New-York tribune., 1905-07-30
ON CAPE ANN.
Picturesque Part of the Coast of the
Old Bag State.

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sea. breaking on granite rocks rising ara -,,,,--
.n great waves when there is a xtor-, a., e., ~
sysng in foam over the gray bowiders. even 80
the sea Is calm There are ships and lighthouses
and the smell Of the salt water ana saa.as.
The nature lover also vvorshsns ot - ,.
Cape Ann There the magnolia grows VITA "a
The WIG rose blooms In hedges ana the ch.vv,nE
sings madly amid the roar OF the waves.
The student OF history IS i.,tere-+aa TO =.
Cause when New-England was ono colony as -.
states. when Boston and Plymouth yvere ,-o,,,,,
then we're new settlements founded here where the
land reaches out TO the sea Then the arst village
was on the hsh land in the geographical centre OF
ne cape. Wnere the land rises high ana where ts
now only the faintest trace Of village /, a.s.~.s
village. marked by two great blocks standing IN
end and called the Whales law. and N. nlace is
knoTn 70 the present Inhabitants OF the Cape as
DugtoRn Common.
The city OF Gloucester STANDS ~ ~ ...,.
end o. the cape. where Rocky Neck 5cius n 70 the
mainland and prevents its being an island ,nts
guam with lis cliffs and rocks. stands st the oppi
site northwest SIDE. Salt marshes and the Annis-
Guam River lie between the Two To the aast >,
either sioe. the land reaches o-,- N r,oi,t. ttL
ooVes s1d hays between. And the backbone ard
ceHtre : no" deserted space OF land save where
the forests are; where the sheep and cattle roan,
o-sr-ies.
A trolley line makes the circuit OF the island
from Rocky Neck through Gloucester and its fish
e-es, through Rockport and Pigeon Cove and
10 faf~ A0,fs-
e-All oeioNec ps artists summer folk: 70 the
c.-y- ot Gloucester again. But these geogranbicg1
points can be learned Of maps and books Il Is
the outward aspect OF things thar interests rs now
NOT being learned In geological lore. we cannot
cell what great couvulslon OF nature formed the
rocks oS Cape Am. Probably far bscx j., rba .i-,a
o. glaciers ana ice foes were these granite rocks
I-ieo high IN impressive confusion on the end Of
ape ann There, where the land reaches out iuto
tIe ocean. are Few beaches and those ara small
.ffas
powders, lecges and cliffs OF gray-red granite
Masses ot rocks. srootheG and polished bv the
impact @. many centuries OF mighty waves and
storms Al Hallibut Point they are .pheavea in
great strata forming massive causevsvs and
stairc1ses, caves and crevasses. There AZ the and
40 vegetation IS. except just al the first. where
some Lttle niche is filed with soil and a oteer
----e plaItai-. Unknown 10 inland peoDle dndS n
place 10 thrust its roots.
But beyond. where there is a pasture there are
CREST clurps and settlements Of many flowers and
herbs TIE wild Is fa-esr OF all growing i-,
sTeaI masses. with the blossoms II latter June
tHr1sting thei- smiling, delicate races OUT into the
grass Of tae pasture and Up 10 the face of The
Wagtarer. Near them. a yellow loose strife with
~ orange centre "a dainty weed il isl sweet fern
here and there: the pretty blossoms Of The vetchng
s55s = sc ~ I@ e ana % no~ @ and Then purple night
-@ --- tl-e sl4ece seems favorable 10 climbing
mes l9I ne |ood1lne IS everywhere ard also
here The greenbr.er TOO and the carr5on firL@r
hOssoming where later Hil bloom golden roo stee-
pie bush and asIer.
