New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-28
ALONGSHORE.
LETTER FROM MR.. BAYARD TAYLOR.

TIIoNEAC--s0NBER LANDSCAPES IN MAINE AND
EEw-BRuNswiCx-CANADAA AS A NATION.
JFRoN AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rnIBuSE]
HuIsronouGII, N. b., Aug. 1.-THE fato which
guides my holiday wandering still carries me north
ward-but here the tnrning-pont is reached. At the
very head OF the Bay of FGdy, within thirty miles
Of the Acadie of Longfelow's land the world's)
Evangcline we feel that wc have passed the line
within which Incidence is welcome and repose
quality of tho atmosphere. Here, and still more to
the northwarl Of this point. even the breeEes of
Suramer bear stimulus to action upon their wings.
Visions of rods and flies, and samon-hauntcd rapids
rise before the eyes Of the angler; the sportsman
dreams OF shorter Autumn days, when il is lawful TO
track the moose and carbon but the rapid tourist
finds not the picturesque Norman costumes when
de may have expected, nor, indeed, much of the
coveted novelty Of foreign scenes and characters
New-Bgunswick is a brother Tor sister of Maine,
differing only they vino are born of the sane
womb and have always dwelt upon neighborns
farms
Ibayc a few notes to make of the hitherward
Journey These Summer trips give one convenient
opportunity for saying many things which arc hardly
inmorant enough for special notice az other seasons,
vet which need to be said by somebody at some time
I WAS first struck with the enormous increase of
travel since last passed over the Eastern ard Maine
Central roads, fifteen years ago. The number OF
tourists ca route to The White Mountains is GER
tainly tenfod what it then WIS., The extension of
railways the opening Of new routes, and the multi
plication of good hotels have borne their natural
fruit Travel will go wherever il is made confcra-
BILE and agreeable; but the facilities of movement
are still far in advance of those Of nourshnent.
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.
At Portland however was pleasantly surprised
IN the latter respect. We had % minutes for din
oer, an ample time had the attendance been
prompt yet cannot well complain, after finding
that genuine English ale, tap, could be had, H.
stead of the usual t,rrOrs Of tea and coffee. We
Americans are curious, almost an inconprchcnsibie
race There is nothing moro refreshing ndtritive
and wholesome than good ale there is nothing more
dscouragng to stomach and soul than the over
boiled, bitter sops which are usually served to us
yet rarely Lave chance to get the former ana
even when we have such chance we preier-f'r
the sake of apprenticeship swallow the loathsome
substitute.
Last Winter during a heightened tour in the
Western States, passed through many towns Which
had been osten; atiously swept with the bosom OF
the Crusading women. The prOprietors OF the hotels
had been forced, by the power OF the movement 10
sgn pledges to sell no beverages and as honest men,
they kept their pledges. But the loafers IN these
towns were only rendered more contumacious than
before: they Struggled their tangofoot whisky in
bulk drank it recklessly than ever, and reeed
about the streets of an evening when sober and
respectable man was denied the mild and harmless
glass of beer which he would fain have substituted
for limestone water or hayseed tea. Since tie Ger
man chemists have discovered that the FRESHNESS of
bread is due 10 the alcohol il contaIs-S0 pounds Of
fresh bread being eqnal to 4 bottle OF or;uidy-we
shall probably next have prohibition OF warm DIS
cults aud buckwheat cakes.
But-in all seriousness-it is melancholy to see so
much honest conscientious effort instructed as in
the case of the Temperance reform The root OF the
evil lies deeper than any prohibitory law can reach
The human race neDer will submit to SO intimate IN
interference with it's personal habits. Neglect IN
the training of chdrcn-a low and selfish ideal OF
nanhood-in:ellectual narrownoss, intolerance big
stry-suppressisn which pfovokeS exccaS-t!ese are
tie sources of that tendency to ntempcrance when
has become national shame. External piasters
will never cure a congenital disease. We must re-
form from within outwards, not inwaTds from the
outside.
For the last five years have been waiting for the
Impotence Of public to eliminate III some revolt
against an annoyance small that my mention oi IL
NAV possibly provoke snecr-but tho endurance
mill continues Would any other people in the
world quietly bear to have, every ten minutes, a
hideous "Day's Doings" spread over their laps. a
novel of Miss BraddOn flung upon them, package
Of nasty prize candy" given to their charge o box
of wthered figs paper OF peanuts or popcorn, OF
maple sugar, thrust into their hands ivory tEaf
grows on trees" stuck under their noses-but why go
on with the catalogue! Everybody who travels
knows the nuisance; every lady VINO takes meeting
nan. even in a Pullman Palace car has been
rudely aw akened by greasy novel fang upon her
bosom; every gentleman has been black guarded FOR
Allowing his precious package OF przo candy to drop
upon the floor heard the gentle protest Ut n
lady but the young rufian answered: "You needn't
be afraid of 'eIn-they won't bite You" In fact since
the fellows are licensed by the railroad companies,
they have q certain protection and consider them
selves justified in tkcir treatment OF passengers,
who must he bullied into buying. ! an not sur
prised at them but the abject Submission of their
victims is an ever-renowed marvel.
A "REMINISCENCES OF THoIEAU.
These observations arc as applicable to MassG-
shusetts or Maine as they 20 Illinois, ard may
therefore as well be mentioned now as ut any other
time They occur to me, in the absence OF any sug-
gestion from the external scenery, as we whrl
through the monotonoas country between the Ken
sebec and PenObscot rivers. From brunswick 70
Wateryillo tere is a belt Of pleasant views;
but beyond Tic latter place tie country has u cold
aspect and there already indications OF Shorter
Summer. The train is still crowded, but | suspect
MANY of the tourists are bound for the Maine lakes
and mountains the regions first explored by IhoIean
26 wears ago. This circumstance - REFUNDS me OF "a
little story ito use the favorte phrase o. Abraham
Lincoln.
In the year 1919 Mrs. Caroline NJ. Kirkland was
the editor of a monthly periodical caHed The Cnion
Naqas :ne published i'll New-York. She had an op-
portunity of visiting Europe for the first time bat
IL was necessary to find substitute to conduct the
magazine in her absence. Your present correspond
emit undertook tho task. being young foolishly con-
frll ne