^i; ^ID2>. )^X>iXai; :?3>. 'M^M>mi>M>"'2§iJm ~:n>yM HH fcSS) 33X> :5i3>s> ::i 'JSmKOBC OiWX SDS).:3SB0)::^):)i; 22S)5S> ^S> i;j3U jj/Mjm))xmjj'jma L E a>'®\d) -^ ISLMMB^, AND THE .ri^feffff lilt " A noted Isle, with lofty mountains, a rocky soil." BLLSWOBT^- 1 S'T 1 . Jr. INDEX. I. - Mr. Desert Island. II. Situation and Connection. III. - - - - , IIistoky of the Island— Ancient. IV. TOPOGRAl'HV OP THE ISLAND. V. ------- Scenery of the Island. VI. - - - -'*- - - Glacial Phenomena. VII. Kesources of the Island. VIII. - - _ _ Modern History AND Rejiiniscences. IX. -.------- Town of Mt. Desert X. Town of Eden. wXI. -------- Town OF Tremont. XII. ------ Town of Cranberry Isle. XIII. --------- Gott's Island. XIV. -------- General Eemarks. XV. Business Directory. XVI. -------- Advertisements. Mt. Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles. MT. DESERT ISLA^^D. A niillennium aj^o only the underpinning of Mt. Desert was formed, and this, to uphold the stagnant current, or divide the sweeping glaciers. "Wonderful it is, that out of the bald, barren rock, life should spring ; that over its surface a generous soil should spread, bearing its wealth of flowers, and fruits, and grains; giving 'seed to the sower, and bread to the eater.' " Passing from a sunken ledge to an island field of plenty — from bleakness to beautj^ — from death to life is marvelous, yet Ave trace the steady transition. The work of Dr. Seely explains the change :— Under atmospheric influences a trifle of the surface rock crumbled and dissolved. The lichen, the humble but efficient pioneer of vegetation and of life, fixed itself upon the decajdng rock and found a home. The first was but a signal of a troop, and they came till the rock was grey with their patchwork. Dying, they mingled their decaying mass with the disin- tegrating rock. On the thin film -of soil thus prepared another low, yet higher form of vegetation, the moss, appeared, and the grim rock grew grey with verdant life. Under the shade of this humid covering, the degradation of the rock hastened, and with the crumbled mass a greater mass of dying vegetation blended. The grass came next, and carpeted the whole with green ; lived and died, and dying yielded its contribution to the soil. Then the low shrub found a foothold, and embossed work made the carpet more beautiful. Low trees soon min- gled with the shrubs, and finally larger ones, the glory of the moun- tain, made the former waste a dwelling-place of beauty. The soil that bore all these is now rich,— rich, because death and air have made it the garden of life. Down to the deepest depth of the mold, down to 6 MX. DESERT ISLAND AND THE CRANHERKY ISLES. the granite rock, the soil was made rich by the iiiiug'litig of tliat which was once verdant with life. Lichen, and moss, and shrub, and tree, have given their bodies that the -race following might be more luxuri- ous by their life and death. As over the buried cities of Herculaneum, Pompeii and Strabea, new life ebbs and flows, so over the dead vege- tation the lields grow green and golden in turn — so the wall of coral rock converted itself hito the '-Island of Mt. Desert." SITUATION AND CONNECTION OF THE ISLAND. Mt. Desert Island is situated on the eastern coast of Maine, in Lat. 44deg. 15 min. North, and Long. 68 deg. 20 sec. from Greenwich, West, and from Washington, 8 deg. 40 min. East. It is about 150 miles from Portland by Coast Pilot, and nearly 100 miles by the same reckoning from the mouth of the St. Croix River, or what is called the "Lines." It is connected to the mainland b}^ a toll bridge over the Narrows of Jordan's River. The mail communications are by stage, three times per week, and by steamboat two. A telegraph line is established and in operation from South West Harbor via Somesville to Ellsworth, and one connecting Bar Harbor and Somesville. Travelers' Guide, 1871. The stages are conducted by the proprietors, Messrs. John and Eben Harden of Trenton, gentlemen in every sense of the word, polite and agreeable to passengers and accommodating to patx-ons. Their time table is as follows :— Leave Ellsworth every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8 o'clock, A. M., arriving at the termini at 2 o'clock, P. M. Returning — leave South West Harbor at G o'clock, A. M., arriving at Ellsworth at 12 M. By the mail arrange- ments which began the 1st of July, 1871, there is a divide at the Mt. Desert Post Office; the main stage goes direct to South West Harbor, and the branch stage round the western side of the town with the Seal Cove and (Bass Harbor) Tremont mails. The Bar Harbor or East Eden Post Office stage branches oiF at the Narrows and goes down the Eden road. There is a daily mail stage from Ellsworth to East Eden Post Office, Bar Harbor, in the summer, Irom July 1st to October 1st. The "Telegraph Line" between Ellsworth and Tremont (office at the Island House, S. W. Harbor) was completed in July, 1870, through tlie vigorous effort of Henry Clark, Esq., President of the Ellsworth SITUATION AXD COXKECTION OK THE ISLAND. 7 and Trenioiit Telegraph Coitipany. The following' is the first dispatch sent over the Bar Harbor and Mt. Desert line. "Eden, May 19, 1871. From the llayor of Eden to the Mayor of Bangor: Eden sends a telegraphic g-reeting to Bangor. Our line will be com- pleted by Eve; but owing to the roclcy soil,"not without A — dam." Tlie operators are. South West Harbor. Miss Abbie May Holden; Somesville, Mr. Roscoe G. Salsbuiy; Bar Harbor, Miss Reynolds. The Steamer Lewiston, Capt. Deering, leaves Railroad Wharf, Port- land, for Machiasport, every Tuesday and Friday evenings, at 10 o'clock, or on arrival of the G o'clock P. M. Steamboat Express train from Boston, touching at Rockland, Castine, Deer Isle, Sedgwick, Mt. Desert, Milbridge and Jonesport. Returning, leaves Machiasport rvery Monday and Thursday morning at 5 o'clock, touching at the atbre named places, arriving in Portland in ample time for passengers to take the early morning train for Boston. Tlirougti tickets for sale bv the early trains at the ofllces of the Boston and Maine, and Eastern Railroads. The Lewiston touches at Bar Harbor (Mt. Desert) each trip from the 30th of June to the 15th of September, in addition to her landings at South West Harbor. T I 31: E T A I? T^ E . Going East Leaves Boston at 6:00 P.M. rortland 10 :00 Rockland, 5 :00 A. M. Castine, 7 :no " Deer l^le, 8:00 " Seds^vlck, 8 :;50 " I\ll,. Desert, 11 :;W MUlliridge, 3:00 P. M. Jonesport, 4 :00 " Arriving at IMachiasport at 6 :00 " Going West Leaves Machiasport at 5:00 A. M. .Jonesijort, 6:;j0 " Millbridge, 8 :00 " Mt. Desert, 11:00 " Sedgwick, T :00 P. M. Deer Isle, 1 :30 " Castine, 3 :0u " Rockland 5 :::!0 " Arrive at Portland at 13 :00 Midnight. " Boston at 10:30 A.M. State rooms and through tickets can be secured at No. 82 Washing- ton Street, Boston. J. W. Richardson, Agent, Boston, and Ross and Sturdivant, Agents, Portland. The accommodatiohs on board the Lewiston are superior, — offtcers worthj^ and affable— attendants Idnd and generous. The Steamer Argo, Capt. Kissam, leaves Ellsworth for Belfast every ]^Ionday, Wednesday and Friday, at 6 o'clock, A. M., touching Mt. Desert, at Hodgdon's Landing, Brooklin, Sedgwick, Deer Isle and Castine, arriving in Belfast in time to connect with SanfDrds' Indepen- dent Line for Boston ; also connecting with the Maine Central Railroad for Augusta, Portland and Boston. Returning— leaves Belfast for Ellsworth and the above-named landings every Tuesday, Thursday 8 MT. DESERT ISLAND AND THE CRANBERRY ISLES. and Saturday morning, on arrival of the Steamers Cambridge and Katahdin. The steamer Argo is a good substantial side -wheel boat of 250 tons burthen, with good accommodations for passengers, and in first class order. HISTORY OF MT. DESERT. " The Bald Mountain's shrubless brow — The gray and thunder smitten Pile Which marks afar the Desert Isle," "Was first seen by John Cabot, the Venetian, though an inhabitant of Bristol, England, who received a commission from Henry VII., and sailed in tlie beginning of May, 1407, on a voyage of discovery, ac- companied by his son. Sebastian Cabot; and one or both of them dis- covered the continent of North America, the year before tlie main land of South America had been discovered by Columbus, and two years before it had been discovered by Americus. Worcester's History, page 257, 18 v., says : " The land first seen was called Prima Vista, which is supposed to have been a part of New- foundland. They proceeded further north, in search of a passage to India, but finding no appearance of one, they taclied about and sailed as far as Florida. They erected crosses along the coast, and took a formal possession of the country in behalf of the crown of England. This was the foundation of the English claim to North America." In 1620, a patent was granted by King James, to the Dulie of Lenox, Ferdinando Gorges, and others, styled, "The Council of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, for settling and governing New England." This patent granted to them the country extending from lat. 40 deg. to 48 deg. N., — or, from Philadelphia to St. John, Newfoundland. When Sir Walter Raleigh, with his twelve armed vessels, sailed for Guinea, to develop the immense gold mines, which he reported vault- ed the island, the Spaniards and Portuguese who had settlements there, and were working a small mine at St. Thomas, resolved, through courage and avarice, to show themselves superior, not only in arts and arms, but also in justice of quarrel; they applied to Alexander, VI., who then filled the papal chair (1618) ; and he generously bestowed on the Spaniards the whole western, and on the Portuguese the whole eastern ps.rt of the globe,. HISTOr.Y OF MT. DE3ERT. 9 In 1603, Henry IV, of France, granted to Sieur de Monts, all the conntry included between the fortieth and the forty-sixth degrees of latitude North, or, from Philadelphia to Quebec. Thus it seems that Mt. Desert was claimed, by different grants and considerations, long before it Avas settled. It is reasonably supposed, that