The Republican journal., 1885-02-19
Maine: Its Agricultural Features and
Capabilities.
BY SAMUEL L. BOARDMAN.
Copyright, 1884, S. L. b.

BY SAMUEL L. BOARDMAN.
Copyright, 1884, S. l.. b.
MAINE AS A SUMMER RESORT.
More and more for the past dozen years
Maine has been growing in popularity as 8
summer resort for the pleasure-seekers and
| overwOrked business men of our great Eastern
citeS-Boston. New York. Phadelphia and
| Washington; becoming, in fact, from the seen.
cry and the delightful atmosphere of its sum-
mer climate, the great natural sanitarium fol-
the populous cities of the Eastern and Middle
| States. lis extended seacoast, with numerous
bays, fine beaches, picturesque islands. and
quiet coves; its wonderful inland lakes, located
| in old portions of the State near lines of rail
| road, or in the great forests of the North, the
paradise of anglers and sportsmen; its noun
| tan> in the midst of wild, nvigorating scenery
and its delightfully."- located villages and clean,
| attractive farm houses-render it unsurpassed
| in attractiveness for summeripg field. Take
the coast line from west to east, and there are
! the celebrated Isles of Shoals; Wells, Saco. and
| Old Orchard Beaches; Cushing's ana other is
lands in Portland IIarbor; Harpswell Neck
the Islands at the mouth of the Kennebec River
notably, Squirrel, Mouse. and Capital; Fort
Popham; Ocean Point, Boothbay; Camden and
| the beautiful Penobscot Bay; NOrthport and
| Belfast Bay; the Old town of Castine; Mount
Desert, celebrated as watering place, and sec
| ond only to Long Branch or Saratoga, with its
| fine mountain and inland views; Eastport, and
| the adjacent islands the Grand Lakes: the city
| of Bangor and its great excursion tours to the
| coast points down the Penobscot Mount katah-
~ "a n
| northern Penobscot; the Mon>on pond, Moose
| head Lake; the Che>uncook and Chamberlain
| Lakes, and the neighborlng waters; Lake Mar
| anacook the widelyknowE Twin Ponds; Frye
| burg; Cornish; the Richardson and Rangeley
| Lakes; Sebago Lake and the beautiful Sebago
| River. These places are but an outline of the
| circuit of the Maine summer resorts. of which
| there are scores of others not named, all beau
tlful and attractive, and all having been brought
| into prominence during the last few years. The
season is constantly lengthening; that is to say.
| ii is found that not only does the volume of sum
mer travel increase from year to year, but the
| visitors come earlier in the season and remain
| much later than formerly. Public communities
| ton by rail- and boat is more adequate and con-
| venlent than few years since; good managed
hotels and boarding houses now abound at all
| these points, there are thousands OF summer
| cottages now owned by Maine residents and
those from other States at our islands. beaches
and mountains. and Maine is becoming IA vast
Mount Desert. Portland HarDor, the Andros-
coggin Lakes, Moosehead Lake. and other see
| tion> are regularly published, and give large
amount OF trustworthy information concerning
the natural resources of the State. Large sums
of money left in Maine bV this crowd of
| wealthy summer visitors and every year wit
nesses the Inauguration of some new locality as
a resort. The great diversity and beauty of
| scenery in Maine is the attractive natural feat
ure. We have not sing lie lake, but hundreds: :
l,,lt u,
gle island. but scores and scores; not one
mountain, but many-al easy of access by rail
or Doat (uness one wishes to penetrate the for
ests. lakes. and woods of our northern wls,
as hundreds are coming 10 do every year,, and
all atfordng beautiful scenery, quiet, good fare,
a cool, inVigorating summer atmosphere, and
absolute freedom. The opening of these num-
erouS summer resorts has given 4 great aid to
agriculture. New local markets have been
created for all kinds of farm and garden prod
ucts-early vegetables, early lambs, early chick
ems. small fruits. milk-and the agriculture Of
whole towns has been completely transformed,
improved, and put on a business system. simp
" through the new demands of these numerous
summer resorts and ''watering places" This
has had IA good influence upon the general farm
ing of whole districts and the Improvement is
most seen in sections where formerly the work
of Improvement had not reached through other
and usual agencies from other centers of lntlu-
ence. And new development is to be seen in
this direction i'll the future all over our State !;
new localities are to be opened, new railroads
are building. hew hotels and boarding houses
going up-all to be strong aid and benefit to
the legitimate agriculture OF The state. More
| over. the State, recognizing the value OF this
| summer travel and residence in aiding our ma
| terial development, Is atordIng legal prOtec-
ton to our game, spending large sums in stock
| ing our lakes and ponds with edible and game
| fish. and in other ways giving encouragement
| to all that can aid in making known know +
| edge OF the beauties of our scenery, the health
| fulnesS of our climate. and the value of our re-
sources.
