Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-08-01
sCMMERIxG NOTES.
The season M UarpsweI-The Facilities
f'r Rest and Recr~stion-The Beautiful
scrnery-An Hour with Elijah Kellogg.

aud recreation held out to by the set Casco
bay AMI among the hosptabe people on Hsps-
well Neck But many wears have passed since
then, aud when we return ID to Harpswell. last
week, for e " days Of solid and absolute rest, It
was TO a summer village that had entirely changed
within a few years. Instead OF the Que solitary
hotel, TIE cid Mansion House, there are three
OF four elegant houses, and host Of summer cot
tage.. Nearly at the fatthermOst point is the
.'Meniconeng Hou,e," Che Indian name for
Harpswell erected the la-t season, from the win
dows Of which mag he obtained IN clear day,
view of the city of Portland fifteen miles distant,
and grand sweep Of Casco Bay. The "IIarps-
well House." at the extreme end Of the Neck, was
was also COM leted the past season. 1t is finely
located. and from its broad verand,hs may be OBJ
tanned an outlook of the broad and maj sstic At
lsutic side, and the beautiful waters of
Ca co bay on the other. Then there are the DO.
nanza House." the Mansion House" revived, the
Alexander House." and numerous boarding
b Iuses, wnere accommodations and excellent
board may he had very reasonable terms.
Among the latter is the residence and home farm
OF Capt. Paul Stovel. (By. the-way, every other
Hsrpsweller you meet is q Slower, one gentleman
being named Mr.. ). ). Slower, his full name is
Slower Slower Stover.) Capt. Stovers place is
surrounded by wafer, and picturesque and beau
tiful iu the extreme. Ga the eastern shore stood
old block house, VIII ich was the refuge of the
white inhabitants of this region during the last
Indian war. Just before mig hfsll, boats could he
seen taitng from all quarters towards the block
house, which was deemed a safe retreat during
the hours of darkness when the steslthv red man
hn the xaf nafh as han fllia
from here the gently sloping sides of Orr's Is
laus which has been made famous by the pearl
of Orrs Island"
Tue settlement of the auburn colonists" is
interesting feature of summer society here. The
family cottages, twenty two in number,
are separate, one for each family,
uniform in size and style, and built 10 y sort of
semi-crcle, facing the The women folks are
rel eyed from the drudgery of cooking, as the
famiiie. all dine at a boarding house which they
have 10 common. on the communistic idea, we
apprehend.
This place is connected with the outside world
hy stages and steamboats,. An excellent stage is
run between Brunswick depot and Harpswen.
For amusements there swings, sail
Jog, fishing, bowling alley, delightful
ways of spending the time. For scenery there is
the broad sweep of the Atlantic Ocean, Casco
Bay with its nearly four hundred islands; the
'star of evening guides u OF in Whittier's Dead
Ship of Hlrp,wel." but its beaming rays light
the pathway of the voyager to this sweet haven
of earthly rest, where from sky and ear.h and sea
health may be drank in, aud absolute rest" at
tanned. Harpswell will Away. hold envisbie
place among the popular resorts on the coast OF
Maine.
No one thinks of coming to Harps.el without
going to hear FL iah Kellogg preich-ths writer
of fascinating stories Tor the boys. embr cng the
wild aad grotesque pranks of his youthful days
lie has an excellent farm here which br cultivs,es'
and you Will find him any lair day clothed IN
corduroy pants or blue drilling, dris ny old Buck
and Broad, )" or joining with his workmen in the
active duties of the field. He is indeed the toll
ing preacher, and when he comes into the pulpit
on SUNDAY, to unfold the word 1t is with bronzed
features and the 'horny hands of toll" He is
man below the medium height and size, brown
hair and eyes, intellectual forehead, deep, mono
tone voice, and has the unassuming air and ap-
pearsnce of y country farmer lie wears
slouched hat into the pulpit, which he throws on
to the floor, and proceeds about the service with
the same business like method he would pursue in
getting ready TO plant acre of corn or kill the
devastating Bugs on field of potatoes. This is
his summer home; in the winter he lives in Boston.
When here, be SUI plies the Congregatonalist
pulpit, and bis church is filed every sunday with
worshipers, many of the number being summer
visitors.
The Sunday we attended was one Of fog and
rain. and less then fifty gathered within the neat
country church. Tue prayers were simple and
impressive. Mr.. Kellogg read with great JUNCTION
the hymn, The Ninety and-N me-" which WAS
sung by the choir, his daughter leading. The
text WAS in Mathew, 9th chap, 18th verse: "Let
your liz hit so shine before men that they may see
your good works and glorty your Father which
is in he aven." THIS, he SAID, imphes distinct.
open and personal character. The christian is no
to seclude himself in caves and cloisters, but to
emerge into the broad day light OF christian aciv
ity. Shut up human being in secusion, and
the mind becomes morbid; the mind needs air
and exercise IN the proper channels, as much a,
the body Spiritual as well as bodily growth can
come only through exercise. The young tree
needs the wind, the storm and the tempest, as well
the sunshine. Gou SioIHieu ny soOu
works For the christian to live among men and
bear his cross constantly before the world, is an
aid aud constant stimulus to an active christian
life Retirement is time wasted, which might be
coined ard thrown into the common treasury.
where it might have general circulation to ben
eft men. False relig ions have their sececies, and
shut up their followers Christ and his religion en-
| courage no mysterious concealmen.s; the chris
tian IS to live and bear his without conceal
ments. Men naturally dislike relig ion. but the
| constant example of true chris tan life breaks
| down many barriers and silence obj.ctors. A
man gives to the wo III his example and rel igion
| accumulates by giving. Argument may be re
| pulsed, hat example is not easily resisted. The
| impeifcctDn of christian example teaches more
strongly than perfect one. We look upon Christ
as into clear pond with gravelly bottom; it
| contains no slime dirt Men are discouraged
from attaining his perfection, but they are ready
to initiate the example OF his imperfect followers.
However much in theory they may ask for periec-
ton, in fact they know better. He closed with