Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-26
CAPITOL, ISLANDERS
ARE GETTING READY
FOR SUMMER SEASON
Early Arrivals at Picturesque
Resort Enjoying Beau tt f III
Spring Days-Many Visitors
Are Expected During Vaca-
ton Days

Capitol Island. Me. May 25.-(Spe-
ciaD.-Down here at Capitol, one Of
the beauty spots of Boothbay Harbor,
they are, as is the case at all other
Maine coast resorts, getting ready for
the coming season, and although the
month Of May is not ended there are
signs of activity on the island and
quite number Of the cottages are
open. some Of them for a few days and
others for the summer and even into
the autumn, for some Of the cottage
owners at Capitol so love the island
that they stay just as long as they
can. lingering long after the summer
rush is over, and by so doing enjoy
some Of the most beautiful weather of
the entire season, for during Septem-
Der and sometimes far into October
the days are ideal.
Among these latter may be men
toned Major Charles B. Day of Rich
mond, for there was hardly a month
Of the IL which made up the year 1914
when the major and his family did not
enjoy at least "a hours at his cosy
cottage, Days Rest at the north end
of the island. Major Day has not only
trod the picturesque paths of the is
land during the balmy days of the glad
summer time, when there were pretty
girls galore at every turn. but he has
also trod those paths when they were
coated with ice and snow and when he
and his party were the only living
things on the island except the red
squirrels and the rats. Anyone who
wishes to know what winter life is at
Capitol can learn by dropping a line
to the major and enclosing a stamp for
reply.
Just at present Capitol Is awakening
from its winters sleep and clothing it
self in raiment appropriate to the COM
ing summer. Its fir trees are always
green but the other trees, which cast
aside their foliage at the touch of last
falls frosts, are now putting forth new
leaves and are each day growing more
beautiful. SO that by the time the vaca-
ton season opens they will stand forth
in all their glory. The island shows to
SOfLC SAlSIil Tic ciiGCtS OI last Winter 3
storms, particularly along the path
which traverses the neck of low land be-
tween the two higher sections Of the ISL
and and over which during an unusually
severe storm and high tide one day last
January the sea made clean breach for
some distance near the south end and
washed some Of the heavy stones from
their places but the places which were
quilted by the storm will soon be filled
in and rolled smooth SO that by the time
the summer visitors come all traces OF
the damage will have been removed. -
A number Of the early corners have al
ready arrived. the first being Capt S. H.
Thompson Of Somerville. Mass, the pro-
prietor Of the Richardson House He
and his estimable wife arrived the latter
part Of April and are now busy with the
work of getting ready 10 open their
house the first Of June. Silas Hamilton
of Gardiner, who holds the responsible
position of express and freight agent,
and who has general supervision at the
steamboat landing, is also on deck, as is
Fred Leavitt of Gardiner, the island
street commissioner, who from now on
will be very busy man, as there is a
lot of work to be done on the highways
and the byways as well. Another impor-
tant parsonage who has arrived Is Capt
Bert Knights of Richmond, who came
last week with his good ship EVELYN
and is at present the only representative
OF the Capitol navy who is on the spo.
and ready to make a trip at any time
to Boothbay Harbor, the base of supplies
for the islanders. Eugene Merriiield O.
Bath, the foreman of transportation
was expected to arrive today, and with
his coming the working force of the isl.
and will be complete.
Quite number Of cottage owners
have been down just a day to see how
their cottages had stood the winter
weather, and the only damage thus far
reported was at the cottage Sea Hav-
en- at the north end Of the island and
owned by Capt. John Reed Of WOOL
wich. Capt. Reed was down for a few
hours Sunday and discovered that af
ter the cottage had been closed last
fall an enterprising yellow hammer or
golden winged woodpecker had drilled
a hole under the caves on the south
side of the cottage, boring through
No hAd ooci OlHS. II IS sup
posed that the bird was after flies and
spiders as the curtain Of one Of the
small windows in the gable end of the
cottage was torn into shoe strings
The captain is one Of the mildest man
nered men that ever held the tiller of
a catboat on the waters Of Boothbay
Harbor. but he has loaded up his
trusty duck gun and if he gets a view
Of that yellow hammer this season the
bird is very liable to be eliminated.
So far as prospective improvements
on the island this season have been
given out for publication the principal
one seems to be the building Of an
other walk which will lead along near
the west side. on top of the ridge
This path will be 10 feet in width and
will leave the main path across the
neck short distance north Of the
Hamilton cottage and passing along to