Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-23

tae prosperity Of he host and hsstsss. hrok,
! up asd voted this the society eve1f Of IN,
season- A new feature Of the Point this
year Is the increased mail facilities vhict
| gives US three extra mails = week and ths
Sunday Globe, sith its eharaets ristic push
and enterprise, reads special boa. over with
th-ir ne~sy Susdsy paper. Prof. Capen acts ~
newsboy, aud the hard working Pointer
can reciine in his Mexican cradle aai while
| reaiing the news of the wicked outside
world. let the salt sea breeze fan his heated
brow. W. have many pleasant excursions
from the Point 10 places Of interest Mon
hegsn With its revolving light. Mannana
with its U. :. fog station is but IA miles to
the eastward. Fort Pophsm and the famous
viekory resorts are but l l miles TO the south
vare. While PemAquii with its ancient
burying groani aad paved streets. car be
reached BY short run Of SIX miles SPUR
rel. Mouse and Capitol Islands, Boothbay
and other points are within easy row-boat
distance.
Fishing, boating, bathing and flirting are
among the many attractions at the plessaat
resort. While papa takes trip ont deep sea
fishing in the Black Maria with Capt.
Damon and pays that royal tribute that old
Sep demands, the sweet summer girl much
bachelor friend who can keep her wraps
from blowing away and xateh the breakers
as they come in. The view from the
bluff is grand and mzgnincen, as the surf
rolls mountains high and the sprsy drives one
further inland and forces US to vacate cur
comfortable niche in the rocks and build
nest higher up But no pen Of miae can do
this scene justice; il must be seen to be ap-
precixted, and in the words Of the scribe go
TO Grimes, young man, 70 To Grimes.
Among the notables this year is Tommy
Russell OF Little Lord Fauntieroy fame, of
the 5'h Ave Theatre, who is stopping with
his sister. Master Tommy has rival in his
Lord Fauntleroy costume in we'll known
Augusta gentleman, who apes the young
mans dress to perfection. The stranger
who comes TO these shores 10 q stranger 40
longer for the ccttagers extend the right
band Of fellowship and rival each other in
little acts of kindness to mike his stay
pleasant and agreeable. Gard parties,
candy pulls, invitations out, pleasant eha,s
and = thousand and one chances are given !
The new conner to test the hospitality of the |
Pointers. The Point can boast of two first !
class boarding houses and one good hotel |
with all the home comforts. After days |
sOjourn. at either place he waits to hear the |
dinner bell with as much anxiety as the /
average politician does To hear his country
call him 10 office. Now when this midsum-
ner nights dream is over and the curtain is
rung down on this pleasant scene
for the last time, remember there is another
coming and when that happy time comes AMI
you reed change aid rest, think Of that poor
pilgrim who went to the fashionable resort,
and returning, said the porter got the change
And the landlord got the rest, pack your grip
md come down to Ocean Point, and make
,he OF the happy group on that rock-bound
shore. The scribe would ask nothing better
han the thought of meeting the same happy
aces in 1890. TON SAWYER.