one of the land marks raised bj' John Cabot or his son Sebastian, was on Mt. Desert, or " Coaste Ililles," as reported, from which so many eastern vessels took their departure, bound further up or down the coast. Other claims besides these men- tioned, have taken in about the same territory, indeed, it would be impossible to disentangle the ditFerent grants which embraced the same lattitude. The Protestants, who acknowledged not the authority of the Roman Pontiff, established the first discovery as the foundation of their title ; and if a pirate or sea adventurer of their nation had but erected a stick or stone on the coast, as a memorial of his taking posession, they con- cluded the whole continent belonged to them, and thought themselves entitled to expel or exterminate, as usurpers, the ancient possessors or inhabitants. We begin the settlement of Mt. Desert with De Monts. An effort to inaugurate the settlements before this time would be fruitless, unless, by some mystic revelation, we could trace the pedigree of the lost tribe of Israel. On the sixth of May, 1604, De Monts arrived, with his two vessels, at a harbor on the south-east coast of Acadie. Poutrincourt, his asso- ciate, was in command of one of the vessels, and Nicholas D'Aubri, a priest, accompanied them on their first voyage. They landed on the island to replenish their supply of water, and while the crew were filling the tanks and tubs, D'Aubri, who, with a party went to explore the forest and reconnoitre the lakes, stopped at one of the brooks to drink, and as he bent over the water his sword escaped from the scab- bard; he did not miss it until he reached the boat, then went back to find it and lost his way; his companions made search, but were obliged to leave him to his fate; sixteen days he wandered round the shore, praying for deliverance from solitude, and the terror of such a death as seemed inevitable ; he was at last rescued by a party of his own men, who had returned to the island in search of reputed gold and silver plate and money, and carried back to his companions who received him as one from the dead. De Monts did not remain long at Acadie ; trouble with the fishermen and the traders caused Henry to extinguish the patent. Poutrincourt went to Port Royal (now Annapolis, N. S.) and sent Biencourt, his son, to France, in 1608, for a supply of men and pro- visions. Their application to the French Government for assistance seemed to awaken the attention of Catholicism to the new world. Tlie o 10 HISTORY OF MT. UESKRT, King made a condition of his aid to the enterprise, ''that attempts should be made to convert the natives to the Catholic Faith. The Jesuits commissioned to the work were Fathers Biarde and Masse, who embarked with Biencourt. On their arrival, Poutrincourt return- ed to France, leaving his son in command of Port Royal. These priests assumed rather more authority in the temporal manag'ement of the settlement than was wholesome to Biencourt, who told them that it was his part to rule them on earth, and theirs to point out to him the road to Heaven. They threatened him with the anathemas of the Catholic church, and he threatened them with a pugUistic chastise- ment. Somehow the priests found their way to Mt. Desert, the same year. Williamson's History locates the place as selected by the Missionaries, " on the western side of the pool,'' or Somes' Sound, just at Somes- ville. Whittier says "Far up the river have come : They have left theiv boats— they have entered the wood, And filled the depth of solitude With the sound of the rangers' drum. The hermit priest who lingers now — While gazing on the scene below, May half forget the dream of home, That nightly with his slumbers come, — The ti'anquil skies of sunny France, The peasant's hai-vest soug and dance, The vines around the hillside wreathing. The soft airs midst their clusters breathing. The wings which dipped, the stars which Bhona Within thy bosom, blue Garonne! And round the Abbey's shadowed wall, At morning spring and even fall. Sweet voices in the still air singing, — The chant of many a holy hymn,— The solemn bell'of vespers ringing,— And hallowed torch-light falling dim On pictured saint and seraphim ! For here beneath him lies unrolled, Bathed deep in morning's flood of gold, A vision gorgeous as the dream Of the beautified may seem, Wlien, as his Church's legends Bay, Borne upward in ecstatic bliss. The rapt enthusiast soars away Unto a brighter world than this ; A mortal's glimpse beyond the pale, — A moment's lifting of the veil 1 " Here they formed and fortified a habitation, and entered with great zeal upon the work ©f converting the natives to Christianity. It is probable there were no inhabitants but the savages. After five years' labor, with little or no success, they returned to Port Royal. In the meantime, Madame Gurclieville, a lady very near to Marie de Medicis, and famed for her beauty and piety, obtained a transfer of the grant of De Monts, to which Louis Fourteenth added all of North America from the 25th to the oOth degrees of latitudes, or, from Cape Florida to the St. Lawrence. By subscription, and through the influ- ence of her friends at court, she fitted out a ship under the command nisrour w mt. dlseict. H of one Saussag'e, her agent, and accompanied by Du Tliet, a priest, to plant the cross in the wilderness of Acadie. The ship arrived at Port Koyal in the spring of 1613 ; they found the settlement reduced to utter misery, liiarde and Masse, with three others, joined the ship's company, and they sailed for a more moderate latitude — westward. When off Mt. Desert, thej'' experienced heavy weather, — storms and furious gales, with fog, drove them close to the stone-walled shore, so near, that in the calm which followed, the ship was thrown upon the head-land, by the old surge of the undertow and the incoming tide. They eftected a lauding, however, set up a cross, and in gratitude for their escape from the maddened elements, dedica- ted the spot ■• Saint Sauveur." Biarde situated the place as three leagues from their first habitation on the pool. There is a dLffereuce among writers, who have attempted and assumed to show to the present people of Mt. Desert, the locality of St. Sauveur, but from the most reliable comparison, and positive reasoning, it is evident that it was somewhere between South West Harbor, lower dist., and East Bass Harbor; and the landing place at Ship Harbor, just to the east of Bass Harbor Head ; local tradition makes it so — hence, the name — Ship Harbor. The oldest inhabitants say their earliest information was such. One responsible man says he was told by an old lady living in Warren, that her Grandmother was ■wrecked, when a little girl, at the precise spot mentioned; in the ear- lier moiety of the 19th century, and then after much suffering was carried to Virginia. This is given by no less a person than Colonel James Crockett ot Eockland, — and as we listened to his story, we " We seem to look Upon the Jesuit's Cross and Brook,-» Ou the brow of a hill, which slopes to meet The flowing tide, and bathe its feet, — The bare washed rock, and tlic drooping grass, And the creeping vine, as the waters-pass, — A rude and unshapely chapel stands. Built up in that wild "by unskilled hands ; Yet the traveller knows it a place of prayer, For the holv rign of the cross is there : And should he chance at that place to be, Of a Sabbatn morn, or some halloMed day, When prayers are made, and masses .ire said. Some for tlie living and some for the dead. Well might that traveller start to see The tall dark forms, that take their way From the birch canoe, on the river shore. And the forest paths to the chapel door; And marvel to mark the naked knees And the dusky foreheads bending there, While, in coarse white vesture, over these In blessing or in prayer, Stretcliing abroad his thin pale hands, Like a shi-ouded ghost, the Jesuit stands.'' It would occupy considerable space to give all the facts which make the theory true; so much, given on local logic, agrees perfectly with history. One thing more may be added, though,— the three leagues 12 HISTORY OF MT. DESEKT. spoken of by Biaixle, is equivalent to twelve French miles, about the distance from Somesville to Bass Harbor. During their stay a fort was built, gardens planted, farming, fishing and hunting made up their avocation. The different accounts are so conflicting as to the length of their sojourn, that no real time can be opinioned; they must have staid more than one season, though, because Madame de Gurcheville sup- plied them with their stores, ammunition and church furniture. Capt. Samuel Argal, Governor of South Virginia, was cast away on one of his fishing voyages to the coast of Maine, a little further up the bay, somewhere near Castine. The natives told him about the Catholic reign at St. Sauveur, which fired his indignation and opened his angry veins. He returned home, raised an expedition to expel them as intruders upon the North and South Virginia patent. Eleven fishing vessels, sixty men, and fourteen pieces of small cannon comprised the force under Commodore Argal. The French were unprepared for an attack — many were away from the fort at the time ; guns were dis- mounted, and only a feeble resistance made. The fleet fired only one broadside. Du That was killed and a few wounded. Argal took possession in the name of the King, and carried the larger part of the settlement, v/ith Biarde, to Virginia, itasse, with a few others, escaped to the woods and manoeuvered clear of the Englishmen, and through the influence of the English Ministry, was allowed to remain ou the island sometime afterward. "Ah, weary priest I— with pale hands pressed On thy throbbing brow of pain, Baffled in thy life lou^ quest, Overworn with toiling vain, How ill thy troubled musings fit The holy quiet of a breast With the Dove of Peace at rest, Sweetly brooding over it, Thoughts of strife, and hate, and wrong feWept thy heated brain along, — Hoarv priest I thy dream is done Of a hundred red tribes won To the pale of the Holy Church." The place of the action just described, was down by the sea-wall, and some relics of the old fort have been found in the present century. Governor AVinthrop, who sailed from Cowes, April 8, 1630, in the ship Lady Arabella, made land on the eighth day of June, and reported it in his journal as Mt. Mansel for the French. Champlain first named the island " Monts Desert," in compliment to De Monts, and from its wild and bald appearance, — hence, the mod- ern accent, — Mount Des-ert. It is evident the red men inhabited the island, as relics of various sorts were not uncommon, even within a few years, but, since rustica- tors and itemizers have visited the island they have disappeared. The ieland appears in history again in 1688, by M. la Motte Cadilliac» HISTOKi' OF MT. KESEET. 