Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-21
Interesting Letter from
the Beautiful Resort.
An Augusta Young Lady Tells
About the Season There.
A Circuit Of 6reat Lake With Brief Calls
at Its Many Cottages.

| An Augusta young lady WHO has
been cnloying Il visit at Belgrade Lakes
Scn!S the journal tn" following inter
cStins letter from that beautiful re-
| sort that is SO much better known and
more appreciated in Boston. New York
and more distant points than it Is III
this immediate vicinity.
belgrade Lakes. Maine
| Dear journal: lnasmuch rs Bel
grade Lakes is not as well known IL
| many of your readers AS some of the
| nearer resorts. perhaps they would like
TO hear little about the summer at
| this beautiful place.
Because Of the variety of its inter-
| est and beauty. the mention Of Bel
grade Lakes brings ON" idea to one
person and an entirely different picture
| to another. To the transient visitor il
brings the recollection Of a pleasant
drive. most enjoyable dinner at
"rhc Belgrade" a rest on the spacious
piazza overlooking the beautiful reach
of Long Lake. and lastly the wish
that one did not have To return To tin.
city At the setting of the sun. To the
vacationiSt of u sporting turn OF mind,
il brings visions Of black-baSS or perch.
captured from the depths of the whit"
Lodges" once in 4 while an extra
thrill when comes the picture of the
spcckled beauty hooked unexpectedly
one cvrntful day. But both of these
| plrasur"-scnkrrs have missed the
charm which unites all the interests Of
| the place into one delightful whole
| the charm Of camping. free and close
| to nature, on the shore of one of the
| lakes.
That the strenuous life is by no
| means lost sight Of Was proved Il short
| time ago by a party of boys from Phiia-
drl,hi:, who, under the care Of Mr.. j.
W. Tucker. 4 popular tutor Of that city.
came to spend the month Of July in
camp on Hersom's Point, Great Lake.
After two weeks had been pleasantly
| spent il became known to them that
| the proprietor of the form from which
supplies We're obtained had been disap-
| pointed in his "hclp' for haying. With
| out waiting for Formally, Mr.. Tucker
| and his five boys at once. adjourned to
| The hay-ticld and in less time
than the work had been done Tor years.
| the fields were smooth and the owner,
| laughinglv confcssing that those boys
|
| tentcdly looking over his well-fill"d
| moWS.
| This can we'll be pu: down to offset
| some of the stories We hear about the
| thnughtlcSSnesS Of our summer visitors.
On the other hand. the rcst-sccker
can find no better place in which to
bury himself from the busy outside life
| than by the shore of Great Lake where
| if 80 inclined. he na'd not bcStir HIM
| self so much as even [, 81 to tho Post
| Office for mail. For every morning. eX-
| cept Sunday. at seen o'clock tn"
| sturdy steamer Jolly Roger" starts
| from tho village to deliver mail to the
| cottagcrs around he whole wide cir
| cult of the lake. And AL one has to do
when he hears tn. Rogers shrill
whistle is to so down IL his wharf AMI
| there receive from Capt. Curtis the
mail for which he woul! otherwise hay"
| to Journey several miles. Such is the
| working Of the latest development Of
| the =. f. ID. system and surely it is Il
| blessing greatly appreciated by all
| those concerned.
| AT tho village, l:"ig:'a ID Lakes pro-
per, the season has boon onc Of the best
| for years, although inc outlook at tn L.
beginning Of the summer was not so
good. July's hot weather brouGh.
visitors from all directions and both
| The belgrade" and Central House"
besides many priva1': houses have been
fulI to ovrrfiowiilg ever since. Tho
height Of the season has probably now
been reached but 4 Gre;it many guests
Kill remain till the opening: of schools