Castine, past and present; the ancient settlement of Pentagöet and the modern town . Hotels, Steamboat Routes, Etc. 101 though none of them advertise as such. In fact, Castineis peculiar in that respect. Nearly all of its best citizensnow take, or have at some time received, boarders intotheir families, and do not consider their dignity at alllessened thereby. They do it nearly as much for of the general good to the town as for private few individuals treat their boarders as would be donein our cities, but the majority receive them into theirfamilies, and expect a greater or le
Castine, past and present; the ancient settlement of Pentagöet and the modern town . Hotels, Steamboat Routes, Etc. 101 though none of them advertise as such. In fact, Castineis peculiar in that respect. Nearly all of its best citizensnow take, or have at some time received, boarders intotheir families, and do not consider their dignity at alllessened thereby. They do it nearly as much for of the general good to the town as for private few individuals treat their boarders as would be donein our cities, but the majority receive them into theirfamilies, and expect a greater or less compliance withtheir own regular habits and customs. Telegraph and telephone offices permit of instant com-munication with the outside world, and the mail goesand comes daily. It still goes by stage, the nearest rail-road connection, by land, being some eighteen miles dis-tant ; but the trip, in summer, is made in fair time, andthough the line is a discredit to the government, yet themail is no longer carried as it was in the last century, ina yellow handkerchief or in a cart
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