Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-13

modate from twenty-five to one hum
dred people and other smaller board
mo houses. Ten dollars a week is
the common price of board at hotels,
but the boarding houses charge less.
The cottages are rented at from $50
to $50 year; they cost, exclusive
of land, from $3.50 to $3.50. Lots of
q acre are sold for from 500 to
$3.50 EACH The rent of the ground
for cottage house is SO year.
Campers get comfortable and con-
venient places for tents for 81. The
farmer residents are very accommo-
dating and are reasonable in prices.
We saw them selling hay to fill a bed
for twenty-five cents, milk six cents
a quart, beets and turnips at one
cent each. The island is rocky. but
on the portions occupied by the
farmers and buildings is grassy.
The timber of which there is consid-
cradle is chiefly second growth spruce
and pine the spruce is dying from
the effects of a destructive insect,
which is making havoc with the
spruce in many portions of Maine.
Campers are permitted to cut any
dead timber for wood, gratis. The
water on the island is good, and the
effect of the sea on the temperature
is to make it delightfully."- cool in the
day time and comparatively warm
at night. The dew fall is very light
and somehow the rain dries away
very rapidly. At present there are
lots of people on the island, the
houses being all occupied and pretty
full at that. But they are coming
and going all the time, and it is not
difficult to find places. The day we
left, large parties from Orleans, Cal
edonia and Lamoille counties arrived,
while others from these sections were
retiring. Boats are running all the
time to and from the city and one
can 90 and return six times for a
dollar, carrying all the plumber he
chooses. No fare IS charged from
one landing to another on the island.
| The views from this island are va
ried and beautiful. The city and
suburban towns lie in sight on the
west while islands north and south
are in near view. On the east side
the broad ocean stretches away be-
yond vision. The water in all di-
rections is dotted with sails; some
of them are not larger than the little
row boats on our lakes and ponds,
while others are large three masted
vessels which cross the sea. The
waters are also alive with steamers,
including, of course, the great iron
steamships which cross the ocean and
the large coast steamers, and smaller
ones down to the smallest boat that
can float q engine.
To those country people who have
never had opportunity to spend a
week on the sea shore, a quiet
place like the Island affords excel
lent opportunity for rest, if they
choose to rest, recreation, if they
wish to enjoy new scenes, and recu
peration, if sniff of sea breeze will
do it. If they wish to make the triT
as inexpensive as possible they cal
carry their tents, provision, settle
down quietly and live almost as CHEAP
as at home. The fare from st
Johnsbury, round trip to Portland
t is Sc. If one wishes to spend NOR
money he can board at a first-clas
hotel, visit the surrounding places o
e interest, stop at the mountains ant
relieve himself of what surplus green
t backs he has. We went to Old Or
e chard, that. somewhat famous sum
+, mer resort where the beach stretche
e away for miles either way and tn
T grand old ocean waves come chasin.
n each other in toward the shore. Her
e is the most noted and one of tn
o most convenient camp groves in NeV
e England, where camp meetings al
II held by the various denomination
y during several months of the season
}, Immense hotels, and numerou
It boarding houses, with tents, furnis
S homes for thousands of summer Wis
d itors. While the camp grove is lee
7, timing, preaching and praying for th
P good of humanity, the devil has Sc
1. up business in other parts of th
Il place and his resorts and entertain
= ments are largely patronized. Fro
IS what we saw of it, Old Orchard
n not the place for the staid and hone
y people of this section who seek res
/. as we'll as pleasure, to visit. Thel
g are various other places with fe
E. miles of Portland noted as SUNNI
he resorts, but so far as we could leal
n none of them possess superior a
+ vantages, all other things considere
I'd to Peaks Island. If one is of Il
I'd piscatorial turn he can catch all Il
Lh fish he desires, From the shore
ne can catch an abundance each da
II, the most Of the species being got
r table fish; if he wishes to 90 out {
ut schooner and fish for cod, halib
t. and that sort he can 90 out da
n, get tremendous seasick, catch got
ld supply of fish and return well salts
ri ed at an expense of only dolls
ed If he wishes a little higher ton
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