New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-21
SIMMER LElSUKE'


,n,,s or A ROCK BOUND COAST,
,r,xps on GLouCrs IER-NAIVkN
o,r,,os,r1rs-THE ROCKING Boolph"o N'D ~"
,vvr or NoRMAN's woE--oIHkR SUMMER M"
SORTS IN THE viciSirf. -. r,,v rn,nrxrl
q, or,crsrrR. Mass, July ia more as'"s "a
"nO II picturesque scenery than Is to be 1ouno
.... ,,ort;on of the north shore OF MASSACHUSETTS,
~ does not exist between Mount Desert ana view
100, Some of your readers may remember III ou-
sort DAYS. Colonel Higginson's description Oh H.
when the mercury last month marked ~ In Ne"
~ in This favored spot of rocks and roses 1t stood
&c ,v;,b refreshing sea breeze from the south
80. Moving directly over the ocean. which was IN
liking contrast to the sultry air of the almost
soorcbna town we left behind us. The pure ana
cool atmosphere is to long pent up city man cor
s;I 81 almost incredible virtue That ancient
,bv Thomas Fuller well understood its value
vbsn he wrote some hundreds of wears ago.
4" CbieAy choose wholesome air, for air IS dish
= sods an every minute and therefore it needs be
pure"
Ann was Samuel de Champlain. who was here nine
years before the famous Englshman Captain John
Smith saw the " fair headland Tragaligzanda,'
which he so named IN honor OF MS
kind and beautiful Turkish friend, and which
aocn exchanged tnat 1Or Tue name ~ Ho" ooaiS a
Toc simie of a map made by the French discoverer
in 1906. lying before me, is the first known map OF
Gloucester flarbor, to which lie gives the appropr
ate name Lo Beau Port. On this same quaint and
cnrious map the Three Turks Heads" islands. so
called by Smith to commemorate an exploit by
which three Turkish champions were successfully
slain by hun in personal combat, are correctly laid
down They are now known as Thackers, Salt and
Straltsmouth islands. There is no certainty as to
when the first permanent settlement OF Cape Ann
was begun, but probably about 1893. Nine years
later the settlement was incorporated by the Gen
eral Court as plantation under the name of Glou-
cester-the name ofthe English cathedral city, from
which most of the first settlers came. church
was organized under the Rev. Richard Blymman'
probably in 1643. John Emerson, who was gradu-
ated at Harvard. in 1856, the third minister was
paid it is on record 60 pounds per annum IN In
dian corn. peas, barley. fish, mackerel, beef or
pork" The historical portion Of this communca-
ton may be concluded with the statement that
Gloucester was incorporated city seven years
ago. and that its population by the State census OF
1875 1874.
Gloucester is prosperous seaport, unlike Salem
and other rather melancholy New-England coast
towns-superanuated centres of foreign frame
whose trade has been swept away to swell need
lessly and imperceptibly the mighty Hood OF COM
nerce at Ncw-York or Boston" Its prosperity be-
gan by It's becoming, something more than century
ago. fishing port; now 1t is the most extensive IN
the country, if not in the world, having IN round
numbers some 500 vessels with an aggregate ton
mage of $4,000. and employing 5000 men. among
whom are representatives of Swedish, Spanish.
South American Portuguese. ana almost all other
nationalitIes. The weight of Goldfish and hallbut
alone caught during the first months Of the pres
emf wear amounts to only trte under 2S000.O00
pounds
While the fishery business Of Gloucester results
from its geographical position, another branch OF
industry has grown ont of its geological structure
The Cape Ann Quarries have furnished great guam
titles of granite to the principal navy-yards, for
the erection of lighthouses. and other public works
of the Government. Much Of the granite IS also
used in the construction of business buildings IN
Boston and elsewhere IN ew-England
1t is not only from 4 utilitaran point of Wow that
The granite rocks of Gloucester possess an interest
They afford several natural curiositles, such as
Rates. Crack and the rocking stones or bouldcrs
weighing from sixty to several hundred tons. The
one most worthy of notice is that near Bass Rocks.
In i situated at the end of large and high ledge
Waiting out into the sea, and lies such juxtaposl
lion to tie main rock as to I'LL very recently stllAe
il NJ every oscillation. Ii had rocking motion OF
one or perhaps two inches, Its vibrations Delng
brought about by the waters dasmns nerceV
against it, causing it to exhibit constant trcmu-
Ions motion and affOrdng interesting illustration
Of hvlro-dynamic power. The present owner OF
the Bass Rocks believes that stones nave acclueht
ay fallen into the assure. thereby preventing thls
rock Of AT least 500 tons weight from moving as
heretofore 1t derives additional interest from nav
inc beeu visited By Cotton Mather, who, u must be
Admitted gives a frightfully exaggerated account
of the motion OF the rock writing ia liza, he
SAYS: There stands on the Shore there, between
Low and High Water Mark, Rock upon a Rock
where il would require many Teams OF Oxen to
draw it from It's Basis. The Rock IS about ID or 20
foot long. about 8 or 10 foot wide, put sidewlse
that it faces the Sea-. Bat when Storm arises,
and the Sea beats tempestuously upon
this Rock. the spectators have n sight
that a Little Surprises them. They see
Tie P0ck notwithstanding the vast Bulk and
Weight of il, move backward and forward three or
four feet and IN less than minute or two, per-
form It's motion with po Rcgda
SmOcthness as far this motion extends, and
Rock on which ye Back OF 1t is is also thereby worn
PATS crack or chasm, near the Reef Of NOrman's
Woe celebrated in LOngfellOw's pathetic lines,
channel cut INTO the solid rock, nearly sixty feet III
deptl some two hundred in length, and OF irregular
width VARYING from six TO twelve feet Its length
forms a right angle with the shore. During storm
the PUSHES through the channel with tremendous
force striking against it's sides with the sound OF
thunder, and sp0uting upward IN torrents of water
and milk white spray.
Nounan's Woe is an inland rock short distance
from the "a cliffs of the mainland. IL was here.
tradition says, that the schooner Hesperus was
wrecked near the close OF the seventeenth century.
The county records show that Richard Norman,
about 1880 sailed on a voyage from which lie
never returned and if the tradition is founded upon
fact tie tragic termination OF his voyage was
probably on this reef.
"such was the wreck OF the Hesperus
In the midnight and the snow! 20
Christ save us all from death like this
On the reef OF Sorman's woe"
Not far distant from the scene of the poets lines
Is Magnolia Summer resort so named from the
Darling flow er of the South which, curiousy enough
grows IN superb luxurance IN a neiRhboring swamp,
linz tba r,vffh ifa we
nolia gauca, whose only native place in New Eng
land Is IN Chebacco swamp grows TO q height OF
about ten feet yielding an abundance OF beautiful
white flowers which are now to be seen III all their
glory. Between Magnolia and Manehester-by-the