13 who received fi-om Louis X^IY.. a grant coataiuing- one hundred thous- and acres, embracing the whole neighborhood of Mt. Desert. He made a vigorous effort to maintain his grant, but was obliged to leave it in 1713, after the whole territory of Acadie had been ceded to Eng- land by the treaty of Utrecht. Cadilliac retained, with proud afiectiou, the memory of his island dominion, and during the remainder of life, autographed himself "• Lord of Mt. Desert." All those old places are now "Arched over l>y the aucieufc woods, Which time, iutliose dull solitudes, Wielded the dim axe of Decay, Alone iiatu ever shorn away." Up to 1701, the island was uninhabited, save by Indians, and the frequent visits of coasters, traders, fishermen and surveyors. Suspending a few years, we take up the romantic history of the French again, in the persons of M. and M'me. de Gregoire. After the war of the revolution, the old French claim recognized to any part of our coasc, was allowed by the General Court of Massachusetts. George Bernard, who formerly by a grant owned the whole island, lost his title by conllseation. His son, John Bernard of Bath, who had been a Whig daring the war, had restored to him half of the island; the dividing line was,— South West Harbor, Somes' Sound— thence north-west to the shore on Jordan's E,iver. The following quotation is the most reliable, concerning the Greg- oires we have been able to find. It was written by the Editor of the Eepublican Journal, in September, 1853 : •'In Jfovember, 1786, ^Mons. Gregoire claimed in ria-ht of his wifei by virtue of a grant made to her grandfather, M. la Motte Cardilliac- General Lafayette had written to M. Otto, Frencli charge to our Gov- ernment in favor of tlie claim, and it was granted from this •consideration. M. Gregoire and those with him were naturalized by special act of Congress, and became possessors of public lands in Mt. Desert. Many of the land titles recorded in the Hancoclc Registry are from M. Gregoire. There are now on the island few if any of the descendants of the original French settlers." De Costa saj's : ''Here, near Hull's Cove, dwelt Madame Marie Therese de Gregoire, a descendant of De la Motte Cardilliac. It appears that in the year 16S8, the King of France gave to Cardilliac a large tract of land on the mainland, together Avith the Island of Mt. Desert, of which he took nominal possession, and executed several papers in which he styled himself ' Lord of Donaquee and Mt. Desert,' Donaquee was the Indian name for wliat is now Union Kiver. M'me. Gregoire, in company with her husband, Barthelemy de Gregoire, ap- peared before the General Court of Massachusetts, sitting in Boston, petitioning for the confirmation of her right, as gi'and-daughter to Cardilliac. The Court heard and granted her plea, July, 6, 1787, and afterwards by a special act naturalized Madame, her husband and children, Pierre, Nicholas and Marie. Madame Gregoire came in possession of about 60,01)0 acres, embracing parts of the mainland and the entire island, except where a,h-ea.dy occupied by actual settlers," 14 inSTORY OF JIT. LiESEKT- It is probable they lacked the essential elements to succeed as pion- eers, for ill less than ten j-ears they sold the most of their estate to William Bingham. They died in 1610, and their graves, or the spot where they were buried, is just outside of the graveyard, at HulFs Cove. Protestantism, or liberal prejudice would not allow them to be interred inside the cemetery walls, — at least, so runs the tradition, yet, it was the same to tliem, as long as the place was not blessed by a priest with book and cross ; and there they are, if the reader can imagine where, the last relics of the French on Mt. Desert. It has been impossible for us to learn what ever became of Pierre, Nicholas and Marie, but it is supposed they returned to France to occupy an inherited estate. If either of them are living, it would seem proper, and iilial duty, to some way iuhearse the remains of their parents or perpetuate the memoiy of their resting place. TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ISLAND. Tlie greatest length of the island is fifteen miles, in a line from Bass Harbor headland to Sand Point, Eden; and the greatest width "from shore to shore," is ten miles. It is twelve miles from Seal Cove, Tre- mont, to Bar Harbor, Eden, and fourteen miles Irom Bass Harbor head to the toll-bridge, as near as can be reckoned by the most accu- rate survey that has yet been made. The whole island measures about one hundred and thirty square miles, and is nearly equally divided, reckoning the little islands, belonging to the several towns, Eden, Mt. Desert and Tremuut. The town lines run irregularly east and west, portioning to Tremont the south and south-west peninsular land ; to Mt. Desert, an uneven latitudinal belt ; and to Eden the whole north- ern end, in shape like the disarranged outlines of a hemi-cy-cle. The shores are curiously wrought, with dangerous reefs and safe harbors ; '-" many a bold projecting point is seen extending far, while harbors intervene." "Where Somes' Sound leaves its waters in South "West Harbor— the shores form a nook like bay, with the Cranberry Isles moved out far enough to form a breakwater. The pisncipiil harbors on the island TOPOOKAPIIV OF THE ISLAXD. 15 c«ast are Xortli East Harbor, South AVest Harbor and Bass Harbor. The names North East and South West are attached to the harbor on account of then- range from Greenuio^'s Island. Bass Harbor took its name from the fact that it was ouce fdled witli those kind of fish which inhaoited the waters at tlie time of its first settlement, and a weir was built for taking them, across the entrance of Richardson's Cove on the eastern shore. We name these as the principal harbors, because they are most fre- quented by vessels bound up or down the coast. South West Harbor is the largest on the coast, and as safe as any, — it has an entrance — eastern and western. Bar Harbor is on the Xorth East coast of the island, and takes its name from the bar which connects it to one of the Porcupine Islands. It is a smooth harbor, always quiet, even in the turmoil of the gale. The other harbors are all deep, and good holding-ground for anchor- age. The harbors on the western coast are Goose Cove, Seal Cove, and Sawyer's Cove ; each derived its name from the title-name it bears.' One fact concerning the superior privilege for boating, is, the waters flow gradually in the harbors, and there is no swift current in the sur- rounding bays, — boats sail out of the basin harbors, on the mimicking bays, and then farther on, the dark fringes of the ocean. The harbor landings are as smootli as lake shores, apparently without an ebb or flow, but down the mountain shore the under-current heaves up against the granite wall with terrible force, grand and awful. There is such a contrast in the ditferent characters of the island, that it is difficult to make an explicit topography — without the sight of a map, and the accompauyiug one, taken from the actual survey of every road and place, will better explain itself. The mountains lie in a range, beginning one half mile from Seal Cove, Ti'emont, to Somes Sound, then they are scattered over the south eastern portion of the towns of Mt. Desert and Eden. Green Mount- ain, which is the third in range from the eastern shore, is 1,762 feet above the mean level of the sea, according to the U. S.^Coast Survey, on which was the principal station. In front of Green Mountain '"some huge nameless rocks are ascending." The mountains, are called by the inhabitants as they range from west to east, first Western Mountain, second Defile Mountain, third Dog Mountain, or in poetry "Lovera Leap." Defile Mountain inclines considerably to the north, and is called Beach Hill; between it and the margin land of Dog Mountain, lies Deming's Pond. The road between S. W. Harbor and Somesville lies along with it ; some tourist named it Echo Lake, from the constant echoing of every sound that happens on the road. The eastern coun- tenance of Dog Mountain is remarkably grand. It descends, almost perpendicular, all of 9(X) feet to the surface of Somes' Sound, and then IG TOPOGRAniY OF THE ISLAND. down ten or fifteen fathoms. In front of Dog Mountain, and back of Fernald's Point, is Carrol Mountain, whicli is a perfect minatxire of Green Mountain. It is the most picturesque of mountain scenery on the island. On Dog Mountain, is the famous "Gold Diggins,'' where one or two men were led by spirits to jmcover the ledge, and watch for the opening of the granite safes, where Kid and some others hurried their treasures. This fact the author received from the proprietor, who, generously told him "all about it," and who politely invited him to inspect the curious, tangible marks which are very prominent. The eastern shore of the Sound is walled by the slopes of Brown's or Hadlock Mountain, which is also called Pond Mountain, from the two ponds on the east. Then, Robbey Mountain, Jordan's Mountain, Bubble Mountain, Green Mountain, Kebo Mountain, and Newport Mountain. The huge nameless pile, on the south, is always seen, but seldom visited. The mountains all slope away gradually to the north- ward and west-ward, and strike out boldly and perpendicularly on the east and south. The other mountains, fall but a little short of the hight of Green Mountain, and blending their grandeur, or throwing their shadows from one to the other, they lift their caps together, and all appear at once. " The island is cleft in the middle " by Somes' Sound, a deep, swift bay or lake nearly five miles long. It took its name from Abraham Somes, the first settler who maintained his position on Mt. Desert. It is narrow and bold, even to the verge of the mountains on either shore, and widens and shoals at the source and mouth. There are four fresh water lakes or ponds ; three lying north and south across the line between Treraont and Mt. Desert— all west of Somes Sound. First, Seal Cove Pond or " Lily Lake," as some one named it for the many pond lilies that grow in it, — Great Pond and Deming's Pond, or "Echo Lake.