Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-08-14
arniue Press Excursion.

Piscatsqnis X. X, terminates nj b'A"'"-
ard. whore stages complete the journey
To the foot oi the Lake. distance oi 10
miles. From this point boat-r'de OF ~
miles lands the passenger at the MOUNT
KineO House.
Two days were spent in the steam
Boat-landing Mt different points ana
viewing the many bays which are ionnd
every where ON the borders OF The Lake
The length of tho lake - about i"i'F
miles. and ils widest part. about twenty
miles. The Kennobec River nses near
the middle at the lake. sonth "' the
Mt. Kiueo House, aud is u broad, rhpld
river, Mt tho start. A lew Farms ana
cleared spots appear on the borders OF
tho lake but generally nothing Is seen
but water, wilderness and mountain. -
Kqtahdu is seen from both extremiIies
of the lake. high mountain III the
! East.
Much could be- said about tho personnel
and the spirits OF the persons composing
the excursion. but rs time IS precious
and comparisons out OF order, ana en-
comiums worthless this part will be near
y all omitted.
What was actually done and thought
and acted. would take n volume TO write.
The literary exercises ut the Mount
| kineo House were Of every variety -
day.liule and evening-lrOm grave to
/ GOV; and all were charming, and highly
enjoyed. Sober Doctors oil Divinity and
Pastors, exhorted and prayed on the
Sabbath and the people hoard with glad
ness, while young men and maidens, on
week days. and some, not so rery yo'7lg'
exhibited in various modes. some OF the
mirth provoking ways, which happened
TO seize them while 10 the spirit. Friends
C.. and M, and others. were often
attacked with these spells, and their an
tics before - high" Kineo will always be
remembered
1t would DO a great pleasure 10 DC the
historiegraper OF all the doings which
took place in the evenings. to !ranscr'oe
and enumerate the original thoughts OF
those who composed aud delivered po-
ems, initiated Barnum's menagerie, and
hoped like bears and elephants-gaVe
lectures on Mosaics, and read advertise
ments on outfits for first class excursions
and did other things too numerous 10
mention. 1t is but Justice TO say that IN
all those performances. great credit Is
due To the origina.ors, composers and
actors. Kiueo will never again lind
! Cnarade IN her name that will do more
honor 10 her Indian origin and celebrate
her picturesque sublimily; and the ser
wants OF no Hotel will ever be charged
with losing gems of poetry on the shores
of tho lake, which shine and hit and
scintillate like that one said TO have been
produced by one OF those belonging TO
! the MI. hlneO House.
One word more is due to the author
snip OF this particular poem when was
declared by the reader OF ii. to have
been "JoIt,m S0mtUhcrc." and was sup
posed To have boon written bg one oil The
servants 10 friend abroad, and was ac-
cidcntally lost The reader, Mrs. ---ont
no names arc to bc mentioned-waS sur
missed To have been the author. There
Is, however, IA vast gull between surmlse
aud truth-betwee conjecture ANA
knowlodge-a gull so broad that any
critic might be lost in its vast distances
its obscure and illimitable depths and ITS
dim and shadowy outlines. But the
question returns who was the aulhor
One might naturally have supposed THAI
the reader OF il was the author. one
single circumstance, however, renders
this impossible. Ii wonld be- possible
for one belonging To q party and beng
constantly in its midst TO spy out It's
actions its noble and profound thoughts,
its fashions and elegances. its absurdltles
and it's loibIes: and like dad and /.
"when we went down TO camp" describe
them in rhymthmicsl simplicity; but II
would not be possible for II reader and au-
thor. TO preserve her consistency, equanl'
nifty and smooth countenance, and AT
the same time TO state, seriously, that
the poem was, like the prodigal son.
"lostn and found" and was probably
the work OF servant" That is too
much, and partakes OF the license OF the
noye,ist-the invention OF the poet. and
the extravaganza or efferyescence OF ge-
MUS. These remarks leave the author
ship where it belongs-in The land oil
conjecture.
Two other poems were composed and
read. The themes were incidents OF the
excursion, with illusions to various cir
cumstances as they arose on the way, IN
the Hotel, on arrivals and departures,
and on the sublimity of the scene.
They will undoubtedly be published for
the admiration of the public. There was
no announcement that they had been
lost or were the production OF foreign
ers. aborigiues or servants.
One of the incidents on board Steam