. Leading business men of Kennebunkport, Kennebunk and Old Orchard beach, with an historical sketch of each place. d pleasures of life here is the oft noted fact thatits visitors are s°o entirely of the most refined and cultured class of the lanrl. Thosewho love mere gaudiness and show, do not feel at home in the quiet and studied re-finement of the tone of the place. It is but natural that occasionally attracted bythe fame of the region, a few of this latter class should conie, but the larger body ofthe residents are of truer judgment and character. The hops, germans, and othersocial gatherin
. Leading business men of Kennebunkport, Kennebunk and Old Orchard beach, with an historical sketch of each place. d pleasures of life here is the oft noted fact thatits visitors are s°o entirely of the most refined and cultured class of the lanrl. Thosewho love mere gaudiness and show, do not feel at home in the quiet and studied re-finement of the tone of the place. It is but natural that occasionally attracted bythe fame of the region, a few of this latter class should conie, but the larger body ofthe residents are of truer judgment and character. The hops, germans, and othersocial gatherings which are given at times through the season, are distinguished by awise refinement, rarely known, and carefully kept from the extremes which mark theirindulgence at many famous resorts. By the long and steady proc-ss of continuedgrowth this character for true refinement and culture has given to the place andthose who rightly lay much stress on this point, are happy tu know one resort wherethey can be perfectly sure of the kind of people they are destined to meet. The in- 10 KEN NEB UNKPOR T ner social life of the j^lace branches out in numberless directions forming a completecommunity in itself and is far too delicate and pervasive to admit of description incold words, but those who have known at all what it is need not to be reminded ofall its charms. Old and exploded superstitions find little or no currency here. No one has everclaimed to have seen the great sea-serpent, and it would be extremely hard to find aperson who believed in the old foibles existence. To say that they doubt such thingswould be to state it mildly, for few consider them wortliy of a doubt. They havenot come to give expression to any peculiar views, but to live like sensible beingsnear to natures heart, and in accordance with her laws plainly written on her laceand in the life ofman, while theamenities of so-cial life, of hu-man sympathy,and polite breed-ing add to ihepowerful attrac-
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