The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-08-16

AND 4 PLEASANT TRIP ALONG THE MAINE
COAST,

day the Sth inst. The day was cline beyond |!
compare" and nearly three hundred of our |
citizens ayailed themselves of this opportunity |
to visit Names most noted watering place. |
Leaving the steamboat wharf about $50 a. M,
the Queen City, with over two hundred pas
sengers on board, was headed for the Camp |
Ground, and in twenty minutes was alongside |
the wharf at that place. Here the passenger |
list was increased some sixty or more, and |
when the lines We're cast off the boat started on |
her trip of sixty miles. Skirting "Long Islands
Sea-grt shore" we soon came abreast of Turtle |
Head, where Dr. Davis honored Us with sa-
lutte, Which was responded to by the steamers |
whistle, and a vigorous waving of handker- |
chiefs by her passengers. The bay was smooth |
as glass with only light nortlwesterly air stir
ring, and overhead was an almost clOudless |
sky. 1t was not day to show the scenery of |
the bold and rugged coast to advantage, but it |
was one that made glad those liable to sea
sickness. The fierce sun shown down upon A |
sleeping and brought out clear and distinct |
every crack and creyice in the rocky shores |
every twig of the sunted trees and every blade |
of the sere and yellow grass that grew precar-
bNNlN III llllt IOOhS ana on OCCASIONAL slopes. !
How different the scene when north-eastcr
blows Then the mad waves break into bril-
liant masses of white and yeasty foam over the
sunken Lodges, the spray flies high up on the
cliffs. the piping Of the gale is heard above the
sullen roar Of the sea, and angry looking clouds
hang overhead. 1t is on such day as this that
our coast scenery is seen in all its grandeur and
balItN RUt II il . Iay wi on he
eNcurSon>t would care to be exploring these
dangerou, waters in a small steamer. and the
party went on their way rejoicing over sum
mer sea and under Z summer sun. The steam
er's route is land-lockcd. save at one point,
where the limitable ocean stretches away on
the right, unOb>tructel to the horizon. Round
ing Cape Roster we enter Eggemoggin Reach, u
narrow strait between the Deer Islands and
the main land. Far out at sea the heights of
Isle au IIaut appear; on the left is Blue Hill.
nearly 1000 feet in altitude; while before us
tower the bold ridges of Mount Desert. We
pass quite near the light house on Pumpkin
Island, and close at hand, on Il little ndenation
in the northern end of Little Deer Isle, is
summer settlement Of dozen or 50 Of cottages.
\ brief stop AZ Deer Isle Landing, and we are
of again. There islands to the right OF Us.
Islands 10 the left Of us, islands in front of us
There are hidden dangers. too, of which the
cXcur>ioni>ts are unaware; treacherous reefs
and lodges and bars; but Captain Barbour is Il
skilful pilot and his presence at the helm con
vey> sense Of security to all on board. Soon
the hotel on the summit OF Green Mountain is
pointed out and we begin to skirt the pictur-
esque shores of Mt. Desert. The keeper of
Bass lIarbor light strikes his bell as we pass.
and is answered by the Queen Citys shrill
whistle. We have glimpse of President Eli
OTIS cottage at Northeast Harbor, and full
view Of Clements three-stored, red-roofed
hotel at Seal llarbor: and a most attractive
looking place it is. The hotel stands at the
head Of the harbor facing the water, with a
back ground of wooded hills and a fore ground
of beach and lawn. otter Cliff, Great Head,
Ancmome cove, Schooner Head and Spouing
Horn are passed in the order named-all places
of interest, but Of which we can see but little
from The steamers deck. OF Great Head il is
said that it 'confronts the dashing and roaring
>urf with An immense barrier of tirm-based
rock. against which the utmost efforts of the
ocean arc futile as the sweep of the noun
tain wind, upon Monadnock." Schooner Head is
four miles south of Bar IIarbor. son the sea-
ward front is il white formation which resem-
bles schooner under sail and there is tradi-
ton that British frigate ran in here, during
the war Of 1872 on a foggv day, and opened Il
hot cannonade on what was supposed to be a
Yankee coasting vessel. The Spoutng Horn
opens in crest of the cliff; and under certain
favorin@ circumstances Of wind and tide, the
white waves are driven under the rocky point,
and shoot upward through this cleft, far over
the tops of the tree, with grand and ominous
roaring. Just across the cove to the south is the
wonderful grotto called Anemone Cove, where
each recedng wave leaves new museum of
strange creatures of the sea, among the delicate
and richly-covered rockweeds and MOSES, and
the flowers of Neptune's realm
And now rcd-roofed cottages multiply, the
great hotels come into view, and we glide into
Bar iiarbOr. where a fleet of rakish yachts is at
anchor Steam launches sail and row boats,
the canoes Of the Indian and the white man,
the former propelled by paddles, the latter by
sails are moving to and fro. Childrens voices
are heard on the shores, bathers are splashing
about i'll the cool waters, and Il city appears be-
fore us. The steamer Mt. Desert, of which we
had glimpse earlier in the day, had preceded
Us into port and was at the wharf, with the b.
4 b. CO.'S trim little propeller Rockland along
side. The eNcursonsts disembark in short
order, 80 their ways and are soon scattered
among the hotels in quest Of dinner.
1t is the common experience of visitors that.
IN
OF the coolest, the foggyest or the clearcst day
of the season. At Bar IIarbor we encountered
the hottest day. 1t would have passed for a
hot day anywhere And it was dusty, too
almost as dusty is we have it in Belfast But
there was quite Il breeze stirring, and III the
shade of the Rodick's piazza one could take
good deal of comfort and find sufficient amuse-
ment in the study Of mankind There were
queer specimens among the men, and we Won
dered if Eorepaugh had not emptied some of
the cages Of his nenagerie before leaving Maine.
one Of our party pointed out the Wild Man Of
BurneO and another was certain he had discov
cred the long sought for missing link. To the
remark that the majority Of these young men
looked like blank fools, the quick response
came, " That is lust what they are" The
knirkcrbocker dress, which is almost univer-
sally worn, is well adapted to certain athletic
sports, and if the wearcr be Il manly man, with
no nonsense about him, it is not unbecoming.
But to see spindle9hanked youths and animated
beer barrels dawdling about the ladies on hotel
verandas in this sort of rig is enough to make
one sea sick. Add banged hair and you have a
complete picture of the Bar Harbor dude. If
there are any dudcsses we did not see them.
The ladies We're tastefully and becominglv
dressed and there We're many beauties among
them. One in particular, Il bewitching blonde,
quite captivated all the old and young bachelors
of our party. One Of them confessed on the
trip home that he feared the lady would think
him rude, but he really could not keep his eyes
away from her.
Bar llarbor is revelation to those who have
not seen it since it attained its present growth.
On Main street you might readily fancy your
self i'll Il large city True, the buildings of
wood, but many of them are large in size and