The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-01-18

only the family priest was left 10 welcome them
home, which pleasant dpty be performed with i'm
mense trepidation,
For he hath read in Jesuit books
of those children OF the wilderness.
ff6a sen n' a painted sRSta 1. Ia2ase H stride e '''A7
Into the rooms with shoulders bare.
Aud eagle feathers Ia her hair.
And around her a robe 81 panther hide.
A form OF beauty underlined,
A LONELINESS without s name,
Yes beautiful beyond belief
TRANSPORTED and transfusod he sees
The daughter OF the Indian chief
But after q while the good priest learning that
the Baron had married the girl in the Indian way.
that is. had bought her from her father for a gun.
be was f~earfully scandaliZed, and had no more
peace until he bad remarked them aud given them
the benedictions of the mother church.
The Dutch afterward settled in Castine. aud
failing in establishing q colony there. the place
was finally permanently occupied by the English
and their descendants. During its varied history
it has been the scene OF several military and naval
engagements, some Of them Of considerable impor-
lance and severity.
The whole country in the neighborhood is
honey combed with rivers and the sea. Bays and
cOves and lagouus are almost everywhere, and as
a natural sequence, islands, aud headlands and
peninsulas are everywhere else. In ordinary
weather a strong breeze blows mp from Penobscot
bay every afternoon. This combination OF quail
ties makes Castine the most bcwitching place for
boating in tie world. No one can resist the fascin-
alton; il acts on residents and strangers alike. The
boys understand sailing a boat almost to perfec-
ton, and the girls are skiltul with the oars. and
often make up rowing parties among themselves;
the smaller boys find it difficult and sometimesi mpos-
sible TO remembcr the parental commands not to
sail a boat alone; the elder members Of the com
munity enjoy a quiet boat trip now and then, and
no wonder for it all;-the lofty headlands crow
ed with sturdy frs and pines, the low lying and
grassy slopes shaded with spreading trees and
edged with pebbly shores; the quiet bays where
fat mackeral are waiting TO be caught, and the
dancing waves and the joyous wind are irresistible.
and no one can be found to deny that a picnic in
Smiths cove or on Holbrook's island is the chief
end OF man. IL is inspiring to watch the river
from the high land near the town on q fine day
when many Of the boats are ont; the fitting sails,
snowy white in the sunlight and soft grey in the
shade, their rapid motion and the dashing spray
with the many featured background of shores and
woods and the shadows on the water, combine in a
scene too beautiful and full Of life to paint by
brush or pen. Many visitors spend the Summer
here. and every few days somebody's yacht sails
up from the bay and drops anchor in front OF the
town for a few days stay. Four times a week the
steamer Lewiston stops a few minutes on its route
between Portland and Mount Desert Island and
other places further east. and Is often crowded
with passengers for or from the popular watering
place at Mount Desert Island. On these occasions
by some kind of magnetic attraction Castine gravi-
tates toward the river and a large portion OF its
population hurry down to the wharf to enjoy the
event which ellis the place of a local daily, or
every Gther-daily paper and fills it better. Be
sides the news and the exercise OF the walk they
have the sight OF hundreds Of new and eager faces,
the river panorama and the fresh crisp breeze
from the water-pictures aud influences that even
Hdrper'S Weekly or the Illustrated Netos could not
give them.
There is no game, technically speaking in the
neighborhOCd, but gulls. sand peeps, devil divers,
kingfshers. looms and seals abound. and the boys
practice upon them oil with considerable effect
truth compels me TO say that as regards the assass-
ination of gul!s and kinGhshcrs. the girls are ac-
cessories both before and after the fact, for no Cas-
tine girls WARDROBE is complete witboutat ~leastone
hat trimmed with a wing of one Of these handsome
birds, while the ability of furnishing such orua-
ments is a recognized stepping stone by which a boy
NAV climb to preferment and favor. In shooting
gulls, which is generally done from boats, the most
difficult thing is to kill the first gull, but this once
accomplished, his comrades will circle around him
as he lies on the water, for sometime, within easy
gunshot, giving many and good chances TO the
wing hunters.
One day l went out with a friend armed for any
thing from a seal TO a sand-peep. We had been
quite a distance and were sailing homewards with a
light breeze along the shores of Penobscot bay. We
had two or three k,Lg fishers in the boat and q great
mas of golden-rou and wild aster which we had
gathered near an old mill. As We neared the mouth
Of the river we discovered a loon on the water at
some distance from Us, and Immediately Unanswered
for it and on reaching long gun shot fired at il the
loon promptly dove leaving q few feathers behind
floating on the water. He finally came up but Of
course about quarter Of q mile away and then we re-
peated our tactics and he repeated his. We grad
ually drove him q considerable distance up the river,
firing at him with both rife and shot gun at every pos
sible opportunity and at length 6attered ourselves
u Ne NtEE tlIluR MN OhA : OHN AIibEs 1T II ihAG
was certain we were rapidly exhauEting ourselves
and our ammunition. Now and then the loon would
utter 4 wierd, melancholy yell which We took for a
wall Of despair we afterwards concluded that it
was really a shout ofderision. Several times by care
full calculation based on the direction Of his head and
the firt of his tail as he dove, We succeeded in get
ting our boat very near him as be arose, but on such
occasions, we were so surprised to see him, and he
dove again so Immediately that We could not DO jus
tice to the bird nor ourselves. This kind OF thing
went on with varying prospects for several hours and
finally the loon get past Us aud made Tor the bay
again il was after our dinner hour, our ammnni-
ton was used up and we did not know what in tie
world We should do with him If We we're successful,
so we philosopbically gave the plucky diver a fare
well shot at which he dove as usual-they would
rather dive than swim or Hy-and left him his lib
erty, while We foated home with the re-assuring
Consciousness that at any rate, we had relieved him
Of a good part Of his feathers
The streets OF Castine are sell shaded with clms
and naples. The dwelling houses are mostly Of The
New England comn0dious farm house pattern
with grass and flowers and shade trees ia front and
apple trees in the rear. Several Of the religious
denominations are represented by their respective
churches this is OF course 10 be expected 30 the
present state Of Christian union which is a. yet 81"
backward that IN any village however small. We
are much more likely to end several churches
than one. Muscular Christianity however has no
sects. and one bowling alley Is found to be sui-
Client for the demands Of the population. The
water lrontis lined with piers. some OF them ~ fair
condition. The steamboat wharf especially Is
large and massive. There are several floating
wharves for the accommodation Of boating peo-
pie. which rise and TALL with the ddr. ship
building which was formerly extensively carried
on. has declined. At present, coddsbing on the
Newfoundland banks. making rope and cod lines
and canning Holsters are the leading industrial ell
terprises. But Castine does not seem 20 need
industrial enterprises: its fortunes have been
made the place Is established and venerable;
its attractive features are other and better than
money making opportunities. There is an at
mOsphere Of leisure about IL which Is irrcsist-
able. The vouug men 90 away to make their
fortunes and cone back 10 take breatb,-per-
chance to WOO and others come and go and
The romance Of the Baron Of st. Castine is from
time t. time repeated IN new rendcrings a. the
years pass. The surplus energy o. HE COM
munity has for many years made popular edu-
cation its pursuit until the place has become
lannon's for the high standard OF It's schools aud
the completeness Of lis educational systems. so
that many students from other places seek its