The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24
Continued from last week.

Only a few rods distant is Parlin
Pond and the famous Parlin Pond
House of which Henry p. McKenney
&c proprietor. Mr.. Mckinney resides
in the village of Jackman but the
newspaper man found in charge of
the place, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Duval,
relatives of Mr.. McKenney and whose
wedding had only recently occurred
at this same hosiery. Mr.. McKen-
new is direct descendant of Capt.
Samuel and Jane Farnsworth Holden,
who were the first settlers of Moose
River He is the son of Patrick and
Loyina (Newton) McKenney who were
married at The Forks on January 20,
1S4S. Mr.. McKenney closed the Par
lin Pond House the 9th of October.
II was opened about May 18th. Mr..
McKenney whom the writer found at
the Jackman bank stated that the past
season had been better one for him
than the previous season.
The Parlin Pond House although in
the backwoods of Maine is easily &C
cessible and can be reached in your
own touring car, If you desire. Yet
there is seclusion and a closeness to
nature which the city dweller so
much desires. There are plenty of
log cabins of peeled spruce logs, new
and clean, with private baths, polished
floors, we'll screened windows, doors
open to the cooling breeze that comes
OF the lake, II the day is warm or
a big open fire, cracking a warmth
Of welcome if the day is damp or
cold A broad piazza with plenty of
comfortable roomy rocking chairs,
electric lights. modern, open plumbing
and perfect sanitation. The air is
inyigorating at an elevation of 1880
feet, with no hay fever pollen, flies
Of mosquitoes to bother and with sur
rounding mountains towering to a
height of $500 feet above the sea lev
lei, making the air cool and bracipg.
The food is not disappointing and the
water is served from q spring on the
side Of Parlin Mt. over a mile away
from the house. The spring water
Is piped to every camp.
These camps and the hotel are
easily reached by rail to Jackman,
which is a station on the Canadian
Pacific railway about 40 miles west
Of Greenville which is at the foot of
Moosehead Lake orfto Lake Moxie
Station on the Somerset division of
the Maine Central Railroad reached
via Oakland and Bingham, Maine.
From Jackman it is thirteen miles
to Lake Parlin over a fipe automobile
road From Lake Moxie it Is TWEEN
ty miles to Parlin-six miles through
the woods. thence the state road over
high hills, overlooking beautiful lakes
and surrounding mountains.
The hotel automobile or carriages
will meet guests at either station.
Parlin Lake is on the Old Govern
ment road built through Maine to
connect with the Kings Highway to
Quebec and passes through the town
of Jackman, Parlin being just half
way between the Rangeley Lakes and
City of Quebec.
Being located on this fine automo-
bile road leading to Quebec, passing
cars serve to break the monotony
ofttimes complained of by ladies in
camps which are entirely removed
from the touch of civilization. Do
not however, think you are not in
the back woods" for the primeval
forest stretches for fifty miles In
every direction, with only an occa-
sional break like these camps and
the little settlement at Jackman. If
father" and 'the boys" want the
real thing" In back woods life they
can rough 1t to their hearts content
at different points on Moose River,
Lang Pond, Berry Pond, Enchanted
Pond, Spencer Lake, Salmon Stream,
etc.
THERE is MUCH TO DO AT PARLIN
Your physical comforts arc not
|only provided for at Parlin but your
entertainment as we'll. If it's fish
Ping that you enjoy you will find good
rshing for trout in Parlin Lake right
pm front of the camp, and 1t is not
at all necessary to have a guide.
100 square miles of the best lake.
pond and stream fishing to be found
Pm New England is controlled for the
exclusive use of guests at Parlin Ho-
PEI and Camps. Lake Parlin and
outlying Ponds. all in the radius of
Four miles. have been kept a private
preserve, and the result is that they
are well stocked with trout, which
lake the fly readily the whole season.
Lake Parlin Is entirely surrounded