. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . them in the far Dead River region,—Bigelow% Abraham and theirlofty fellows. Ahead (southward), several blue summits rise intoview, prominently Aziscoos, seen just before we reach the landing atUpper Dam. Nobody awaited us on the little wharf except a French boy,leaning on his yoke of oxen which looked ridiculously powerful infront of the small dirt-cart they had dragged down as a baggagewagon. But this did not mean either solitude or incivility. When we
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . them in the far Dead River region,—Bigelow% Abraham and theirlofty fellows. Ahead (southward), several blue summits rise intoview, prominently Aziscoos, seen just before we reach the landing atUpper Dam. Nobody awaited us on the little wharf except a French boy,leaning on his yoke of oxen which looked ridiculously powerful infront of the small dirt-cart they had dragged down as a baggagewagon. But this did not mean either solitude or incivility. When wehad walked a quarter of a mile along the shore, we came to a low-browed cottage, whose appearance was as inviting as its architecturewas nondescript. This is the headquarters of the superintendentof the dams, and has become a hotel by force of circumstances,rather than by intention, now hiding under its spacious roof and 124:. 125 modern acklitions the huge log cabin, -\vliere Chiu-cli and Winthropwere oflered the freedom of the settlement in a tobacco box. Itsarchitecture, the latter records, was of the early American style,and possessed the high art of simplicity. It was solid, not ginger-breadesque. Primeval art has a rude dignity, etc., etc. The oldcabin still stands, but is so imbedded in the new that it takes anantiquarian to find it. Half a dozen ladies and children strolling about in sunshades andcomfortably loose gowns were the only persons visible, for all themen were either busy at the repairing of the immense dam and lumberchutes (which can raise the height of the lake fifteen feet and areworthy of careful attention), or else were away fishing. But we foundour way to quarters without trouble, — what a glorious big stonefireplace that is in the hall! — and neither worried, nor had cause to,about the accommodations. Indeed, I can remember no place wherewe felt so immediately at home and conten
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