years ago captains coming from the North and
IesclIng his point on the way 70 Rockport and
Gloucester. cried. Haul about Hence the name
[,s--loo- a erserslon or me sea term, and some
one says that great brown oowIder. Just al the
seems more Ike the head OF a great hound lain
aoNn q drink The next point 10 the south is
Cape Ann. b-r being crowded with cottages and
hotels Il Is less frsInE than its northern sister
To the south OF L--.- is Pigeon Cove where IS a
na-row harbor and blz4lWaIer ana wnere schoon-
paving stone ma Vharfass Beyond again IS
-e-ee ma reaees al ne way 70 ttockpoTt steep
Is rocks have been QCarried- and great Irregular
win scans u am sienna ,-51-- s,s - v-3ere
the stone Is older and weather stained Vertably
q preeiDice ef painted rocks. for many hues al
oclors en- ne discerned by an artists eye urc- 80
stone The QUarrTtng has caused many assures
s1a oasins too where the salt water mas been left
when TIE waves are high, and where many forms Of
sea lie grow
ere crowded thick with barIacles' ana below them
again, and seen only when the tide Is low. are
warning fsE ~ iii 80 et,-I t 1bers and r. G - be
a far seeing eye. when The SKY is clear. can see
Tar out 70 ne eastward faint blue line. That is
Lne coast OF Aiaine. where Portland lies, on Casco
Bay TO ne east, out from Rockport IS Straits
mouth win Us my Aght OF me sixt1 degree Be
TOCc st-aiIsnCuth, again, IS IhaIcner's Island.
--a---S- ~ 20 - ~ ~ 80 i!ia--9
years sgo a. the enc OF the seVelLeent4 century
and after sUn6-y other settlements The Atlantic
seaboard. that party SET san rrom Casco Bay.
wrecked n storm Of the coast or ThatcheT's Isl
and ort OF fourteen souls only two-a man by
the name Of Thatcher and MS wife-and one poor.
E--etched goat came safely 10 shore. So this was
then called Thatcher's Woe. and IS now Thatcher
Island. Then there were no lighthouses 10 mark
r-e reefs and shoals Of this rock bound coast; no
Ten bu0ys sounding their kneH sea no
hoarse fog horn 70 give its warning note and yet
7 was only Isw years 4go Jhat 7I ne Por{lanq 10
Pigeon Cove remember il well. and tell how one
cay, great black mountains, unlocked WIN ~illLe,
came tearing N from te ocean and IeIl nIel on
the rocks cf Pigeon Cove. 70 break IN spray where,
81 their knowledge. il had never Droken before,
Llev say the snip must have reacheo 14atchei
before the storm was heaviest thar POSSIBLY sne
may nave been trying Tor the Gloucester 1aIooI,
lut that = must nave Dten near - eaLesIo-s
rocks Of Tharcher's that the boat went down and
ne goTerr-lent is building breakwater from
the END OF Straitsmouth toward andrew Point
7 has beer IN process OF construction LOT iL1aH nam
anours for its construction. II can Just be seen
a1oVe the water now ana mas Ieaci,so d saIs @ 49, 80
point When Il IS done II Hi4l De one OF me yesI
LaFbors the seabOard ana large enough, t1eE
% ~ 4, he- ooT1nIetej then the Portland
need not have been lost taey aIso ssy- 49,. .,,a
WI! be when cape Ann VIII o no lnoi,
surface viii be ceeplE cleft with abendonel L. =
NAM states Perhaps this is wilc and dolefuI
Erogrosticatfon. but now the cerr1cks loom iToih
Poirt rom -sT u Pigeon Cove Hill and many an
0l5er rlsce and scho0ners from Fail River. Phila-
- s, -a ,ls enc 1e-e[ oSle ~ pigeon cove Wharf
rhera s-a several old houses about the place Ia
9esiha sHg b,,Io5 of ne oIden time. Cotton
asarhe~ heid sway IN Boston and persladeo otner me-
ses.or ~ women tlv witches. there was one woman
called BabsOn VINO was accused o
Ee-is-,e1T and f,,iir house here. in which 70 hqs
tbeir rn0rbe~ II is still standing quaint oin "a
80 80 F1ii+ nor IN recent years and detrac
from Ire aged appearance but vel one SSa go
ts 2e2E1s OF the 9ef ssff - the house And al the
front door Is the old-faghioned piazzA OF Poi0i'