Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-09-05
The MIME PARTY
Has a 6eautiIui Sail Down the Hudson 10
New York.

Mrrricks Party. In Route. cosmnpol-
itun Hotel Chambers street and West
Rrodway. New York city Saturday y
Evening. sept. 2-t SpcciaD.-Your cor
respondent stated in his first letter
that fun list NJ names of our party
would he given in the second letter,
hut only one such list is in existence.
.nd that is doing service at every no
TIL where the party will quarter for the
t~o weeks. ~ 1t ~ impossible To fur
rish a complete list of Merritt's party
untl the return trip Is made. when th-
writer viii give . list of names by
towns and counties alphabetically ar
ranged
The writer makes no prctension to-
journalistic ability. To the pc
culiar gift Of description, to the
attractive way of weaving into his
webb the story. iht joke and the sons
which. when comL.a'd, make a letter
at once pleasing and instructive-and
never in his life has he had such a
deep seated respect respect for the
members Of the fraternity of the quill
as. tonight. after the remarkable sail
down the Hudson river from Albany
To this city.
ouE parry dltlNtl Ill tIDdHS Il niue
behind schedule time. but in ample
season to connect with the palatial
& Gamer Albany" one Of the finest
steamers afoat. The rainstorm encoun
tered when we reached Danville juno
ton followed us almost into Albany,
and it was 4 rainstorm worth having.
While We were duly thankful for the
needed rain and considered il bene
dictiOn from Heaven itself, and knew |
that it would mean to our Maine farms !
and forests and we'll and rivers an un- |
told benefit, Yet there fingered the re- |
gret that the down river trip could not !
be favored with n cloudless sky. For |
few miles ii did seem as though the |
rain would fall in torrents. but little by |
it'll the fog was blown from our path |
way, and the eye could sweep over n /
gradually widening area of country. !
beautiful beyond description. The |
Journal should have had one writer to |
note the ever-changing beauty of noun |
tain. hill ana vale; another to touch |
upon the villages ana cities. pictur-
eSlue and beautiful as they are, that
dot the shore on either hand: and still /
Another to use the pen in description !
of the 5000 people on board the Albany /
not counting the children and babies \
the people of both sexes who brought |
their bicycles, many of them also with
wheels in their heads and all running
at full 80 horse power-the city folks
who had been in the country for the
summer returning to the city with lots
Of tan on their faces and chic" in
their dress. one woman we encoun-
tered had eight children with her-and
there We're others (other women we
mean).
Leaving Albany promptly on time.
$50 A. NJ, one sees a wide eXpanse
spread out to the east and west The
Hudson has great beauties above AL
bany. but they fade when compared
with those below. Not until the ap-
proach is made to Catskill is the be-
holder fully aware that he is in sec
ton of country as surprisingly beauti-
full as il is historical; but he is not
for one moment thereafter left in doubt
about it. If memories of Leather
Tales" are recalled by the up
per Hudson. then from Albany to this
city is one continuous reminder of the
Revolutionary heroes and their bat
ties. which have been told in story
and song; but the scenery of the entire
distance can never be portrayed; it re
minds one by contrast of the beauties
of the White Mountains: they are
grand and overwhelming, and the be-
holder when surrounded by their maj
csty can understand the feelings of the ,
ancient writer when he said: II will
look into the hills from whence COM ,
eth my strength and when taking in
the less awe inspiring, but more beau
tful scenes on the Hudson is at once
reminded of that other sacred writer:
He leadeth me besides the still wa
ters; He maketh me lie down in green
pastures" There is where the contrast
majesty. awe. even
war. as against beauty. quietude.
peace.
AT Kingston can be seen the old SEN !
ate house-and the Catskills are seen
n their beauty-then the Highlands.
and before one has begun to realize
hese beauties, Newburg is reached.
and there is still seen the Old Wash