Putnam patriot., 1910-08-12
Summer Reerealion.

4 change from their surroundings 10 1 different conditions, to secure pieasu-
 rable summer recreation This eoun-
 try abounds in places which meet every
 need of the tired body and dulled mind
 Salufaliys most people, living in The
 interior, desire 10 go to the seashore i ewhere-any where indeed.
 There are thousands of seashore re-
 sorts. and the question with each is,
 Where shall so? The question should
 be, Where shall go to get rest and
 recreation where II will benefit me the
 most h the lime I have 10 spare?
 ! The proper way to dois to learn about
 tbe special advantages Of various sea
 shore places, and then select what ap- pears best, and then keep on learning,
 as opportunity offers, about the adyan-
 tAges offered about other places until
 one finds the place that in every way ] meets the desire.
 i We desire to give our experience of
 week B recreation on the coast Of Maine, which may incite others b seek the
 same attractions that delighted Us. From Putnam we took the cars to i Boston. From there We took the steaIn- CT te Bath, Me, on the kennebec river i --a ten hours ride In the night. From ] there we took a smaller ateamer and
 sailed through various iniets some fifty miles or more, to Pemequid-our reztins place for the week.
 The journey from Bath to our desti-
 nation was by day, and proved most delightful The iniets are occasionally i called fixers; and sometimes VIC passed i through straits and entered bays where
 we conld look oul on the broad Allan ] tie. Isiands abound throughout the journey. some quite large many small and 0n each. where ground was sufll. l eieni were one or more houses, mainly ] those of fishermen. On many of the larger islands were halnlets of score
 of houses, mainly occupied by summer residents On the mainland, right and l left--for we sailed to every point of the 1
 up and down bays--there were the
 same condition of things and the general
 characteristics of the land were similar
 high rocky shores and covered with
 dwaffed pines, except where the home
 elearances were made, but with such i variety of conliguration as made them exceedingly attractive to the eye.
 One of Inc large islands nj which
 We made q landing Is called "Squirrel
 Island. Here is where our citizen,
 Mf. F. A. Libby and family spend
 their summers. It Is one of the hand
 soonest places on the route, but not at
 all thiekly settled, neither Is any other
 spot visible larger than hamlet, nor
 k there any indication at any place
 on the line of fashionable resort--all
 is ordinary appearing, quiet, and home
 like. Yet we learned that many peo-
 pie Of prominence spend thelr sum
 mers, with their families, along these
 secluded wilds, where they find abso-
 late continued rest without society re- straint, and mingle with the fisher-folk -~ali American n-born--witheut showing the least indication of patronizine
 which would be wasted If they did
 The natives are class by themselves ! sturdy and independent, with little ac-
 quaintance with the outside world eN' eept whatgis is brought to them. Their daily life is catching lobsters, which ! are shipped in visiting sehooners te the various cities. They raise theil own garden truck, a large amount o hay, and supply summer residents with butter, cream, milk eggs and ve
 getahies, and various kind of fish ano wild bluebefries. When residents wan , mess of clans they go to the mud flats, at low tide, and dig them up witi } a pronged hoe. fresh and luscious, Residents never feel lassitude or en nui-scafcely deigning To read, ever the daily newspaper. They visit neigh boSs informally, sit. on their verandah' ! and breathe the salt.l laden air, whil' watching the tisnermen's motor boats . as they rush around te their lobste pots, and the pleasure yachts of va rious sizes, always te be seen in fai weather, with gay parties Of young peo , pie. The flowing and ehhing tides, th, ; skimming seaguils, who come elese k shore to pick ap The floating gafbag,
 thrown into the water as the eaSieSi way of disposal bs the festdents-ar, ! never tiring attractions.
 II the elderly people have any tim, to snafe II k devoted to sleep, te stoft { up health aud strength fog tAe old 2 heme-liie.
 This crude description ot one of the best summer resting places in Maine, may be expanded and heautitied 10 any extent by the readers imagination, without fear ot oNeFdoing the reality. No printed words can picture out what must ee seen and felt,
 Mrs, ]. \. noutx k visiting with
 friends in Charlton, Mass.
 "A. l.. Mansfield and wife are re