The Republican journal., 1900-09-13
THE RUNNER KLUB

Wnen the Runner kluD ana It's friends
got aboard the little steamer Guenevere,
| there were just as many Of us as there were
| OF the apostles of old, and if one Of us had
| been twins we should have been little
cramped for room. Our weather was put
| up for us at the factory, and was in the
original package, and two such days as we
had cannot be duplicated. Such weather
costs little more, but there is no waste to
| it; it is all good and you can use every min
ute. When you can sit in an open boat
from noon till six O'Clock P. NJ, in your shirt
sleeves, (shirt waists were not barred on
this excursion) and sail across Penobscot
and Blue Hill bay to Mount Desert island
| the grumblers' stock is liable to go into the
hands of the receiver.
At six O'Clock our watermobile steamed
into Seal lIarbor, making the run of 4s
miles in six hours and one minute. be-
! lleve in being exact when you make a state
ment. We at once proceeded to the Seaside
Inn, where we were met by the proprietor,
Amos Clements, who stood in the door with
smile in one hand and hearty welcome
in the other. Behind the office counter stood
Herb. Ellis, the gentlemanly clerk of the
inn, whose face was lighted by smile
and two large office lamps, though the lamps
were not needed He soon had us comfort
ably roomed and we We're shortly in the big
dining room doing full Justice TO the good
supper. While | was well aware that Amos
had nice house, | was surprised at the size
and extent of his plant. There are some 90
sleeping rooms, besides a large dining room,
parlors, office and reception room At the
time we were there, Notwithstanding the
lateness of the season, there We're about 40
guests. The Seaside Inn is in one of the
very best locations on Mt. Desert. the table
is excellent, there are lovely drives, excel
lent boating, splendid drinking water, nice
spoons and thin tumblers, but you have to
bring your own [. s. license With YOU, as
there is none on the premises. not even III
the pudding sauce. And best of all. Amos
runs his house on rubber tires and ball bear-
ings, so there is no noise or friction Should
any one of The Journal readers desire to
spend summer and at the same time some
money, he is requested to communicate with
Amos Clement, enclosing stamp. All COM
municationS confidential.
The following morning, after a good
breakfast, we took buck board for Bar Ilar-
Dor, a drive of Is miles, sending our water
mobile around to meet US. The drive from
Seal Ilarbor is lovely. We took the shore
drive, and Ex-C commissioner Walker was so
pleased with the road that he wanted to
wait until the dark of the moon and steal a
few miles of it, and tow il up home. When
the Almighty gathered up the odds and ends
that We're left and dumped down Mount
Desert, as a sort of a marked down bargain
counter piece of real estate. probably lie
little thought what it would be in the year
1900. People who have travelled over the
whole world and slept in all its jails, tell
me that for bold and rugged scenery Mt.
Desert island takes the bun, and anyone
suffering with the nervous proStration seen
cry craze, had better HE himself hther at
once and get cured lie can fill his soul
with landscapes, water scapes, hair breadth
escapes, and fire escapes.
We found Bar IIarbor in gala dress, |
think that is the correct term, in honor of the
two naval fleets in its waters. the English
and American. The buildings and windows
We're trimmed with flags, there We're flags
across the streets to walk on, there was
sweet flag in the drug stores to chew, there
was flag on every staff in Bar Harbor but
one, and that was on the grounds of Mr.
Van Ness, and the day before our visit that,
too, Boer a flag, but it was taken in on that
day at the urgent request of the town au-
thorities. 1t seemed ''hoss and boss" with
English and American flags as to which
should be the more numerous.
| was standing in John Does drug store
and saw a vehicle go by that l supposed
was police patrol wagon 1t was up in
the air so high that you needed balloon in
order to get on it. There We're some con-
vlcts, as | supposed, on the top dressed in
prison uniform, and the thing was drawn by
four horses. One man had horn which he
footed now and then to let the Central sta
ton know they were coming with some
prisoners. | remarked to John that the Bar
Harbor police department rather laid over
ours, and John gave me a pitying smile and
said, good Lord, that is four-in-hand tally
no COACH" Sometimes it dawns on me that
| used to be nearer up-to-date than that, for
/ certainly made terrible break that time
We walked around the town and down
the tow path, and when saw those beauti-
fui and expensive cottages and finely kept
grounds, and noted the costly yachts laying
in the harbor, and saw what one could do
with wealth, am almost sorry that | had
not hung onto my money when | was rich,
and not given it all away.
The English fleet laid in the inner harbor
and ours outside. They seemed not at all
alike. The devil may not be as black as he
is painted, but the English war ship is
They looked like ocean liners. There was
one English topedo boat destroyer which
was three-quarters of mile long and
ten inches wide. She looked very SASSY"
We did not go on board of her; they would
not let us. Her name was the Quail, and
the deck officer said, ''IOu can't come
aboard, it is close time on Quail in this
State and still they say an Englishman
has no sense of humor. We went on board
our battleship Kearsarge, and she is fight
ing machine from the keel up. If l were on
board her in a scrap | should ask the cap
tain to let me go down cellar and see if the
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