The Portland daily press., 1896-06-06

those who wish to avoid the crowds at
these places of public entertainment and
to plunge deep into Natures solitudes.
ample opportunity is afforded and weeks,
or even months, can be pleasantly spent
in the grand forests of Maine, with trusty
guides to show the way to- the favorite
haunts of forest game, or to the brooks
and streams where the finny treasures
are to be found in rare abundance.
The most noted of Names great
summer resorts and the one to which the
wealthy and fashionable throng are most
particularly attracted, is Bar Harbor, on
shore of this once lonely Isle, along
whose rugged coast Champlain sailed al
most three hundred years ago and gave
the island its name, has within few
years been built up city of magnificent
summer residences, occupied during the
summer months by the families of tina
wealthiest and most renowned citizens
of the Nation. Upon the broad avenues
of this romantic little city beside the sea
may be seen the costliest equipages and
in the salons Of these splendid resi-
dences congregate the queens and leaders
of fashionable society.
But the lover of Nature who has no
desire to mingle in the gay round of
pleasures, amid Fashions giddy throng,
can, at Mount Desert, find attractions
equal to those of any other locality.
Here may be seen mountain peaks and
here the swelling sea. Here are craggy
rocks and smooth green meadows. Here
are the restless agitations of old oceans
fathomless expanse, and here are beauti
full, quiet lakes, with pebbly shores and
waters clear as crystal.
Here Nature presents herself in all hel
various aspects, from the quiet and Sc
Guided to the grand and soul inspiring
Here, as the mood may direct, one can
wander and reflect amid quiet groves, or
lie and dream by the shore of some glas-
sy lake, or sit upon some towering cra9
and listen to "what the wild waves are
saying" All these can be found at
Mount Desert and hardly another local
ity can present SO many and SO varied
attractions.
As an evidence of the amount OF
wealth attracted to Maine by her IN
equalled advantages as summer resort,
it may be stated that the town of Eden, in
which the fashionable seaside resort ofBa1
Harbor is located and which in 1880 had
valuation of about 100000 was re-
turned by the State Assessors in their
last report at nearly 81, 100000
AS Mount Desert may be regarded as
the most noted of the seaside resorts, SO
Moosehead Lake, or Mount Kineo as it
is perhaps better known, may be said to
be the most attractive inland point of
summer travel in Maine. Moosehead,
the largest lake in New England and the
spacious reservoir from which flows the
noble Kennebec, is one hundred and fifty
miles from the coast and 1923 feet above
the sea level. Its length is forty miles
and its width varies from eighteen miles
at its broadcast part, to less than two
miles at its narrowest.
At the foot of the lake isithe town OF
Greenville, the terminus of railway
travel. Embracing here in comforta-
Mount Kineo which is situated half
way up the lake, at its narrowest
part.
Kineo, the Monarch of Moosehead"
is grand and majestic promontory,
towering above the lake upon its eastern
shore, its rocky summit rising to the
height of $500 feet above the ocean
level. At the foot of the mountain, on
its southern side, stands the Mount
Kineo House, beautiful and spacious
hotel, in whose ample dining-room four
hundred guests can be comfortably
seated. Here, on the borders of this
CLASSY lake, with the health giving
breezes bearing across its pure waters
the delicious odors from the broad pine
forests that enclose it on every side, the
seeker for health or pleasure may pass
the bright summer days, afar from the
heat Of crowded cities and in the very
midst of Natures loveliest charms. At
Kineo, sportsmen often take guides and,
plunging into the vast wilderness, ira
the fOreGt maths f0 a
of the st. John, boat down that most
magnificent of all our northern
rivers for more than hundred miles
to Fort Kent, from which point railroad
communication is had with the outer
world.
Perhaps the MISUNDERSTANDING and fish
ing resort In Maine is the Rangeley Lake
region where is found one of the finest
chains of deep water lakes in the world.
Here, scattered over a section embracing
many miles. are some of the most excel
lent hunting and fishing grounds to be
found anywhere in our country. In the
beautiful lakes and streams of this re-
gion are found an abundance of the
largest fish, while the broad forests by
which they are surrounded are the
home of the mouse, the deer and the
caribou.
DpdCo III uOt dIlOWcO HSiO W OoSCIiUe,
or even to mention, the many different
points of attraction which Maine pre-
sents to the summer tourist and only the
most noted of the three types mentioned
above are here spoken of. All over
Maine they can be found and year by
year they are becoming more widely
known and better appreciated.
Every year the throng of summer visi-
tors grows larger and it is estimated bv
good judges that at least one hundred
thousand visitors came to Maine during
the past summer, to spend the whole, or
q portion of the season. Already the
amount expended in building summer
cottages and other permanent invest
ments by summer visitors has reached
the vast sum of more than ten million
dollars, and the amount of money left in
Maine each year by her summer guests
is very large. Still new hooks and quiet,
romantic spots are being found and oc-
cupied each year and the great tide of
summer travel is constantly increasing.
Thus Maine finds a great source of
wealth in her heathful climate, her pure
air and picturesque scenery; a capital
that cannot be diminished by the con-
stantly increasing drafts made upon it,