The Penn's Grove record., 1894-08-31

with Its rocky cliffs. For miles we sail.
ed down this beautiful sound with its
bold shores on either side lighted with
the rays of the setting sun. Sunday
night we anchored with q vast fleet of
east bound schooners at Vineyard Hav-
en-.
A bright and beautiful morning with
a fair wind from the West welcomed us
Oh the seventh day of our trip, and
wind, weather and scenery combined to
make one of the pleasantest days of the
vacation. Going out of Vineyard Hav-
en- we soon saw Cottage City on the
right, the summer home Of many veal
thy New Englanders. Sailing along
the shores of Cape Cod, this sand bar in
the midst of the sea, we could see many
small towns and villages, all of which
were founded, by Pilgrim Fathers, but
which at this season are much given to
Camp Meetings and clam bakes.
On the morning of the eighth day we
were becalmed and we drifted along,
enjoying the beauty of a clear blue sky
and the placid ocean, until about 1890
A. NJ, when we caught a breeze aloft
which sent the yacht-like craft speeding
through the water, overhauling and
out stripping vessels ahead, much to
the delight Of Capt. NaylOr. At a
O'Clock our vessel was lying outside the
mouth of the Kennebec awaiting the
arrival OF a tow boat. Up to this time
We had enjoyed all the beauties OF an
ocean voyage, but none Of us were pre-
pared for the scene of beauty which
presented itself upon entering the Kene-
bee. Starting from Saguin at $50 p.
NJ, we enjoyed until sunset a panorama
of extraordinary beauty. The Kene-
bee with its winding course, rock bound
shores and many islands will long be
remembered by us. We were lowed to
Parker's Flats, lashed to the schooner
| Charles M. Patterson and anchored for
| the night.
Early morning Of the ninth day found
us in tow of a tug boat steaming upthe
Kennebec. This ride up the river was a
delightful ending of our trip, passing,
as we did, many points of interest, all
of which we're well known to the Cap
tain and his intelligent Mate. Bath,
about twelve miles from the sea, was
soon reached, and we had a good view
of the many ship yards and the quaint
town itself which stretches for about
three miles along the west bank Of the
river and is only n half mile in width.
Here we signalled our name to the OBJ
server who telegraphs our arrival to
the Maritime Exchange. Bath was
formerly the fourth city in the Union
in the ship building business, but with
the decline of American commerce this
rating has been lost. AT Iceburg we
parted company with the Charles M.
Patterson and noon found us approach
ing Gardiner, u farthest North. AT
ter dinner we went ashore at Gardiner,
made some few purchases and secured
berths on the steamer ~Sagadahoe, for
Boston. II was with sincere regret that
we babe good bye to Capt. Naylor and
his chief mate, Mr.. Charles Naylor.
From our arrival on board the Derby
we had received from them the most
courteous treatment and kindly consid-
Grafton. The Captain was never too
busy to answer our many questions and
his invariably good humor and kindly
Joke contributed much to Il enjoy
ment of the trip. The mate was ever
ready to look after u comfort and
Join with us in any suggestion to pleas
antly pass away the time.
We left Gardiner at 8 p. NJ, arriv-
ing at Boston at an early hour next
morning. Bunker Hill was climbed,
and nine days at sea is not good train
ing for climbing high monuments. The
practice of charging admission to this
monument was criticised and the point
raised, how long the people of Phila-
delphia would stand a charge being
asked to see the Liberty Bell or the in.
terrier of the State House. Boston was
informed that while we may be slow in
some ways in Philadelphia, patriotism,
like salvation, was free in the Quaker
City. After visiting other interesting
historical points in Boston we went to
Newport and saw the magnificent cot
tages Of this famous resort. Here we
took the steamer Puritan to New York,
where a day was spent and home via.
the Pennsy lvania Railroad, sunburned,
tired aud dusty, but much benefited by
our vacation and its novel experiences.
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