The Republican journal., 1901-10-10


and beast in the centre of the park near
the auditorium. The printed folders
for the program of the meeting of 1891
contains the following paragraphs:
Up from the auditorium and park,
and on level of 30 feet higher, ex-
tends back to the width of about 16
rods little strip of table land, forming
one of the terraces of which the hill is
composed, and this is crowned by an
other ledge rising with percipitous
sides much higher than any Of the
others. After gaining the eminence
the observer stands on large plateau
300 feet above the sea and POO feet
above the park. The view from this
point is grand, the panorama including
the whole of Penobscot bay and islands
and much of the surrouding country.
The view from this point is nearly as
extensive as that obtained from the
! top of the famous Mt. Percival, which
is less than a mile from Temple
I Heights.
The first cottages were built in 1884,
and included the Pioneer, by John n.
J Stewart Star Cottage, J. d. Tucker;
Kelso Cabin, James Starbird; Beech
wood, Geo. Garland; Saga Nathorno,
Daniel Plummer; Minnehaha, John
Herrick, and A. Rigby's cottage. The
following year more were added and
others have been built nearly every
| year since.
| The camp-meetings of the Associa-
| ton are held ten days each year and are
/ largely attended by Spiritualists and
others from all over the country The
speakers have included such we'll
known mediums as Mrs. Abbie Morse
of Searsmont; Mrs. NJ J. Wentworth
of Knox; J. Frank Baxter of Chelsea,
Mass; A. E. Tisdale of New London,
Ct; Oscar A. Edgerly of Newburyport,
Mass; Mrs Juliette Yeaw of Leonins-
I ter, Mass; Mrs. n. J. Willis of Cam
bridgeport, Mass; Mrs. Sarah A.
Byrnes of Boston; Mrs. Tillie U. Rey-
nolds of Troy, N. Y, and Harrison D.
Barrett of Needham, Mass.
The Ladies' Aid Society holds an an
nual fair one day of the camp meetin :,
to raise funds for the benefit of the
place.
A corporation known as the Beacon
Ethical Union was organized at North
port Nov. 20, 1900, for the purpose of
owning and operating a hotel, SANTA
and the business of printing in the
publishing of periodicals, books, papers
and other general matter pertaining to
the business of printing. The amount
of capital stock was $780, par value
of shares, 500. Michael ]. Logan and
Henry E. Barney of Boston were direct
ors; Willard L. Lathrop of Cambridge
port, Mass, president; Emma R. Lath-
rop Of Cambridgeport, treasurer; Orrin
j. Dickey of Belfast, clerk. The cor
poration has bought the ''Pioneer" cot
tage and other property at Temple
Heights, and has begun operations.
The purchases include the entire square
on which the Pioneer stands, the proper
ty of David Crosby, four Robinson lots,
and a site on the hill at the rear of the
settlement A hotel and sanitarium
/ will be built on the Pioneer lot. The
foundations are begun and will be
finished this fall l90D for a building 40
40 feet and 4 stories high for print
ing office, and one or two other cottages.
The lots on the hill are for the water
system. The corporation begun in May,
1901, the publication of a monthly
magazine called the Pearl Magazine.
The name was suggested by William P.
Roberts of Brooks, Me-, who won a $500
prize thereby, The magazine is now
published at 1856 Boylston St., Boston
The granite watering trough at Tenn
pie Heights was formerly in Custom
House Square, Belfast, and was bought
and presented to the Society by the late
! John n. Stewart.
MT. PERCIvAL.
The observatory of Northport is
known as Mt. Percival, named by its
owner, the late Hiram E. Pierce
after his son, Percival C. Pierce. From
Temple Heights the ascent of Mt. Per
cival is by series Of terraces. The
summit is less than a mile from the
wharf at Temple Heights, and is SOC
feet above the sea level, giving a su
perb view of the Bay and surrounding
country. Gen. John A. Logan, wht
was one of the first visitors, in 1880
said it was one of the most beautiful
views he ever beheld. Far to the soutl
the eye sees the Atlantic Ocean and SIX,
meet, while little to the left are tn,
Fox Islands, and, as we follow arount
the horizon, Isle au Haut and Dee
Isle. In clear day the houses o
, Deer Isle can be distinctly seen will
the naked eye. In the east Mount De
, sert hills are outlined boldly, and a
the eye follows northward the rounded
, form of Bluehill mountain looms up
} flanked by the faint outlines of a rang
) of. hills far inland. Between the spec
tator and the eastern horizon are hun
: dreds of islands, large and small, vary