The Portland daily press., 1881-10-03

when our coal is exhausted our peop
certainly seek it in As a. where IL IS ph
and the march OF commerce aud nagi
will bs thitherward. n thess aucient
men really soiourned here, We may som
find ont something more about them Wt
know that they used the sk,nsof animal
dress, because we iad the stone inplem
with which they scrapsd ths hides; they
boats; they used arrows; they arc deer, 81
animals and birds, including the Gssst Al
aud they had clam bakes. Which peghapsisl
oua recarreut trait that We inherit from ths
la the present stage Of tho iuaairy w.
early TO ask whether they had mol
excursions to the soft music Of
tomtom, but who would presa ne to efirn<
this is the first century thas has seen fA}r ise
tripping 10 soft music at Egesgrsea, or INIT
thoaslnd years ago savage bnd my a9i
nave welcomed ths appraac lug blAa win jus
as duleet strains as ths Peaks I,isud Brass
Band now does the evening steamer in ths
golden days Of summer?
The most Interesting ssns sfion Of tn sestsa
excepting the hearing Of that baed, iA seei
the school children 90 up in th5 norasis n
on the drst dag Of ths Fsll torn Y1l woa l9s,
where they all CO us fr9h .s tasY agsS On ~
every landing TIE boat is full Of th m. anil
when u jolly chorus breaks fs5n tie app-rd'ak.
as we stop at tho last landing
Get on bo.rt, chN'fsn,
Got 0H b I, chifrea.
There's room for many m1re'
quite a shout goes up. Ba5 Ssatsnbsr 4
ths crowd rapidly. Thsr3 are twl iadasF
t. stay longer Tas dsa,a r.ss amoagf
ia the city doubles ia carly Sept
the early Fall days ars ths insss
Our old friend Alderman thenc.lsesS
the Post Oaice, used 70 say that people a.
mistake in their tins fof island parsias.t
they should go in tue Winter. Ea-fe vi
germ Of truth in tho remark, but arw
thought he put tho case too Strongly s5N
think people go up TOO SON Bat taey d4
gin to 60 as soon as tho ifss chilly day c9d
aud day by dag the morning cio ed--9sss..ss--s.,
nsr, till daauy part Of the trip5 trs sakea OF
by our line, and the Peaks Island Company
boats are taken off entirely. The change Of
sime is always a del ghtful surprise, as ws do
not see the papers With the new advertise1nent
until we get uD to town, and we do not ailgst
up TO tom early, bsc,use part gas lsft, aAd
there is racing and chasing On Cannobie LeAv
as the boat unexpectedly heavs5 IN sigat. Th5
safe thing for dilatory mau IS to pitch his
tent between rrsfsthsn's aad jones' lanitas;
then if hs thinks he cannot GOT TO reeIe ,hen's
ia time, he can pui his helm hard up and scad
for Jones's
Islanders have one advantage over the Pine
Pointers and others who get out by train: the
sail ia the boat is nev5r weari5oms as d Nrile
in the cars is. Tao egsr-garginl ssseo ~ ssA
and sky has charm which does not wsargs
aud with such an open view ono cannoi help
admiring it continually. The Ozark day az
forded wonderful variety Of changes Ia seen
cry, and everybody was delighted with the
new aspect in which each island appeared as IL
was passed. Even the proposition that i vas
tho s'day of doom" was received with f8yorf
consideration that il would result Ia siakle
House Island aud its horrid smell OF fish oi
It has long bsen msoted question rs % wuie
was the 'hsh island on whicl tbs stone apns
stood whore the men were burned to death b
the Indians in 1915. Wallis Thought IL va
Psaks Island, bl5 am convinced that it was
Hoass Isall; L have a. l1lbs tao laiia
mardersd them on account Of the smell OF "a
cid fsh oil, aud saiak tns5 T5ss fully iisa
Gsd, and would havs recsivsl vsrdics os jus
tiiable homicide fro n aug ressscsabls jary.
an surprised that overgorkol nsn 10 not
seek the island life more. IL IS just the change
they need. The trouble with tired bria Is
that it cannot help dgelling on its daily task
after working hodrs are oysr Tao sstqng
home over the cool bay glvesa dei'shtful rsss
to body and MUD, aud all thoasats OF Ousaes
vanish away, while tho rote Of -s s7s --as---3
magic charm which nntsEsrs 70 5 mud dis
eAssd. Rowing, TOO, 10 ansxsrciss pscAta arlg
helpful, aud salt water doa0tless has yistee
in the same direstion. Sufferers from MY ~
yer fud the seashore nsarlyas bsnea siai as the
mauatains, and much easter TO reech.
The most difficult thing 10 get, at the islaqds,
is ice. 1 never passed winter mere. ous tror
she fact that none is harvested, and THAI IT.
so eonsplcuously easy to store it away sas
pect that the climate here is too mild to frse7
it thick enough Tor the market. Ii it were
so the islanders would csrtai My supply tht
selves, lay in a stock for their dairies, aud
it to the summer visitors. The only
now to get it is to have it come down byt
Tnen the trouble begins. In former see
there has been unfair Discrimination ia 50
ing pieces at the earlier stopping places
the last maa generally went withona tnsns
certain fussy people lad pals or boxes made
for their pieces; now they all come marked,
with the name on bit of paper stuck or. But
when the boat hands have SHE'D the pieces cut
on the wharf there is a Job TO get them home
to the cottages. Some have ice-tongs and hug
them off comfortably, but laboriously, az arms
length; some have little carts to put them in,
but the average man takes the lump in his
hands and runs with it, freezing to it as he
goes. Sometimes see big cakes Of Ice left at
the landings, and [ wonder how they oyer
manage to get them up to their destinaf
One day there was huge cake in tuba
Portland landing, 50 big that no one SEEM
care to tackle the job of embarking it.. Is
warm day, aud wondered how the on
would manage it, The next morning
pretended his wisdom. The tub was still th
full OF water, and the ice had shrunk TO n
ageable piece Such are the triumphs OF
mulative wisdom. A Savage would ne,
have thought of that. But civilizationbr
its own trials and missries. How happy mai
a cottager might be if he had no ice. La
primitive poverty, the naked savage under Il
plantain tree is happy and eontented Vine
he begins to get civilized, and have thing
his troubles begin.