Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17
Our Gsorgs" in Hancock County
Belfast journal. !


Our next stop was at Green's Landing
| Deer Isle. There seems to be small sized
boom taking place here, induced BY the
granite industry. There are several quar-
| ries opened here. and several hundred men
are employed. in one way or another, and
| there seemed to be quite a number of very
pretty residences which have been built
within year ol two. The soil here is
| granite. fou can't stick an umbrella in
| the ground anywhere, unless you drill 8
| hole first, but on the whole | am not so
clear that it is not preferable to dirt,
| When il IL dry and the wind blows YOU
| don't get any dust in your eyes, and when
| it's rainy there is no mud, and when you
| think of getting through one of our
| springs without walking In the mud up to
| your knees. it makes the towns where the
land is veneered with granite look pretty
| cheerful. When farmer here wants to
90 to market instead of hauling in cab
| bageS or potatoes, all he has to DO Is to
step into the yard and cut out cart load
| Of paving stones, or piece of underptn-
ming and during his spare time. when he
has nothing on hand. he can he making up
lot of monuments for himself and fami-
| y, leaving the dates blank. And the way
| they handle these stones makes your head
| ache They will take hammer and split
granite boulder up into paving stones
just as YOU would take a Ratchet and Gu,
up kindling wood, only the granite does
not fy back and black their eyes, as the
kIndlng wood does yours.
At all these i-lauds fishing PLAYS an i'm
portant part in the industries though
this has been q rather bad season, esprc-
tally 80 with mackcrel The way ii looks
now only the very wealthy will bc able to
]
greediy and lets 90 Of 1t with such reluC
tance.
From Green's Landing we went to Bass
/ Harbor, a small hshin. village, eighteen
miles from Bar Harbor To which place we
took drive. Few drives can equal this
for varied scenery. The road passes
I through Southwest Harbor, thence over
the hills to Somes Sound, up over more
hills To Eagle Lake and into Bar Harhor
our personal appearance, and the order Of
architecture of our vehicle were not such
a 10 cause any great excitement. and we
got into town incog, so to speak We
found this great resort much changed and
improved in every way since we were here
a few wears ago-hetter business blocks
more churches and far better streets, not
u speak Of the elegant and palatal cot
tageS that have been built From what
we could learn. we came To the conclusion
that Bar Harhor Is destined ~ be city Of
cottages, like Newport, a high-toned, gilt
edged town, for the rich people | think
il best DAYS have passed as hotel town.
Bar Harbur has teen so well written np,
that will not attempt to give anv dcscrip-
tion Of it. We were surprised 10 find all
the hotels still open and most of the cot
tagcs occupied thus late in the season.
We were fortunate In getting look at
the steam Yacht ''Alva." owned by Mr. W
X. Vanderbilt She Il the largest Yacht
afoat and j., classically speaking, a daisy.
She Is ll+- tons net, and Is harkentne rig
gcd She carries sixty men, stewards,
cooks and everything else that IL carri-
able She sctS low In the water and is
very long Her speed i sixteen knots an
hour and her model and build are such that
she can ~ 10 any part Of the world and
stand any weather Her interior fittings
are said TO be simply elegant dlt not
go on board for two reasons; in
the first place, | did not have the
time, aud In the second. Mr.. Van
dcrhilt did not know was In town After
doing the town pretty thoroughly, we
drove back to Bass Harhor. and from
there sailed home, up through Eggenoggin
Reach, calling At Castine, and arriving
home just one minute and twenty seconds
before the wind all died out, which | call
pretty good calculation.
Before closing would call attention to
the fact that any one having any Indian
implements gouges chiscls. mortars pcs-
ties arrow heads, knives moccasins Old
clothes, baskets lice belts wampum, Itch,
fire water, or any other Indian goods can
find ready market by calling on our spec
ial artist. He will buy either ny single ar
ticle or hy bushcl or ship load He will
also buy limited number Of clam hoes
At 4 fair price From a rough estimate.
he dug over eleven miles Of the shores Of
the various islands we visited. during the
eight days Of our trip, which shows what
strength q man has when his mind IS
little of It's balance
brR GEORGE