The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-28
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from the sea about one-third of a mile, is one
OF the finest on the coast. From its top you
look out and view the great and wide sea be-
meath you on one side, stretching out into
space, and on the other side, horizon undu-
latlng ike waves, with distant hills and
mountains.
If you would visit another and higher
mountain go to Katahdin, which is nearly as
high as Mount Washington. Take an Indian
guide and go up the Penobscot and through
the forest. The mountain is very steep and
there is no road or path. You climb slowly
through the bushes until half way up, where
vegetation, except a few blueberry bushes
and mountain cramberries, almost entirely
ceases, and you see great desert of huge
rocks OF every shape heaped upon each other
all around aud away up to the top. You
cImb over them for two hours to the summit.
Ii the wind blows, its force seems tremend-
Gus, and you cling desperately to the solid
stones. lfit is a clear day you will be richly
repaid; Half the State is before you,
Douhdiess green forest away to the Canadas,
ana many miles to the south and west spread
out like soft moss at your feet, while here and
there countless lakes fash in the light of the
sun. Ii you are brave you win find a shelter
ed spot and spend the night there, and the
memory of that night will be a perpetual re-
ward for its discomfort. BY and by the air
grows crisp and sharp. The clouds settle
down half a mile beneath you, and you seem
to be standing on a rugged island in great
ocean of heecy silver, over whose unbroken
surface you can look a hundred miles; and
when the stars come out and the moon rises
clear and bright, touching your silver sea here
and there with faint rosy hues, you forget the
world and realize that you have been trans
ported to the Enchanted Land. The glory of
an evening on this lonely mountain is only
equaled by its morning. The white moon
light gives way to the gray of dawn, and
when the sun rises the whole surface of the
cloudland reflects his light and you see a
thousand square miles of broken rainbows.
Then the clouds fall lower until here and
there the tops of distant hills break through.
But the nOblest and best products of this
State are its men. Its history sparkles with
the names of statesmen, poets and heroes.
Its sons are loyal all through. When rebel
lion reared its guilty head they rose up as one
man. The fisherman unbent his sails, the
farmer left his field, the mechanic laid down
his tools, and all hurried to the support of the
old flag. In every day of battle they 'fought
like brave men long and WELL" During
Grants terrible march there was loud call
for men. Col. Wentworth was Just organi-
zing the 31st Regiment in York county. Its
ranks were but half full, but this half was
sent on under command of its Major, and
when the Colonel followed two weeks later
been swept away. In less than three months,
OF the thousand strong men who marched to
thefheld, the report to their wounded COM
mander shows that less than two hundred
were left to answer the rol[call Some of the
soldiers from this land sleep beneath the green
grass in every Southern State.
The lecturer closed as follows: And now.
ladies and gentlemen, l have, in this brief
hour, been able to only hint at some of the
beauties and capacities of this wonderful land
invite you to visit it. Three hours will take
you there. Young man! are you willing to
work? Do you want a farm? Go to this land
and take it for nominal sum, all of which
may be paid in one year by your own labor
in building road from your own rich and
fertile land toward the nearest railway or sea-
port
Merchants and manufacturers Along this
coast are growing mighty oaks of which to
build ships, and strong men to man them
There is an unfailing water power, exceeding
in availability all others in the country, and
capable of running thousand mills. There
is timber and lumber enough to shelter the
whole continent; wood enough to warm it in
winter and ice enough to cool it in summer,
all to be had for the asking. Sportsmeni a
days ride will take you to the finest fishing
in the world and to some of the best hunting
in America.
Invalids! The pure, inyigorating, bracing
sea breezes of the coast aud islands, and the
sweet, fragrant, resinous breath of its vast
pine forests, will bring back color to your
cheeks and health and strength to your was
ted forms. Whittier says:
"There's iron in our Northern winds;
Our pines are trees of healing"
Dear old State! The first settled and best
beloved of all; mighty in power, crowned
with jewels; the mother-and the daughter
OF Massachusetts,; the Star in the East; the
Enchanted Land; the State of Maine.