The Republican journal., 1904-10-06
UP TO kINfo.
light and Sunshine Later, and Most En-
joyable Trip.

| ioyable Trip.
The recent excursion from this city to
MOosehead Lake and Kineo, personally con-
Quoted by Orrin j. Dickey- of Belfast was
very enjoyable and the members of the
party are loud in their praises of the trip
and its management. The party consisted
OF Mr.. and Mrs. William K. Keene, Mr.. and
Mrs. Calvin A. Hubbard, Miss Lucy A.
Cochran, Mrs. Elisha Sherman, Mrs. Ed
ward H. knowlton, Mrs. NJ. r. Knowton,
Mrs Lewis A. Knowlton, Mrs. Fred A.
knoWton, Mrs. Byron L. Pitcher, Miss
Mile Mitchell, Mrs. Emery 0. Pendleton,
Charles a. Swift, W. A. Swift, n L. Wig
gin, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles R. Coombs, Bel
fast; Miss Adah johnson of Worcester,
Mass, Mrs. NJ. F. Wentworth, Searsport,
and Mrs. Pauline Pastene of Boston, Mass.
The morning of departure dawned fair
and cool and the party left on the seven
O'Clock train from this city in company
with the large delegation of the Knights of
! Pythias, the Belfast Band, and friends, who
were en- route to Watervlle. At Burnhrm
the party divided and the Kineo party
settled down for a two hours wait in ''quiet
Durham Aside from few foraging ex-
petitions into near by orchards there was
| nothing to mar the stiffness of the wait in
the Burnham depot
| The train came in at 1914 and the party
embarked, leaving the train at Pittsfeld.
On this train we found all old friend in the
person OF Conductor Cook, who for some
time was on the Belfast and Waterville run.
After establishing ourselves at the Lancey
House, where Landlord Burns welcomed
the party, and depositing our grips, we
started out to do the town. One of the first
places visited was the bottling establishment
of Charles G. Coombs, formerly in the shoe
business in Belfast, but now a soda manu-
facturer in Pittsfeld We called on Assist
ant postmaster Harry Condor in the post
office and saw the safe which was blown up
by the burglars some weeks before The
new school building, the Pittsfield Institute,
the new Carnegie library, the soldiers monu-
ment, the Universalist church, the new
Catholic church and number of the wooden
mills were inspected, but ere all were look
ed over dinner was at hand. Landlord
Burns was prepared for his guests and
served them dinner which was long re-
| membered for its deiciousness.
AT 2,05 we boarded the train and went
down to Newport, where after a ten minutes
| wait We boarded the Dover and Foxcroft
branch OF the Maine Central and were soon
on our way to kineo. All went merry, and we
travelled through new and pretty section
which was made pleasanter by the beauti-
ful day. The large corn canning factories
and other Industries along the way looked
lively and worthy of our interest When
we reached FoXcroft, where the change to
the Bangor and Aroostook railroad is made,
the party were met by Sidney McTaggart,
formerly employed at the depot in this city.
but now freight agent at Foxcroft.
From FoXcroft the journey was through a
new country to many of the party Soon
after leaving Blanchard we passed over
high trestle with long ranges of mountains
to the westward and rolling hills far below
u.s. From the trestle We entered a cut
through the Lodges which was scenic in
deed. The scenery grows better as we adj
vance and through the kindness of the con-
| ductor our party was given the use of the
| smoker on the rear, which is used as an OBJ
| servation car.
| At sos when we alighted in the little set
| Element of Greenvlle junction binding
snow squall was fast covering the earth
with its white flakes and giving us a decd-
| ly interesting reception. No time was lost
| in boarding the steamer Louise of the Co.
burn Steamboat Line, and few minutes
after we were en- route to Kineo, twenty
miles up the lake. The snow continued,
enveloping the nearby mountains, and the
high wind made quite little sea- Most of
the party gathered in the cabin, but some
| remained on deck to see what they could of
the scenery in the dusk.
| Soon after landing at Deer Island, where
4, the Deer Island House is managed by Frank
Gardner, we'll known to Belfast people, the
moon broke through rift in the clouds, the
wind abated little, the snow came less
| frequently, and things improved generally.
| With now and then snow squall, the moon
breaking through it all, the scene was varied
and pretty.
| 1t was about seven in the evening when
we landed at KineO, and going directly to
the KineO House we're made welcome by
Mr.. Judkins, the genial manager. Steam
heated rooms did not come amiss and it was
soon after 100 when the Belfast party sat
down to an excellent dinner. Whist figured
after supper and the party retired early.
Thursday morning all were out breathing
the morning air as the sun was coming up,
and while OvercOats were comfortable there
was dry atmosphere. We were told that
it was the coolest September in five years.
At $50, after a refreshing breakfast, the
party started out for climb up Mt. Kineo,
feat requiring courage and considerable
grit, as many places are very steep with lit
tie chance for fOothOld. In Mr.. Dickey's
party from Belfast last year only three
climbed the mountain, but this year all but
four reached the top and were well repaid
for their efforts in the grand views afford
ed, which included the Lily Bay noun
tains, Spencer mountains, Mt. Katahdin in
the distance, Little KineO, Moose River
mountain and acres on acres of wooded
land. The distance from the top of Mt.
Kine0 to the hotel, in a straight line, is
4,270 feet. The hotel veranda is 1902 feet
above the sea level, and the tripod on top of