Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-01-18

a golden sword-blatc. and heavcd abov,
lsle bosom oftlc sea. 1T was 4 mirage o
hcsocean. Soon dazzling spark Of Iigh
A burned through the molten East, and IN ;
! moment more The .resplendcnt day-got
twas dripping from his matih bath; the
Iiavelns of radience shot across the island
ed SUBMITS OF the lower hills. the wesl
grew luminous, clouds We're suifused with
the most delicate blush Of pink--and the
day was on. We were told by Brewer that
we had had one of the finest sunsets and
sunriScs of the season.
| From the bold bluff in front Of the house
aims resting on the sea, and frequently five
hundred sail of smackerel and haddock
catchcrs can be counted from that outlook.
1t il a remarkable fact that the purest
water is foundsanywhere upon the summit
| of the mountain by digging from eight
| to twelve feet. On the very top Of one OF
| these peaks is crystal lake oflresh water.
! several acres in extent. which we were told
had never BEEN fttlIomcd.
DIR. IIainlin of Bangor has cabinet of
knives. arrow-heads, hatchets and other
Indian implements. which have been found
in various parts of the island.
At O'Clock. we prepared to descend.
Two of the horses had been led up from
the HALF Way House, and two of the
ladies rode down,-a feat which has never
before been accomplished Mere.
But we will hasten. We bore along the
Eastern coast to Il mild place called Schoon-
cr Head. Here is cave facing South
East some fifty feet deep, thirty feet wide
and twenty feet high, re-entering the solid
rock, into which at high tide the waves
dash and rage about with the great muir
muir of mountain" 1t was ebb-tide
when We were there and We all cyept to
the f;,rtheSt point, shouted for the echoes
and retreated with safety.
Less than quarter ola mile from this cave
in mighty wall Of beetfing crags. is the
! ''Spoutinr Horn. BY some Titanic con-
been thrown as,inler some ten feet from
its parent rock, into Il chasm fifty feet in
depth, at the base of which is an opening
large enough for a man to pass through
When the Souiherly storms goad on the
rising tide, the waters are driven through
this oritice and up the rocky calsm. some
Is and 100 feet into the air, while all the
cliff trembles and the air reveSbcrates as
with thunder.
We were told that mill beyond. is Il
cave of much vaster dimensions, approach
able only BY water:
We now followed the road through Il
narrow gorge between the mountains. the
! ellis risin. mt times 1900 feet above our
heads. 1t WAS a scrpentine way. threading
| for many a mile through over arching
| boughs of trees, and we were in the COT
slant aroma of pine, spruce and cedar all
the way to Otter Creek; thence along the
sea beach to North East Harbor our tor
tuous highway bore Us, and thence again
between two mountains with bluff like the
Palisades. to Somcs' village at the head of
Somcs' Sound.
Sweet. quiet. tidy little nook! Just the
! place for Art or Religion or Romance 10
flourish; houses white as the driven snow,
lanes dazzleingly green. and the great
mountains keeping sentinel guard above it
and looking at thei' green and rocky side:
| in the CLASSY Sound, Six milcs more tc
South West Harbor finished the Journey
of the day.
This harbor is rival Of Bar Harbor
though for me it pocess less attraction
Here is a large lobster-packing establish
mcnt, owned by VIM. Underwood & Co
of Boston.
!. The entire presses is carried fowart
there from catching the lobster to ship
ping him in cans. As many as $500 can
have been prepared per day. They arr
shipped to every part of the world.
The next point of interest is the ''Se:
WALL" or vast congeries of stones an,
rocks, piled to the height of ten feet an'
for an eighth of mile, by the tremendou
force of the South East storms. The seen
at this point. as the ocean is dashed iuil
fury BY the winds. is said TO be indcScriba
: bly, grand. Our way homcward lay alon!
the western shore of the island, introduc
ing us to new and picturesque views a
every mile, and bringing vs. again to Ellis
worth late in the evening of the third day
having spent night on the mountain AMI
having accomplished the entire circuit q
: the island. The time Was only too short
Two weeks might be spent there and We
its wonders and beauties would not be ex
hausted. Do you want to angle for TIN
: 1.-THE and matchless trout? The island i
: full oflimpid fresh water lakes and stream
S sometimes divided from the salt water O
bay or sound, by but Il narrow strip ofland
These abound in the largest trout OF tn
finest varieties. DO you wish to camp out
There are depths oftraekless mildness an,
boundlcss contiguiiy of shaoie.n
/, 1t is a constant wonder that SO littl
seems to be knomtt and heard Of Mt. Des
ert Island. All who visit it are enthusias
tic. But the time is soon coming whe
= this retreat will overflow with admirin,
visitants. aad our snobbish. gsirish, guz
zling and corrrpting Saratogas will b
abandoned by all the sensible for sucl
healthful, ennobling and purifying resort
, as this. What little can be done by M
voice or pen to hasten that time. shall b.
done with all my heart. Is would rejoic