Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-08
[ Correspondence Of The Star.1

amazingly with near and dear friends and TOOK
occasion at the same time to old acouaint-
ance with sundry od-fshing grounds, and inland
trout brooks as well.
Dear reader, did you ever eat cod fresh from
the water, caught and cooked by your own hands
No,-then beg, borrow steal the money to tax.
you to the coast of Maine-to Portland, Bunger
muck, Yarmouth or Harpswell, charter sehoone,
with skipper who understands the fishing
grounds; put out for the "Green Island,,, or
thereabout, stopping at ''Little Whale bat Isl
and" to dig clans for bait; throw out yor long
lines and haul in hand over hand cod, paddock
etc, till your arms fairly ache with the train.
linen make for some convenient islet of the three
hundred and sixty-hve Zone for each day n the
year, which gem Casco Bay, start blaziIg fire
on the rocks with drift wood from the beact and
concoct the ssvoury chowder SscuHdsn .rtsan
with its due proportion Tin layers) of the firm
white meat Of the freshly caught cod, the pork.
the biscuit, etc, etc Then eat with the ssuce of
healthy hunger, and admit that you lave ex
Perienced new sensation. Then comes the zest
CT building the bush camp and spreading the
couch of boughs Of the fragrant FIR upon which
lay buffalo robe and blanket, and you have
resting place lit for king Then up in the morn
ing 10 enjoy the beauties of marine sunrise
which would immortalize any of our artists who
could fasten Its glowing tnts upon canvass
Messrs Stanley, Bessou, Lanman, Cranch It al
just try il, and you will thank me for the hint
The bold rOck-bound coast of Maine has already
furnished some delightful subjects for American
artists, but they have mainly confined themselves
to the vicinity Of Mt. Desert Let them take 4
peep amongst the wonderfully picturesque Islands
of Casco Bay, and at the vigorous coast djacent
For the trout you can go to the lakes or better
tn INIT rio to
here under the shadow of Mount Blue YOU can
catch and eat the delicious salmon front To vout
hearts content
This district is reached by rail to Pennington.
and thence by stage to the beautiful village of
Philips nestled amongst the mountains From
THIS point you are within convenient reach of the
lakes, and Of stately Mount Katahdin, towering
3'4OO feet above the sea Tourists are already be-
ginning to seek hereabouts scenes less hac kneyed
than the usual resorts and the prospect is that the
Hood Of fashionable travel will soon set fully,in
this direction, cOnsummation nor deyoutlv 10 he
desired as the people almost invariably ytiated
where such channels Of fashionable travel are
opened up. AS yet, the Maine folks are tolerablv
unsoPhisticated in the business of fleeing travel
ers six weeks of the year and loafng the other
forty-six.
Maine is quietly moving forward in the march
ofimProveTnent aud the construction of the Grand
Trunk railroad has given a great spur to business
In this State. This road is making strenuous ex-
ertions to divert portion of the western carving
trade through Its channels, and is measurably sue
cessful, judging by the barrels, tier upon tier
stacked in the warehouses at Portland of -four and
mess beef bearing the Chicago and st. Louis
mark
Portland plumes itself upon its harbor, which
is claimed to be the best on the Atlantic coast and
upon Its shade trees, having IS 900 of thes to
population of perhaps 80 600. Rising boldly
from the water, and embosomed in foliage Port
land presents an exceedingly attractive appear
ance to the eye Of the visitor
But donning seven league boots, must make
another stride, landing at
CAPE MAY
Poor Pillicoddy has put 1t upon record that
there Is pothing SO sad a jolly Jack tar when
he doesn't happen TO be jolly; he might have
added, except gay watering place when it
doesn't happen to be gay. Cape Nays saucy
rival, Atlantic City, has histed her higher than
kite, although lacking the fine surf and other
natural advantages of the Cape But Atlantic
City can be reached In two or three hours by rail-
road from Philadelphia, while it is a tedious
days Journey to Cape Island 1t can't be denied
though that the assemblage is vastly more select
at the Cape, and that the rag-tag-and- bobtaI 90
TO Atlantic City, Long Branch, and Rockaway
9 Nose" and 'Lze" can slip down to Atlantic
City on cheap holiday trip and back the same
night. "Mose" In pair of blue overalls (and
nothing else) and ''Lize" In rag Of delaIne that
has outlived its usefulness, costume for the
beach, and splash about with the best of them.
But this style of thing would not do at all at Cape
Island, you know. Here we do the thing gen
q fnu.
We 20 In the surf at II o'clock a M We go In
correct costume-bloemers Of gay colors and gen
teel cut, and when we have a solicitude to pre-.
serve our compilations, we wear gloves and
masks Of, Oil-silk. We never battle after D. M
The surf after that hour is sacred to the Biddies
and to 20 in then would stamp US as one Of them
we lounge upon the hotel piaZZas after dinner or
drive to the inlet to 1sh, or to Diamond beach TO
hunt Cape May brilliaDts, or to the steamboat
landing to see the arrivals by the afternoon boat
or to Cold Spring fer pond lilies and drinkable
water. At sunset we have a carnival promenade
or drive upon the long beach, and then 20 to the
hop. If it be hop night, to the PRAYER meet
ing, If II be prayer-meeting night On rainy DAYS
we read novels write letters firt on the piazzas
cheaper the wares Of the psripatetIc trinketvend-
ers, practice Indian archery (l2 shots for lax
cents) roll lignum vita at Bauet's ten-pin alley,
and kill time the best way we can.
The average attendance at the Cape this season
has been about thousand persons. One of the
largest hotels on the Island the United States hes
not been opened this season, or rather was open
but single day. The Cape folks, however, are
consoling themselves with the belief-how well
grounded know not-that another year In TO see
railroad cars running from Philadelphia to their
own doors, when they count upon this locality
resuming its old position as the leading watering
place of the coast.
In late trip TO Long Island visited another
watering place of departed glory-the once fash
ionable Rockaway-which Is now about on a par
with Coney Island as a bathing place The surf
bathing has been nearly ruined here by the forma
tion Of a sand bar.
tP THE HUDSON
On Monday last was one of the 3, 600 who went
down New York hafbor on the Hendrix Hudson.
to see the Great Eastern go to sea, and on wed
nesday started up river In this direction. Here let
me give the Star's readers two bits of advice No
i. Don't travel on steamer cursed with allione
the newiy.invented steam organ of that name
The Armenia is fast boat and can beat the