Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-12

square. 4 bicycle race on the road. The
clamOa6e at | p. m. Llfesaving eX-
Aibtions at p. NJ. At I30, reception and
band concert at the rink and on the square.
Thursday, July IL Ringing of bells and
sa ute in the morning. to g. band concert
Oh the square. The grand procession started
at p. m, and formed the principal general
attraction of the day. The evening was one
of grand pyrOtechnic and illumination dis
prays until the hour OF the ball. A prone
made concert at the rink from to 10 p. M,
the ball followed.
Nantucket is said to he quaint. In fact
that term is untiringly affixed to Nantucket
by common consent. Visitors exclaim "Oh,
how old fashioned everything looks" !" SO it
does to degree. but Nantucket Of today is
but the cauking of the old hull. The stua-
tion of the present is simply "reminiscences
of the past When the town was well to do,
say 100 years ago, it was modern and up to
date. At one time she carried a chip on her
shoulder, and took odds from no municipal
ity, and Nantucket was good enough for
Nantucketers. We all know of merchants
who have built up good business and pre-
pared to settle down in comfort-then lost
all. and have been obliged through necessity
to begin anew and wear old clothes while
recuperating 1t was so with this island.
She failed in the whaling industry, and the
fates left her financially PROSTATE.
Now. as a summer resort where mankind
may 90 to sea and yet remain on land amid
most salubrious conditions, Nantucket is for
second time becoming famous with glowing
prospects of complete success. The charm
of the situation to strangers may be summed
up in a paragraph The comminging OF the
past, its memories and almost pathetic monu-
ments, with the quiet, every day life of its
people, much as if they too, sometimes
think of what might have been. There are
two sides to Nantucket's shield, however, aS
the annual tide of happy cottagers and tour.
lists can attest. AS resting place for worn
out business men and tired mothers. Il field
of fun and frolic for the younger people, ant
the Mecca of the fisherman and gunner she i.
supreme.
No case of malaria has been knownto origi
nate on the island of Nantucket The winds
all blow from the sea, and briskly, too; peo
pie eat well. live well and sleep well, thre
chief requisites to longevity. Some of tn,
Indian herlooms TO Nantucket of the presen
are villages or hamlets, and, perhaps, th
worst part of the bequest is the names at
tached to the localities. Among them ar
Tuckernuck, Quaise, Polpis, Quidnet, Coatue
Madaket, Wauwinet. Among the points o
interest are Maria Mitchell's birthplace, Lu
cretia Motifs early home, Old Mill, Historical
rooms. AthenRum, Old North Vestry, Of
houses, wharyes, and the cliffs and beaches
In fact, t,pretty nearly all portions of the islam
are of interest.
Bartholomew Gosnold discovered Nantucke
in 1902. He landed near Sankaty Head
and tribe of Indians were on hand to gree
the discoverer. The island became part o
the state of New York in 1864 and was cede
back to Massachusetts in 1893. Thoma
Mayhew owned the island in l64l, it bein
decided to him by Lord Sterling. In 166
| Mayhew decided it to Thomas Macy and min
others for the consideration of $50 and tw