The Republican journal., 1875-10-21
Observations Of Men and Things
EY OUR GEORGE.

Observations Of Men and Things.
EY OUR GEORGE.
lie TAKETIf RsMEIr We have been
| away. have been y fishing. We have been
where we could not buy a postage stamp with
i'll fifty miles of us, but luckily we didn't want
one, so the distance might have been Il hundred
| for all We cared. Moosehead Lake was our
terminal point. 1t is the terminal point Of our
railroad, but we have been there, and the rail
| road has not, and that is where we beat the
railroad, and he who can beat ii railroad is n
smart man and consequently we must be-hut
we viii let you draw your own conclusions.
We intend to put more information into this
article about how TO 90 to the Lake, what to
carry, and how much currency it takes to per
form the trip, than would make two bales of
pressed hay. provided olIr article is rs dry rs
the hay.
There are three Ways 10 so 10 the Lake from
here. One Via Bangor, thence BY PiscataclIis
railroad TO Abbott. thence by Stage IL miles 10
GreenIie at the foot OF tie Lake: or by ears
10 Dexter and thence by stage 3G miles TO Green
vile The thrd way is to STAY al home. The
latter j. the course we have always taken be
lore, but tins year we changed orr route and
went by the way Of Bangor. We had com
panIon with us, Il gentleman who had trN rltd
The United States all over, compressed the
whole journey into his head, and could give
you information on all subjects from Il tc,crp-
ton OF the lo Semitic Valley of California; to
tlc shooting Of iHgators in the rivers Of + lorida
or the price Of hash at 4 Texan eating house.
GENIAL, open hearted and accommodating, lie
was one IN whose company a Gire>omc ride W as
pleasant, a hard bed soft, and Who ;tce, on the
appetite like glass "f bitter> and gave u relish
10 poor meal. Last and best of all, he Wa
u man who would lend you dollar if he had
one, provided he though, You would return it,
This little tribute TO his GOOD qualities we insert
here 1t ten cents a line
1t was u lovely morning Il, the boat steamed
from the wharf, but il soon coldpd up and
drops Of rain began to pattcr down is though
The heavenly cstcrn had sprung 4 leak. The
sail up the river wa, Il feast to the eye Of a
lover Of nature. our friend stood on the deck
and drank IN the beauties Of the autumn TINS
and the mountain scenery. We are also a lover
of nature, but human nature IS our best holt,
and We meandered into the saloon in search of
a pretty glrl. In due time we arrived ut Ban
g0r, and by thai time the rain WAS coming down
by paS-lull, and we will Give YOU a little sketch
Of Bangor rs seen from under an umbrella
Bangor is situated about thirty miles np the
Fenobscot, on the banl, Of the river. They built
il on the bank rs il is dryer than if il had been
built in the river. though now and then when
the spring treShcl comes, the citizens can hardly
iell whether the city is built in the river or ON
the land. The principal business is lumber, and
the people keep at it day and night. It, lumber
all day, and it's slumbcr I'LL night. You can get
board there from - a week to $50 Il thousand
On arriving at the city. you take a coach ana
are driven TO a hotel for the moderate sum OF
p cents, which is q sensible tariff. We were
dropped at the Bangor Iiou~c. This city is Gel
ebrated for It's good hotels. There are lots of
them, and they are good ones. TOO. You can
get IA clean bed Il square meal. and iiii the
journal on file III the reading room, and only
pay fair price for board. We registered our
name anu got aroom. Then we asked the clerk
who kept the house lie locked at Us and smiled
and said, so Shaw" We asked if the landlord
was out. lie said, He didn't know whether he
was out, Orrin.' Then we injured how many
guests the hotel would accommodate. And he
SAID, " He guessed some over two hundred"
We told him we felt as though the filling in us
had gone visiting, and asked five could oct Il
wheclbarlow load of something to cat He told
us to go INTO the dining room, and the waiter
81 fAV III Al
into the room the head waiter came along, took
look at us, and sat us down at the table, and
called along two Of the smartcst looking walters
to attend TO our case, and we saw at once that
he understood his business. lie knows enough
to have some good office with a big salary and
chance to steal now and then. After dinner
we looked out Of the window, and he rain COM
ing down in strngs reminded us that we mad no
umbrella with us. The first thing 4 man should
do when he strikes strange town is TO find Il
friend and borrowhis best umbrella. We soon
had it over our shoulder, and Werc travelling
round viewing the city. There are lots of
churches. Every brand Of religion is repre-
scented here. Everywhere YOU can see a church
spire. It's pious place. We not ecd that the
directs were all plowed up, and lots of men ut
work on them. We asked a man if he was
doing his fail blowing and if he was going TO
seed il down 10 grass, and he SAID they were
digging for the water works, and Just then some
water worked down the back of our neck and
we didn't ask any more questions. Bangor is
an upright city. The streets are upright, too,
up right on end, some Of them. A stationary
engine at the top of the hill pulls the teams and
pedestrians up. A quite common way for the
children to come down hill IS TO place piece
OF board under them and slide down, and some
OF them have a sheet Of tin sewed on to the seat
OF thelr trousers, which saves them the trouble
Oh carrying around Il board. All they can raise
III some OF the gardens are beets. carrots. and
potatoes, as the land is so steep that vegetables
IKE pumpkins, squashcs, and cucumbers. which
grow ON the top of the ground, roll down TO tbe
foot of the hill, and what is pumpkin at fine
top of the hill will be a squash at the bottom
The kenduskeag stream divides the CITY. and
the Custom House, Post Office, and market. are
built across the stream A vessel can sail I'M
to the door of the Post Office and the captain
| can mail a letter without going ashore. The
| City Hall is over the market. They built il
there so as to get pure air. When YOU cannot