The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-30

Percival gives a view of no less than
800 bodies of land that are entitled to be
called islands, in addition to the many
rocks, reefs and bars. A fine bird s-eye
view is obtained of Islesboro, from its
long row of minor islands at the south,
up by Gilkey's Harbor, Dark Harbor,
Isola Bella, Hewes Point and Ryders
Cove to Turtle Head Eggemoggin
each, Cape Rozier, historic Castine
Fort Point, Stockton Springs, Searsport
and Belfast are seen facing the bay,
while Northport Campground on the
one hand and Saturday Cove on the
other appear at ones very feet. But
the beauty of the view is not all sea-
ward. From Mt Waldo on the Penob-
scot river the view extends northWard
to the famed Dixmont Hills and west
word to Freedom, Knox and Montville,
while in the southwest are the noun
| tains of Hope, Lincolnville and Camden.
| A range of hills cuts off view OF the
| Knights and Pitcher Ponds, but the
intervening valley is a most beautiful
one, with it's dark green forests, the
brighter moving fields, the brown
ripening grain, dotted by pretty farm
houses and marked by the windings of
the public roads. Mt. Percival is visit
ed every pleasant day by scores of sight
seers, who are we'll repaid for the
| journey.
After brief study of geography, and
a pleasant chat with Others who were
met upon thes ummit, We scribe retraced
| his steps down summit avenue, and
thence. after slight ascent on the
main road, down the Bluff hill, near
the foot of which is a road which leads
to Shore Acres. This is pleasant
spot on point of land south of Kel-
ley's Cove, but short distance from
| the South Shore cottages. There are a
number of very pretty cottages at
! Shore Acres, and the view from the
veranda of any of them is fine.
| A tradition exists that there is an In
dian burying ground on the wooded
point at Shore Acres and the indica-
tons are plain that the place was used
as a graveyard many years ago. The
graves are laid out in regular rows,
| with head and foot-stones at EACH the
stones being fiat slabs of common field
rock Birch. maple and oak up to a
| foot in diameter are growing over
some of the graves. About fifty graves
can now be traced, but it is said that
there have been many more, the stones
OF which have been broken down
Whatever may have been there III the
| distant past it is evident that the pres
ent stones were not set 10y the Indians,
as they did not lay out their graves
| Will so much regularity, nor mark
! them With slabs at head and foot An
1 other theory is that a man-of-war anch-
ored in the bay during the Revolution
with MANY sick and wounded on board
and that the dead We're buried on this
point. AS some graves are short, evil
| IDENTIFY of children, that theory is hardly
| tellable. hateYer OF truth there may
be as to the Indians OF men-of-war's
men being buried there in the past, it is
well known that this spot was used as
a buryng ground by tie people of the
| neighborlood in the early days of the
town. and that one man. Daniel Thorn
as.was buried there as late as 1872 No
one had been buried there for several
years prior to that time. but among the
families of the neighborhood whose
older members lie there are Welch,
Carter, Cottrell, Robbins and others.
The land on which these graves are
made is now owned by W. c. Thompson
of New York. who. as he wishes to use
the land for other purposes, will have
the remains. if any can be found, re
moved and properly inferred elsewhere.