The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-08-04
visit TO MOOsehead Lake.

a., beautiful OF all hitherto be-
a,, the question that we asked
at, Us We came slowly steaming
chart at kineo. The afternoon
| sflett. The lights and shadows
.u the hills and mountains,
r-.ure after picture of landscape
t.-aAdin had shown himself to
,e, many times during our sail
/ Ff lue and soft in the far dis
,ne5 mountain, the giant, was
4 sepe MS, and we watched it
/ ,Ae steamer approached the
great mass of black rock, its
-.r. prrpendicularly for five hun
h ,boye the surface of the water,
rim sentinel set to watch
destiny of this northern lake. At
g. we turned and silently traced
pr had come, down past the
.a, aser whose heads the shadows
SCI, iast falling; then we joined
.ssl blagry company who had been
-....s Tor the day, and crossing
..,,..t Fry front of the hotel, we were
II the spacious office before
utW ire such as one finds at
...a. lie year only in the NAM
, ia the mountains, or at
u AXE resorts.
. corning nearly four hundred
il. 1T loose, each to seek in his
lays pleasure. 1t is quite
.va- ID note the different ideas of
self that are made manifest
l5e party. Here perfect
e.. s1.es are making ready tor the
1n the lake. The excited
e ,eurrying hither and thither,
SUP aides, stolid and apparently
.,. With an eye to the dollars,
patiently for their victims.
4g.snId parties are much in evil
a. mountain climbers and the
...a fellows are taking observations.
s..a Percentage Of the crowd have
"a, --e shady side of the hotel veranda
.5 comfortable chairs are preparing to
i lie a4y Lazily.
Me 5s4 best that which is our own;'
Is .lere is nothing which we love
i, s1 oar own way l will try to set
4 I experience of a whole DAYS
&e upeing on the upper waters of
,NA Ike. 1ou must know that the
I -y miles in length from Green
/. mbarking station, to North
+ at the northeastern point of
LAID The kineo House is half way
7 -lese points; SO while chapters
written about the lake and its
shores that lie between
nd Kineo. but little has been
pper waters. We had taken
80 furnish ourselves with
arriving at kineo, so that
Il T lade our appearance on the
The morning we found our
4 hand, awaiting us. He was
more stranger and was greeted
rHa-4 by at least one member of
Ata silent wave Of his hand
his gliding footsteps TO the
where real bona tide canoe
i-ing for us. \ duck sits ou
na $50 does canoe. Two little
..S Tor Us, with the shortest of
-.-. ,ne in the bow and one in the
q r. ,Ie guides seat in the stern,
-gj1g outfit is complete.
44r sometimes in the lives of
tie old saw, that 'Three
(. sr.Ise a arowd,n savors much of
Wien you come to canoeing,
1uI best fellow, who knows
-ing to ''sea" in a canoe, one
he third party is not only high
.7ts." brat certainly adds much to
-sI.e Of the occasion. The lake
with low-lying shores at our
H arturo, and as we circle the
oacA it is only for a few feet of
H. 81 Pebble Beach, the outlook
md calm in the morning light.
's lie lake to the left, on a gen
h ad, stand a few farm houses,
iIe tells us that for three
Ill., year, during the heavy SHOWS
-4 and the subsequent breaking
4s4-e, they had no communication
tside world--no mail; simply
N'Ha- save desoiation. We scull
@ 70 lie western shore, where heavy
+'s me down to the waters edge in
Ivy l-10ken line Here is the home
-. lose, deer and caribou, and our
-+ l Tell us the name of all the
1rs and capes and little rivers.
away 10 the west black mountain
u a=anSt the blue sky. 1t is Bald
'-.a.l 30 miles away on the line of the
Fl- Ii. il. On the right shore we dis
a algIher little settlement, and make
III The aid of field glasses that the
-' 'os thrifty and well kept and that
'a4efa are in the field getting the
|e now more than ten miles from
'7+ 'aa our guide, no longer a young
"@' son of the forest, is padding
SLOWLY A small steamer, the Twi-
,-- Is lr4tiinr nm tho lake IVa S;rpal