| The Spring Elections-Prepare for Action.
| At the Democratic ove-feast held in Lewis
ton some months ago, Eben f. Pillsbury in an
| after-dinner speech. told his hearers that they
must begin operations for carrying the State
| by looking closely after the coming spring
elections. That was good advice; and Repub-
| licans must see to it that Democratic eXertons
| in this direction are fruitlesS of result. The
| kennebec journal has sounded the following
notes of warming and we trust they will be
| needed:
| There is Il concerted movement by the dem
| ocracy throughout the State to make sharp
| contest at the pools in the spring elections. II
| is understood that this is to be the first step in
| an effort to carry the State election next year.
| The zeal and courage of the opposition have
| been so largely increased by the election of
| Cleveland. that they think they are able to do
great things. Word has gone out from the
| State Committee to organize and get ready for
the fight. The leading organs of the party are
calling upon their friends to organize. and city
| and town committees are responding to the
| summons.
The duty of the republicans in the emer-
gency is therefore very plain. 1t is to meet
| preparation with preparation to sound the
note OF warning, TO organize promptly and
| thoroughly, to consult, advise, and take meas
| ures to unite and bring out the full strength of
the republican party at the polls. The democ-
racy are the challengers to party contests in
the spring elections, and republicans will not
be slow to accept the gage of battle on those
| conditions.
If the democracy imagine there have been
any converts 10 their party since Cleveland
! was elected they are deluded. Maine is strong
er in the republican faith to-day than she was
in November. If our friends do their wholt
duty this will appear in the spring elections
| But they must remember that it i" necessary
for them to be up and doing if they wouc
give a good report of themselves. If they are
Idle, careless and Indifferent while the dem
ocracy are active and aggressive the result viii
not be such as republicans have good reason,
| to expect.
Let republicans then get ready without de-
lay for the coming elections. Let good men be
selected in every city and town as candidate.
for office, invoke harmony let wisdom rule il
| all our councils and the result will be deeI
| disappointment to our enemies and a cause OF
qualification to the republican party.
The Wing and Courier also states the ease
plainly, as follows:
AS the time for the Spring elections draw;
near we desire to urge upon the Republicans
the necessity of preparing for "a vigorous ant
wide-awake contest. The Democrats are al
ready in the field and the word has been sen
out among their active workers to get thei
forces in line. They are determined to make
the greatest effort of their lives to secure con
troll of the Government of this State in 1856 an(
as a preliminary step will have a most thorough
organization of their voters this Spring.
We have already passed through an expert
enee in this State that forever settled the fac
that the Democratic leaders will hesitate at NJ
outrage SO long it tends to place within thei
grasp the coveted prize. The people of Main,
will not soon forget the leaders who coucocte,
that greatest of all frauds, the deliberate at
tempt to steal the State Government, and th,
one fact that the Democratic party has selectet
d shining light in that Infamous conspiracy a
the head of their State Committee. eX-Council
l0r Brown, one of Gov. Garcelon's advisers
ought to be sufficient warning of what ma,
be expected.
Since the accidental election of Mr.. CLEVELAND
| the Democrats have OpenlV bOasted that the,