Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-07-23
Small Point.
AUGUSTA, Me, July 81, 1886

AUGUSTA, NE, july Il, 1000.
Editor Kennebec Journal:
Go to Saratoga to be robbed, go to New
port to be fashionable, go to Bar Harbor to
be both robbed and fashionable, if you will :;
but for health, good time and an appetite
that 5eggars description. (snd hotel keepers,
too, for that matter), go to Small Point
On arriving at Small Point was taken in
hand by party of friends, and in just fifteen
minutes was installed as regular ''cottager."
Before be t-tme we had planned so MANY
sails, walks, swims and fishing excursions.
that all that night | could not sleep for
thinking of them. and rose at break of day t.
see this wonder land. 1t has BY far the finest
beach o. the coast of Maine. stretching away
for miles in graceful curves, and fringed with
the white crest of roaring breakers.
The sand is so smooth and hard
that while walking on tn lower
beach one scarcely leaves footprint, and
the dip is so gradual, tlat surf ba hing can
be enjnved with perfect safety.
Back OF the beach the land slopes upward
and forms n level plain some $50 It. above the
sea. where the cottages are located. \ little
to the south OF the cottages is the cliff. The
view from here is magnificent. Before u.s.
binding in the sunshine, lies Seguin, mass
of solid rock, surmouute1 with her light
h puse Far to tbs east see the glitter OF
the rocks OF Squirrel Island and the main
land, while along the western huriz IN stretch.
ca gray line, the White Mountains one
hundred miles distant. The dark blue ex.
panse around Us is dotted with numerous
sails, and occasionally we descry the dull
low hanging smoke of some yacht or steam
or 4 mile down the beach il Gunner Rock
where fish can be caught by the
hundreds. No silver hooks" are need
ed here, for the poorest fisherman IN the
world has but to drop line, and the fish are
| caught.
| On the lower side of Gunner Rock is the
Cove where are skifs, dories and sail
boats, all of which were at our disposal
Tanned skins, and suspicious looking noses
stte sted to cur constant use of them Our
first sail, however. was a wretched failure
We had scarcely got out to sea when the
| steady roll of the waves caused US to lose all
dignity. We miserably and piteously begged
our skipper to land us anywhere, only pro.
viding it was land After reaching the
shore. one of our party had the assurance to
declare that she had not been sick, only tired
Thereupon we all carefully considered the
case and unanimously agreed that none of u,
had been sick.
The many rocks, grottoes and coves which
help to make Small Point so attractive mus
be seen t. be appreciated.
During our stay every available room on
the Point was occupied Next year will see
more building, as all who have ever visited
Small Point invariably return. if possible
and each season brings many new faces A
N rDS n fnt co. ,ha Il
Combining As it does so many features, any
one of which would be Recommendation
enough, 1t offers inducements to pleasure
seekers that cannot be equalled bv any other
| resort on the Atlantic coast, unless it be Bar
| Har5or Mr.. Bodwell the owner of almos,
the whole point. together with his manager
Capt. NJ. b. Spinney, is spsring no pains OF
| expense to make it one of the summer resorts
of the country, and success is certain to
crow his efforts Ii is but fourteen miles
| from Bath, and the pleasant stage ride along
| the kennebec and through the pines is but
| one Of the many pleasures attending a so
journ at Small Point.
| can not forbesr TO thank, in your col.
umns, Captain Milton Spinney. who very
kindly entertained US, as we sat round the
| open fire at evening. with tales and songs
which savored strongly of brine, and, for
tutt tts>VH, were All tue more welcome TO us
"lsnd-lubbers"
You must know that Small Point has bis
torical graveyard. Ii outdates local history
and its only records are the carefully arranged
| hesdstones with their worn and dim inscrip.
| tions. For some time we could discover
| nothing tangible, but, at length, one of tbs
bows triumphently bore to our cottage a slab
upon which could be- plainly traced these
| mysterious signs: kLs MSis GOD Fl SHB
ate. For days we studied these magic char
acters, but ali our efforts to solve their mean
ing were unsvaiiing We came 10 the con-
clusion that this stone was relic of the
Norsemen One day, however, the youngest
| Of our party. happening to glance at the in
scrirtion, without the slightest hesitation,
read OF, "clsms is good fish bait" So much
for the wisdom of mortals
W.R.V
The African traveller, Dr. Giovanni Succi,
claims to have discovered a liquor which
renders the human body independent OF food