*' In Eden, between Jordan's and Green Mountains, is Eagle Lake, or Pond. There are, of course, many smaller ponds, too many to notice. Looking from the top of either mountain, the low- land seems pierced by holes, just like a lot of springs. The island is surrounded by bays, except on the north where it is separated from the mainland by Jordan's Piver,— on the east. Frenchman's Bay, south, Placentia Bay, west, Bluehill Bay and Morgan's Bay, and just out side of these is the ocean. The topography consists of mountains, hills, and plains, ponds, lakes, rivers and bays, all on the verge of the Atlantic Ocean. SCENERY. 17 SCEXERY. "Novor need an American look bcj-ond hin own conntry for the sublime ami lii^autifiil of natural scenery."— /^rr/H^. "Mt. Desert is a little world of itself."— IF. W. A. Heath. Tlie islaiul lias been "written up"' so inaiiy times, and by so many classes, that it seems weakness for one reared on its fountain soil, to attempt a description. No less a poet than Whittier — has pictured it with his pen, while others, local and foreign, have lent their talents to its -wonderful impression. Artists have painted its most striking features, and tourists have sketched all over it. Reporters have interviewed it, and writers have described it, all in their most eloquent and vivid styles, but not once has it been niagnilied or over-represented, —it is inultnm inparco — its bronzed statuary and wavy tile-land, when the moon strikes deep into the night, fairly imitates the •' torso of Her- cules " in great shadows and spreads, obicular, the embellished walls of Pantheon. The " Mysterious ronnd! what skill, what force divine, Deep felt, in these appear i a 8imi)le train ; Yet so deli}j;htfnl mixed, such kinil art. Such beauty and benelicence combined; Shade, luiperceived — so softening into shade; And all so forming an harmonious whole. — " There is not a hill-top or cross road on the whole Island void of something picturesque — but facts alone will here be given, and the reader must imagine or see the rest. The points of greatest interest are on the eastern side of the Island. — the ragged cliffs— the Gorge — the " Spouting Horn ''—the *• Devil's Oven " and the " Schooner Head,'' where " Ye headlonp: torrents, rapiil and profound; Y'^e sotter IJoods, tlial leap the lnniii- due north. On the same side of the island, considerably to tlu^ south of Bar Harbor, there is a striklnu; sea-wall composed of coarse materials, thrown up In a line alonnf the shore, formed, no doubt, by some unusually severe storm. colncidin<:^ with high-water. It resem- bles tlie well known sea-wall of Clielsea Beach. Behind tliis wall stretches an extensive marsli, formerly a part of the sea. Somewhat beyond it, on the shore, are two very distinct and polished grooved surfaces, with the lines ninniiii!: due north. On the aftiernoon of the same day, I ascended Green ]\lount:^n. Along the lower part of the road the marks run north-west, then north-north-west, convei-ging more and more toward normal course, until, after passing the tirsit summit, and thence upward, they lose entirely the sUmting directiou impressed upon them by the dellection of the ice about Frenchman's Bay, and run due north again. All the way up the last slope of the mountain, wherever the rock is cxwsed, ma}- be seen well-engraved Hat surfaces of rose-colored protogyne on whJcli the scratches and and grooves sometimes run for twenty feet without any perceptible interruption. On the very summit is a quartz dike cut to the same level with the general outline of tlio knoll, on which the marks are verj" distinct. I arrived on the extreme point where the southern de- scent is so abrupt that the mountain seems to plunge into ocean, just at sunset. The sea, as far as the eye could reach^ was still glowing Avilh color; amethyst clouds lloated over the numerous islands to the south-west; while on the otiicr side in the gathering shadows lay tlie little lake midway on the mountain slope, and, below, the many inlets, coves, and islands of Frenchniun"s Buy. On the following day. we crossed to the opposite side of the island, skirting Somes' Sound, and tlie next morning entered the Sound in a small schooner. A still' breeze from the north, which obliged us to tack constantly, and made our progress very slow, prevented us from exploring this'siiigular inlet for its whole length; but short as it was, our sail gave me ample opportunity for observing tlie glacial plienom- cna along its shores. At tlie mouth of the Sound before entering the narrows, there are several concentric terminal moraines on both sides of the /lords. No doubt they once strsetched across it, and have been broken through by the sea. On either side, to the rigiit and left, in ascending the Sound, are little valleys running down to the water; and evidently they have all had their local glaciers, for there are terminal moraines at \he moutli of each one. Tiiese facts only contirnied my anticipations. 1 had seen, on passing the head of tlie tiord. in our vith the tide current. Tii()ugh regularly overflowed at ]iigh-\>. ater, the action of the sea has not ailected the glacial characters, which are so peculiarly distinct at this spot. Not oik'y is the dike itself deeply scored with striie and fur- .rows running due north, but being of a softer quality than the granitic rock wliicii it intersects, it has been cut to a little lower level, and the vertical walls of the lissue are polished, scnit<;h'e<.I and grooved in the same way. 1 met here witli one of the instances showing the charac- iter of the working-class in Anicrica winch always strike a European with astouislinient. There was a blacksuiith's shop near by, and being x'xtreniel}' anxious to obtain a specimen from it on account of the cing composed of a softer pate than the adjoin- ing rock, has yielded more readily to tlie ice-plow, and is cut to a lower level, thus forming a broad, flat furrow, the upright wall of which is scored as deeply as the horizontal surt^ice of the dike. At Seal Cove, however, on the south-western shore, the marks lia\e again a north-westerh^ direction. South of Seal Cove all tlie surface ■Mietiualities are Moutonees^ the stri;e running iiortli-north-west. We returned to Trenton bridge by the western shore, having skirted the whole island. The coast range oast and west of Somes' Sound is divided into a series of hills by transverse valley's, in ni'iJSt of which are small lakes formed by transverse moraines at their southern extremity. Begin- )iing east, and not counting tlu! less i)romlnent peaks, we liave. lirst, Jsewport Mountain;, next, Kebo and (Jreen Mountains ; then, .Jordan 3Iountain, liobbc}" ^Mountain, lladlock or l*ond Mountain, and West- ;Cot Mountain, all to the east of Somes' Sound; then following Dog 31oiiiitain, Defile Mountain, Beach Hill, and West Mountain, all on the west side Somes' Sound; Denning Pond, which I have examined more ,at detail, lies between Dog and Defile Mountains. The road along the Jake follows the eastern or left or lateral moraine of glacier whicli •once tilled its basin; and the lake il self is hemmed in by a crcsoeut- .ikapcd tcrmiuul monuut at its southern exti"emity. 22 GLACIAL 1'I1EN03IEKA OX MT. DESERT. The lakes, eleven in number, intervening between the other moraine:? are likewise bordered by moraines. We have thus satisfactory evi- dence that at an early period of the retreat of the great ice-fieltl covering this continent, when it no longer moved over tlie highest summits of the land, local glaciers were left in the gorges facing the sea. Jlount Desert itself must have been a miniature Spitzbergen, and colossal icebergs floated oft" from Somes' Sound into the Atlantic Ocean, as they do now-a-days from Magdalena Bay." The head-workman mentioned in this chapter, as wedging out a portion of dike, Avas William N. Abbott of Tremont, who was after- ward rewarded by a complimentary pamphlet from the author — Prof, Agassiz— who published the result of bis journey in 1867. RESOUECES OF THE ISLAKD. The resources of the Island are its wood, lumber, granite, and mar*- itime privileges. Farming is quite conspicuous, but the soil is too rocky to make it extensively profitable, though there are many fine farms on the Island, which are carried on quite successfully. The harvest is not plenteous enough to till every granary, and in the spring many of the farmers or planters have to buy seed. Wild pasture-land is C[uite abundant, and cattle find their fodder from Hay until Novem- ber. Some keep their stock earlier and later, some later and earlier, but these are the average months for turning out and driving up* There is but little hay imported at present, and stock is constantlj' in- creasing. There is a dyked marsh of 150 acres at Bass Harbor, Tremont, wliich yields quite abundantly — far more than any up-land in the best cultivation. The table-land of Eden is more productive than most parts of the Island, probably because it is more dressed. About one-half of the Island has been improved. The wood and lumber cover the remaining portion. There is but little of the forest in its primeval state, it has been cut and culled thoroughly, yet it is well composed of old growth spruce, tir, pine, cedar, birch, maple