The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-08-07
Why Not go to Brighton.


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In your paper Of the 22nd In
slant, / noticed call for meeting IN
Athens, To consider the construction Of d
railroad from Hsrtland " Athens This
circumstance recalls To mind a visit 70
your section some time 10 the seventies
The GENITAL feature iu the picture Is q
beautiful sheet Of water surrounded by
bold rocky wooded shores with some In
teryal farms In the foreground, familiar
ly known rs Moose Pond, though tourists
have some more poetic names for the sit
uation. This Pond or Lake captiyated
the imagination Of my artist friend, he
WAS also somewhat familiar with the
chemistry Of water. remember that he
spoke OF one spring as SURPRISING that
OF Poland, and some of those near 1t also
attracted his atAntion.
My more practical mind took In the sit
uhtion with view to It's utility for com
mercial purposes, for the manufacture Of
lumb Der and the growth OF cerial, aud the
chances for development when some
great trunk line shall connect the Atlantic
with the Pacific ~ continuation Of the
Canadian Pacific X X.
Ia early life took \ course Of study
from au uncle. in railroad engineering,
part OF my time was spent the forests Of
Canada, SO you see, though | was not un-
mindful IF the beauties Of the situation,
my eyes took In the typographical adyan-
tages of tie country for railroad pur-
poses.
l was particularly struck with the net
work OF thriving towns, either 10 dew
elop as u tourist resort or as some great
centre of industry. Brighton situated at
the bottom Of valley running up among
a ri aix Of Ia I.lr t,,H.. u.A
most favorably My companion insisted
on exploring the valley while We follow
ed and penetrated into the wilderness
following his highly trained dog-an
animal with almost human intelligence.
hunting and fishing. We csmped out
nights, many night was luled TO sleep
by some pretty ballad sung In his fne
tenor voice, with the dogs head nestled
by my side.
What impressed me most was the fine
water power, the excellent lumber regions
and the slate Quarries, all of which could
De made profitable by opening this sec
ton with railroad communication. Of
course the vision IL remote but not the
less vivid, and were my friend not absent
in Europe l should like nothing better
than to explore aud sketch and prospect
those hidden regions which are beyond
our ken, to take In the situation further
up the valley.
A little incident has left its impression
on my friend, one morning as We were
returning from an excursion with hne
string of trout and brace of patridges
and wookcocks, we were met by little
flower faced girl who came dancing along
in one hand bunch of wild flowers in
the other a little curly headed pet dog
The smiling little fairy approached me
With an invitation to come to her house
for breakfast, the little dog licked my
hand as he seconded his mistress invita-
ton with 4 wistful look, My friend at
once seated himself to sketch the little
beauty, with the background landscape.
oh bother your sketch I'm hungry so on
we went and while the fond young moth
er was cooking the trout my friend was
sketching the Fairy and her pet.
The slate quarries which produced such
fine specimens for marbleizaton regard
as exceedingly valuable, as also the lum-
Der, particularly the rock maple, birch and
hackmetac struck me as being desirable
article of commerce. A connection with
the Pacific road which crosses above, with
Belfast harbor could also be easily made
will be sure to be made when your sec
ton and its resources become known to
! - i,c7..ses. aen4 that vast and increasing
army of tourists who are learning Of the
beauty and hospitality OF the Pine Tree
State ARGus.