Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-12


sgo will try. Cubs is III. island called
Key of the Gul'" from its position at the
ehtr ,nce to the Gulf of VI .xico.
E gIa d" is call 4 The Ring ny island
because Of lie macy bell. From very
early ages. T. lgiand has been famous for its
bells 80 much so, thai Britun was knosn
even IN Saxon times as the ringing island ="
Yours truly, FLORA B
Dear Cousin Bess II have had a birth,
day since | wrote to you am nov twelve
years Old went TO picnic few weeks
ago on pine II II THIS hill is in the town
of Ga GO and il said TO be the highest land in
Cumberland county Our party started ab )u,
ten O'Clock IN the morning. W. rode along
through cool shady woods and by pond that
IL about three miles in length; this is called
'esssnt Pond After leaving the pond We
rode some distance and finally came To the
by road that led up the side of the hill where
We were to hold our picnic We roie ~
through large field that sloped directly to-
ward the pond. the road over VIII ch We hal
come, and our own home. The men pitched
the horses about half way up the hill then
dinner baskets in hand we all walked up the
rest of the way. From the top of the bill
we had fine view of the surrounding coun-
try. At the south and on our left was : bi-
&, Lake higher up and more westerly
Pleasant Mountain and kearsargc were in
plain sight, while almost directly north we
could see the famous Summit Spring Por-
cupine, AMI many other beautiful hills that
bear no particular name. At our right was
Thompson Pond at the foot of this pond is
wooden mill, small village. several
churches, aud High school building Sill
far ftar .s.ptl ,i.t,,l IA.
Poland Sprtng House. Blu, direc,ly
back and towards the south
east W. could no, look, for the hill was
covered on that side with tall trees and the
young growth was SO thick We could not see
through 1t. IL has been said that one could
see the Atlantic q can from one point on
this hill but | DO not know whether it is
positively 50 or NOT. When il was noon We
all had good dinner uader the tai trees.
After dinner we all stood up in front of the
monument aud had our pictures taken. Oh.
mus, te you about the mpnum ant; it is A
tall pile of cobbie stones IL il about ten
feet square at the base AMI is perhaps twenty
feet IN height Picncs have been held on
this Hill for a number of years and each year
= few stones are placed on top Of the monu
ment by some one of the party, thus il has
grown to be quite a monument. But the
funniest thing of all was; we all wrote our
names o. piece of paper add put it into =
glass can, where there were ever 80 many
more names, aud Cousin Bess, you could
never imagine where that can is kept, so
will tell you. There is a little place Just At
the bottom Of the monument where one
stone can be taken out and just inside is a
little place just large enough TO keep the
eau. When il Is put in the stone is put back
in ,ta -.l.
such place, After we had our pictures
taken We sang some songs and picked some
wild flowers aud started for home. The day
WAS clear and we hal q delightful time
Don't you think have told quite stor,
| Wish some of the cousins would tell me
one now. Yours with love,
C. 5. W.