Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-27
Over 100 on the Sports
men Excursion.
Those in the Merry Party at
Mountain View House.
Mondays Rain Could Not and Did Not
Spoil the Part's Pleasure.

Mountain View, Me-, June 90
(SpeciaD.-Nearly 100 members of the
SpOrtsmen's excursion arrived here
Saturday afternoon, part coming in by
the way of Pennington, taking the
steamer at Rangeley and arriving here
at $50 p. NJ, and another large party
came in over the Portland & Rumforc
Falls Railway, arriving at 6.20. An
other large party will come in. today
and even up as late as the 3Oth, quite
a number are booked to arrive.
Among the arrivals SO far may be
mentioned ]. Taylor Humphrey, New
York, editor of Shooting and FISHING
accompanied by his wife: F. M. Web
Der of Portland: Gen. A. B. Farnham
and Mrs. Farnham, Bangor; o. A. Bur-
bank, Boston: Mrs. Geo. +. Emmons'
Lewiston; Mrs. H. A. Farr, Miss NJ. J.
Haley, Lewiston: P. F. Cortier ana
wife, Waterville: NJ. c. Morrill,, Gray;
n. l.. Cummings and wife, HOulton; T..
C. harrington. Mrs. Harrington. Au-
pusta: Mrs. M. v. Harrington and
daughter, Augusta; Roger North and
Miss Carrie North, Augusta; Gen. Sell
den Conner, Misses Mabel and Rosa
mond Connor, Augusta; Fred u. hms-
man and Mrs. Kinsman: DIR. r. w.
kjnsman, c. S. Andrews and Mrs. An
drews, Henry A. Whitman and Mrs.
Whitman of Augusta; Miss Alice Smell.
Gardiner; Miss Kate Allen, Edith Roy
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Vinegar and Mr..
and Mrs. l.. NJ. Andrews Of Oakland;
c. A. blanchard and wife of Wilton;
A. II. Jenness Of Fryeburg; Mr.. Cotton,
Conway, n. H.; Chas. p. knights ana
wife. Bath; Hon. T. S. Burns, West
brook; Hon. Geo. w. Heselton ana
wife. Gardiner; Miss r. G. Stafford.
Hallowell; Miss NJ. II. Hodgdon, Au-
gusta; NJ. L. Dawson, Pittsfeld: HON.
Edgar f. Ring and wife. Orono; Mr..
and Mrs. c. r. Atwood and MISS Ma
rion Atwood, New Gloucester; Alfred
Chase, Rumford Falls; Henry f. Ca
pen and Mrs. Capen. Augusta; r. N.
LaWton and wife, Phillips; Hon. j. w.
Rrackett and wife, Phillips; II. A. Fur
hish. Phillips, and last hut not least,
Miss c. T. Crosby, Fly Rod" whose
umtiIing efforts to make 1t pleasant for
those here Is appreciated, for she
knows every foot of this country, each
mountain or high hill and so many in
teresting incidents and legends con-
nected with them that she always has
nlenty of attentive listeners to her
stories.
Sunday was passed largely in taking
steamer excursions about the lake. 10
the many points of interest and beauti-
ful islands where there are some OF the
finest camps in the world; in carriage
rides about the lake, for the drives are
very charming, while some few tried to
entice the trout and salmon from the
clear waters of Lake Oquossic, Grange
levi. Some fine salmon and trout We're
caught. Near this place the new
hatchery was built and the location
could not be better. There are Il great
quantity of salmon and trout growing,
which are to be liberated later In the
different lakes. The sports OF the ex-
cursiOnsts were somewhat dampened
by the sad news brought to Mr.. Roger
North and Miss Carrie North OF the
death of their father, after they lert
Augusta, Saturday, and much sympa-
thy was expressed for them. Today Is
devoted to fishing by some. though wet
weather kept most of the merry guests
at home and they held musicals and
card parties in the spacious parlors of
Mountain View.
l.. f. Bow ley, the proprietor. has the
happy faculty Of making one feel at
home, and his genial clerk, Frank
Plummer, is business from start to
finish, one of those men made to per-
form the difficult task of taking care OF
the hotel guests and pleasing them at
the same time.