Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-23
HAVING fine Time.
ExcurSionistS at Mt. KineO En-
joying Themselves.
Meeting, Wednesday Afternoon, Ad-
dressed by Prominent Men.
Many More joir Party-Grand Ball. Last Eve
ning-Those Present.

| brighter sunshine or whittier moon
shine ever lit the world, than that
which has favored old Moosehead lake.
| for the first annual excursion of the
| Maine Sportamen's Fish and CANT
| Association, which is here present in
large numbers, at the foot of the en-
| chanting Mount Kineo.
The excursion has been a success.
about $50 members, with their friends
being present. The time has passed
quickly enough, from the arrival of the
first boatload of passengers. until the
last crowd of passengers that came in,
late Tuesday night. a number of
| guides and wardens are here. and the
| Informal addresses which were given
| in the morning were of special interest
| to them. as well as the sportsmen, and
| those who realize what Names sport
| ing interests mean to Maine. For it is
| through the protection Of legislation
! that Names future is to be- as her
past has been. bright and aluding to
| hunters and sportsmen from all New
England, and further besides
Hon. Llewelyn Powers has been
| present the past two days. having
| been compelled to leave. this morning
to be in Augusta to attend the meet
| ing of the Republican State commit
| tee. Mr.. Powers says that he has en-
| joyed himself hugely.
| Mr.. Powers is in warm sympathy
| with the work of the association
| why" he says, the fishing and game
| interests of the State are vital, Of
course. AS far as the work is CON
cerned. one can judge that by the
number of good fellows that are in it
| To the visitor who is here for his
first trip, the scenery is most attract
i've. and he can't seem to get enough
| of it.
| The guests walk about the piaZZas
and gaze across the lake to the noun
tains beyond: the Big and Little
| Squaws, Lily Bay and Spencer noun
tans, with Mt. Katahdin in the dis
| tance, blue and stately. Mt. Kineo,
with its towering peaks and brown
lodges, tufted with pine trees. is. t.
| the newly acquainted. especially. a
| sight to behold. one just has to Sit
down and look at. and then cant
take it in" There are pleasant
drives. one in great favor being to the
| old Shaw farm, run by Mr.. Dennen
the well-known and popular propri-
etor of the Mt. kineo house. Only 6
short distance away is a beach, oven
which the cliff hangs. reaching fan
ont from its base. The climb to the
top of the mountain is easy. by the
steps, and the view from there is
| great. up and down the lake. and ovei
| the country for miles in every direc-
| ton.
The fish and game commissioners
Hon. l. 7. Carleton, Hon. II. O. Stan
ley and Hon. Charles T.. Oak are here
| and sportsmen and hunters in large
numbers. President Vickery, Gen.
| Ghoate. the treasurer. and Col. Far
| rington. secretary of the association
are enjoying the trip immensely.
| Among the others on the excursion
| are Mr.. and Mrs j. II. Kimball of
| Bath: MIR. L. II. Scott of New York
Of the Century Publishing Co. and
| family: james S. Rowe of Bangor:
! Mr.. and Mrs. s. J. Walton and daugh
| ter of Skowhegan; A. j. Darling Of
| Enfield; Hon. w. r. Engel of Bangor
| Hon. w. r. Haines, Hon. =. S. Heald
| and r. J. Goodrich of Watervllle Ed
| itor T.. NJ. Banding of the Industria
| Journal: Hon. j. f. Sprague and Mrs
| Sprague of Monson: Ex-Governor Dan
iel f. Davis of Bangor; Miss Cornelia
| T. Crosby. Ely Rod" of Phillips
| Capt. w. T. Pollard of Foxcroft; S. l.
| Crosby of Bangor; Mr.. r. w. Haines
| and Miss H. A. Haynes of SkoWhegan;
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Morse ana
! Louise Morse of Bath Miss Roberts
| Miss Mathews, Miss Howe, Miss Love
| joy Miss Wight, Miss Reynolds Miss
| lnez Hill. II. $. Blaisdell, j. Nj. Libby
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Haskell Mrs. T.
| c. Harrington and Mr.. and Mrs Ev
erett Stone of Augusta, Mr.. and Mrs
| Alger V. Currier, Hallowell; Frederick
Hamlin, Augusta: Mrs. Charles Wood |
man, Miss Harlow. Mrs. f. +. Bland |
ing. Mrs Henry Parks, Mrs. and Miss |
Engel. Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Palmer, |
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Boardman of Ban
gor: c. A. Marston, Mrs. S. j. Walton
and Miss Walton. Skowhegan; Mrs.
Charles +. Oak. Caribou: Mrs. Ira II.
Harrington, Mark p. Emery, Mrs. w.
NJ. Boothby. Frederick Fox. Jr., Port
land: Cyrus Packard of Blanchard.
AS an excursion. the trip up into
the heart of Maine, to the mountain
girt lake of many points and islands
projecting here and there as if pur-
posely to make it never monotonous
is one that is thoroughly enjoyable.
On the Maine Central the most of the
visitors first felt the abandon of the
work that's left behind them, and
through city. town and farm, or silent
woods, winding past a nature that is
now at its best, the train flies on, and
from the windows the merry people
find themselves fairly forced to look
about and feel the innate beauty of the
good old Pine Tree State.
Perhaps the branch from Newport
Junction, up to Dover and FoXcroft
is the more attractive, if any more
there be to it, of the routes which lead
up to the hilly land. which lies at the
foot of the great lake.
In charge of the train is Mr. ]. L.