Rock land AID sHead ieM
, hours in looking at The lime KIN, Whose
6ara7d prod9ct,' toy tier WIN staP bH,iam-
MAKE the .ite OF TINS yah'A'Hi g,Y' h''h-
lind mas exporter Il nt'7o" 81 u7ti''I W.' "
"i 'ne III Que year. You fe'gnIH pu, az.
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',ai,ily were NO, tb,ttvot hjrd> offbs
h,ildip,s in Ko.tou. Including. pcrhaps. tn,
Jo8ru,l ofhqc. are held together hv Rockiand
lime Mr.. Waldo If Boston begun limo burn
ns here as carly a 1883. and since that time
la, been one of the great object, Of exi>tluee
Il RoekIana.
When thj Mcnenion Sanford al1lves Win
her passengers from Bus;on, a little Ntel'ae'
named the Ro klnnd commence h"r TIP a!"h
the coast ana through INC ihfee hnn'i'o d"a
''Nty-H'e ISLANDS 81 'ht l e''ooI'". ray =
ne" "''l" Is nov n''p'e N"" ~
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1870 -, T,oli,tf.s rn.Ll,,d
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90, ,;,',,s ,,n,Ii,,,. s,1,t,ves. +. b.,
u,r,,or &c.. &C.
, sh,r,4.r st Of "A n never met with
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