The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-07-25
pied as dwelling. Just above is Mr..
Browns boat shop. The key was in the
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plcu rs uWelNng. Just above Is Mr.,
Browns boat shop. The key was in the
door and we took look around. The shop
is a spacious one and is fitted with steam
power, steam heat, electric lights, planners,
| jig and band saws, etc. Mr.. Brown carries
on boat building in the winter only and the
past season he built two yachts for Massa-
chusetts parties to be entered in new rae
| ing class. Sixteen years ago, when Mr..
Brown began boat building, he was located
near the mouth Of the harbor. Later he
built an extensive plant little way above
| the stone bridge and which included saw
mill. This plant was burned few years
ago and Mr.. Brown then put up his present
shop. Els home is just above the site of
the old plant, and here on the spacious
veranda, shaded from the sun and famed
by the breezes from the harbor, we had a
long chat with Farmer Brown. Strange to
say he has lost his love for boats and boat
sailing, has only small row boat, and is in
love with farming. He has fine farm,
keeps half a dozen cows, a good pair of
horses, flock of sheep and has gone into
the hen business equipped with an ncuba-
tor and brooder. Haying was underway
at the time of our visit and although it was
an ideal ''hay day'-wind northwest and
hot sun-the men in the field said that the
hay made very slowly. This is no doubt
the case elsewhere, due to the comparative
ly little sunshine and the excess of mois-
ture, which has delayed the ripening of the
grass. When told that North Haven does
quite business in shipping early vege-
table to the mainland one of our party was
inclined to doubt it. 1t is fact neverthe-
less. There is excellent farming land in
this section of the island and the packet
schooner Mayfower used to run to Cam
den and Rockland laden with vegetables,
poultry and eggs. The Mayfower was IA
tons net, built at Duxbury, Mass, in 1851.
She no longer appears in the government
list, and the packet service is now perform
by the schooner Pearl of II tons net, built
at Gushing, Me-, in 1880 She was in port,
alongside the Beverage wharf, at the time
of our visit.
Pulpit Harbor is surrounded on all sides
by high land and for good view of it one
should ascend one of the many elevations.
The sun was so hot, however, that no one
felt like climbing. That its shores are Lot
occupied by summer residences seems sur
prisng, but it may be that the land is held
by spectators at prices that are prohbitive.
A steamer touches here daily to and from
Rockland in the summer season, and it is
only two miles across the island to the
Thoroughfare, where steamers touch daily.
Once the scene of a considerable fishing in
dustry there is nothing doing in that line
now but lobstering. There is talk of a sar-
dine factory locating here, which would
ruin the place for summer resort. Should
that not come about it is safe to predict
that before many years there will be popu-
lous summer colony on the shores of this
unique landlocked haven, which has no
counterpart on the whole coast of Maine.
About half past three o'clock the lines
were cast off and the Castine was headed
for home. The wind still held northwest,
but was gradually dying out and it was
quite calm when Belfast was reached. AS
it was high tide Capt. Coombs took the boat
through Gilkey's Harbor, passing between
Pendleton's Point and Jobs Island. The
channel here is close to the lslesboro shore
and We had good views of the many fine
cottages. DR.. Bracket, whose cottage
stands on high ground at the lower end of
1slesboro, commanding Gilkey's Harbor
and the eastern bay, was the pioneer here.
Sixteen years ago there was not cottage
on the Islesbore shore of Gilkey's Harbor.
Now they extend from just above the
Bracket cottage nearly to the lighthouse
on Grindel's Point. The old claiming
grounds near Tumbledown Dick and
Thrumbcap are now in the door yards of
| millionaires. There are many substantial
wharVes and boat landings, and nearly
every cottage has its power or sailing yacht,
or both. Ames' Cove is the general ren-
devious for yachts and it is but short dis
tance from its head to Dark Harbor on the
eastern side of the island. The name how
ever, is misDomer as it is no longer har-
Dor. A dam was built across the entrance
some years ago and it was turned into a
swimming pool.
The Castine landed her passengers on
on Lewis wharf little before six O'Clock.
"tired but happy" to use the common ex-
preston.