The Portland daily press., 1874-09-11

however, make no account of heat or rain or
wind. Besides we have the best Imaginable
company here. Messrs. Jewett and Woods of
the European & North American railway,
George L. Ward of the Eastern & Maine Gem
trail railroad line; Rev. DIR. Booth of New
York, who preached to us last Sunday evening
with freshness of thought, fertility of il
lustration and an eloquence that delighted his
auditory; also Messrs. Gushing and Lincoln of
the Maine Central railroad; Mr.. Baldwin. the
great hat manufacturer of New York, aad 9TH
er professional and business notabilties are here
most of them with their families. Lovely wo-
men and sweet rosebuds of girls from half
| dozen states are not wanting, Providence and
Boston having especially charming delegations.
| have not heard so much witty and wise talk
| in many day. Nobody is sick, nobody is
| harassed, nobody is in hurry. The fishing
parties fitted out at the hotel for Moose river,
| Socattean, Tomhegan, Spencer ponds, etc., in
their gong and coming keep up ripple of ex-
| element ON the surface of our little society,"
| Some novelty is constantly turning up, as yes
terday, when a party of ladies returning from
a canoe ride got frightened at the rising wind
and landed on the point of a distant rocky
promentory, to wait for a calm. This stirred
| up an immense sensation, and the ''castaway Ia
| dies were on every tongue, while discussions
| sprang up all about the corridors of the hotel
| upon the courage of the average of
| woman, the seaworthiness of canoes, and kin
bred topics. 1t need not be added that oarsmen'
railroad directors, clergymen, and others rushed
to the rescue until there was not one ship
| cd 1aly 70 fxUos hatf uharr;
and dories that swarmed to the scene!
Railroad communication will beyond doubt
be opened to the lake in two years time. Moth
ing but this is wanting to multiply many fold
the number of visitors. Mr.. Chenery, the well
known livestock breeder, who owns the Kineo
House, has it in view to erect hotel to accom-.
modate five hundred guests, additional to the
present The public are greatly indebted to
him for the trouble and expense he has incurred
to bring into notice and service this most de-
lightful place of resort.
A day or two ago party Of US had occasion,
on fishing excursion to Moose river, to scar.
ry by long rapid. This gave us a glimpse
of the forests bordering the stream. We were
astonshed to see the immense yellow birches,
the rock and birds-eye naples, the hacmatacks
| auu CcuhS, W Say uUtuluS VI INC spruce, piu0
and fir. There is vast amount of lumber in
the Moosehead region waiting for railroad.
The hard wood cannot be driven at all; and
much of the soft wood cannot de driven profit
ably. The ladies of our party conceived sun
den interest in the lumber question when as.
sured that one tree at market would net
enough to buy silk gown, fit-out of gloves
or nice hat, and that another would pay for
a box at the opera for the season. Some of
thesemagnifcent yellow birches yield a cab.
met wood of unsurpassed beauty. Birds-eye
maple for veneerngs is a precious wood. The
cedar on the Moosahea waters will be of great
value for railroad ties and telegraph poles,
though worth nothing now on account of lack
of transportation facilities. In view Of the
revival of shipbuilding in Maine we looked
with special interest on the great naples, and
pictured the day when they would be stretched
for keels. There are over two-thirds of a mil
lion acres of land on the lake and its tributa-
ries now yielding lumber, and growing it toe
as fast as ever. The annual crop of so vast a
, body of timber land is great. Over three score
million feet are now annually harvested. Yet
J only the pine and spruce are touched and the
better parts of these. The land in this region
is as good as the average in Maine, traditions
to the contrary notwithstanding. Hay and Do
the ground. Barley, rye and oats thrive. Hall
the territory no doubt will always. do bet ter in
trees than in anything else. That is, or would
be true of half the land in the southern part
of Maine.
The excursion steamer sounds her whistl e.
A company of us are off to the Spencer pom DIS
for fish and fun. SoCATTEAN.