Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-09-11
A Suggestion for Summer Visitors at
Mount Desert.

in many particulars TO the Hotels of Bar !
Iarbor, contains some sensible and timely /
remarks as 10 the needs of this attractive /
and most desirable resort. The yearly in |
crease of visitors who now throng the |
place, is sufficient answer to the alleged |
discomforts and want of accommodations. I
The many natural attractions OF this now
popular resort, and the evident predelic- /
tons which many persons who have visit /
ed il one or more times have shown for !
making it henceforward the chosen place |
for their summer sojourn. in spite of what /
most of them have experienced of the priv |
ations and annoyances which they have |
had TO encounter there. prompt the follow
ing suggestion. so suddenly has the place |
attained its popularity. 50 rude and print !
tive were the habits and circumstances OF /
is native inhabitants and families. aud 20
difficult In some respects were the means I
Of communication with it, that all reason
able wanderers thithcr from our city
homes of luxury and comfort were pre-
pared TO meet and patiently endure con-
siderable amount Of rough experience.
They feel now. however, that the time
has come for Introducing there some of the /
appliances Of civilized life. From one TO /.
two hundred thousand dollars j. a modcr- 7
ate computation of the sum OF money now
annually left al the single settlement of +
Bar llar5or by summer visitors. The re-
sources of the ncighborhood for rearing
poultry and cattle, for producing garden
vegetables, and for providing Holsters and
hsh OF various kinds are abundant. The
means OF improving the architecture and
OF common conveniences, and the decent
resources of the public houses. are at
hand. Let il be understood that improve
mcnts must now come.
True. the landlords who are crowded
''l'f.. a., a. -.~,.. .-.-'. "a 4au,Irnt sum
mer visitors, Tor stay OF from one 10 ten
weeks. may, if they choose, plead in an
swer to all complaints. Non come here OF
your own prompting, knowing that We are
not city people with city ways and luxu-
ries, and you must take rs as YOU find us.
1t Will do you good to rough it little and
:
as part of the natural circumstances of
the rude and wild region to which you have
come. Al any rate. You are free To 20
home, or to go elsewhere.
But there are now 20 many of these land
lords. and they have shown such an ayidi-
y Tor having generous portion OF the
summer grst come 10 their mill, that their
visitors are in a relation to Sc. some terms
before them for the future. Let ii be I'M
der>tood that these visitors, the most. aud
the most judicious of them at least. would
have neither the natural rudeness OF the
scenery of the spot nor the simplicity of
life there one whit impaired. Nor is there
any desire 10 introduce in the hotele y
there the formal or vulgar manners and
gayeties of many of the fashionable wa
tering-places. The demand is simply for
some additional provisions for healthful
food and the common decencies of ma
ture. There is no need of entering into
details on these points. All who are con
| cerned in the matter as habitual visitors
will understand what is lacking in these
respects.
The suggestion now proposed, if the
withdrawal of the guests from Bar Harbor
has not made it too late FOR it, even if it
be approved by those concerned. to be car
RED out this year, is as follows
Let there be called meeting of the yisi-
tors at the Village Church. to be in the
management Of some well-known and dis
Greet persons,-a meeting not for indgna-
ton or formal complaint. though it may
well take tone of remonstrance and pro-
test. Let the object and purpose be to
offer some practical counsel aud advice to
/ the landlords with view to making their
| houses for the next season more conven-
lent. comfortable and heathful for their
guests, and let the counsel and advice be
| put with such an emphatic, though kindly,
| form as that it shall be understood that
future patronage depends somewhat on its
being regarded.
As to the houses occupied by the board
ers. These should be made weather-tioht,
admitting of being comfortably warmed.
with windows and doors that can be easily
opened ald shut. There should be good
drainage, and board walks covering muddy
passages. There should be an entire re-
| construction Of outbuildngs and private
closets, especially those for women. which
should be reached by private covered
passages.
Everything in the shape OF bedsteads
and bedding now in those houses should
be brought out on some festival day this
coming autumn and burned in bonfire.
At least excelsior, if not hair mattresses.
should be substituted for those punches of
corn cobs, husks, chopped baskets and
stuoble now in use. Comfortable blankets
should take the place of those abominable
contrivsnces called ''comforters,'' with
their solidified weight and vile, frowzy
smell, which are apparently used during
other seasons of the year to cover vegeta-
bles, or for sleigh rides, or tor horse
blankets.
Garden ground should be cultivated for
the raising of vegetables. New potatoes,
instead OF the black residdm of the former |
years crop, should be provided for the
summer guests. Lettuce should be started |
under glass for the production of lobster
salads for the table and the picnic.
Other improvements will be suggested
in a well-arranged meeting. We hone
such an one will be held.