The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-06-03
A BELFAST EXCURSION TOWARDS MOOSE
HEAD LAKE. WHAT WAS! SEEN AND Ex-
PERlENCED.
THE EXPEDITION.

THE EXPEDITION.
In conformity with previous arrangements, and
prompted by a desire to learn by personal inspec-
ton, something of the region of the Upper hen'
nebee and its relations to our city, party OF the
citizens of Belfast Wednesday the 26th' turned
their faces toward the setting SUM- II hau heeh inc
intention to make the exploration IN considerable
force, and invitations had been given out numer'
ously.
WHO DIDN'T GO.
Rut somehow we Beltasters tie ourselves TO the
routine of business rather closer than the men OF
other localities-and so it fell out that, like the
guests hidden to the Supper in the Parable, some
had purchased piece of ground, some had bought
oxen and some had married wives, and so couldn't
come. Without presuming to say what either OF
these classes gained by staying at home-the story
of what they lost, these pages shall recite
WHO DID GO.
The roll Of those who put aside the business oil
to-day for the public service, and forgot the smaller
gains of the present, in the magnificent promises of
the future, is brief. We chronicle ii thus
A. Hayford Esq, President of the Belfast and
Moosehead Lake Railroad, and Mayor of Belfast.
W. t. Colburn, Esq. Railroad Director and Trea-
surer. and firm believer in progress. railroad in
Guided.
Reuben sibley, Esq, Railroad Director, anl I'M
porter of sugar and moasses.
H. n Lancaster, Esq, Railroad Director, stage
proprietor a former traveller over the route. and
"gude, philosopher and friend to the party.
Col Sas Fuller, Alderman of the city and mer-
chant.
Capt. f. II. Herman. late Of ship IVanhoc-l
man of varied and profitable briny experience the
world over, of much observation, Gas lie sailed, as
he sailed" and ready to wash out some of the salt
from his composition with the fresh water of the in
terror
The Editor hereof, as public bcnetactor and his
torian of the expedition.
HOW WE WENT.
The departure was not imposing. Lancaster pa
raded pair of handsome sorrels from the stable OF
the firm, attached to carryall in which were be-
slowed the Treasurer the Mariner and himself. The
Mayors handsome chestnut mares, smooth rs smelts
and active as cats on the steep hills that we cncon
tered, were harnesscd to light ''sundown. OF the
kind that they get up faithfully and handsomely
at Union-to the spare seat in which the historian
was invited. The remainder Of the party, detained
by business, took later start To the irreverent
wags who gathered round. with inquiries touching
the amount and variety of the refreshments we had
provided, there vas no reply deigncd-thcy We're
unworthy Of notice. And so despite the heavy
clouds that rolled up in the west, With intermittent
growis of thunder and thrusting out of lightning
daggers, we began to climb the western hills.
THE LORD RAISETH.
Driving leisurely at first, as prudent men will al
ways do at the commencement Of a journey, we
passed through Waldo, across the southery part of
tered the surveying party, under Mr.. Mortimer,
making the working survey towards Unity. They
were operating under the disadvantages Of sultry
day and swarms Of mosquitoes \ little further
and the long threatened rain descended. in gentle
showers at first, and finally in young deluge. Then
he who had jeered at the historian for taking light
and pliable rubber coat was brought to confusion.
1t did good service
The constant pattering of the hoofS, Ginning with
the rain, brought us at late hour to ''where the
brethren dwell together in Unity first made ap-
parent by the blue CLEAN Of the handsome lake
The chill air made landlord Dyer's woodfires very
comfortable, and his supper acceptable. One ofthe
party who had been looking after the horses came
in haste for the writer hereof to go with him
and see "some old friends Proceeding to an out
house, we We're introduced to-what, do you think,
reader? Why couple of velocipedc>! The folly
had reached even this interior town. where the hum
bug had lived its brief hour, and died the inevitable
death of its kind, leaving only these stranded
wrecks behind In the evening the prominent bust
ness men of the town called 3n th Of ee ro
There is but one voice, and that is for connection
at kendalrs Mills. The business the town is II ow
oil NV ha Moi ( ,nnt fbo ia
ton.
WOUNDED SOLDIER.
There was brought under our notice here a sin
gular case of man surviving a terrible bullet
wound. John Smith. soldier of the Fourth Maine
Regiment, at the Wilderness, was struck by bull
let exactly in the middle of the nose. The ball miss
ed the arteries and other vital portions of the head
and lies hidden among the muscles or beside the
spine at the back of the neck An opening back of
one ear from which discharge escapes, indicates
something of its position, we'll the fact that the
hearing Of that side is destroyed but the surgeons
advise against an attempt to eXtract it. How much
lead is carried about unwillingy by the citizens OF
this republic north and south, that but for the late
unpleasantness might still be repoSing in the bowels
of the harmless earth.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
After nights rest disturbed somewhat by tho
eccentricities of dancing party, we arose in the
morning refreshed. The Mayor found that o.
the vagarics of some guest consisted in appropri;t
ting of pair of handsome matched horse-blank
cts, used only for standing coverings for his horses
The road towards Kendalls Mills, and so of course
of the railroad route, is remarkably level consisting
| of sandy and auval soil, with no rock cuttings
The most formidable obstacle, in appearance, thai
we encountered bridge across the Sebasti-
cook, that tile spring flood had twisted into some
thing like the letter $. If it isn't dangerous, its APP
pearance is deceptive. We can't speak well of it
though we did get safely over
! KESDALI's MILLS.
Crossing the majestic kennebec where ii is broker
| by All island, and crossed by bridges, drove to
the neat hotel Of the place. While waiting for the
special engine and car, which we were informed
would be despatched from Augusta for our accom-
mediation, we examined the business capabilities o
the place under direction of Mr.. Totman. The wate
power consists of the whole flow of the kennebec
river, the dam being from shore to shore The bank
lined with mills in full operation, filling the all
with the sounds of the saw and the pungent odor o.
pine. The carlal and dam full of logs awaitn.
| the sacrifice 1t was wonderful to see the case an,
precision with which the logs We're made to NOV
up to the gangsaws, which with their dozen CLEAN
ing blades cut through from end to end, with won
derful swiftness, leaving it in the shape of market
able boards. There are also clapboard machine