and hemlock. The woods are inexhaustible for the Island use, but the ex- ports are telling fast upon the growth— one hundred per cent, faster than the growing— faster even than the people are aware— kiln-wooraphic Survey of Maine," Walter Wells, Superintendent, credits the Island with '-Eighteen and more powers." Eden, four powers. First, Hadley's Mills, in the west part of the town *, stream fed by a pond. Second, above Higgin's Saw- Mills. Third and fourth, on Eagle Pond stream, two saw mills; stream fed by three or four small ponds. Mt. Desert, four powers, ou the Somes' stream ; fall 30 feet in 50 rods ; power improved by mills Which work about ten months in the year. The stream is connected with three powers; the largest five by one and one-half miles; the others, each three and one-fourth by one-half miles. The powers could be increased veiy considerably, and are, in fact, sufficient for iullls of anj^ description, by using the best stjde of wheels and machinery. Freshets harmless, the water being kept back by dams. An excellent harbor at the place, (Somesville) where vessels load and unload within ten rods of the outlet of the stream. Tremont, ten powers, and more. First and second on Heath's Stream," the outlet of Seal Cove Pond, and emptying into Seal Cove, a convenient and safe harbor. Upon one, a saw-mill ; upon the other, a grist-mill. The productions of the mills can be shipped without the expense of trucking-. Annual lumber productions about 250,000 M. ; several hundred thousand staves. Total fall, 40 feet in one-fourth of a mile; two dams; mills work about three-fourths of a j'ear, but with proper improvements could run the whole year; stream connected with two ponds. Third, fourth, tfec, on Heath 's Stream, never improved; carry by flumes. Sixth, &c., at Bass llarbor'X~gi*«»sfl^ mill; six months in the year. The stream is five miles long ; fall 60 feet in the whole dis- tance. Seventh, eighth, &c., on large brooks, with sufficient power to inanufacture small lumber. Ninth, tenth, &c,, tide privileges, none of Avhicn are improved. Bass Harbor, Duck povc, and Norwood's Cove. The granite which has lately been tried, and now being worked, is pronounced of the first quality, by the quarrymen; and the quantitj* immense. A quarry has just been opened on the west side of Somes' Sound. The maritime coast of Sit. Desert is, of all other resources, the most improved. The safe harbors and convenient departure make it valua- ble to shipping. The fishing^ and coasting is tlie principal business, which is proved by the fact that land is more valuable round the sea- shore, especially at tljose points where tourists and rusticators make their head-quarters, at the hotels and summer boarding-houses. The settlements are along the shore priucipally, and where tlie best ac- 24 KKsorrx'ES of ttte island. eoramodatioiis for fishiiidf, and convciiienc r-oastiuo: are, there the j^rowth and uicrease are the fastest. Every harbor is occupied and interested hi shipping, building- and sailing. The A'essels owned are all connnanded and manned by natives, and many a fine foreign and American ship is sailed by an Islander. Every year, some new vessels '•leap into the ocean's arms,"' and going out, compete successfully with other ports. Tlie coast is well lighted, and the lights well tendetl aiid. seldom does an Islander mistake his reolvoni«i>- andioro asliore. MODERN HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES. The "Modern History" of Mt. Desert dates back to the spring of 17(j1, when Captain Abraham Somes of Gloucester, Mass., toolv up a land grant as a part of that commonwealth, came to the head of the lake now known as Somes' Sound, built a mill on the stream and place' where the "Somes Mill"' now stands, and made other improvements. Capt. Somes had visited the place before, in some of his voj-ages ; he was pilot on the New England coast and even beyond either way; be- ing tlie man who piloted the first English Navy Fleet hito Halifax, N. S., he understood perfectly the resource of Mt. Desert. He did not move his family down to the place which bears his name, and where he built a house, until later in the j^ear, Avhen Mr. James Richardson and familj'- joined them, and made their habitations together. Mr. Richardson Avas a man of education and refinement, and quite popular in local histoiy. HI? chose for his work, lumbering in winter and farming in summer. He Was of the Scotch-Irish descent, and Capt. Somes of the English. In a year or two others were induced to make their home on the Island, among them Stephen Richardson, brother to James, who located'himself at Bass Harbor. Soon the islands round began to be settled. Bartlett's Island, by Christopher Bartlett, Who got a deed of one hundred acres from the General Court of Massachu- setts, for which he paid five dollars, or its equivalent, just what it cost to make the deed and survey the land. Israel Bartlett, brother to Christopher, took up a grant and settled himself at Prettj^ Marsli at the time his brother went into the island which Jjears his name. Eden became settled in 1763, by a family named Thomas. The Cranberry Isles became settled about the same time. Bancroft's His- MOnKlJN IIISTOUV AXn HK.MIXISCKXCKS. 95 tory, rolatiiix to Mt. Desort, says:— "The native Indians were the Canilms. and Alu'onqnins of tlie Abewaki nations. KESOLUTIOX IXCORPORATIXO PLANTATIOXS IX TIIK PHOVIXCE OF MASSACHUSETTS. In the House of Brpresentatives, February ye 15, 177G. jResolced, That the plantations within this colony not incorporated, and they are here bj' impowered to call a meeting of the inhabitants ; which nieetinfj shall be warned by a Justice of the Peace residinsj;- nearest the plantation or place where the nieetino- is to be held; which Justice shall issue his warrant in jjroper form to call a meeting to some principal inhabitant of the plantation, directino- him to set a copy of his warrant in some public place in said plantation, the hand fourteen days before said meeting; and when the inhabitants of any plantation or place so warned and assembled as aforesaid, they shall have the same privilege of choosmg a committee of Correspondence, inspection and safety as if they were incorporated into a town, as provided by this court, per resolve, dated Februaiy ye 15, 1776, and their doings shall be valid to all intents .^nd purposes as if they were incorporated into a town. Sent up for concurrence. • "William Cooper, Speaker pro tern. In Council, February 16, 1776. Read and concuiTed. Perez Morton, Deputy Secretary. Benjamin Greenleaf, W.alter Spooner, Michael Farley, Jabez Fisher, Thomas Gushing, John Whitcomb. John Taylor, Benjamin White. Jo- seph Palmer, Benjamin Lincoln, Elead Taylor, Caleb Cashing, Moses Gill, Jedediah Foster, Samuel Ilolten. A true copy, Attest : Perez Mortox, Deputy Secretary. Lincoln, SS. To Mr. Stephen Richardson of the Island of Mt. Desart. According to a state resolve of this colony, you are hereby required to warn and notify all the freeholders and inhabitants of the island of Mt. Desart and Cranberry Isle and Plasentia Isle, to as- semble and meet at the house of the above named Stephen Richardson on Saturday, the thirteenth day of this instant month March, at ten of the clock before noon, then and there to act upon the following partic- ulars, viz : 1st. To vote and choose a moderator to regulate said meeting. 2d. To vote and choose a Clerk. 3d. To vote and choose three, five, seven or nine persons for a Com- mittee of Correspondence, Safety and Inspection, in such places as they may think most convenient. 20 aiODEKN IIISTOHY AND 1^K]\I1NISCFX'KS. 4tli. To vote and act upon any other article or matter wliicli yon may think best to ao^ree vipon when assembled as above. This to lie jtostcd up in some public place within the above mentioned boundary, or a copy thereof fourteen days beforehand and for Avhich, tliis shall be your warrant. Given under my hand at my duellino- house at Xarraofuao-us, this twelftli day of March in the sixteenth vear of his Maiesties reio-ii, A. D. 1770. Alexaxdek Campbell, Justice of tlie Peace. The residence of Stephen Richardson W'as at that time on what is now called Ci-ockett's point, west side of Bass Harbor, Tremont. The house went out of existance some time ago, but the debris of the cel- lar still remains. TLANTATION ORGAXIZATIOX MEETING. Mt. Desart, March ye 30, 177G. In District meetinjf assembled according to the foregoino' warrant. 1st, Voted Mr. Josiah Black moderator for this meeting. 2d, Voted James Richardson, Clerk. 3d, Voted Ihat there be five men chosen a committee of Corre- spondence, safety and Inspection for the ensuing year. 4th, Voted Messrs. Ezra Young, Levilliggins, Stephen Richardson, Isaac Bunker and Thomas Richardson be that Committee. 5tli. Voted that Messrs. Ezra Young, Jolm Thomas and Abraham Somes be a committee to bring in the order of the day. fith, Voted that Messrs. John Tinker, Thomas Wasgatt and Abra- ham Somes be a committee to take care of the meddows on this and the adjacent islands, both salt and fresh, that strangers may not de- stroy them or any other privileges belonging to the islands. 7th, Voted a booke be provided for the records of this district by subscription. 