Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-10-06

two forms or cruise. 1 suppose til'
lmilliopaire who fits out an occar
steamer and follows the courses whlci
1.-The regular steamers mark out for hin
thinks he is cruising. ! do not. He Is
merely travelling in a private steam
boat But q rich man, though not {
|nlllicnairc, may own Il yacht, with is
cabin and its stateroom, its sailing.
master and Its seamen, its steward ant
| .ts cook, ard so IN tie water highways
land anchor where the big boats anchor
and the big hotels are, anl live as lux
| uriously on the sea as on the land. H.
can have a very good time even 50;
know for l have tried it.
Ana 1t is probably as near the per-
feet thing as the rich ana luxuriant
can get but it Is not the perfect
thing. For that one must hire 4 fish
| ing sloop with II moderate sized cabir
| and 4 good-siZcd cockpit: he must get
| q skipper who knows the waters and
an rur into any one of the scores of
httlc harbOrs that yachts and their
sailing masters Know nothing Of; h"
must either get q skipper who ca -.
cook OF he must be able TO cook for
hirns If: hc must live on fish, Holsters
end fresh eggs cked out with modcr-
| ate supply OF canned vegetables and
canned soups, fresh vegetables being
difficult to procure; he must have
charts Of the waters. and enjoy pick
| ing up" the huoys. or even working his
| way into littir-knov.n harhors that are
not buCyed ont at III; ANA ne must.
above all. BE- a man with human IN
tcrestS ana a liking for all sorts and
conditions of men.
The cruise that stands out most
clearly in my recollection was one In
which the cabin was always stuffy and
smoky if the wind blew III the wrong
direction when tie skipper was cook
ing the dinner, 50 that We slept on the
deck with Il Sailcloth ROOF rugged Ove-'
The boom. The walk in the evening
"ftcr the days sail was ended, through
he paSi urc to the nearest farm-houS'.
Tor Il pail OF fresh milk and q ten
minutes gossip with the houSe-mother,
who had not seen q Strangc face per-
Laps for weeks: tie chat with the
| hsher!nan'S or lobsterman's boz who
Sculled out to our boat to see who we
were ana to make q CAL on the @tran2-
fIS, lllt WV III tI't .l.llp'i 't-t'i 'htl't'N
under the starlight; III" yarns tic skip
Ter reClcd Off to us over our SImpi+
supper Of bread and butter. fresh lob
Stcr and cOCOa-yarnS which he told SO
cft"n th1t he knew as llltl'- rs We no"
!nuch vas history and how mlch lie
Itiou-thcSa ere the elements that make
up n real cruise. The air. the Slce!,
| the diet, the appetite, the exercise. the
scenery. and, above all, the men anG
women. genuine, sincere. simple
hearted, sFircwd minded. hospitab!e~
souleG, combine to make Il Who'll" which
neither the novelist nor the drama:iSt
can equal. Captain Err is an inter-
esting story; but reading it cannot be
compared to living with Captain Fri
| for d. week.
| These islands are lacking in those
| Institutions on which We are apt to Dc
pend for the nurtui'inG of our higher
.ife. There are no libraries. no book
stores, and the cheap hooks which find
their way hither are not nutritive. The
| schools generally are in session for
short terms and with constantly
changing teachers. There is no in
struction in hygiene or home -buildins :
t't iI'lbN NV 10 IuiE' . -
jerally a church building. but tire serv-
ices are spasmOIic, anI the preachers
lnot always inStructiVe; sometimes
they arc sectarilns more desirous II
pruseiytr than 70 instruct or inspire.
Two years ago, cruising among these
! islands. said 20 my companion:
| IL shoult. lik" TO hire Il launch, have
ian advance agent to make arrange
mcntS. and thcn go oil a missionary
cruise along this coast. preaching or
lrcturinE every night. and doing what
little | cou,. in personal conferences
hy day" Th. year found that what
J had idly dreamed some one else had
practically realized. The two McDoE :
aid h.'otherS. one settled at Seal Har-
! Dor. lhr other at Bar fiarbor both on
| Noun: Desert Island, have created :,
! Main" Coast Missionary society. They
are both COn3ragationaliStS hut the
society is unicnominatio tional the var:-
ruS PROT Stant denominations being
represented on TIE cOfnmtt".
| That they have better business stand
ing than some ministers is evidenced by
the fact that a local bank has loaned
Them $50 on their joint note: with
| tIlIS !'hilI lIt-N navy bphSbt Il Si'uI
| with an auxiliary motor. From local
collections they have raised money
enough to start 4 local missionary on
lis coast tour Joined him ana A. p.
| Mcdonald for 4 cruise Of Two days ind
two nights.
| Captain II. +. White is ono Of those
| men, whom You OFTEN meet in NrH
| England and rarely anywhere else. He
| can build a house, make a boat. repair
! an engine. drive and care for Il horse,
| milk a COW. cock Il dinner. navigate Il
! ship, preach Il sermon. organize q Sun
| ayschool and what else | know not.
| on our triT We landed at four in the
! afternoon on an outlying island, ana
! walked through the village inviting ,hc
| people to The service.
! The key Of the church was apparently
: in the pocket of Il skipper. who had gone
| 10 Rar IIarbor. hut Captain White had
| no fear but that some one had Il key or
could pick the lock- and his confidence
| was justified by the result. Finding two
| women whose husbands were off fishing
and whose cows had Strayed away, he
went after the cows, brought them home.
did some of the milking. and got back to
his Sloop in time for 4 haSty supper; re-
| sult-the women could come to service
| The little church was full. with large
! proportion of men. among them half n
dozen sailors from q maCkcrel- fishing