Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-08-05
City and County.
For the Ellsworth American
TYamD.

\ The walking craze has had Its day, and in
/ this time of railroads rational persons nigh
/ be supposed to be free from the danger of al
attack Of this mania; but recent facts hay,
/ shown that one is liable to be seized at sny
time, and, as in the case of lightning, no on'
Z knows where it will strike-though In eael
ease think it can be safely predicted that Il
will not strike twice in the same place.
on Wednesday last mild attack OF the
mslady referred to moved q small party OF
two TO set out from Ellsworth for the top OF
Green Mountain. by the way of Lamoine. A
pleasant evening and good road made the ten
miles to Lamoine Point an easy and agreeable
walk. Although the road Is not on high iAhn'
it is for the most part unfanked by trees, ana
the surrounding country could be seen I"
times lighted up by the sunset to good saNah-
tage. The latter part of tho Journey where
the road lead, along by the narrow arm OF tue
sea that divides Trenton from Lamoine WAS
uarticularly attractive. To the reportorial
eve. kept open for items Of interest. every
thing seemed remarkably quiet The hay had
been got in. and the farmers bad apparently
retired to the cool Interior Of their neat white
house, with green blinds. leaving the potato
bug. in possession OF the fields. About the
only persons seen were some boys PLAYING ia a
pasture who evinced their appreciation Of our
gator our costume--by encouraging shouts !;
and a solitary youth met in turn Of the road
who stopped short and opened his mouth Al
the sight Of Us. The scribe on summing mp
the boys expression declared he saw mingled
fear. surprise, wonder and di-paraEement !;
and from this statement he would not rcccdc
though the pedagogue ironically ntimated that
II he-ihc Scrihe-had but met the boy in
broad daylight be probably would have seen a
whole dictionary. After two hours and half
Of moderate walking the Des Isle House was
reached, from which the next morning. the
travellers emerged refreshed and ready for the
day. The few hour between breakfast and
the departure Of the boat for Bar Harbor were
spent in booking over the Point. The msuy
beauties Of Lamoine were early discovered by
Ellsworth gentlemen, and their numerous cot
tagcs add much to the aitractiycucs- OF the
plsce.
BY ten O'Clock the little steamer ElectA
had landed H. in that modern Garden Of
would see much resemblance here TO the Eden
OF hi day, The fS-leaf-a> seen on the hotel
veranda and elscwhore-has reached an
astonishing state Of development: most Of the
animal, are harne>>cd to dos-,ari, or buck
boards; and II fruit Is not - costly II 1t Wa
in Ewes time il int the fault o! the icaler-
whose ASSURANCE In the matter ~ prirc can
10
Harbor j. indeed wonderful placc IN many
wsys. and Will repay ii>i; - even q limited
time. on the road from Ellsworth W. bad
often looked 81 the hump on the back u Green
Mountain. ~ the pilgrim looks toward the
Holy city, and now we began The preparations
for the ascent. which consisted principally ~
enquire, ~ 10 the location Of tho foot path.
But the people u tho vicinity SO, med TO be in
league with the railroad men. and We were
obliged to start With very Indefinite idea a.
to the way. After travcr>iuS the Eagle Lake
road for some distance however. wc called al
a house where W. gained the explicit iutorma-
ton that the old team and foot road ~ the
mountain brAnched from the main road near
three broken cciar> Thanking tbc house
holder for hi. information for which. hy
the way. We came near pawn. dearly by
leaving .undry portions Of our ralmcnt with
the waich-ioc.-wc tooA our WAY 10 ihe three
cedar~ and began the ascent. The path,
though long since quilted by the rain 20 a. 10
be impossible by horses. j, no, 20 bad for
pedestrians who are not afraid o. little
jumping.
The toy OF Grgn Mountain a, last The
realization Of our hope>-thy summit OF our
ambiiion-the Mecca Of our pilgrimage DID
We rush forward with out,trctchcd arms, gid
dy with JOY TO drink in the .plcndor Of the
prospect Alas. no. the Ped short for Ped
aSoguc or Pedestrian had Just -yie,l ,omc alb
normally large blueberries. AMI could not he
moved from hi- position by the elo4ucnce Of i
Cicero or Pratt, and The scribe Was obliged
10 wsndcr on and take drink OF lee water nj
the hotel in solitude and gloom. But in the
tower Of the hotel the bluebcrry pedestrian
Wa, brought 10 = sharp sense Of his rrmi>--
ness-for the grand scene spread out before
Us WAS well worth harder climb. The pc
culiar and striking mingliug Of hill. valley and
sea gives an effec, Of startling grandeur; aud
for impressyene>s j. worth sermon. Aner
The fr-t impressions have a little worn of one
cannot help noticing the map-ikc appearance
Of the surrounding land and water which
couHinccs one Of the naturanr>s Of the .o-
called birds-eyc view pictures. Looking near
er the mountain one i struck by the APP
parent smailne,s Of the island. and the great
A. for the mountain Itself You wonder WHY it
i called Green. a. its rocks and ledge, Gre
Weed by frosts and rain stand out bold and
naked, the few trees there arr being mostly
dead, and 4, bare telegraph poles. The
thought Of winter on such place makes one
shlver. The day we chose for our "trip wa.
unfortunately triae hazy. which annihilated
all hopes Of seeing so far seward a. Mount
Desert Rock, or 20 far inland A. Mt. hatahdn.
both which points may be distinguished on a
perfect day.
The trip down the mountain was naturally
made with little trouble. and in time 10 take
the steamer Sappho for the Ferry. the nearest
stopping place To Hancock Point. where we
were bound for the night. 4 short walk Of
three miles brought u 10 the Tarraiine House.
which though it bears an Indian name. has
little resemblance 10 wigwam. The next
day was spent very pleasantly among the
many attractions Of that place. In the latter
part Of the afternoon the start for home wa,
made,-an uninteresting tramp Of fourteen
miles, done. to be perfectly accurate. in three
hours and twenty-three minutes.
sCRIEENER.
Regular Meeting Of City Govern
nent,