Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-09-12
Cranberry Island Items.
SErT. ID. 1872.


he AIillandc gives us one cfuino VI coh-
ISOLATION: Thursday-Dog Days end"
Only two days longer. glad good bye 10
Sirius
Our summer here is short lived. We
have hail hui little real summer weather.
July was. tor the most part. a beautiful
month but june was cold aud wet. per-
feet Niobe: and as for August, we will
draw the vel of silence over her
We have experienced nothing Of the ex-
tremely hot weather reported IN other
places. There i no difficulty IN keeping
cool. physically, al least, at all seasons
here.
The erusticators" stopping erewhile at
the PrebIe House, very pleasant party,
have all departed homeward. Ere leav-
| ing. sonc Of them made an excursion 20
| Bar larbor in the fine Yacht. Mystic
1 Tie" accompanied by their host and
| hostess: assembled the mountains. saw
I the lions generally, and returned next day
| pretty thoroughly fatigucd with their ''toil
| Of pleasure They were well satisfied
| with their accommodations nd the preble
1 pains 10 MAXI their guests comfortable; and
are Away. favored by having very agree
/ able and pcaceablc bonrder>. Sailing and
/ fishing. when The weather would permit
4 we're the f.tyoritc amuscment,. One young
/ lady. vhu>had never "smelt salt water"
i before coming here caught two good sized
fish. -aIl herself" at the first onset to her
immense delight and wonder. They dId not
~.taryc un fish" but RECALLED themselves
GA various cdibIes. including Oysters
direct from Portland, and plenty Of fresh
berries. BIucberrics are Just in season.
and are plenty on the Mountains, whittier
gay parties frequently repair; being rc-
war,ed with fine large berries lately rpen-
ga. The disease n Chr season, called the
"BIack-Mouth' hls broken out again
Notwithstanding it, name. Cranberry
I~land" produces bit few cran6erries, and
those NE The products II Kind Mother
nature GooNehcrries aud currants seem
adapted r. the soil, and flourish in profit
sion; 'h" worms amt bugs however. their
natural enemies, make sal havoc among
them. Flies, mosquitoes, ana all sorts ri
fiying and crawling pests abound.
Vegetation j. very backward. but flour
tshing AZ present. Green peas, corn, string
h.,p. ,nd new notatoes are .ful III VII.
.on Potatoes are prime and w hive
heard ~ couplsin,. here II III, ~ r,,t.
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