The Portland daily press., 1875-08-10
Fryeburg in Summer.
Letter from an Appreciative Visitor.

FRYBURG, AUG. 9TH 1875.
Thinking that many readers of the PRESS
may not know what charming village Frye.
burg is we venture to give them few of its
many points of interest.
Those who dislike to travel a long distance
these warm summer days, will find their jour-
ney over the Portland and Ogdensburg road
most delightful one. The distance is short and
the road runs through a most picturesque
country and being extremely smooth will weary
neither body nor mind.
Arriving at the station, the Oxford House
coach stands ready to take you to that we'll
kept hotel or, ifyou happen to be as fortunate
as we are to one of the real old fashioned coun-
try farm-houses where, once inside, you feel
perfectly at home.
The next morning your kind hostess points
out to you, 'Jockey Cap mountain deriv.
ing its name from the fantanstic appearance
which the roots and shrubbery at the top give
it. The view from this emiHence is said to be
the finest in the vicinity but owing to unavoid-
able circumstances, we are not able to pro-
nounce it SO from personal experience.
AS every village has its Sunset Rock or
Ledge, so Fryeburg has its Pine Hill and we
do not overstate when we say that the view
from this hill at the hour of sunset cannot be
exceeded by any in Maine. Below you see the
Saco River winding in and out among the vii.
ages On one side Kearsarge and Chocorua,
with wide extended interval and the villages
of Conway and East Fryeburg in the fore.
ground, Mount Washington in the distance,
the whole horizon with its gold, purple and
crimson in the background; on the other Mt.
Pleasant towering toward the sky, at its base
LovelPs Pond with the neat little yacht "Por.
gus" floating lazily on its bosom, and the en-
tire village of Fryeburg; the whole forming a
beautiful picture not soon to be forgotten.
About mile and half from the village are
some falls formed few years since by the
change in the bed of the Saco. Though not
very wonderful or extensive yet they we'll re-
pay one for the walk even if the walk itself
were not as pleasant as it is. The country
being extremely level affords many delightful
drives, and at almost every turn of the road
you come upon some charming view of noun
tain or river.
Much more could be said of the natural
beauties of Fryeburg, but we fear it would ex.
haust the readers patience to enumerate them.
Soiourning here for the Simmer is an Eng.
lish clergyman, graduate of Oxford, England.
the Rev. Henry J. Carpenter. To him we
have been indebted for two rare intellectual
treats in the form of lectures. The first was
given some two weeks ago. He chose for his
subject "Monarchism and Republicanism,
and treated it in a most mastery manner
The second was delivered last night to an audi.
ence consisting largely of those spending the
Summer in this vicinity, New York, Boston
and Portland being we'll represented. His
subject was Orchard Brinsley Sheridan" and
h held the undivided attention of his audience
for an hoar and half. His style reminds one
of Cough in many respects. He has the same
aptitude for telling anecdotes and the same
dramatic power, but unlike Cough he is a man
of the highest literary attainments.
We understand that he inpends to remain
some time in the United States, and perhaps
lecture in some of the larger cities. We would
suggest that the M. L. A. secure him for one
of their lectures, as Portland will miss great
deal if she does not hear him.
SoJouRNER