Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-09-23
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NO. 226.
#isfellataepnls.
OUR EXCURSION.
WEED, Sept. 18th, 1871.

WEED, sept. lctn, lofls
INDIAN ROCK.
The scenery at Indian Rock is wild and
beautiful. The mountains and primeval
forests surround US on every side. There
is scarcely mark OF civilization or of
man visible, except the half dozen build.
habitants are Bowley's family, three miles
away, save the fishermen who are only
there for few days. A large number Of
the club have been there this season and
have gone some were still about the lakes
fishing. We saw but few of them. The
club house or camp has piazza in front
OF it, with pillars made Of spruce logs
with the bark off and a coat of paint SUBJ
stituted. Most of the pillars have plenty
of pins in their sides which nature placed
there, being the stubs of branches. The
grounds in the front yard are laid out in
terraces, with flower beds. The employ
ees of the club number some dozen or
more, male and female. The men act as
guides, they construct boats, they build the
buildings, they cultivate the land, and
raise potatoes and garden sauce. The 9TH
er supplies are boated from Greenvale to
the foot of Rangeley Lake, and then
trucked to the camps. The club have sew
eraI camps near Rangeley Lake, and 9TH
ers scattered around.
We took a boat and rowed about q
mile out on the stream to where it empties
into the lakes, at the junction of the Cup
suptic and Mooselemeguntic. Bald Noun
tain stands sentinel between Rangeley
Lake andi Mooselemeguntic. From its
sumit may be obtained a most extended
view of wilderness and mountain scenery.
This vast and silent panorama strikes one
with sense of solemnity and sublimity.
Here the works of God are spread out be-
fore the eye in almost illimitable extent.
Beside such scene how puny are the
creations of human art and skill! They
shrink into insignificance in the presence
of these works of the Great Author of ma
ture. No wonder the poet. unable to de-
scribe the wonderful works of God, or to
give language to his alteration, exclaims.
Come, then, expressive silence muse His praise"
Our brief voyage amidst the beauties
and solitude of this wilderness of woods
and waters, was filled with interest. Be-
tween the Cupsuptic and the Rangeley
stream, extends long and narrow cape
or point covered with forest trees. In
still day, when the waters of the stream
are smooth, it is curious to observe what
a perfect picture Of the trees on the shore
is visible in the waters beneath, with the
tops of the trees downward. Every Pc
culiarity of shape and form is just as per-
ceptible in the water as above. The
clearness and purity OF the water is only
exceeded by that of the surrounding at
mosphere here in the wilderness.
There is remarkable echo that may be
heard near the point just mentioned, es-
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A loud cry or the report of gun, seems
to come back to the ear from four or five
different directions, one sound succeed
ing the other, the last so faint that it can
scarcely be heard by the listener.
The season for trouting in this vicinity
will soon be over. All fishing ceases by
law at the end of September. and is not
resumed until February. These restric-
tions are necessary, in order to preserve
the fish As it is, such is the slaughter of
the speckled beauties during the summer
season, that it is surprising they are still
so abundant.
Returning from Rangley, we spent the
night at Greenvale, and, after rainy
morning, again surmounted the hills that
separate Rangeley from The outside world,
and made our way through Madrid and
the west part Phillips to Weld.
SABBATH.
We were fortunate in being at Weld on
the Sabbath, not only finding excellent
entertainment at Dummers, as we always
have, but being instructed and interested
by two admirable sermons by Rev. Mr..
Brooks, of Clinton, Conn.,, anative ofWeld,
and now visitor there. The subject in
the forenoon was, 1.-The necessity Of chris
tian growth to the maintenance of christian
life," and in the afternoon, '.The provi-
dence of God as manifested to His crea-
lures, not only in His blessings, but in the
affections He sends" The Sabbath school
and o'clock prayer meeting filed up
the remainder of the day.
The Sabbath is an impressive day where
ever it is even imperfectly observed; but.
in the country. in the midst Of the grand
and beautiful scenery on every side,
with the tall mountains, in the bosom Of
which Weld is nestled, lifting their serene
heights into the blue sky above. and the
rich verdure of field and forest spread out
in vast panorama around you, it would
seem that not TO be devout is to be insen-
safe as brute yet, doubtless, many even
here, regardless of the beauty and grand
eur that surrounds them, are mindful
OIL VI luC tuiuSS tudI ulO SioAulC ouo uCAAA-
poral, forgetting those which are unseen
and eternal. What an Importance we at
tach to these pressing questions, "What
shall we eat ? what shall we drink and
wherewithal shall we be clothed instead
of seeking first the kingdom OF God and
his righteousness, and trusting to our
Heavenly Father for all other things need
tul.
1t is pleasant sight to see the people
coming from far and near, by families or
singly, arrayed in holiday attire. and with
sober and reverent mien, entering the
house of God, to engage in His worship.
The busy hum of industry is silent ON the
sacred day. Even the careless and ire
ligious are glad to enjoy the rest of the
Sabbath, 10 suspend the tolls of the week.
and repose their weary limbs, and recuper-
ate. their energies for the labors OF the
coming week.
The assembling ofthe youth At the Sab
hath school, to receive instruction in the