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

places of interest in that vicinity.
Temple Heights is built ON series of
terraces facing Penobscot Bay; that
Immediately above the settlement pre-
senting an almost perpendicular face
nearly 100 feet high. The road eX-
tends from the nortll-westerly corner
OF the grounds i'll circultous route
around this cliff and when Oh the top
one is surprised at the extent of the
view. which includes Penobscot Bay
from the Fox Islands to the mouth OF
the river and the adjacent mainland.
A few rods farther brings one to the
old Bluff road. the first highway built in
the town. 1t is said that in 1904 Daniel
Webster and his brother Ezekiel went
to Bangor. passing over this road. AS
they had but one horse they rode and
ted that is. one rode the horse awhile
and then tied him, the other walked
until he reached the tied horse, when
he mounted and rode in turn. On one
of the steep hills Ezekiel remarked:
Il don't know how we can get down
here. Daniel. unless you take the horse
by the bride and | will follow behind
and hold on to his tail when he is III
danger OF tipping over" The road be
tween saturday Cove and Browns
Corner probably has as many and as
hard Iii IS as amy section of the same
distance in Maine. The distance is
about three and d half miles. and there
are four hard hills. These hills differ
from many in the fact that they are
STRAIGHT and there are 40 level spots.
stream. known as the Shaw and Frye
Nils. the Bluff hill and the Camp
GIouAu hill. are of that description.
But tlis road is not generally Travelled
except to reach near by points, later
roads having been built to avoid the
bille. IAt4 first was made by turning
westward al Browns Corner and grad
U5'1v swinging to the south and east
umII 1t meets the Bluff road at the
1}oH t. schuoi-hoUse. This avoided the
Canp Ground anG Bluff hills, but left
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known as the telegraph road, as the first
te't@r9lA line Through tue town was
omit upon it. Later another road was
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desk will accommodate two pupils
NE original benches were replaced
20 wears ago by more modern ones
bought from sclool-house III Belfast.
The desks looked decidedly familiar
to iAe journal reporter, and a close
examination showed some weil-remem-
hered leroglyptlcs. the work OF boys
vino a1e now grandtathers and WHO
occupied those same seats in the Bel
fast select school - now the PIPER
Gralnndr-a third Of a century ago.
state superintendent >tetSon III a re
cent Visit to Belfast congratulated the
pup-> and teachers Of that city on the
ample bIack-boardS III the school-Tooms.
He could have spoken i'll the same
words Of The N0rthpOrt schools, If the
Doyle school-houSe is a sample, for it
is well supplied in that respect, and the
teachers and pupils have evidently made
the best possible use of their resources
for tie school-room presents a very
neat appearance.