Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-10-01

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fined in staie's prison q Maine, Is Is probably
well Known. The young girl who escaped his
murderous design never retained 70 her home
on the island. Star Island Is the thirl q the
group in sizr. hsing ihroc-far'hs u a mile ~
length and half mile in width. As a sea side
resort Il i probably the most desirable one Of
the cluster. Ccunccicl With is history arc
many legends Of irsgiionary note, interesting
i % the curious observer Overhaugirg the shores
Of the Atlantic are curiously constructed cliffs
and rocks Of immense proportions, one Of which
is called the "Student's Chair Several per-
sons sitting or standing near these rocks have
from time TO time been swept away by the sud-
/ den uprising Of some mighty wave. On one
occasion a young lady was seated in this cosy
nook, called the Students chair. reading, while
her afiianced stood short distance above her,
looking out upon the waters suddenly great
wave arose, gathering force and hight as IL adj
vanced, and before she discovered her danger,
or her lover could give her warning. il swept
her into the sea never again to be seen. This
account to those seated there SO far above the
waters edge seems almost incredible. But
sometimes when the tide is in, after a storm Of
some distance perhaps, the sea seems to lift it.
self up to a great hight as many instances on
record prove. We remember the account Of a
similar incident that occurred on the rock Of
Penmarch on the coast Of Great Britain in the
fall Of 1871. This rock projects out at great
hight over the Atlantic. On this occasion five
distinguished personages were swept away by
the sudden rising Of great wave, as they stood
admiring the effects Of an angry sky, where only
few moments before the surface Of the sea was
unruffled, according to the testimony of an eye
witness in one Of the courts in England. Star
Island has a first-class hotel called "The Ocean
ic," and several cottages and boarding houses
near It, As the steamer approaches this island
its shrill whistle by some mysterious mechanism,
announces to the proprietor of the hotel Tho
number of passenger on board, and long before
passengers reach the wharf, the dinner table is
laid for the exact number, and band Of music
welcomes their arrival with most enliyening and
cheering effect. The Oceanic is fine building
erected this season by wealthy gentleman Of
Boston, Mr.. Poor, under the supervision Of Col
Frank Wilton, its present manager, and is
complete in all its arrangements. 1t boasts ev'
cry modern improvement from marble tea and
coffee apparatus, charcoal broilers, newly pat
ented apparatus for frying fish, to the steam
Jacket kettle which cooks chowder with delicacy
of fiavof that would satisfy the most epcurear
taste. The lodging rooms are large, airy and
commo1ious, with mattresses Of the best Englisl
curlcd hair. The parlors are large and vel
furnished; the dining room, which seats between
three and four hundred, is all that could BE-
desired where first-class cooks and walters viz
with each other in decorous attendance, serving
up most superb dinners. Too much cannot be
said in commentator of the gcntlcmanly pre-.
prietors and managers of this hotel, and perhaps
no fact connected with the history of these islands
civilization, and the effects of refined culture
than the fact that S,bbath-day excursions ar
not encouraged or tolerated ON this island. w
heard from reliable source that an excursion
party on board steamer, who arrived there OF
Sunday, were not allowed to land. The Sal batl
we spent there in August, was one of quiet rest
and sweet communings with nature in all tn
stiffness and sobriety of well ordered household
Service was held in the hall which seated larg
congregation of attentive hearers, nearly ever.
guest in the house being present. Rev. NJ. II
Houghton, who is now settled over church il
the city Of Bath, Maine, preached to the entir
satisfaction of all present, judging from the cor
diality extended to him, and the commentator
gratuitously expressed after the service. On tn
same day Rev. Geo. H. Hepworth, who spen
his vacation at the Appledore House, preached
according to report, to an equally Delights
audience.
Thus much we feel bound to say in favor Q
sea side resorts accessible to New Englander'
For people living in the country nothing
more favorable to health of body, and strengt
of mind, than complete change Of climate an
scenery; probably no class of people more tina
New Englanders need it. The rigorous climat
of our long winters and the blasts of December
keen cutting winds, need to be counteracted b
the gentle sea breeze and the salt air occasional,
, ly Notwithstanding the sublimity of our noun
tains, the great beauty and picturesqueness {
our valleys and hillsides, with their bewitchin
country homes and villas, ones eye tires an
the spirits flag, with forever looking upon til
same familiar scenes, the same faces even, |
they never so dear, and sweet, and to our liking
need sometimes to be displaced by others, b
way of contrast if for nothing else. There
but little that is inspiring in the dull tread
e everyday life in a country town, but mark, no
the pulse quickens, and the eye brightens, as IL
soul lifts itself up responsive to the great gail
, erings, in the lecture-room and cathedral, {
t the theatre, and on the tented field, as wei
e The great chain of human sympathy, is strongC
than that which spans the mighty ocean, an
t moro potent for good than all the electric wir
, on the continent. How lamentable the fact thu
a so few holidays are allowed in the country,
t that so few avail themselves of the weekly gait
4 ering every country church affords The Qu
. ker meeting even, without song or sermon. HI
: its advantages. There is more life inspirir
n power in the mental atmosphere than we a
d won't to believe. 10 be brought directly in col
;, tact with our neghbors and friends; to exchanl
y the friendly glance of the eye. the gentle reco
Q milton, the silent sympathy of loving hear
r more than repays for all the labor it costs to a