The Republican journal., 1896-07-16

shore with him IN his bonnie boat. But
/ 800 bushels seems to be quite number of
herring; and, good Lord, just think of the
number of bones that means!
We got back to the Bonn4 in good season
with our bait and set sail for Duck Island,
where we were to fish for bottom fish. 1
pause in my writing to consider whether L
better tell what luck we had. Whatever
say will he taken for a lie but occasionally
do brace up and contine myself to facts,
and also contne facts to ne,if necessary, and
l mean to tell the impartial truth this
time, hit whom it may. Well, in two or
three hours fishing we caught over 100 good
sized fish. and over 125 of them cod, the bal
ance being haddock. The kid caught
three pairs and "Dave'' landed 40-pound
cod. The rest of the party did not particu-
larry distinguish themselves, but made up a
fair average. About half past two we set
sail for Bar Harbor. arriving there at half
past four. The sail along the shores of Mount
Desert was grand There is no use talking,
the hills and rocks and rugged coast of the
island of Mount Desert take the biscuit for
scenery. We passed in sight of Editor Pulit-
zers cottage, he who owns the whole
"World" and part of Mount Desert. If the
editor wants "A quiet place where he can sit
down and think he has got it. No one will
disturb him here. His is the last cottage
below Bar Harhor and from the water it
does not look as if he had made a good Sc
lection in his site, but as his sight is very de-
"a hat Then
we pass the Vanderbilt place, after which
the cottages begin to thieken until we drop
anchor off the town. After an early tea the
Summer Visitor and The Journal man went
ashore and did the town in a pedestrian
sense. We walked down the shore path and
rived at Kenwarden Lodge, the property of
a Mr.. Kennedy, one CT the loveliest places
to my mind at Bar Harbor. 1t comprises a
large tract all walled in and on the top Of
the wall is a continuous bed of nasturtiuns.
To keep the immense lawn moved and this
days for Mr. Kennedy, and he is generally
glad to get back to the city in the fall where
he can rest.
There may be some question as to the
exact spot where Daniels lions den was
situated, and some other Biblical places, but
| don't think there is shadow of doubt but
that Bar Harbor is the Garden of Eden,
Mount Desert. Maine, e. S. A. Please re-
turn if not called for in five days. After
seeing Bar Harbor all the other alleged wa
tering places in Maine seem Just like chill
dren with long dresses on playing grown
people, They've got it all there. Not only
wealth but all the natural advantages,
mountains, hills, rocks, rugged coasts, wa
ter, (and places where You can get some
thing stronger), and scenery Of every kind
and de5cription-and style-well you go and
see, The railroad to the top of Green Noun
tain has been discontinued and taken down,
which means that it didn't pay. Every time
one visits Bar Harbor he can see marked
improvements from his previous visit. While
there are not great many cottages build
ing at the present time we We're told that
there We're indications of quite busy fall
and winter in the building line. They got
up a sunset for us which was a little out of
the usual. lut way lue TeuS anu greens
and yellows We're distributed around the
heavens was a picture worth going down
there purposely to see.
After about day at Bar Harbor we re-
turned to Bass Harbor and the following
day sailed for Isle au Haut. | had not been
there for good many years and found quite
a change. A large club house has been built
and quite number of cottages put up. The
view from there is very fine and a summer
here would give one plenty of leisure time
TO think over most of his sins, unless his
soul was too deeply stained We had a
pleasant call on Turner, the artist black
smith, who with hammer and a piece of
iron can make the most artistic things
Imaginable, from a pen-hoder to set of
seventy-tive dollar fire dogs.
From Isle au Haul we went to Ninalha-
Ven, calling on our way at the fishing
grounds off Saddeback, when we caught IS
nice fish, mostly cod, but owing to the heavy
sea fshed but a short time At
Ninalhaven we called on George Doak and
Fred Walls, both of whom seemed fat and
IiOsI'tlous' iiclc are uoI Iuduy Iu6u DIT
work in the quarries at the present time,
and these are mostly On pavings. OF course
they are always expecting big contract,
which means boom. Vinalhaven is
smart, wide-awake place, and it is surpris-
ing what pretty town they have made on
this rocky island.
AS our trip ended at Vinalhaven, we set
sail for home, coming back through the
Reach and up the Western bay, arriv-
ing home in the afternoon of the seventh
day. Before we started we made a program
of what we wanted to do, and where we
wanted togo, and we filed the bill exactly,
a rather unusual thing to do. l am satisfied
that the time to go down the bay is early in
the season. You get better weather and
less fog. Probably as we were gone seven
days, some one will try and figure out
where we were and what we did Sunday.
For our own good name, and to relieve the
curiosity of the other party, let me say that
We lay at Ninalhaven all day Sunday and
spent the time looking over the town and
quarries. We could not have gone fishing
had we been so inclined, for there was not
wind enough to take us out to the fishing
ground. l know this to be fact, for we
tried it twice. OUR GEORGE.