Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-08-30
Monopoly at Mt. Desert.
Letter in New York Evening Post /


Returning to Bar Harbor after an absence
OF four years Il have known the place for
twenty have found myself among Califor-
mans and Westerners, with large repre-
sentation from New York. Philadelphia and
Baltimore. Boston and New England make
the minority. ! am greatly pleased to hear
all these people express for the scenery an
enthusiastic admiration which, if anything,
surpasses what we used to hear long ago on
the first discovery Of this island as a water
ing place. Ii is true they see more ;han we
did, thanks to the new roads and the album
dant supply Of horses; but the variety and
beauty of the landscape deserve all that can
be said in the way of praise. There is. be-
sides, as paramount attraction. the cool
ness of the climate, which the place shares
with all the Maine coast. 1t far more than
counterbalances the fog, and people better
and better understand the value of it as a
factor in the summer rest. The anxious
mother, with her group Of energetic boys
and girls the tired clergyman, the harass-
ed man of business. all know that their hol-
lday will be worth infinitely more if spent
where il is cool. II is, then, matter of
great Importance TO the whole country that
such place should be known and enjoyed
by the greatest possible number of people.
1t Is beyond the reach OF the vulgar and
noisy crowd 10 be- found near great cities.
and II should be the resort of thousands Of
persons Of moderate means. Mt. Desert Is
land is large enough for 10000 people in il,
to choose the way Of life each likes the gay
ETY. Of the hotel or the quiet Of the many
comfortable boarding houses along the forty
miles of shore. Bar Harbor is, of course,
the center not only for amusement bat for
obtaining the appliances Of cultivated life
from the skilful physician and druggist to
the Iacqueminot rose-su that the future of
the island depends greatly upon the future
of Bar Harbor. The large hotels are in the
hands of the same families who inhabited
the houses Of the little hamlet twenty wears
ago. Little by little they have improved
and added to their resources. so that now
the hotels are more than fairly good. some Of
them quite good enough. 10 have done
this Is, II seems to me an emphatic
to the teachableness and the adaptability Of
New England character
But, alas at the very moment when they
might have expected assured success to re-
ward them, they find the number Of visitors
is at standsti.l il X is not lc.senius.
They are ready to j, down in dust and ashes
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