Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-07-27
Maine Coastin1.

The follow ing letter which We clip from
the Boston Journal, We suppose by the sig
nature. is from Rev. DIR. Hosmer. who is
now visiting this part of Maine. 1t gives a
description of a new coast route which on
~ needs 10 be better known 10 be well pat
ronized.
In a trip along the coast Of Maine have
found new route and rare enjoyment.
The pretty little steamer Argo. Capt. his
sam. has lately been put upon the route
from Ellsworth TO Belfast. At the latter
place connecting with the railroad 10 Bos-
ton. and also with the Boston and Bangor
steamers. found the Argos course was
through scenes hardly eQualed In variety.
beauty and grandeur by anything in TIL.
country. The trip down the St Lawrence
is fine. and up the Mississippi above The
Missouri. is very grand; but this little voy-
age of seven or eight hours j. superior 10
either.
Leaving -R~sfasr Tuesdays. Thursday
ana saturdays. on the arrival Of the Boston
train AMI the Boston boat tte Argo runs
over The beautiful Penob>coi bay TO Gas.
tine. about twelve miles This bav Is the
Bay of Naples" OF our coast. skiried bv
closely surrounding mountains and hills
anu Nv l-lAilI- great -flla ..
Old CaStine. where Miles >tandish car
ried white beans aud traded them for fur
with the French and Indians. sleeps in it,
quiet seclusion. having one Of our best
dcep-water harbors. much wealth. some
fine houses. aud one of the Normal schools
of Maine. The town j. historic. IL was
held by England in the Revolutionary war
and In the war OF lsls. and was made the
centre OF power and supplies. and seventy
years ago il was the chief commercial
town OF Eastern Maine. accessible from all
points by water. IL now lives only upon
what it has been. bu; there j. hardly a
pleasanter retreat from summer heat any-
where.
The Argo touches aud waits 10 discharge
aad take on passengers aud freight. and
receive cordial welcome from the >till
town. and then turns back into the fine
bay. looking westerly across to the Cam
den Mountains, twelve miles away, and one
thousand feet high. rising directly at the
waters edge and then turns around the
rocky pr"rnoniories toward the south and
east. andnnds remarkable way between
mainlands and islands for perhaps twenty
miles. now narrow like a river now OPEN
ing grand sea views. and wild crags aud
Lodges where grim old Neptune disports
himself. The Argo goes ~ - snsrIy
where 81 lscuis gets stone and carries 4
TO New Orleans. and thence up the Mis-
issspp twenty-five hundred miles OF more
TO baild the piers VI her great bridge. She
sesFsxs the Islands and towns along her
way|Scdgwick Brooklin and Deer Isle
and soon is around into open ocean. and
comes into view of the mountains of Mt.
Desert Island. rising there out Of the sea
200 feet. vast rampant which Maine
seems to have thrown up to defend herself
from the fury of the stortnng sea.
The Argo stops at landing of the noun
tain island. and then, through the pictur-
esqne scenes of the Union river aud its
noble bay. il speeds on 10 Ellsworth. the
head of navigation on Union river. the
capital Of Hancock county. a lumber city
with no mean show of business and wealth.
Summer tourists along the coast would
enjoy this trip. Visitors at Mt. Desert
would find ii an enlivening variety TO take
the Argo 10 Belfast or TO Ellsworth.
We could not hear that this modern
Argo had borne away any golden fleece,
like the famous ship Of story; but We know
II bears delighted passengers through the
most beautiful and picturesque route upon
our eastern coast. G. W. II.