8th, Voted James Richardson be Treasurer of this Dist. That the committefi call on John Tinker and Amasiah Scalland to render an ae- cnunt of what hay was cut and carried otf the island last year. (Five other articles are here recorded which relate to the laying out and building of roads to diftereut parts of the island. loth. Voted that this meeting stand adjourned until the tenth day of next June, to meet at the house of Stephen Richardson, James Rich- ardson, Clerk. The adjourned meeting oi^ened at the time and place specified. Voted to raise and form a company of militia, and elected for offi- cers, Ezra Y'^oung, Captain, Abi-aham Somes, 1st Lieutenant, Livi Hig- gins, 2d. Lieutenant. Voted that the committee of Correspondence, Safety and Inspection apply to Major Shaw for the provisions granted by the colon}'. Ad- journed. James Richardson, Clerk. MOi)i:i;x Hi.sroKV and i;i:jiimsci kces. 27 Aiioiiier '.varrant tlated ^larcli o, 1777, was issued to E/ra Yoiiii<^- by Alex, Cainpbell. directing him to warn together the freeholders and inhabitants of Mount Desart, Cranbeny Isle and little Tlasentia Isle, for the purpose of choosing oflicers and doing plantation business. The meeting was held at Stephen Eichardson's house, March 25, 1777, and presided over by Josiah Black. James Eichardson, Clerk. Dan- iel IkOdack, Aniasiidi Leland, Abraham Somes, Benjamin Bowden and Daniel Gott, were elected a C.'onunittce of Correspondence, Safetj^ and Inspection, and riantation Assessors. All the aiuHial plantation meetings were warned by a Justice of the Peace, the Inhabitants having power to hold adjourned meetings only, without a legal warrant. At the plantation nicetlngs, a careful and vigorous supervision of town attairs was laid out, regulating all the roads, cutting of the hay, ^\arning suspicions or lazy people out of town, which Avas most prac- tically applied by the plantation officers. On the 1st day of June, 1778, the inhabitants of Mt. Desert, Cran- berry and riasentia islands assembled themselves nt the house of Stephen Richardson, for the purpose of "giving approbation or disap. probation to a form of government, which, with the three amendments was adopted. At this meeting, "voted to see if we can agree upon some method to encourage the destruction of the varmint that destroys our grain. In 1780, there being no "Justice" within thirty miles of the island, a couple contracted and formed their own marriage ceremony, which at that time was lawful, The agreement, as recorded, is here given. MARRIAGE KECOIID OF NICHOLAS THOMAS AND LUCY SOMES. Mt. Desart, Febuary 22d, 1780. This is to sartify tluit. inasmuch as there is no Lawful Authority within thirty miles of this place, whereby we can be married as the Law directs— we do, Avith the consent of our parents, and in presence of these Avitnesses, soleuiidy promise and engage to each other in the foUoAving Avords : — I, Nicholas Thomas, do, in the presence of God, angels and these Avitnesses, take Lucy Somes to be my married Avife to live Avith her, to love, cherish, nourish and mahitain her in prosperity and adversity, in sickness and health, -i^ * * * .„j(| ^^ cleave to her alone as my only andhiAvful Avife, as long as God shall continue both our lives. I, Lucy Somes, do, in presence of God, angels and these Avitnesses, take Nicholas Thomas to be my married husband, to live Avith him, to honor and obey him in all things laAvful, in prosperity and adversity, in sickness and health, and * f * =i= to cleave to him alone as my only and married husband as long as God shall continue both our lives. c- ,,,,.,1 5 Nicholas Thomas, [l. s.l ^i^ntu, ^ Lucy Somes, [l. s.j gg MOl)l:lJxV HISTORY AKD ItiailNlSCRKCliS. In presence of these witnesses : — ( James Eichardsou, ( Samuel Reed, Slg'ned, -^ James Richardson, jr> ( Daniel Richardson, ^ Abraham Somes. A true copy, attest, Abraham Somes, Clerk. Persons not a few, are living to-day who can testify to the long, hap«= py and prosperous union of the above parties, and their descendants are as worthj-^ and houojtable ,as any that grace the Island of Mt. JDesert. AX ACT FOR Tim CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OP MT. t>ESART. (Jommonvsealth of Mussachiisetts. In the ijear of our Lord one tJwtisand seven hundi^od and eighty~nine. Incorporation of the plantation of Mt. Desart, so'-called, in the County of Lincoln, into a town by the name of Mt. Desart. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of tiie smne. that the plantation called Mt. Desart, together with the islands called Cranberry Island, Bartlett's Island, Robertson's Island and Beach Island, together with, the inhabitants thereon, be and they are hereby incorporated into a town by the name of Mt. Desart, and tlie said town is hereby vested with all the powers, privileges and immunities which other towns in the commonwealth by law do or may enjov. Aiid be It further enacted, that Gabriel Jolionnot, Esq., be and here- by is impowered to issue his warrant, directed at some principal in- habitant of said town, requiring him to notify the inhabitants tliereof bo meet at such a time and place as he shall therein appoint; to choose all such officers as towns by law are required to choose at their annual meetings. In the House of Representatives, Febuary 16, 1789. This bill having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. William Heath, Speaker pro tern. In Senate, Febuary 17, 1789. This bill having had two several readings, passed to be enacted Samuel Phillips, President. Approved. John Hancock, Governor. A true copy, attest, John Avkry, Jun'r Secretary. MOliEUX niSl-ORY ANl) ROIIN-ISCF.NCES. 29 OKGANIZATIOX OF THE TOWX. A warrant tlatctl Penobscot. April 6,1789, by GabrielJolionnot, Esq.K 'to Abraham Somes, called the inhabitants togetlier at the house of Abraham Somes. The oath of allegiance was i)resente(l and signed by over one luui- ■dred persons. The olhcers elected were, Ezra Young, Moderater; James llichardson, Clerk ; Levi Higgins, Abraham Somes, Stephen Uichai'dson, Thomas Richardson, and Ezra Young, Selectmen. John Hancock received tliirty votes for Governor. Samuel Adams received twenty-three votes for Lieut. Governor. Daniel Coney received twenty-two votes for Senator. Adjourned to the fifteenth day of June. Tlie records by James Kichardson present a very fair though- faded -appearance, uniform in matter, an^.l plain in autogrtipliy. MUST RliTKESENTATIVE TO GENERAL COURT. "Mt. Desart, October ye 8, 1776. Voted, that Stephen Richardson go to tlie General Court Avith a par- tition in behalf of the inhabitauts of this Island." Mr. Richardson's bill was 4 pounds, 22 shilling, which was paid by the plantation— for serving the partition which James Richardson and lizra Young were paid 12 shilling for making. One record says:— "The records of the last meeting are iu the hands of Mr. Smith, down on Sutton's Island."' In 1828, the General Court of Maine passed a bill entitled, " An act to regulate the Fishery of Alewives iu the town of Mt. Desert." The population of the Island in 1820 was 2,111 persons, and in 1830 it was 2,5G0, Cranberry Isles 257, Which, had it not been set otf from the town of Mt. Desert, would have made 2,818, BATTLE or NORWOOD'S COVE- Tliis action occurred on the 9th of August. 1814, commencing Tues- day morning at sunrise, and lasting thirty minutes. The approach of a ship was seen by Johnathan Rich and his sou John, who were fishing in a small boat outside of Duck Island a day ox two before the engagement, and as she neared them one of the crew, probably the commander, hailed: --" Come along side." '" Heave to, and I will." answered the boat. After getting" alongside. ;}0 MOBEGX nisroi;i' aM) j;kmjm.sc£JsCi:s the executive officer explaiuecl that it Wiis the King's sliip, Te/iedo.s, bound ill for water, and asl^ed Mr. Rich to stand pilot, who, lilie i% \oydl American, refused, although a great price was offered; they traded the fish, though, and while the talk Was going on, the j'outll John, who was afterwards in the battle, was making himself busy counting the guns on a side, and considering the meaning of the tig- ures, '••IS pounds," stamped on their muzzles. The sloop-of-war Tcnedos found her way in by sounding, and an- chored in the channel between Sutton's and Bear Islands. At the same two coasting vessels were hauled xtp at the head of Norwood's Cove, one, "Four Sisters," belonging to Eenjaniiu ,Spur- ling, of Cranberry Island ; and it is supposed that an enemy of Mr, SpurlLng, reported this fact to the commander of the Knglish ship, who considered it his prerogative if not his duty, to seize and bond the ves- sel; acting on this principle an ofl^cer was sent ashore to Mr. Spurling's, demanding .$350 on this vessel. Mr. Spurling asked for a little time to raise the monej', which was granted, but, instead of doing so, he sent his five sons, Robert, Thom- as, William, Enoch and Samuel to raise the militia, and at night in- formed the otlicer that the bond could not bo met. Two barges were then got ready, the larger containing sixty men and mounting a twelve pound swivel ; in this one Mr. Spurling was compelled to go. The smaller one contained forty men and a six-poHnder. About twenty- five men under the command of Capt. Willianj Thom of Mt. Desert, lay in ambusli on what is now called Clarke's Point. As the larger barge advanced into the cove, Robert Spurling hailed from the shore, warning the English to keep oft\ but got an insulting ans>ver. "I would fire into you if my father was not there," said Robert. " Oh, never mind me I fire away ! tire away ! " said the old man, as his white scattering locks ixilished in the red rays of the coming sun. The Americans opened fire in true Continental style, coolly and effectively, making the enemy realize the spirit of freedom whicli dwelt in tiic hearts of the fisherman and pioneer, on the coast and in the forest, on the land and on the sea, atMt. Desert as at Boston, ready and active. The English returned fire hastily and at random ; after losiui!; seven men killed and a dozen or more wounded, they very humbly with- drew, leaving the field to the militia. Samuel Hadlock was wounded in the right forefinger as ho fired from behind a tree, being the only American touched ; the tree was afterwards cut down and seventeen " king's arm" balls taken out. A few hours afterwards Benjamin Spurling was released, and the British ship-of-war weighed anchor and went on her way, but probably not rejoicing. The military organization in ISlt was :— Colonel Black of Ellsworth, M(>r>EllX inSTOUY AXn nEMlXISCEXCES. 31 Ceiicrnl Conim.aiuler.