Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-09-22
VOL. XI::: NO. Sc

! From other windows we have the Har.
Dor Bar, lying broad and dry when tho
tide is out ; and there are the weirs of
Fishermen. and the porgey boats, and
sheds, aud oil presses, and barrels, and.
nearer still, eighty-seven mansions al ID
a row, occupied by as many families.
whose younger members are beginning to
'exklrts on dangerous wing, urged for
ward with dcxterity and promptness
painful to behold, on account, merely, u
the suggcstiveness of their parental bros
ceedIngs. Sea and mountain.felds, and
islands, sunrise, sunset, what besides can
you require Of the windows of q house
that Is merely made with hands?
The Guide Book feels constrained TO
acknowledge in this place mistake
which may perhaps have escaped the no.
tlcc OF free aid independent readers bnt
as it was hin'ed by the pen, and distinct
ly laid down in the mind Of the writer,
confession must be made.
The reflection tina: all the world of
mankind is at fault ON every known. and
imaginable point does not lessen the sense
OF responsibility in regard to Schooner
Head. 1t is not identical with Great
Head-by 10 manner of process can
those two heads be Joined together; .
mile OF as substantial coast rock as was
ever massed together is not to be expunR.
ed by u stroke of the pen.
Schooner Head is SO called because
mariners can "sight it" six miles out
the white cliffs being marked in man.
ner which gives them at a distance tho
appearance of a schooner under sail.
A few PAGES from this Head is Spout'n
Horn; great Body Of rock, perhaps
two hundred feet in hight, has been dis.
severed from the mainland, and its feuE.
dations arcacd by the action Ct the water.
When the tide is coming In, the waves
rush through this opening with the roar
of cannouadng, and are tossed in foam
against the walls of the dark fssare.
"a pleasing fear" possesses the spirit
that fingers long round the verge Of Thun.
der Hole, getting there new illustrations
Of certain great laws of nature.
But Great-Head is the point most mo-
tioeahIo in this vicinity. The views from
its summit are waguiheeat-I know it is
a dangerous thing to use this kind of q
word; bat then, what is one to do7 for
there is Newport mountain, which you
must learn to love. because then you will
know how iine it is from every point Of
observation; and there is Sandy Beach,
and at the distant Goldsboro' Hills and
before you at your feet and beyond your
sight the great ''pond." Emerson called it
iii his Fourth Of July ode! Well, ev.
erythlpg seems small to Americans this
year so let it go we will love that sea
not less, and We will not love it more, if
l. is slew to unite the selfish and goddess
Is gland Of this generation with the New
World OF men IN nature!
The ellis about Great-llead are easy
Of descent, and to watch the mighty
waves coming in beneath their majestic
front, with what looks so much like the
concentrated purpose of living will; to
hear their dlshihg, is to see and bear for
the comfort Of all time. The largest
ships may sail ut pleasure close within
the shadows Of these great rocky walls,
Sandy Beach is ia the neighborhood.-
The green waves here roll in on a shore
OF yellow sand; banks covered with yer.
4larc, slope gently down to the waters
edge on either size of the inlet, and the
saiiey suffers lis green f.lds to approach
within il reasonable distance, quite sure
the restraining ''thus far" will be needed
carefully Gil either side.
The attractions offered at this point are
50 many that it is u wonder no house, ex.
eeet Z solitary fshermau's, has ever been
bdilt there,
To be becu.med off Great. Head Is, 40
sad before, an event ipr record. Per.
h1rs 1t was because OF the mistake we
bored under ns to our locality that ws
were to all iutents fast anchored wher0
hour after hour, we could do no betteF
thing than study the rocks before u.s.
Then we sighed lor the tools and the skill
Of art, photographic or other, during our
sail and no-sail Of eight hours duration.
How we whistled and sang, endeavoring
to hcartcn up the wind, while spout'p
whale disported on one hand, and spout'a
Horn watched grlmly on the other; how
Mother Carey's Chickens, in their pretty
red, black ANA white attire, tantalizsd Us
by the demonstrations Of liberty to 60
and come WHICH they made around US /;
how the white-winged tsh.hawk. like
Another, went boldly up and down before
our face and eyes, seeking what he might
deyour,
Bu, with ali these recollections, shall
we ever get to South Vest Harbor and
the great Sea Wall? l will answer in
my next.
THE LATE Mas SEwARD.-Mrs. Swis,