Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-03
Boston Transcript
A. the Summer Resorts.
IA BELLE LAMoiSE



N"hl fNsk "i fhE>'hNAN BAY
Il hello I .poipoi Uc xvho has not ,I.t.
ed this charming place has failed IN 80
ON. of the most h.nu,tful spots nu all tint.
fatr earth IL, was end,.ariprly named IN
m. early French settlers exilrd from
their beloved la belle France, and hrr..
,h,ir chat,laine Mime Ia Cn,nn,rSs,. "a
Val ho,,.d ,o raj.. around her a u..,y Par.
IA rival her nld World home Failing in
M. slrb.uah ~, entertained a. h.r h.i..
T,ll,yrand and other distinguished Frrurh-
,o.p refugees Of the tcrribl. revolution
N ~ Size, returned Ia France. leaving l,rr
secretary De. Isles In no..r>sIon nf her
Grant Her mausIon Of which the old
foundation still remain. i. vet the marvel
Of many of the present generation. TO
whom has d..rrpd.t the tradition Of il
,opgh Main .yterior and M. ,lrrarc,. a
H. INTERIOR furnishing and haprin,r- Here
at IA. Pavilion formerly IN. Hotel De.
Islc. MN, and occnnirj for many wears
hv g.. j,.ceu,l.n, ~ Madame Ia ysrs src-r.
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in,,S ~ hrautv. waters sometimes DREAMY
resnr,Ip, shadows ~ shore and cl,ud
sraip sn,rlIjur and flushing with sunlight
or varied shnr. with nncri,, mountain. IN
the foreground; while our pfysic,l hrsced
~ mis- yyon1erfuI air mnuutaiu and sea
combined a. hy rhs,nnsgu- i anply M.
,ai,ed and inyigora,,.a by M, d.Ii,,htfnl
copf,.r,iops Of ,b. French chef who nr,
.id,.s ov.., the uyst.ri.s Of III. culinary
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I'M, ,,ni.l, ,,,p,d h a., ornament ,u
a,,. summer r,..,r, -, h.,4rifuI !. IL WIKI
.,t,,,.t ,.l.,.. suL,p cnrt.ir. at.l..n fam.
,ut ,r+i,,st.aiI, .uiitat..l aut arr...I,..!
And lsstiy and b., far The most ititpatt4ut
:. ,i.a y..,far. ar ,t,. community ~ l,,,,,.
b., th...>tahli-hu,.,,to on . tur STRAIN ferry
yi-h d, h,st.s ,,rar.ful a. a pr.at vhIt,
swan connecting Mi Desert island uifi
n :. mali, land iy a u,inut.. transit Ry
mean. ,,f ,bis ferry the distaur,. h,.tv,,.I,
Kor IIarhnr and Ellsworth and other poiut,
on rbe roast j. abridged ~lx or eight milo-
an IMPORTANT saving when tie length Of a
down east mile i. taken into account. The.
drive from Bar Uarbnr to the ferry i one
of tn, finest on The island and has been
glxen the ualut. OF the .tornice Road A.
hcarino favorable comparison with it, IA
mou, Dld World natnesake The distance
i, about four miles along the shore of
Frenchmap'. Bay. All along this shore
them spread out the water, Of tile bay.
with il, many island, and points breaking
picturesquely the blue expan~e Near tire
ferry wharf are the famous ovens. where
the latninated rock OF which the cliff is
composed has been broken away by the
beating of the waves, into more or less
SHALLOW cayerus. above which tower the
crags hristlipg with frs The author OF
the .'Jesuit's Ring" has called the Ovens
a cockpey show; but as We visited them
towards sundown. the blue waters of the
/ bay stretching away in the softfned dis
tsnce and the cool shadows lying under
the cliffs It was a scene to awaken the i'm
ayination and suffuse the soul with dreamy
pleasure that the more striking and inya-
,ive works of Nature might fail TO arouse.
Lamoine seems to be the most favorably
situated for a suburb Of Bar Harbor Of any
| point outside the island, owing to its aC-
cessibilitv by driving. and when once at
Lanoine the world is before the ayeller
as TO choice of roads, every road being at
| tractiye. There are few summer resorts
where there are so many and var
| ious points of interest as here at Lamoine,
| ard when the company have opened up
their beautiful natural park. with its won
| derful mineral springs. its springfield
| lakes, its noble growth of old pines and
birches, there will be an attraction here
| for tourists and those who love the pic
turesaue. unsurpassed BY any point here
about Already the way is sufficiently
opened to form an idea of the beauty Of
the woodland aspect of the place. A drive
| of two miles from the hotel takes one to
BIunt's Pond. so called from the Blunt
| family. dwellers on its border. General
Blunt. A son of this house. passed his life
! here until the war of the secession called
MIN TO more stirring scenes. where he gain
ed glory for himself and old Lamoine.
Blunt's Pond. like many another sheet of
water with an uuromantic name in our en-
inently practical New England, bellies its