Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-11-24

As the Traveller sails up | mon River Ba,
on the steamer iieury Morrison he cannot
hut be- struck With the sublime and pictur-
e>que scenery ON every hand. The baS l. dot.
teI with ISLANDS and hedges Jutted With
smaller haN- and pierced With tiut ri,er,
Passing Esgemoggin Reach. which wind,
fal up past BrooklIn. SedgSick and Brook. -
Vile and then form. part OF the beautiful
Prnohscui Bay. he sees directly at the star
board Ao~, the grand old island Of Mount
Desert lifting her peaks up into the SKY and
Gaping them with sil,rrS clouds, while IL
tie port rises Blue Hill,' Of lesser dimen
sions bat beautiful wlthal. standing like
some sentry over the valley at her base.
There i, nothing. within ten miles or more
TO induce emotions of grandeur or subliniily
but there - certain piciuresqueness and
simplicity that begrts all undehnahle emotion
termed inspiration. Nature presents her
self IA the most remarkable aud pleasing
forms. The vegetation and the running
brooks seem 10 breathe the air Of >eren ltN up
on ever, thing The islands lie low and sNm-
melrical aud their ouv Inhahltau,. the birds
fit from tree to tree and hy their soft and
sweet noles. seem To complete this picture
Of peace and quiet. The shores echo and
rr-echo the sounds Of the fast revolving pad
die-w heel, and the whistle is answered q
dozen times from the surrounding hills.
Passin. into Blue Hill Bay one comes m
sight OF Blue Hill Falls which are dashing
and roaring down over the ledges and sweep
ing into the hay there TO assume the pre-
yalling quiet Of it, brother waters. The
boat follows the shore along, suddenly de-
scribes a semi circle, and the little village
of Blue Hill bursts upon the view, situated
IN a valley and presenting homrly appear
ance, in the English acceptation Of that
term. The harbor is not a fine one. Ii is
peppered with ugly ledges as it is salted
with water and the boat winds in and out
among the former like a snake dragging
Its slow length along" But Capt. Crockett
and the pilot know every inch Of the ground
and our genial friend Ira can take the wheeI
when necessity requires. The boat touches
the wharf and soon We are spinning over
the ground in a large open carriage which il
taking Us to the Pendleton House.
The road is hard and sandy making q
fine driveway. and We pass many excellent
hoInesteads betokening thrift Of the occu
pants Just before descending a hill into
the village. We pass Sea Side Cemetery, q
large and Sell-kept burying ground, where
late generations have been laid to rest. But
| before the words are written, the carriag,
| has entered the Main Street OF the yillag,
! and, turning sharp corner. We are befor,
| the Pendleton House. Nate Pendleton
/ the proprietor, comes out, takes us by III,
1 hand, gives it a hearty shake and assigns
! room in the 'twmkling of an eye" as it were
| He does every thing quickly aud does i
we'll. and there isn't better kept house ii
the state was given No. 10, large room
| facing the south and commanding hn'
| view Of bay. hill and village. Ii was nicell
| furnished and can say al once that the no
tel vas tirst-class, for a country town, ant
deserves the popularity II enjoys. | walked
about the place and drove about the place
Ii has no;,w holly awakened from the letharg,
| into which il relapsed many years ago, ant
there are still number of Rip Van Wrinkle
that seem utterly oblivious of the develop
ing mines and growing activity of the place
Business men see it in the largely Increase
business, but the old people have outgrowl
ambition and being conservative they lool
upon life from conservative and retrogres
siye point of view. In conversation with al
old resident and in reply TO the question
Have YOU not seen great changes IN tn
place during the past three years 2" be said
mo, no, things amt one half so lively a
they was fifty years ago." This was some
what different from the answer accorded m
by young man, interested in the growth O
the place. 'Blue Hill" he said was no
worth three h-lls and hurrah four year
ago. At that time. scarcely vessel cam
to the wharf, which was covered with xiii
wood. Now the vessels come in here i
large numbers. and we have steamboat lin
to bring our goods from Rockland. New peo
pie are coming here, trade has increased g
per cent. and there's good deal of hope 70
Blue Hill" think so too, and the NOR
one looks over the ground. the greater vii