The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-08-10
! Island Out at Sea-

N,--dr' OH Monhegan!
M md out at sea,
bell buoy ringing.
ne back to thee.
..s-st OH Monhegan!
--- --ied by the blue,
.. t-- foghorn blowing,
purpose true.
-.. Oh! Mouhegan,
aeon on the hill
with beauty brilliance,
dark night to fill.
.. Oh, Monhegan!
ID # the lonely deep,
angels praying
lrfolk to keep.
--.r or. Monhegani
and Of the yew,
see the clover
with morning dew.
-.r Wild Monhegan!
more we'll come to thee,
through silent woodlands
ea1der by the sea.
!t- glove verses were published in
. as .-Iphia Ledger several years
y4r published in The Sun at that
Il Ever since being at Monhegan
sla- nave been ringing through my
ID 81 Icing fortunate enough to find
ap, 3. the paper containing them they
Fiar used to introduce a little sketch
That Him island out at sea"
Al THE LIGHTHOUSE.
Il-slays and Fridays are visiting days
l- light house on Monhegan and the
gSgal station on Manana and it was
Igas AZ that we chose the lighthouse
ls 81 Friday we were rowed over to
Eara TO inspect the fog horn and its
pa, 1t was about four o'clock
be- U embed the trail to the light
b. there we found the assistant
a 5aries H. Newman, who kindly
,@ln -ar top Of the tower, where he
ae l, the mysteries of the great
r- This light stands 168 1-2 feet
BIZ sci vel and on a clear night 1t
2le s4r twenty miles away. This is
&nr ass light, and it interested us
ar inst what a second class light is:
b. round Wicks, one inside the other,
u.3-- four inches wide. Just to
h.5T nicely adjusted the mechanism
lHs great revolving globe of glass is,
8.rs allowed to turn it with our
Ea and this weight of one ton moved
Easily as ii might have had it been
I! me pound.
At Newman raised the curtains that
[ night have a glimpse of the view,
4 he pointed out Burnt Island,
FNges Island, Duck Rocks, and showed
Fnsr= the mainland should be, but
+, at east it wasn't in sight, for
|g was fog in the distance.
zach keeper has twenty-four hours
['aa. oeginning at midnight, one night
ks7nrr going on and the next the
III s-eper. The head keeper, Daniel
ms mas been here twenty years,
lae assistant, Mr.. Newman, two
F. coming here from Mt. Desert
f. where he was located for ten
r. For welve years he has been in
Service.
l8l,1r his enclosure on the hill are
|. Houses, that connected with the
re- bang occupied by the keeper and
.1er llst a rod or two away and
gl J2r lighthouse, by the assistant
als family As usual in such a place
1s the buildings, the fence enclosing
g'' &C.. are snow white, and every
a ID fresh coat of paint is applied.
HNPLoRING MANANA.
Il .'- week we had looked forward to
4 y aye over to Manana Island. Now
r." Us Just across the harbor, and
5a-' perhaps five minutes to row
IN Dur all the same it was sea voy-
.'A here at the ether end was a
W r. pIore, a land full of POSSIBLE
Ia- Keeper, Frank C. Pierce, who
DIS wife runs the Island Inn, sum-
l''4a agreed to take us over in the
',-s TN get you when | come
\ % breakfast" announced Captain
e. No, | haven't slept on this
iof sixteen years. l stay over at
FL %allo0 on Manana every night. 2" And
s'sagn breakfast was over we embark
W. the unknown shore. Our craft
small, but declared seaworthy by the
%ia Who said that he knew that har-
lusl as a man would his own door
= " and out of which he drives each
lanndlng at Manana is not of the
|, Ihe cleated plank is wet and
", 0ut We reached the top without
E'P When you are ready to come
l gust come down to the shore on
ape' and I'll come over for you"
h | u captain, but after we had start
ale trail, he changed his mind, de-
n n, y come along and show us the
M, himself. Up from the landing is
All al Of white hurdles, or that is what
1 % them. Later we learned that
we're part of steam trolley line,
\ Aus tt OF which provisions are hauled
% ~ wharf to the two houses at the
~ The hill. We stopped to look
n.y. -. Monhegan, and to watch the
M ~ Which was just coming IN to the
vi Its daily morning call.