— the ML Desert company of militia ollicered by "William Thorn. Capt., John Lear, 1st Lieut. Edeii company, John O. notchkiss, Capt. An independent eonipan}-, with Daniel Pepper, Capl. ; Samuel ILad- look, Lieut.; William Heat h, Ensijifu. The relics of HielxTltle are very few; Mrs. Catherine Heath of Seal Cove, (Treniont) has a six-pound cannon ball Avhich her husband, William Heath, Ensiery among the forests in their primeval state. It was first settled in 1763. The '' act of incorporation " by the General Court of Massachusetts is dated February 22d, A. D., 1796. The warrant for the first town meeting, which was held at Salisbury's Cove, was served by Paul Dudley Jones. (The book which contains the first records has been taken from the Clerk's Oftice, a!\id we could not, as in other towns, quote the early proceedings.) The population of the town in 1870 was 1197. The valuation of the town in 1871 was $175,500. The amount of school money raised (1871) $1,250, with the interest on school fund which amounts to about $100— total $1,350. Number of school dis- 15,— annual average attendance of scholars, 390. It covers about for- ty-eight square miles,— farming and lumbering principal business. Greatest scenery in the eastern part of the town. Hotels at Bar Har- oor. and steamboat communications and depot. TOM'X OF TIIKMONT. 33 TOWX OF TRE3[0XT. State op Maixe. Ta the j'oar of our Lord, one Uiousaiu] ei Selectmen. Joseph Moore, ) Enoch Spurling, Clerk. GOTT'S ISLTND. ' 39 GOTT'S ISLAND. In 1789, the General Court of tlie comnionw ealtli of Massachusetts, empowered a committee of three pei-sons, consisthig' of Samuel Phillips, Jr., John Eeed, and Leonard Jaro, to sell the land in the counties of Cumberland, York, and Lincoln, not already appropriated. Daniel Gott of Mt. Desert, obtained a deed from this committee, dated March 23th, 1870 whicli conveyed to him for and in considera- tion of the sum of eighteen pounds legr.l money, two small islands described as little Plasentia Island, measuiing 222 3-1 acres, and Bar Island, measurin*^ S3 1-1 acres, situated in the Lincoln County. The deed was aclcnowled^-ed before Samuel Cooper, Justice of the Peace, and recorded in the Lincoln County Eegistry of deeds, Au:ister. Mr. Gott occupied until his death, July 7th, 1814 the larg-er mentioned island, from which, the name it now bears was derived. The Island is now occupied by ten families, comprising a school district of Tremont, — aifording' convenience for rishing', wiering and farming, which is most thoroughly and vigorously improved. Prior to 1789, Little Plasentia was transiently occupied, but no homestead made. *~*~ ^— — — > In 1742 it was inhabited by Indians, and an incident of that date may amuse some who will follow these lines : — Some parties belonging in Boston had bought land with water priv- ileges at Machias, and had lumber mills in operation, with a quantity of men employed there. A small coaster was kept plying between these two ports, conveying lumber, and supplying the employees with provisions. On one of her down trips, the vessel, well laden with "all such," run ashore on a shoal of the bar, which makes between the Is- land and Bass Harbor, at half ebb tide. The deck of the vessel was soon crowded with dusky neiglibors ; the chief taking command said : "Ugh, all one Injun vessel now!" " Yes, said the captain, all one Injun rum, too." " L^gh, rum! " said the chief; " me have much rum ashore." The crew set about lively getting a barrel of "fire water" ashore for the feathered, top-knotted jaw-jaws, and in a little while the whole tribe were leaping and yelling in the wildest manner round the "festive hoard " a green corn dance. 40 COTT'S ISrANI>. At luid-iiisilit, quite another scene painted tlie island, for "' sileiiee I'eii^nc'd piolbund." At tlie coming of the tide, the vessel tloated, Avhile a Stirling land breeze fainied her out to sea. Sometime in the mominy tlie chief awoke, and after sni-ve3inii' iiis charo^e exelainieU: — '■'■ All ii-one vessel ! all "one rum ! Indian he no yood ! " (iENERAT. EEMAEKSv The schools of Mt. Desert rank above the average of comnio/j schools, and the school houses are the best in th"e county ; the school house at East Bass Harbor is the largest of the kind in the county, — there are more new than old ones on the Island, indeed, there are but one or two real old ones, and they will very soon give way to new ones, — many of the houses have halls in the upper stor\^ some of which are used by the graded schools. The Island furnishes its own — regular trained--teachers — mostly, and some are called to teach in larger or higher schools in other places. The annual average attend- ance to all the schools on the Island is more than one thousand, and enough money is carried away by students to other schools to form and support one of the highest order on the Island, and still maintain their reputation as teachers. In reviewing the work before ns, we see many discrepancies, valleys and hills. The ancient history we have condensed from Williamson, De Costa, Heune and Bancroft, — the modern history and reminiscences from local records and tradition, — the bnsiness we have gathered by the assistance of ditierent persons and believe it to be nearly' perfect. The topography is from tlie work of H. F. Walling, — the scenery is from pei-sonal observations, and is sulnnitted, '\\'ith the whole, for such corrections as more able resources may develoj), or present mistakes demand. To show the gain of the Island in ten j'cars, we give the census of IBGO here :— C'ranberry Isle, Eden, ]\lt. Desert, Tremont, Total gain, ll. 347, gain 4 I24(i, loss 49 910, gain .) arcs, gain W Tlio valnatinn of the towns lius increased at a ^'ood interest — in "Mt. Desert and Tremont by shipping- and Jisliinp,', and in Eden b}- bniUlini:,- and improved farming. Some of the inhabitants still clin^■ to the opinion that mone\- lies bnr- ried over the Island somewhere, especially along" the shore, and that diligent search might unfold it, — that the mountains ai'e immeiise treasure houses of gold and silver, — that the fields are a covering to slate and marble beds, — that the forests hide gold mhies, and that granite is as abundant as the earth itself, '• if they only knew it.'' That Mt. Desert is to be a great " watering-place and resort," no one doubts. — every summer brings new comers, and none leave with- out a desire to re-visit. The liotels filled everj^ year, faster even than they build, but the private residences are always opeu to accommodate. Bar Harbor and South West Harbor are at present the most con- spicuous places, but it is probable, that when the roads are completed to the top of the other mountains, the company will How that way. The firms advertising in this book are selected, and are all first class. Some will need no references as their reputation has placed them be- yond inquiry. The people on the Island are generous and hospitable, and of the true yankee blood "ready for a trade."' The religions are Evangelical and Christian, and the churches well supported. The Island has been well represented abroad; among its moral standard bearers was the late Bishop Davis \Yasgatt Clark. "An island, full of hills and dells, All rumpled and uneven AV'illi green recesses, sudden Swells, And odorous valleys driven So deep and straiifiit, tliat always tliei'e The wind is cradled to sol't my .^^—Sro>f»i /iff . Tinker's Island, which belongs to Tremont, is a "gem of the bay " with green roads arched over by big birch trees. A visitor is always welcome at Capt. Tinkers^ Truly &c., Auxiiou. Tremont, Jul^Hlsn. G MT. DESERT BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Koscoe G. Salisbury, John Somes, Benj. F. AVade, E. C. rarker, Elisha Wasgatt, Geo, W. Hayiies, ^Vm. Callihau, John Conners, Lewis Somes, Lewis Somes, Jr., Benj. D. Baker, Insurance Agents. Somesville, Artists. Somcsville, Blacksmiths. Somesville, Bartletts Isle, Long- Pond, Boot & Shoe Makers. Somesville, ii Beach Ilill, Carpenters, &. House Builders. John U. Parker, S. P. PJchardson, H. S. Seavev, B. T. Atlierton. Geor^ii:e S. Parker, Josepli Southard, Somesville, N. E. Harbor, Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. N. E. Harbor. Mt. Desert. (I it Mt. Desert. u u ]S\ E. Harbor. MT. DESERT r.rSIXESS DIUECTOKV. 43 ^'illllfN. UJiiou Cluu-ch, J. D. i'lirkcr, Churches. Somcsville, Civil Engineers & Surveyors. Somesville, Clergymen. E. R. Osgood, Somcsville, Cloth Dressers & Finishers. Lymau TI. Somes, Somcsville, A. J. Whiting & Co., J. llamor & Co., Nash Brothers, Green G. Stevens, L.J. lliggins, Daniel Kimball, Stephen S<"itharcl, Charles liaymond. Kate Stevens, Adelma F. Somes, Cyntlia H. Smith, C. Moore. Lucretia S. Bartlett, L. II. Somes, E. E. Babson, Geo. B. Somes, R. L. Somes, Giles 11. Sargent, Samuel Gilpjitrick, Thomas Manchester, Sans Whitmore, Thomas A. "Wasgatt, J. & H. Bartlett, F. Salsbury, Decatur Dawes. Country Stores. Somcsville, N. E. Harbor, Long I'ond, Bartlctts Isle, Dress Makers. Somcsville, (I i; Bartlctts Isle, Woolen Factories. Somcsville, Herring Fish Curers. Somesville, N. E. Harbor, Bartlctts Isle, Pretty 3Iarsh. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. u u N. E. Harbor. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. lb it. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert- N. E. Harbor. ;i (I Mt. Desert. 44 Masonic Hall, MX. iJLliEUT IJUSINESS DIUKCTOrtY. Halls, Somesvillc, Hotels. Ml. Desert House, D. Seines, SoniesvlUc, Daniel Somes, .T. D. Parker, B. T. Atherton, John H. Tarker, Daniel Kimball, Justices of the Peace. Somes ville, a (; N. E. Harbor, John Somes, Jolm W. Somes, John J. Somes, Thaddens S. Somes, A. J. Whiting, Daniel Somes, George B. Somes, 1\. L. Somes, Cousins, Higg'ius & Co., Isaac Hutchinson, Grist & Saw Mill. Shingle & Box Mill, Steam Mill, Saw Mill, Lumber Dealers. Somcsville, Kate Stevens, A. F. Somes, F. Grindle, J. D. Parker, Robert L. Grindle, Itufus Grindle, Town Hill, Stone Masons. Somesvillc, Mills. Somcsville, Cross IJoad, Great Pond, Head Sound, Milliners. Somcsville, Music Teachers. Somcsville, Notary Public. Somcsville, Physicians. Somcsville, Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. N. E. Harbor. Mt. Desert. West Eden. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. 3It. Desert. Mt. Desert. Mt. Dcsei-t. Mt. Desert. IVaiiirs. 