Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-05-06
A LAMoINE LOG CABIN.
Inc Picturesque Summer Home of
William II. Des Isle

The log cabin under construction at
Lamoine Beach by William F, Des Isle
VIII be an attractive addition to that
| popular summer resort. 1t is being pleas
antly located near the place which
generations ago was built by Madame
La Val, an early French settler. From
the cabin can be seen the old fruit.trees
planted by the exiles, the closed up
wells, the outlines of the foundation of
the house, and one lone solitary popular
from Fruitful Lombardy, the pleasant
gardens Of Italy.
The building under construction will be
two stories high, and oue-third as large
as the house of Madame La Val. The
first story will be Of cedar logs cut upon
the land formerly a part Of the La Val
estate. The second story OF frame work
Will be pIastered outside With a cement
into which stones peculiar to the Maine
coast, shells and foreign bits of colored
glass will be thrown. The cabin will be
well lighted with numerous windows, the
upper part OF which will be OF colored
glass. About the cottage will extend
piazzas, from which delightful views OF
frenchman's bay and Mount Desert
island can be had.
The beauty OF the cabin will lie in the
Interior, and one will be surprised on en-
tering at the style of the arrangement.
The reception room, into which one first
passes, with dimensions OF 16x20 feet has
fancy archways connecting with the ad-
joining rooms, making it possible to
throw them In one.
The huge fireplace will be found here
for which 900 brick will be used in con-
struction. The staircase will be built
from this room, and here one will find
logs in their natural state, with the cedar
and moss in evidence. The railing will be
fashioned from one immense tree, beauti-
fully carved, yet preserving much of its
color and symmetry of form.
There will be three other rooms below,
and four In the second story, including a
bath. The furniture OF this cabin will be
more Of curiosity than the building
itself; II will include collection of an
tiquities gathered for the especial purpose.
In prominent place will hang a flint
lock which must have been the property
in bygone days of an Indian chief who
roamed about this section, also the pow
der horn, shot-bag and snow-shoes. The
house will be furnished with historical
antiquities, gathered at great expense, in
order to have the interior compare with
that home OF a hundred years ago, in so
ia: as Is possible.
This loo houaa ia nnt Tor n
private residence, neither is 1t decided
that 1t will be rented to summer So
| journers, great as has been the demand
from various cities, even as far west as
Chicago, but II the owner ever by chance
does allow visitors, it will prove the
greatest attraction in the vicinity.
All about this section years ago, includ-
ing portion of township No. 8, unincor-
porated was considered as Frenchmen's
! land, and when the French revolution be-
gan, Madame La Val obtained grant to
a large tract OF land in which La Belle
Lamoine, as the earlier settlers termed 1t,
was included. To this place she fled with
a daughter and thirty followers.
Intending to found on the shores OF
Frenchman's bay great city which should
be a refuge for prosecuted French people,
she furnished a home equal to Paris
salon with furniture from Philadelphia.
When this was finished she set her peo-
pie at work upon log pier to extend half
mile into the channel, between La
moline Point and Mount Desert, to a
ledge that comes out at low tide.
After a few years of hard toll In this
country, Madame La Val was convinced
that cities are not made but grown, and
when Won Barttee, governor OF one OF
the islands OF the Spanish Main, offered
her his heart and hand, she gave up the
settlement and sailed away with her
happy sutton.
She conveyed to her secretary, Louis
Duparre Des Isle, all t he land and property
In her possession. After the large prop
erty over which Louis Duparre Des Isle
acted as agent fell into his hands, he
married the daughter of Roger Googins,
who was born on an estate adjoining her
future hus band They were the parents
of three sons and four daughters. Mr..
Des Isle developed into an energetic citi-
zen endeavoring to make an honorable
and respectable position in society for bis
family. He held out Inducements for
mechanics, shipbuiders, lumbermen and
mill men to settle near him; he built and
operated mills built vessels, and the settle
ment was on the high road to prosperity,
but reverses came thick and fast until in
the year when his last child was born,
two mills were destroyed and four vessels
lost.
Embracing for France for the purpose
of obtaining assistance, for he was the
Youngest son OF an old family of Allen
con, he was taken i'll, and died before he
was enabled to reach home.
William F. Des Isle, OF East Lamoine,
who is building the log cabin TO COM
memorate his French ancestry, Is d.
rect descendant OF Louis Duparre Des
Isle, the original proprietor, and up to
,,o.,, lota data the family has steadily