Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-13
Lively Times With the
Summer Sojourners.
John Quill Gets Poetica| on
The Salty Ozone.
Cottages Filled, Dog Days Over
And Everybody Happy.

The Er3t two weeks in August mark
the high tide Of summer travel at the
seashore. Everything that can gcner-
ate steam or turn q wheel is pressed
into service and the trains and boats
are loaded down like a county convcn-
three Saratoga trunks, the Kind that
look like a home for little wanderers,
a few bird cages and Il maltese cat in
a crate; and the baggage master, that
urhane gentleman whose placid smile
like the surface of mill pond, rippleS
with SoudnCS., and who usually poses
as I human question mark. develops a
disposition like d two-inch section OF a
blasting fuse. It's a season of well
parting guest. AZ the hotels one no
tees the changes more particularly.
New faces appear ON the vcranda and
ut the table ana the old familiar ones
with their vcnocring of good old down
river tan and frccklcs, are sadly
missed. The cottage owners, like our
poor relations, are always with US, but
the transient whose vacation Is meas
urod oy the red figures on the calen-
dar. packs his grip when the bcil rings
AMI cmSratcs like the birds. while the
hurdy gurdy plays that musical gem
The Gill l Left Behind Me-"
Someone asked the late Robert Inger-
soil what Improvement he could make
if he was to build a world. His reply
was he would make good health catch
ing instead Of disease. l think he must
have had this place in mind, for good
health seems to be contagious, down
here for every body catches it and a
dainty miss with her pink and white
complexion who comes for few weeks
sojDurn Gown by the sea goes back
home when her vacation is over look
ing like a student from the Hampton
colored school or a travelling advcr-
tisement for ginger snap factory, not
frecllles, but freclled-only one. and
that covering the entire face like I,
merry Widows blush.
There mas been but very little build
ing here this season, and with the cx-
ccrtion OF the repairs on the Noble
cottage and Camp "a, Which IS being
rapidly transformed into a French
chateau with turrct, and projections
or a Moro tGSl!t, lHc DliluilS b"'oIli IDS
passed by on the other side. over
across tn, little strip Of sparkling wa
Ter at Niger Island, a New Yorker
has just completed a very commodious
bungalow nifty, tO-date affair, It's
lOca iion is ideal Occupying as it does
the extreme southern part of the mar
row island it commands a view not
only of the open sea but of the islands
for ming the outer fringe of the shell
tered harhor Of BoothbaY. All ship
ping bound to or from the eastward
must pass within hailing distance and
all craft making a harbor from the
| westward or from the islands come
within range Of the western exposure.
There are but four cottages on the Is
land at present. but with water sup
ply, artcsian we'll, which is soon to be
put in, Niger island will change its
name and boom like Il Presidential
candidate.
The social side of life, the unconven-
tional part, i'll this little rural but Sc
lcct community, is its charm. One
does not have to break into society
with an axe or hang on the fringe and
wait for the door to open. The latch
string is out and the social set bids
you welcome. 1t is up to you to make
good. Some amateur Columbus who
vas seeking new worlds to discover,
has found Il quaint out of the way
corner over on FiShermanS island,
where they serve shore dinners. The
house is an old weather beaten. low
posted. honcysuckle covered cottage
that has stood the ravages of time for
centuries. TraWlS and nets adOrn the
walls and fishing gear completes It's
interior ornaments. outside the four
gray walls poppy beds and wild flowers
are struggling with the lobster traps
and fishing paraphanalia for existence.
It is a bit of the old world in a salt at
mosphere, for you are practically out
at sea.
Since the first discovery of this Del
monico on This barren island hundreds
have partaknn of its hospitality until
now it is fad Some day it will be-
come citificd. the nets and fishing ham
per will be removed and the whole
place will be modtrnIZcd. Then its
charm will be gone and like the Indians
we shall he driven farther back from
civilization to find the quaint and odd.
Dog davs AZ" practically over and the
fog bank, that nave been hanging over
the shore for the past week Will soon
blow out to sea. giving us again the
crisp. bright air that me Main" coast
is noted for That w" can sit on our
yerandas and watch the world &" by.
JOHN QUILL.