Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-03-15


There are several people in Bar Harbor
who temcmher the first trip the steamer
"LaN l-taan ever made to hat summer re-
sor., IS aen the late Capt. Deering was her
commander. The time was in the early
Seventies, and the occasion was the land
ing 4 Mr.. and Mrs. Alpheus Hardy OF
Boston ut the embryo resort. These were
the oAly two passengers landed at Bar
Harbur that trip, and the "Lewiston's
freight, the whole sum total, consisted OF
three 25-pound kegs OF white lead.
At that time the Lewiston" used to
run direct from Southwest ilarbor to Mil
bridge without touching at Bar Iiarbor.
.Ilr Harbor was then Il place of little
consequence only a fishing hamlet with
one or two stores, a few dwelling houses
scattered here and there, and one hotel,
the old Agamonf, which WAS kept by the
late Tobins Roberts. There was no wharf
for the steamer to band at and only
small pier, where boa.s aud schooners
landed to discharge their fish.
Mr.. and Mr. Hardy had been in Bur-
Harbor several seasons before, and until
they built their cottage on the shore, the
first ever erected in Bar llarbor by Il
,..,,-r.,i4,,,, ,ha, ,.,,.,,,r ,,,,o.t.za,
the Agamont hotel. Mr.. Roberts, the
proprietor, had tbs dey sent a team over
to Southwest Harbor for Mr.. and Mrs.
ia. ~, 10 recommendations, Car,
n,,a.i,,,, - t,i,.il,. ..tr.r., =, ,ato ~.
poo,,.,,to,,s ., p.r ua-hor /, tho
,,to.,;.t,,,, 90 -, ~ and Nrs IIo-d,.
~ ut = .ah D. tI,.to. hator.
,h,;. s,,h,,o.+
rhisu.as o,lv opaof he p,apv courte-
sios st,,.,,, ~, CO., p.er,D,, tn tho nio-
nee- ,;.,,ors ,a NJ Dssert mud he
rr,hat,,, dia NOR. ,ho, INV ono man il,
tboss day. ;, ,o,ntate Rar usrhor with
ror-ra,i,,e,ts a,,rin,, bo su,,,,er sooso,
ord 20 h,itd mn no,p,ar and ,oy;n,
st.or,boo, so-yico hot ,eeu p,-.,and and
M,chioznort
Alnbau. Hardy like many another man
-, ,raa,,ha,d ;na,a,c. ta,, Iowa, .itb
BAR Hsrbor M a summer resort and bav-
ing purchased n mart OF the Stenhen
Higgins nronertv huilt the first cottage
which il still standing. The same prop
erty is owned bv the heirs OF Mr.. Hardy
and il one Of the hest located and most
vaIuahIe estates in Par usrhor
The first time that Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy
cameto Rar Herhor wos ahout rho vsar
1858 and thew come by land driviro
down from BANGOR With their private
team With the family of Mr. Hardy
came Master i Montqom.rv Sears-the
nrsse,t gunner ~ tbe hsau,if,,l cottsga in
wov,na, Iono-,hen Ind ot ton ar
twelve years If WAS late one afternoon
wbe, ,ta rar,y drova do,vn tho old road
snd,t,a ,j,, old .,o.bio,ed oat. h.i,, omen
to odmit Thorn they drov, mn before The
Agemont asket for a lod,ing
..Con,, mt vopnnto-uight - said Land.
lord poharts .I,n, solid AM. ga, t,,elra
hosrders y
Mr. Hardy nro,,sting Landlord Rom
arts finally consented tn find rooms for
rho whole ,ortv vcbicb consisted of Mr.
and Mrs Hardy Master Ed. Hardy and
Master I Montgomery Sears. Mr.. and
Mrs usrd, wera given rooms in tha
bote, h,t tho two hava vera OBLIGED ia
sleep ON a mattress laid fiat upon the floor
in tho o,d bo7vlirc alley an. he shore. the
same building which is now used by
Messrs. Goddard & Hunt for steam mill.
That was the reception the young mil
lionaire got when he first struck Bar HAIR
Dor. and it is not said that he complained
against the hospitality shown him by
Landlord Roberts. He, too, liked Bar