Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-09

oiiS IhC Sool up ihlo tiodoSliuo. liz
office, alone has some $4,000 worth of the
Oriental coverings spread over it's pol
'ished floor.
| The hotel orchestra of seven piec-
es. from the famous Symphony orches-
ira of Boston, under the leadership of
Mr.. August Kuntz, are furnishing most
delightful music, both in concert and
| for dancing, and many of our party
| found the music room, with its polished
| floor, its coZy corners and above all
| it's perfect music, too much to resist.
1t has often been said If one wished to
enjoy hotel life, they never should go
beyond the dining-hall. If Mr.. Judd,
| the manager had any selfish motive in
view in inviting US to inspect the kitch-
en-. he made the mistake of his life for
every member of our party, who ac-
| cepted his invitation to visit the culin-
airy department, came away fully de-
termined in future to try everything on
| the menu. This department is MAIN
tanned in q separate building by itself,
| connecting with the dining-hall by a
! corridor. The same perfect system in
detail was noticed here, as in all other
departments. immense ranges for
cooking and broiling, receptacles for
vegetables, an old fashioned brick oven
where all the bread for the house is
baked, long serving table, refrigerators
for both meat and fish, and thousand
and one modern appliances that goes to
make up the perfect hotel kitchen, was
noticed. Judging by the liberal sup
plies in the refrigerator and in fact all
through this department, Mr.. Morse,
| bo eta nd nvi1nnt1x- lnac mot .,
| famine Mr.. Morse is firm believer
| that cleanliness is next to gOdliness"
and every part of the kitchen and sur
roundings are scrupulously clean.
| The building is supplied with plenty
of sunlight and pure air. Some of the
ladies We're anxious to get the receipts
| for making the good things that had
been set before us, the chef, and his
assistants very kindly led them into
all the mysteries of their composition
We could only hope for the best, and
that they may produce as palatable
products when finished, as We're set be-
fore US, but, and we say but" with
a great deal of emphasis,-if any sub
scriber to a Maine paper Is served with
| a particular bilious editorial, some
morning, he or she, may rightly con-
| clude that the cooking receipt, in mex
perienced hands, had proved a dizzy
failure.
| Continuing our tour of inspection, I'M
der the guidance of Mr.. Judd, we came
| to the $4,000 stable, a commodious
/ structure, some little distance from the
house. The interior is sheathed with
hard pine, ample stable and carriage
i room, 80 horses can be accommodated
| here. The Hotel Company have ten
horses at present with more being add
4 ed, as the season advances. In carriages
they have everything from the light
single or double road wagon to the
English mail phaeton. The stable has
| ample accommodation for horses and
carriages of guests, who wish to bring
| their own turnouts. Over the stable
there are some Is rooms, well furnished
with bath, where the stablemen and
coachmen of guests sleep. 1t is fit
ting addition of the hotel property.
To describe the Samoset and the pic
turesque environments, is like painting
the lily. Every form of amusement is,
loffered to it's guests, inviting walks,
mountain climbing, golf, tennis, sail
ing, rowing, boating, fishing, beautiful
drives in and about the shore of the
Ibay, are but a few of it's many attrac-
tons. There is but one Samoset, and
that's the ideal summer home on
Penobscot bay. The committee in
charge of the program had a schedule
for about 25 hours pleasure out of
levery "a, with four side trips thrown
in during the week.
The first on the program was a visit
| to ThOmastOn. The bargeS from the
hotel landed us at the special electric in
waiting, on Tuesday morning, and we
i journeyed through Rockland to the
outskirts Of Thomaston, where the
lThomaston Board of Trade met us
with carriages and took us through the
town. The old Knox church, the ceme-
terry on the hill, where General Knox
and the early settlers of Thomaston are
sleeping, were visited. A new indus
try was visited, the baby industry of
| ThomastOn, q brick mandatory where
bricks were made without straw. BY
this new method, the brick business is
IrevolutiOnized, steam is used for
lpOWer, and the clay goes in one end of
the machine and the finished brick
comes out of the other. The claim is
made that better bricks aAe produced
lat less expense than by the old meth
cd. After a pleasant ride through the
beautiful shady streets we halted at the
Herald office, where Brother Stearns
and wife ably assisted by Thomaston's
fair daughters, served dainty lunch.
After resuming our journey through
the historic town, we paid a visit to the
State prison, and were shown by the
tofIicials through the entire institution.
1.-THE inmates of the penal institution do
not need any split zephyr motto to
Ihang on the wall, to remind them that
the way of the transgressor is hard.
Although they are treated as we'll here
las in any prison in the country, and
given many liberties, discipline must
be strict. One amusing incident hap
pened during our visit. We We're visit
ing the female ward, where there were
but two inmates, when one of our
lparty, wishing to impress the moral
upon her husband reminded him of
the fact that out of all this large
number Of prisoners, there were but
1.-TWO females. She said she thought
this spoke well for her sex. Her hus-
| Inland said If Iyac pntbinep of tho hind