Milford chronicle., 1908-09-04

; Navy Yard and the business par
Of BOstOn-One of the poorest laiC
out cities in America, and at tn
, same time one Of the richest. Las
but not least to healthy American
we put in two hours by witnessing
a game of base ball between The
Boston and St. Louis clubs; and i
was a good one.
Then we caught our steamer al
! 7 O'Clock for Portland, Maine; anC
here we are. Am here to build up
and renew our thinking apparatus
and will write again. With love
to all
Freeport Maine. Sept. Ist 1908.
My Dear Tom -
I wrote you from Portland yes
terday morning, and placed the
letter in my pocket to mail at the
post Office but forgot it until Sun
day afternoon, when I discovered
it reposing quietly in the pace
where I placed it for certain re-
membrane. Well, whats the diff
ference anyway A day or two
more or less the world moves, on
and on individuals troubles don, t
count.
In letter of this character a de-
tailed account Of city like Port
land, Maine, IS not permissible;
suffice to say, that it is a clean,
healthy and hustling city attractive
to look upon. As its net work Of
trOlleys run to more than a score
of beautiful summer resorts from
Old Orchard Beach to Bar Harbor,
and each known all over the
country for their many attractions,
it is difficult to select a trip from
Portland by land, or by sea, which
is not a panorama of picturesque
beauty. After looking the city
over, we decided that a ride from
Portland to FreepOrt, would be
more to be enjoyed than a ride by
railroad both trips are twenty
miles, but the trolley passes through
scenery that soon brings a state of
quiet ABSORPTION Of the succeeding
marine and lanscape pictures-each
more beautiful than its predecessor
until quiet contemplation sue
Ceeds to the first exclamation of APP
probation. As island after island
of varying size and beauty, and as
the bays and streams unfold before
the eye, we exclaim our pleasure. |
Then as we look to the north the |
chains of hills and opening valleys |
covered with the beautiful green of
New England challenge our powers
Of vocal expression, until we sit in
the rapid moving trolley absorbing
the scenery and enjoying every |
and every breath Of the cold |
pure air. We pass through Var
mouth and a half dozen towns
whose names are familiar before
we reach Freeport, where we are
by our friends with
cordial greeting from New England
o the friends from the great south.
Agriculture from the stand point
If farmer on the Delaware and
peninsula, is a very diff
erent matter from the methods of
Maine. Only small patches of corn
nd that of the quick maturing var
cites is planted. Sweet potatoes
re not grown at all, and are
ought and sold by the pound.
,antelOupes are products of the
,Outh and do not mature here.
lay, potatoes, sweet corn of the
uick maturing kinds, celery, let
ace, radish and cucumbers are the
rOducts Of the truck farms. The
ma bean is not grown at all on
lis coast.
They have beautiful horses, fine
ows and the finest specimens of
lickens 1 ever saw in any country !
+ State,
There are parts where reasonably
ling fields afford opportunity for
owing grain; but it is mostly hill
rming. We saw one small field
,ar Freeport where a farmer had
strawberries; I am told that they
ew to very great perfection here,
It l have not seen a peach tree in
aine. Everything IS apples, and
ey grow in profusion. It strikes
: that they are not paying the
me attention to their apples, as =
2 farmers OfNew York and Penn
wanna do. Yet, we must not 1
get, that Maine is many miles
nth of those two States; and the
1ditions different. =
We have been to Brunswick,
line, where Bowden College is To-
ed; we have seen the home Of