Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-28
THE COAST OF MAINE.

THE COAST OF MAINE.
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Isle-Its Improvemen1e and Dwell
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES There, Etc.
Special Correspondence of THE EVENING SrAR.
DEER ISLE, July 26.
Deer Isle Is not destined to rapid unfold
ing; but every year makes great changes.
Green'sLanding, the port on the great thorough
fare seaward, place of stupendous granite
lodges, which are worked for building purposes,
and with its lobster and mackerel canning fac
tories, will be the point at which improvement
will be the most rapid. There is where the first
week. we were surprised to see the full and va
riOuS contents Of the stores and the number of
new homes which had lately been put up. At
the southwest harbor, on the road to the silver
mine, parties from Philadelphia have this sea-
son purchased eligible sites for private resi-
dences The citizens here have not felt the i'm
pulse OF the advent of strangers much. They
are temperate and conservative in their ideas,
proud Of their island as one Of the most pictu-
rescue and wholesome spots on the Atlantic
coast, and they believe all the world will some
time come and ask for a place among them.
We have been visitors here now for three con-
secutiye seasons, and we never tire of the va
riety and beauty Of its scenery, the purity Of it's
air, the many pleasant drives and beautiful
water views, the isolation and quiet and the
opportunities for sailing and fishing or rowing
upon its little fresh water lakes. Our northern
breezes, which are the only land breezes we have,
seem laden with the ozone of the mountains.
Our southern breeZes come directly from the
breezes sweep over twelve miles of Penobscot
bay.
HOW TO LIVE.
Unlike many summer recreationlsts, we are
keeping house. Keeping house in the country
is unlike keeping house iH'the city. It implies
horse and cow and a cat, and it mQy imply q
pig and hens. But we conflne our domestic
menagerie to the first three. At present they
are well domesticated. To be sure the COW is
ornamented with poke, to keep her out of the
oats. But she gives the best of milk, and that
is what we keep her for. Butter, as yellow as
gold. we buy at Is cents. The stores give only
20 cents. The best sirloin roasts at 121a cents o
pound. We get potatoes and peas fresh from
the gardens of the farmers; always, of course.
for o consideration. New potatoes command
$50 bushel. The butcher here has veal
Mondays, beef Tuesdays, lamb Wednesdays and
Fridays, and the fish man comes around with
hake and mackcrel and Holsters about twice a
week. Last week, expecting visit from Hon.
Charles Beardsley of Washington, we threw a
hook into the waters Of the Penobscot and
landed seventeen and halt salmon, which
was a thing Of beauty: though, alas! it is not a
joy forever. Still. on ice, we are yet paying our
respects to 1t. Alas! for DR.. Beardsley falling
to put in an appearance, though we drove IA
miles, to Green's Landing and return, to meet
him. he was destined to eat none Of it.
We find new minister here, Rev. Mr.. Gates,
formerly Of Iowa, and lately of Kennebunk.
The church edifce has been put into good trim
by the ladies. Capt. Syvanus Haskell has I'M
dertaken to raise liberal salary, and every
thing pulsates with new life. Among the help
full things which Mr.. Gates has brought here is
housefull of young people-singers and play
by one OF them gone into the Sunday school
choir, and another son Is superintendent; and
the young ladies, cousins. by the way, Of Miss
Adeia F: Gates, principal of the Capitol Hill in
self, a graduate of Mount Holyoke female semi
nary, make themselves active and useful at pic
MICS and sOciables.
WHERE THEY COME FROM.
Thus far the visitors of the year are more
largely from Boston and New York than from
Washington. There are some here, however,
from Philadelphia and Baltimore When the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad gets its through
line to New York there will be no reason why
WashingtOnians should not come here in great
numbers. From New York via the Fall River
line to Boston: and from Boston to Portland via
the Eastern railroad. and then by the Lewiston
to Deer Isle the trip is easy and pleasant. The
Fall River line and the Eastern railroad are Civ
ing especial attention to the islands of this
coast, having Just issued new and elegant
map: Their officers and employees are gentle
manly and trustworthy and ladies travelling
alone or with children find themselves well pro-
tected and cared for. AS between such fash
iOnabN resort as Mt. Desert and Dear Isle peo-
pie Of simple habits, who want an entire change
OF life and associations, who want freedom and
quiet and such isolation as Is restful to body
and mind, will always select the latter Mt
Desert for few days, but Deer Isle for the sea-
son. We hear of President Patton and family at
Mt. Desert, where, on the 18th, the president
preached from the text ''When consider the
heavens the work of thy fingers" &c. He, too,
eschewed Deer Isle. There are several meeting
houses here, where one Of his discourses would
have been welcome.
No. we cannot send such salmon to THE
STAR office, though II representative of THE
STAR Will put in an appearance at House Hous-
ton, where we keep house. we will try to fur
nish such menu as will be savory to remember
This reminds rs that The Deer Isle Gazette has
been greatly enlarged and is really very credit
able sheet We saw the editor carrying home a
lobster the other day, which We presume was a
compliment from old Neptune himself
J. E. R.
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