The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-16
LIVING OUT OF THE WORLD.

LlVlNG Jul UF HE WUhLD'
NAME COAST JEWELLERS VINO ARE
CENTURY BEHIND THE 1IMEA
| The Fisher Maid or Basket Island ana ths
DiscouraEed Citizen OF Isle an Haut-
Natives who Never snw . Horse, Z
Train, an Ensine. or Brick House
BANGOR. Aug. 14.-The residents OF South
Thorn aston, Me-. are. In common with othel
Maine coast dwellers rather behind In the
march OF progress, and II doesn't reouii Q
much to startle Thorn. Tho other day asteamer
passing White Head blew a very Iona blast
from her peculiar SCUM ding chime whistle,
whsreat the villagers marvelled greatly but
at night they were positively frightened. A
steam yacht In the harbor displayed an cleo
trio rejecting light. illuminating the sea, sky.
and land. and not few OF tho un-
Sophisticated natives. remembering the
unearthly shrieks OF the strange steamer.
coupled the two events and concluded that
the universe was aboutto collapse. The limo.
cence OF those people will not seem so very
strange whom 1t 10 rememb ered that many Of
the natives Of MonheRan and other coast ISL
ands have mover seen horse. train OF cars,
or brick house. never having set foot upon
tho main land. There is q man on MonheRan
Island who knows the Boston and Bangor. the
New York and Bangor. and all the other steam-
ers that pass the island by sight. but. although
nearly seventy years old. he has never been on
board OF any kind Of Q stenm craft. and has
not the slightest conception OF an engine.
II Is not very long since few acres Of rocky
soil In outer Casco bay. known as Basket
Island. was deserted By tho only people who
ever had the courage to live thero-an old fsh.
erman. his vito. and daughter These people
lived in an old tumbledown rookery on the
little wind-swept isle. and were veritablo her
mits. The man fshed. while his wife and
daughter carried on tho farming operations,
which consisted in harvesting what little
coarse hay tho island afforded. and carry
ing 1t on poles to the cowshed. They had
no garden. not even . patch Of potatoes.
but were merely toilers Of tho SEA- The
wife had not q visited the main land
for seventeen years. while the daughter had
passed tho entire sixteen years OF her life upon
the lonely spot although tho city OF Portland
was almost In sight Tho girl was bright but
untutored. pretty but miserably Glad She wore
no stockings and knew nothing OF hats. The
only relative she knew OF outside the family
circle was hali-sster. who she had mover
seen. Her father said that this other daughter
lived "out West" She lived In Kennsbunk.
port York county. This daughter Of the sea.
much to the surprise OF some yachts.
men who once landed on the island. was able
to play several popular airs upon an old 40
Gordon. She had picked the music out BY car
after hearing it played by the bands OF passing
landed there last week found Basket Island
deserted. The matted grass was alive with
field mice; and enlls perched boldly upon the
one Corner lay Tho u dsridst "sp's sooordon
which had long been the chief consolation Of
the lonely fisher maiden.
mi
n. Whole Coast he f Gnited s sistes
than Isle au HUT. which lies far teawsrd OF
given to .thi. Island b. The early = Frsnes
b II 0 III looks H:
PEOPLE are y SIMPLE. primitive sol s. ana Tow q
them ever visit the. man land. Tho island,
Th Its fish and sheep ana g
manly are to 10 found on n'G Isle su Hsus.
slough cod Tor chowtr went Ss't asbof. so
sC Win h AN ytssssRsn : saS:
sh Void sssg aS. f.t va
sna miik ;! ne COWS: Ihs pst!s. ia sSe Way
the q Mara !2 The ef oeT snsn %
before the windows was gay, with narieoIds
n'u OtucT lOulely lOW6Fo-dll the Eo0Nlt6 OF
MariRs patient Industry. Tho lord aud mas.
thus rumlnated, while busily whiting 8
short clay pipe:
"Tim's amt as they used to DO in lilo er
Holt 1.-THE native rronunciationL Time wns
when man might get q living hsrsa6outs.
Fishin' Was good n farmin' consid' able good,
but that's all gone now. Used ter DO n Rood
wharf In this here cove n n good fleet or
vesstls outer here. but that's all gone now
My father uaed ter be In trade here-had ,
store down there n sold nigh almost every.
thing but that all gone NV. Why. a man
can't even get glass er licker here now
Think OF man or my age not beln' able TO got
. drink whom he wants it,"
At this pathetic appea ono Of tho visitors
handed out a flask. which the native seiasd
with an expression of mingled establishment
and delight He had half drained tho flask
when Maria appeared with a big pail OF blue.
berries: She drove the cows home aud MIXED
.,; s,en and Whitfield smoked. and discussed
Isle au Haut; he said that be had been
iana cows. ss and ALL Tor h. wsnted iar f.
emigrate 10 Washington State. He wanted
$500 tor the whole outfit and he stopped smok-
ing long enough to swear great oath thar he
wouldn't take cent less. This man had
loaied so long thnt he had forgotten how 10
work. lie seemed TO feel that somehow he
had been cheated that the world owed him a
living. bur that sic au Hant was a poor place
In which To collect tho debt. A good many
tourists who have no liking for crowded re-.
sorts go to 1sl" AN Haut now and II colnnlete