1st, Office, 2d, Joii.ithan Ilamor, B. F. Kobcrts, John W. SoaiiCS, T. S. Somes, J. J. Somes, A. J. Whiting, MT. DESERT BUSINESS DIRECTOUY. Post Offices. Hc'.«iuci". Somesville. N. E. Harbor, Post IVIasters. Somesville, N. E. Harbor, Ship Builders. Somesville, 45 Wra. P. Smith, Benj. F. Leland, ^Vl\\. Kecd, Hugh Kichardson, H. A. Keniston, John n. Parker, II. S. Seavey, S. P. liichardson, Joseph Southard, in A. J. Whitings Store, Operator R. G.'Salsbury, M. D. Stevins, L. H. Somes, Ship Carpenters. Somesville, Oak Hill, u Pretty Marsh, Ship Joiners. Somesville, u u Long Pond, Telegraph Office, Somesville, Tinsmiths. Somesville, Wool Carders. Somesville, p. O. Ailrtresii. ]Mt. Desert. N. E. Harbor. Mt. Desert. N. E. Harbor. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. u N. E. Harbor. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. Mt. Desert. EDEN BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Insurance Agents. MaiiicM. ICcKitleiico. r. O. A«1«1ri>s9. Leonard J. Thomas, Eden, Blacksmiths. Eden. Daniel "\V. Brewer, Albert F. Iligjiins, Samuel H. Eichards, John S. Salisbury, Oliver P. Thomas, Huirs Cove, Bar Harbor, Eden, Bar Harbor, Eden, Boat Builders. Salis'y's Cove. East "Eden. Eden. East Eden, Eden. Simeon H. Eichards, Eden, Boot & Shoe IVIakers. Eden. John Waso-att, Daniel Ladd, Eden, West Eden, Eden. West Eden. George Einalda, Samuel N. Emery, Hosie 11. Hamor," Calkers &. Gravers. Salisbury's Cove, Salis'y's Cove. Carpenters &. House Builders. Salisbury's Cove, Salis'y's Cove. EDEN BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 47 Carpenters &. .House Builders, (Coutinued.) ]Vaiiivt(. Lewis Hiijcrins, Buiicrort \V. Thomas, Geor^-e W. llichards, Albert Iladley, John S. Lyman, Baptist Church, Frederick Wilcoiub, Henry AVilcoinb, Edward Yoiuiy, EbenW. Hamor, B. C. Thomas, L. J. Thomas, I'eleii" Youno-, Joseph W. SVood, T. L. Roberts, Edward Desisle, K. Kittredge, Youngs Hall, Sewing Circle Hall, I8«'.si«lt'i»c»'. Bar Harbor, Eden, West Eden, East Eden, Churches. Eden, Coopers. Salisbury's Cove, Eden, Salisbury's Cove, Country Stores. West Eden, Eden, Salisbury's Cove, East Eden, Bar Harbor, Halls. Salisbury's Cove. AVest Edeu. Hotels. Mountain House, Carpenter & Brewer, Prop'rs, Summit Green Mt., Agamont House, Tobias Roberts, Proprietor, Bar Harbor, Atlantic House, J. 11. Douglas, Proprietor, '■' " Bay View House, Hanior & Co., Proprietors, " " Deering House, Chas. Higgins, Proprietor, " '•' Eden House, Ash Brothers, Proprietors, " " Hanior House, James Hamor, Proprietor, " '• Harbor House, A. F. Higgins, Proprietor, " " Kebo House, A. J. Mills, Proprietor, ' '• " p. O. A«1«li-cs(*. East Eden. Edeu. West Eden. East Eden. Eden. Salis'y's Cove. Eden. Salis'y's Cove. West Eden. Eden. Salis'y's Cove. East Eden. Eden. East Eden 48 KPEN F.USINF.SS DIRECTORY, Hotels, (Continued.) IVauicM. Il('!«i«l«n«;«. Newport Uouse, M. L. Roberts, Proprietor, Bar Harbor, Iloclvaway House. T. L. Roberts, ' " " Kodiclv House, D. Rodick, Proprietor, " " bt. Saiiveur House, Fred A. Allcj^, Proprietor, " '' Way Side Inu, R. G. Hig-<>'ins, Proprietor, " " Ocean House, fSaniuel Higgiiis, Proprietor, " " L. J. Thomas, E. M. Hamor, Western House, Eastern House, Setli Hardin,2;, Enimous Pra^-, J. H. Mayo, Alex Higiifins, Atwater Higgins, Alfred Mayo, J. Ricliardson, J. Salisbury, Uriah Goodi-id<^e, Fred Leland, W. Leland, Otis Brewer, David Leland, Otis Leland, Justices of the Peace. Eden. West Eden, Meeting Houses- Eden, East Eden, Builders & Ship Carpenters. West Eden, Eden. Bar Harbor, Salisbury's Cove, Eden, Hulls Cove, Masons & Plasterers. Eden, P. O. 7t.«l4lre*«»-f;ins & Emery's, Page & Co.'s, Eden, West Eden, Salisbury's Cove, East Eden, IVIlllS. Eden, Salisbury's Cove, Post Offices. Eden, West Eden, Salislinry's Cove. Bar Harbor, Eden, Salisb'y's Cove. Eden. West Eden. S.11is\y's Cove. East Eden. EDEN P.USIXKSS DIRECTOKY. 49 L. J. Thomas. \Vm. T. Thomas, Uriali Goodrklije, T.L.Roberts.' Post Masters. Eden, West Eden, Salis1)iiry's Cove, Bar Harbor, I*. O. A«I<{ro«s. Eden. West Eden. Salis'y's Cove. East Eden. Surveyors of Wood, Lumber & Bark. Eben M. Hamor, Alex Hiifgins, Telegraph Operator, Miss S. B. Reynolds, Gideon Mayo, Edgar W. Higgins. Bloomfield Higgins, Alonzo Higgins, Sidelia Mayo, Judith Thomas, Lizzie Wasgatt, West Eden, Telegraph Office, Bar Harbor, Teachers. West Eden, EdeQ, West Eden, Bar Harbor, West Eden. East Eden. West Eden. Eden. West Eden. Id a East Eden. TREIVSONT BUSINESS D^ECTORY. Insurance Agents, IVaiiicH. lS(>!>iill4>IICC 1». O. A4lfIr4>S8. Abraham Eicliai E. H. Dodge, H. H. Clark, dson, Bass Harbor, S. W. Harbor, Nursery Agent. Tremont. S. W. Harbor James Clark, Goose Cove, Steamboat Agent. Tremont. Henry Clark, S. W. nar])or. S. W. Harbor. H. n. Clark, Express Agent. S. W. Harbor, Sewing IVIaohine Agent. S. ^y. Harbor. Thomas Clark, Goose Cove, Auctioneer. Tremont. Benj. Benson, Bass Harbor, Blacksmiths. Tremont. J. E. Freeman, W. H. Rae, Benj. Eobbins, Anam Ober, John 0. Eich, Frank Yoving, John Young, George Kellay, S. W. Harbor, Centre, Bass Harbor, Goose Cove, (. (.1. Cross Eoad, S. W. Harbor. Seal Cove. u u Tremont. Tremont. u Seal Covo. TKEMOXT 1;LSI\KSS DIKECTOllY. 51 A. K. P. Lunf s David Clark, Eaton Clark, Amos B. Xewmau, AViii. Gilley, Beiij. Xewiuan, ^\m. Clhikard, Robert Ash, '^VIn. Lawler, J. G. U'ilsou, S. II. Clark's, James Newbui'y, Trestoii A. Kicii, J. G. Wilson, Wm. Herriek, "Wm. II. Clinkard, Matthf w Sewart, Ira Reed, James Ivellay, James A. Peckliam, Jacob Sawj-er, James L. Wilson, Wilson Guptil, Levi Tviu'vey, Wans Stanley, .Jolm D. Lnrvey, .Samuel Lurvey, J. T. Clark, Wm. A. Clark, Reuben Murphy, David Clark, Jonathan Norwood, Josepli M. Kellay, N. 1). Kellay, Josiah Swett, Boarding Houses. Goose Cove, Centre, Boat Buiiders. Bass Harbor, S. W. Harbor, Centre, Boot &. Shoe Makers. S. W. Harbor, Norwoods Cove, Bass Harbor, Bowling Alley. S.W. Harbor, Calkers &. Gravers. Bass Harbor, S. W. Harbor, Centre, Cape District, Goose Cove, Carpenters & House Joiners. Bass Harbor S. AV. Harbor, Nor-\\oods Cove, Goose Cove, Centre. Cross Road, Goose Cove, Seal Cove, 1». O. A(I ii kk ;( Clark & Parker, Deputy Sheriff. kk kk Jacob Sawyer, Bass Harbor, U. S. Deputy Collector. Tremont. D. P. Marceys, S. W. Harbor, Express Office. S. W. Harbor. Eastern Ollicc, S. W. Harbor, Cod Fish Curers. David Kiiifj, S. W. Harbor, S. W. Harbor. W. II. Ward, •* k. k> k. TKEMOXr BUSINESS DIljEUTORY. 53 STanies. S. H. Clark, H. H. Clark, Clark &. Parker, Eaton Clark, 8. A. Holdeu, Kae. Baldwin, & Rich, Heed & Athertou, T. C. Dow, Lobster Factorj^ AVui. Underwood, & Co., Herring. Iteiiiiilettce. S. W. Harbor, i; u Bass Harbor, Gotts Island, Moose Island, Cape District, Factories. S. ^Y. Harbor, G7 Broad «t. P. O. Atldress. S. W. Harbor. ii u Tremont. Seal Cove- Boston Mass. Union Hall, Hall, Lopaus Hall, Island House, H. H. Clark, JProprietor, Freeman House, J. K. Freeman, Proprietor, Ocean House, N. Teague, Proprietor, Halls. E. Bass Harbor, S. W. Harbor, Goose Cove, Hotels. S. W. Harbor, U. S, Inspector. Tremont. S. W. Harbor. S. A. Holden, Bass Harbor, Justices of the Peace, Tremont. L. B. Wyuian, W. W. A. Heath, Benj. Sawyer, A. Richardson, C. M. Holden, Wilson Guptil, H. H. Clark, D. P. Marceys, Seal Cove, u a Bass Harbor, u u S. W. Harbor, Circulating Library. Seal Cove. Tremont. a u S. W. Harbor u 1.; West Bass Harbor, Bass Harbor, Meeting Houses. Tremont. Union House, S. W. Harbor. Centre. ' 54 TKEJIOXT BUSINESS DIRECTORY, John M. Gott, A, T. Gott, David Gott, James Ober, Aram Ober, Reuben Billiiif^s, Seth H. Iliggius, Fi'auk young, W. W. A. Heath, Eaton Clark, E. P. Dodgo, W. E. Chirk. EUa M. Kittrecls-c, II. M. Gott, Hannah Gilley, Nathan Stanle3% T. E. O. Dodge, Walter Stanley, ^Vln. A. Spear, Bass Harbor, Eaton Clark, P. M. Seal Cove, James Flye, P. M. S. W. Harbor, J. T. Iv. Freeman, P. Janus Tinker. Albci-t Bartlctt. Masons &. Plasterers. ISeMitls'lico. Goose Cove, Centre, Stone IVIasons. S. W. Harbor, Goose Cove, Saw and Grist IVlills. Seal Cove, Shingle & Lath. Cross Eoacl, IVlillmen. Seal Cove, Bass Harbor, iVIiiliners. Ba>;s Harbor, S. W. Harbor, Painters. Norwoods Cove, Physicians. Bass Harbor, Post Offices. Bass Harbor, Seal Cove, M. S. W. Harbor, Rigger. Goose Covj, Sail Maker. S. W. Harbor, IP". ®. Aonglass5 JProprietor. Post Office Address. East Eden, Me. Situated in a Park, and free from dust. Croquet and other Grounds. Five minutes walk from Steamboat depot. Superior cliance for Surf Bathing, and all the privileges found at the other Hotels. James A.. IPecktiam, TBEMONT, IME. MARVIN BROS. & BARRETT, Wholesale manufacturers of MARVIN'S BKODORIZIID & PAtATABJLE g@B tlTim 01£, 32 & 33 Bow Street, FOUTSMOUTH, N. H. 1. i;. O. Marvin. 9. P. Bartlett. Il^illiani Marvin, JTr. REED & HA.LE, 91 Middle Street, (3 Casco Bank Building,) POUTLAND, : : : : MAINE. Thomas B. Rcetl. Clarence Uale. AI)VF,RTlSE:\rKXT? 63 GEORGE J^. DYER, Agent for Leading mi fell ♦I m 'fQi'Cb r^.^^^^^^ y^^ ^#* Hi INSURANCE COMPANIES. j>ijsjy FoiEt TIOICETS TO f«'d' REVEIVUE STAIflPS FOR SALE. Office, - Main Street, Ells-worth, IVtaine. *r. 64 . ADVEKTISEMEXTS. !. J. R. FREEMAN, Proprietor, SOUTH wisf HARBOR, ...IVIT. DESERT, Maine. Good Sail Boats and Carriages constautly on hand for tlie ac- i, commodation of Pleasure Parties. S. A. HOLDEN & CO., Dealers in Hats & Caps, Boots & Shoes, Crockery^ Tar, Pit v, Oakum, School Books, ^tattaweify. ^^S^r"'! TE.EM9KT, ME. tt^smnrxtyrnktrmm ISL^N^D HOT BE, H. H. CLARK, Propriei M South West Harbor, Mt. T^-port, Me. ^^-TELEGRAPH OFFICE IN THE HOi Boats, Carriages & GrTiides alway • \d. FRED'K (/. ALLEY, Prop'r BAR HARBOR. EAST EOF^, j/laine. This is the Central Honse of P-^'* ' ? » 'bor Comais a Spleiil Tiei of lie MoHa''iS. Ir, h Ocean. Carriages, Guides, Yachts and Boats furnishe'' . y the Froprietor, and all the accommodations are first-cl.'.S'N. T'ooius large, and elegantly furnish- d ^i' 6T^ m^M" tA^ ^ )^ II ^c^ ^i^J ^^ c44 MM^JTM^. fl If ^ ■• A noted I.*1h. with lotty iiioiiiit.iiiiv. a locky soil." ,t u' W;.SH'l' ELLSWORTH: ISr . K . S A AV Y E R , Printer, 1871. 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