The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-07-28
The Land of Liberty.

The Land of Liberty.
I.t 60 asorgeS Lake, the Mecca of
soo5.msa md Of the Lovers of Scenic
BeauF
Main. .-a, s4 arong many other things,for
.,........ .. rs inland waters, of which the
..s- .-pNu Of all Is Moosehead lake.
,-.r. .-ser sheets of water Georges
+. . . has long enjoyed distinction
.----..--... .eau ss to say nothing of its at
-..........- ..- sAermen. The fish stories,
...- .-. .ld by John Sanborn after
,...z.. ar te-tde these teeming waters,
~ 7..s. a attract, but when read John
4 f--.>.- aes nption of this beautiful sheet
n,-.- ls0eG in The Journal year or
.,os ,hs desire TO see it became insistent
, ,--- .. .... mobile, planned for last year,
f,.s- r5,e allze hut this year it was an
..,,r....., fact and marked another red let
..,r. .rs writer's calendar of enjoyable
.,.r.. .-g-a powerful, easy riding car
2,...,. # .rse do not mean the car was
rr.r lu. The ride-an expert chauffeur,
,s;ss- rEarions, clear sky, an atmos-
.4s,= . -. uf # the pine, then fragralt 1t
WITT ,-- a. rom the hayfelds, and what
ben - movable than a ride into the
,- through unfamiliar scenes?
r -.-.y led TO contrast this mode of
-.5 -. s. team and to the disparage-
-,- When the horse tolls up a
-. ...s r-a heavy load. il necessarily
- pathetic driver. but with a
s- he car goes up hill so
more ike the flight Of
rrcss of vehicle and the
ry,,g eNhilarating.
-Eh Belmont, past the
Farm then on 20 Searsnont
a, .tlHsneei salutstions with
-t noy who Is at the head
Isrr-. then through south
clog ar th. home Of oren "
r4ls q Earl in the chroni-
..Htrle club Of '6s. az re-
.. cash year by r. r. Phil
-a- ard poet laureate
~-' with George r. Ran
a. meet with Mr.. Rip
reunions viii also be
From the neld oppo-
Ripley pointed out Hay
and other points of in
.te Liberty corn factory, in
{ This section are inter-
-H from the Ripley farm to
IS hich We had only ieeting
s-. l.l Witty on to Georges lake
~ -..st vas not long before the car
grass ground beside the
ne nospitable Beaulieu farm
4 ga. .e r4rty received cordial well
.. b. her daughter, and her
bite '- .rnan. The daughter of the
's .istlnction of having landed
5s rai ed trout ever taken from
f'r.- ea, g! pound fish, while her
f'a7- .a- olced 49, pound salmon, the
igst f,' i that species that had then been
raAe n hal 7as only been exceeded since
5lrt=er FOUNDER. After bountiful
lAe 81 sHgH all partook with appetites
S'le774 lie ride, we adjourned to the
s'7-- '"Ee and enjoy the scenery The
F@se al i- on su eminence commanding fine
'Ssa. re ass and its islands, its surface
1'7- 8..' aask breeze from the southwest.
'i-'1 nto-ned US that there are now
fFs' 20 Inc lake. but only one was
'A Ne- Milestone island, on which is
4o's7 -tae-, was in full view, and just
'S ne shore of the lake was the cot
e's 1s'6- 10 the farm, and near by the
+'Es 'ase not vet completed.
-9"' We ar1ed the car for run along the
s' ny ,'= lae To Sherman's Corner and then
e -ls a1ls The Marshall shore, a favorite
uP'G Pa-e Here We found large tent
N-'-' .'s 0.s rowboats hauled up on the
s'"7s edge which forms the shore,
boys. brown as berries, gather
-sN ss Il rsddng. There were ten of
ley told Us they were from camp
HE town of Washington, who
-''t ' i1rH iwo days at Georges lake.
-- 'al their allotted two days and were
.-i were about to start on the
aap h. Washington, and team was
reT uedding, etc, and another
"5s "ad occupy the tent. They
ng good, but had caught
My news from the outer
H-- e ''''"' '"'e
"ss q somewhat hurried one,
were rpending and few drops
liter P. m. we were again in
Fr -rayelled about so miles, seen
t.. ..tea much in the brief space of
C. A. P.