Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-08-22
SOUTH PARIS MAINE TUESDAY. AUGUST

dAINE. TUESDAY, a
ance Of the business portion Of II, soms
OF hich I saw, should judge It 70 b {
city Of . large amount OF 'shustle."
Ats O'Clock Thursday morning VI
left Calsis BY the commodious steamer
Rose Standish, Of the Frontier Steam.
boat Company, for the sail down the
81. Crolx River. Fortunately Ia two
respects, the tide Was about full; hrst
because Il enabled us TO sail from the
upper landing, and second because u
made the scenery OF the river % much
more pleasing, until the fog shut Il 0ui
entirely. Calais has the PAssamaquoddy
Bay high tide, an average 0f twenty feel
or more. The steamboat company hal
two landings, one In the city proper,
which can be used at high tide, but
stands Ia the mud 1t low tide, and The
other some distance below the city,
which can be used Ut oil stages OF the
water. Each week schedule has 70 be
Issued, showing from which landing the
steamers will sail on each Of their trips,
For about IN hour We enjoyed . de-
lightful, though cool, sail down the
river, with the American shore on one
aide and the Canadian shore on the other.
The difference between the two shores Il
not plainly discernlble TO the naked eye.
After while the fog, which seems TO be
always lurking about that portion Of the
earth's surface, shut down upon ~, and
the rest OF the run was made In semi.
darkness. with the accompaniment of
frequent blasts Of the whistle.
Our stop for dinner was made 1t st.
Andrews, N. B., town which lies al
the extreme end OF the peuInsuls which
divides the sc. Crolx River from Passa-
msQuoddy Bay, and is therefore very
nearly surrounded by water. st. An
drews is an old town, regularly laid out,
with straight wide streets, surfaced with
some kind OF soil which makes hard,
smooth, almost perfect roadway. The
bicycle blood In my veins tingled at the
sight Of those streets, and l yearned
with a mighty yearning for q steed OF
steel, but though they were seen on the
streets, I could not And one that could
be hired.
But wondered what supported the
inhabitants Of Sc. Andrews--snd ! still
wonder, though they appear to be COM
fortsble and contented. There was 4
ssrdine factory there once, but II burned.
There is little farming land around II,
but the narrowness Of the peninsuls does
not allow Of much There may be some
fishing and some commerce, though the
evidences Of either are not numerous.
saw no factories, or establishments OF
any sort in which numbers OF men were
employed. In point Of fact, the populs.
ton of the town has dwiudled, and some
OF the buildings are going to decay. Bot
II is q lovely place for summer home,
and some OF the wealthy Canadians msks
Il such.
Our party having considerable time on
their hands before dinner, started out to
look the town over, and made our hrs,
visit 70 Greenock Church, Presbyterian
church finished In 1894, aud built In the
then prevailing style Of church architect
ure, with two tiers Of windows, Q large
gallery, high pcws with doors, three
story pulpit which brought the preacher
we'll up toward the ceiling, etc. l had
heard 80 many stories about mischievous
boys 10 old pod-auger days getting out
Of sight OF the minister Ia the front
pews, that tried to see II Il WAS posi-
ble, and found that by sitting facing the
congregation In the boz pew 10 front,
could pack myself away where the
preacher could not, by any stretch OF
his neck, get . glimpse Of me.
Near by was another church, with the
British and American htgs draped Ia
front OF IL. A church fair Was going on,
but 1t hsd one peculiar feature. With
nothing but . sale going on inside, II
cost ten cents TO get In! besides the
usual amount TO get out.
Other places OF interest visited were
the old court house and jail, and the re-
mains Of an old fort on top Of the hill,
where some cannon, dlsmounted many
years ago and lying quietly In the grass,
looked ~ peaceful as . battleship In
white paint.
We i,ad our dinner at the Algonquin,
a large summer hotel on the very crest
OF the hill back Of tho town, with view
over land, river, bay and mountain,
which we did not see excelled during
our trip, though the view from the
Ne-mst-ta-uo 1t North Lubec approaches
Il. The fog had burned of before noon,
and from the lookout at the top or the
house we had good opportunity TO take
in the immense panorama.
The Algonquin ls run In the best style
possible, and IL ID evidently patroni1ed
largely by the Canadian Four Hundred
and among the heavy English swells
which made up the principal portion OF
the guests, We plaiu newspaper men and
women, who couldn't AFFORD TO take
but one meal there, felt just Q shade
"homespun"; but We bore up under 1t
manfully.
AT dinner We were all seated. Ut one
long table, for the irst time during the
trip, and found that we were party Of
nearly nfty. The dinner served WAS q
banquet In about eight courses, splendid
ly cooked and served, with pure water
from an artesiau well, drilled Q hundred
and twenty feet In the rock. IL Wal
about an hour and q half before We
reached the last article Of dessert, which
was Roman punch. Some Of our ladies
who wore the white ribbon, set thii
aside at the first TASTE. AZ for the rest
Of us-well, l shant call any names
but II the good Baptist brother from
Augusta who sat at my left were hert
now, should look sternly straight ai
him, across my own dessert, and ash
him his opinion Of Roman punch which
WAS pretty strong Of the Roman.
A.E.F.