The Republican journal., 1905-08-24
Sullivan and Sorrento.
A Visit to one of Names Many Summer
Resorts.


Resorts.
Sullivan is place from which many
charming drives may be taken-all Offering
picturesque and beautiful views. One of
the most interesting is that to Sorrento,
the well known summer resort. Starting
from West Sullivan one perfect afternoon
behind ''Clip," the most knowing of horses,
we drove to Sullivan Harbor, with view
OF the ever widening river at our right
hand. Fails Point, a neck of laud, partly
W CODED, which juts out into the river at the
place where the fails make it dangerous
for vessels to come through without the
assistance of a tug, and which is favorite
neighborhood picnicing ground, was
prominent feature of the landscape. AS
Sullivan Harbor was neared with its close
ly grouped dwelling houses whose carefully
cared-for grounds compared favorably with
many larger places, and its few but hand
s ONE and substantial summer cottages, a
view seward was obtained, and in the dis
tance the hills of Mt. Desert rose abruptly
from the ocean. Strange contrasts in build
ings as we'll as in scenery were noticed.
IOl lHoIuHSOs Vic LuOuC1 ILtiO
W OGDEN church had an air of wide awake
ness and activity that was in distinct con-
trast with a big building, built of the stone
which abounds in that vicinity and with its
few windows reduced to gaping, desolate
frames.
Haying was in progress on many of the
farms We passed and the big fields were
Machining IN faEo fhair a1t,, ipts
Not so the woods, however, for on many
hillsides the delicate shades of green were
as carefully preserved as in spring, and the
co ntraStS betWe cen birch and maple, pine
a nd spruce, and allthe other varieties, were
never more beautifully brought out than by
the last of the July sunshine. After wind
ing around among the hills the road led US
out into the open once more, where the
weirs stretching their lean, brown arms out
iato the water told OF occupations other
than farming to keep the occupants of the
neat houses busy; and across the blue
water we saw Hancock Point and its light
house Before long glimpse of cottages
through the trees told us that we were
nearing Sorrento and "Clip' twas warned
to be on his best behavior. The cottages
were almost uniformly large and handsome
and every style Of architecture suited to
the summer home was noticed. Many
of the houses had the substantial air
of permanent homes, to which closed doors
and suffered windows gave the le While
a number Of the cottages are not occupied,
Sorrento is said to be having very good
season. The enormous hotel, which faces
the island-dotted bay, is reported to have
its full quota Of guests, and although few
signs of life were noted anywhere the fact
that the middle Of a warn summer after
noon is not a very favorable time for activ-
ity of any kind may have had something to
do with that. Two of the handsomest cot
tages were those owned by the late Frank
Jones and by his son-in-law. They occupy
position from which an unobstructed
view OF Mt. Desert can be obtained, and
their handsome and well-kept grounds add
| m UGH to their attractiveness. Nasturtiums
were: extensively used about all the summer
places and added the needed touch of color
| to the stone walls. The granite ledge near
the surface all through that section crops
up here and there in many of the cottage