Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-09-16
NUMBER 81.

some fne ones. on the docks. The har-
Dor Is never frozen, and the largest ships
floAt securely in its waters. Bath Is quite
a commercial town; j, is on the Knox
and Lincoln X. X, between Brunswick
and Rockland. I, has some pretty streets
and some very muddy ones in a rain
storm. as We expsrineed. On Washing
ton Street are some fine residences one
costing $4,000, said TO be the fines, in
Maine. -
"By the way Of Bath the traveller may
reach the beautiful Boo,hbay Harbor
with il. outlying resorts, Squirrel, Mouse,
and Capitol Islands, distant Monhegan
and ancient Pemsquid."
The steamer "Star Of the East" passes
here on the way TO Augusta from Boston.
Passing through Bowdoinham aud Rich
mond. We stop At Gardiner. an important
ard very wealthy place near the falls Of
Cobbosscecon,e. having several mills and
manufactures. Machine shops. etc. On
hill stands one Of the mos, beautiful
ehurehe. in New England. I, Is built Of
stone in the Gothic style Of architecture.
For this. as well as mos, Of its industries.
the town /. indebted 10 Robert II. 0ardi-
ner. zone Of the mos, distinguished ei,i-
1ens Of Maine" who became owner Of
the town. by inheritance in 1903.
HAllowell is two miles south Of Au-
gu.,a. I, Is pretty place Of some $4,000
inhabitants. having a cotton foc,ory and
other manufactures. The principal busi-
ne.. i. the quarying Of granite, and the
fashioning Of /, into beautiful statues.
monuments. etc I, also furnishes a foe
building stone uneIcelled BY any in the
world
We recently left Portland by the
steamer Lewiston. and upon awaking in
the morning We were in RocklAnd HAr-
bor. Rockland Is city Of over 1000
people. situated on the ives, side Of Pc
nobscoi bay. We did no, think !, very
attractive town. and did not stay long.
although our agen, has since reported 200
Blaine book. sold there. Ship building
!. largely carried on. Three miles from
RocklAnd !. ThomAs,on, on the ~.
Georges River / 5 miles from the coast.
Here and a, RocklAnd are extensive gran
lie qaaries, and also some ~ lime kilrs
making 200. 900 casks Of lime yearly /;
ThomAs,on alone exports 100000 casks.
ThomAston has a population Of over 81
900. The State Prison Is located here,
and many Of the convic,s work in the
quArries. etc.
The large and commodious wharf, at
Rockland. presents busy scene in the
early morning when the Boston aud Port
land steamers arrive Passengers. bag
gage and freights are unlOaded or trans
fered to their respective steamers for
Bangor, or the cols,wise towns. Ere
long the up river boa, s,eAm' away, bound
for Criine. or to Belfast, BaeksPof,. an d
Bangor. passing the beautiful scenery Of
the Penobscot that, taken from Bangor
to Owl, Head is said by distinguished
Harvard professor to "surPAss the stored
Rhine" Soon the island and eoas, boats
leave. and the Portland steamer continues
on her way TO ,hA, "brigh, Mosaic Of IS
land and bay"-Moun, Desert, and VI
einiiy-And then on to the extreme east
ern eoas, towns Of Maine. Local s,eari
ers also oonnec, Rockland with Bar Hsr'
bor-,he latter the fAvor,e and mos'
fashionable re.or, on the coast, and Ia
ereasing in popularity every year. We
returned to Portland by steamer Rich
mond. EuhoJu'