The Portland daily press., 1870-07-28
Letter fron Harrington.


To TIC Editor afthe Press:
While seated on the deck of the steamer
Lewiston, on Saturday, with gentle sea
breeze, just enough to reduce the temperature
to comfortable point, without disturbing to
an unpleasant degree the motion of the boat
enjoying the grandest scenery, our or any
other shore affords, could not help feeling
for those poor mortals who were scorching I'M
der the burning sun in cities heated seven
times hotter than they have been wont to be
heated. No man, woman or child ought 10 be
compelled by business engagements or want Of
means to forego the luxury of trip from
Portland to Mt. Desert, Millbridge or Machias
on the Lewiston, during the cheated terC,," as
years to their lives.
Many of the leading business men of New
York and Boston have bat just found the cool
est and most comfortable place for summer
resort and have erected neat and cOmmOdious
cottages, not for Moses and Elias, but fot hem
selves and households. Some sixty or seventy
persons with heaps of baggage were landed at
Bar Harbor on Saturday, among whom we
noticed Judge Chapman and family of the
other distinguished persons. Those who wish
to secure staterooms should take the precau-
ton to engage them week or two beforehand
as it is rarely the case one can be obtained on
the night of sailing during the summer
months. The delightful scenery, on this
route, with the freedom from the unpleasant
motion of the boat attending an outside route,
and the entire confidence in the capacity and
| carefulness of the officers of the Lewiston has
turned the attention of pleasure seekers in
| this direction.
BUSINESS.
In this town the principal reliance has been
| ship building, which is now entirely demoral-
lied. But one vessel is being built at Harring.
ton this season when from six to ten have usu-
| ally been launched each year. Two others
have been commenced but the future is so be-
clouded that operations have been suspended
until something more favorable turns up.
| Other towns along the coast are in about the
same condition. Congress having adjourned
without doing anything for their relief they
| find but little encouragement to build vessels
while they can be built across the line, in the
Queens domains, at a much less cost. Western
/ HoihoSAS VI OohSICSo mdy uuu SpOrI III ut
feating the measure proposed by Representa-.
tive Lynch end others for the benefit of the
shipping interest of New England but 10 is the
financial death of many of our most enter
prising business men and communities
LAUNDERING operations have been as success
full as usual although at present the water is 81
low in many Of the rivers as to render it nee
essary to shut down the mills.
Vegetation of all kinds is coming forward
finely. The hay crop is suffering from tn,
drouth in some sections and in others there i.
an average crop. Blueberries ON the plains
are abundant and many families are reapins
| their annual harvest.
FIRES, ACCIDENTS, &c.
The dwelling house, barn and out-building
of Mr.. Nehemiah Allen of Harrington wer'
entirely destroyed by fire on Sunday the It'll
inst Loss $2500. Insurance for $1,000.
The steam saw mills of Mr.. Jackson Kings
ley of Columbia were destroyed by fire on Mon
day the 18th inst. No Insurance.
Mr.. Rufus Hall of Harrinsto was lost over
board from the schooner Cypress, Capt. Eaton
on Sunday night last, on her passage from
Boston to that place. He leaves wife ani
five children. His body was not recovered