Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-30
MT. DESERT.

them do the thinking.
 1 It was not my lot to go all about Mt. Desert, as I had hoped on leaving home. I could not go on long tramps because of an unexpected lameness of weeks dura- ton. Idid not see Echo lake in it's noun tain fastness, nor Eagle lake, nor ride up Greene mountain on it's steep railway, nor visit the ovens beyond Bar Harbor some where to northward, extensive rock exca- vations done by the sea and worth visiting as knew by photos; nor yet many other scenes found pleasing by those who have rugged health or money to spend freely in reaching them. Although the island is but ten or fifteen miles in diameter, the mountains stretch across it's center like & | belt from west to east in very varied lines and forms, and except the bubbles or l twins no two look alike. Hence the lakes | half-dozen or so among them. vary in l their outlines and surroundings.
 MT. Blaine, who may be supposed to know the charms of his own state, seems ] pretty sure to seek Mt. Desert in the hot summer days. And men less before the public, but in high places of influence, al- ready have their own summer cottages where they get both sea and a mountain | air worth all it costs them for invigoration. A great variety of people, wealthy and not wealthy, go for this same invigoration. Among them come artists of note, and l more not yet noted-amateurs, who oft | times may sell their work right there, if l they wish.
 My object for going was health and amateur art work, and I found benefit and satisfaction. would not advise any young artists to go with the certain expectation of selling their work and meeting their expenses there. Art as a recreation is one thing and art as business depends on merit, friendly recognition and many cir cumstances for success. But with money in hand they may get good board by seek ing, as low as seven dollars week, where | as most people pay ten, twelve, fourteen dollars or more for board and select rooms The real time to go for art work and later profit is when the crowd begins to leave in September; and in October the scenery is most charming. The hills and mountains take on such wealth of color which holds on in November. Personally, did not | wish to sell my sketches, but did let one go, for had duplicate which was larger, | and I liked it better. Later on made some pictures to order, not large. One pair at $50 went to Philadelphia, one at S1O l to Washington, still later a copy of another | sold at $25, etc. These are small figures know, but good enough for amateur work. I give my experience for whatit was; some one may like to know.
 And now few more words about Sea l Side house and Seal Harbor. Mr. Clement | told me, an artist who had been there said, There was enough there to busy him for a life time.' I wish I could show my reader Seal Harbor as it looks from the house There is only hamlet of houses, but enough to relieve any idea of loneliness Up the valley we see in 8 vista made by long foot hills which aye very rocky bu relieved by white brick and spruce anc other growth, viz, the Triads, Pemetic and Greene mountain. Their lower slopel are clad with the same kind of trees. Theil sides and summits are great rock masses of granite-a scattered and lesser growtl relieves them from utter barrennesss- you feel that they are mountains, although the highest is not much over 800. Thi mountain view of a group is unsurpassed in the island. It rests you day after day to look at it. Those foot hills about half mile apart slope down to the sea and di] their massive points at the outer edge O the harbor. A low rocky island lies of about half way between them. In storm
 and after the ocean pillows dash abou
 those points, and the island, and get il
 with nearly spent force to roll and rest ol
 the long white sand beach, thel like of whicl I did not see elsewhere from Rockland t
 St. Croix lighthouse. Even the tide make a fine surf on that beach, and the guest
 often stroll there, and the few young chil
 dren in charge of their attendants deligh
 to play there. There is music in tn
 waves by day or night on that beach an
 nice surf pictures for those who wish
 take them. The harbor is not half mil
 inward, nor so wide. It is just goo
 to the steamboat wharf and foot pat
 beyond, much traversed by the guests,
 Clements point. Until we stand on it W . have never realized what massive ba
 tian it is. Thence we have very tor
 rock wall eastward, clear along for fou
 miles or so beyond. From Clements poll we cannot see much of it, because of al
 other point. I have aready take
 my readers far beyond in :, former paper. But we do see Bum '' CTS ledge, and the seas ever tumbli1
 about it, even from tide movement E more grandly during or after storm shough the storms may have been far , northward. The great pillows on k started from north to south journey ( for long. do not know how far, perha
 hundreds of miles. Arrived at Mai
 they rest.
 At Seal harbor we see Bakers Island al
 lighthouse in the edge of the ocean, abo
 six miles away, east of south, west of tn
 and nearer Evonburg and Sutton's Crow
 inshield point, west buttress of our hs
 bor, gets it's share of wave flashing al le drenching. There my Inspector" frie1 - was building his summer cottage on 8 s
 far enough from the waves, and with
 grove of spruce trees surrounding, and
 be thinned out as suited. But the seawa ,. rocks are twenty feet high and singul 'a ,, and wild, and the pillows surge arou 'A- them and reach their northwest line
 into Dodge's cove. A very unique and p
 turesque place. In summer days his na,
 and other friends will take grert delight - coming there to visit Commander
 Dodge's cove is 8 charming little bit O
 bay, with the Barr and Bogg point beyo u- to west. What little nook of place no isl And one can get the most varied p 70 there, according to which way you tu IT. and how the sea is running. A fine sto ne beach there, and not sand beach. Abe ot- some very interesting things westwa rs still, I will leave to another day, and vs ' the theme by some remarks on Sea Si - house entertainment and customs, and
 right away to the east side of the island
 Sea Side house, Seal Harbor, accomn
 dates eighty guests. So well they like
 not few return, year after year, like bil
 of passage to their summer haunts. I'll
 come from Detroit. from Harrisbu
 Philadelphia, New York, Massachuset
 Connecticut and elsewhere. A pleass
 sort of folk. They mind their own bu
 ness and pleasure, take friendly, but l
 oficious, interest in others artistic p
 suits, tell you what you wish and ask
 know about paths and haunts alrea
 searched out by them; further acquai
 ance, if mutually agreeable, will get J
 invitations to join their excursions, soI times sailing with Captains Dodge, or O.
 or Clement, miles out of the harbor,
 riding by blackboard about the isla - Everyone pays his or her own share of expense-that is the custom. Or with n of Mr. Clements horse and buggy outf We can always take good lunch from house if we wish. If late to dinner supper there will be something good to when we do come. We like such hor III One day I went to Otter cliff, four mi away, with lady artist from Philadelpl An hours ride on good road brings there. We leave our horse with one Mir. Clements friends in the little han of native houses, take our color boxes, follow path over the green sward through some spruces along the sh | rocks and soon find ourselves on mas