The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-05-21

E, Lusher and Sum- The Sun is we'll
put, and not so much of joke as it
seems. We found Mr. Lusher and Mrs.
Lusher and their four children-t three
young ladies and a son, a winsome lad
of about dozen years, who was keen
to know what his father used to do when
he was boy in Maine, at the beautiful
hotel, Grasmere-b the-Sea. For now
most of Mr.. Lusher's time Is occupied
with the care of this hotel. The build
ings accommodate sixty guests and occu-
by several acres of ground. The build
ings are by the water and face the west.
The situation is ideal. The houses are
equipped with all the modern conven-
fences. Some of the buildings are mod
ern and some old. In the old ones are
large, high-studded rooms with cedar
woodwork and floors. There were fire.
places and about the rooms we're old and
rare pieces of furniture which we New
Englanders might covet. Porches facing
the water are screened and glassed.
Beautiful views were to be seen there,
for the sunsets tinted the wonderful blue
water and the islands and the land in the
distance and the varied colors of the
semi-tropical foliage in the immediate
foreground. Part of the land is devoted
to gardens, for the tables. are largely
supplied with both fruit and vegetables
and except in The busiest season they
also supply their own milk, cream and
eggs. On mild February day we were
invited to play tennis and croquet. At
the boat landing were sail and row boats.
On one of the row boats Mr.. Lusher
showed US the plate upon which was the
makers name and residence, and the
place where it was made was Boothbay,
Maine. On the wharf were bath houses,
for Bermuda is a place where one can
battle with comfort practically all around
the calendar. Mr.. Lusher invited Miss
Ferguson and l TO spend a day, and was
chagrined that we had waited SO long be-
fore..looking him up. However, we spent
most of our last day there and were
royally entertained. Such mealsi Fresh
Holsters, just caught, the first good coffee
we hads had on the Island, dishes heaped
with strawberries, fresh picked from
their garden, hot yeast rolls, light cake,
ETC., setc. I'm hungry now to think OF
it. We were sorry not to have found
out about the place sooner, for we would
likely have spent part of our time there;
had there been vacancy. Mr.. Lusher
rowed us across to Agar's Island to the
Aquarium, where we saw an amazing
wonder and variety of fish. This was
also the scene of the recent accident to
Annette Kellerman and fellow-swim-
mer, who were swimming in glass
tank for the moving picture artists. The
tank burst and they were injured by be-
ing drawn out over the broken glass
edge, but not seriously, believe.
All the Lushers conspired to give US
good time. We outstayed the time we
planned, and left with reluctance. Mr..
Lusher sent carriage for US and re-
turned US in the same way. He seemed
to enjoy seeing Belfast people and was
keenly interested in hearing what we
could tell him of old friends and places
there. If you ever go to Bermuda try
to get accommodations with the Lushers
at Grasmere-by -the-Sea, for I'm sure
you won't regret it. The hotel now is
his chief interest, and keeps not only Mr..
and Mrs. Lusher but horde of servants
besides. There is a wide difference be-
tween Mr.. Lusher with five cents in his
pockets, and Mr.. Lusher the proprietor
of Grasmere-by-the-Sea, for the latter
seems to be an exceedingly prosperous
man.