. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . in upon theright-of-way and at Schoodic, with its magnificent lake stretch-ing far to the eastward among long hills and jutting promon-tories, he has entered the wilderness. The dense forest growththat shuts in the track on either side is not of an imposingcharacter ; it is composed mainly of low spruces and their sombre shades are agreeably relieved by the lightergreens and silvery tints of birch and poplar; the thick barrierspart here and there in water glimpses, rippling
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . in upon theright-of-way and at Schoodic, with its magnificent lake stretch-ing far to the eastward among long hills and jutting promon-tories, he has entered the wilderness. The dense forest growththat shuts in the track on either side is not of an imposingcharacter ; it is composed mainly of low spruces and their sombre shades are agreeably relieved by the lightergreens and silvery tints of birch and poplar; the thick barrierspart here and there in water glimpses, rippling blue, or thetrain, winding along the face of a slope, overlooks a vastexpanse of mountain and woodland scenery. Mt. Katahdin,the noble central landmark of Maines fish and game region,in the early morning looms afar off in the northeast, directlyin the path of the train. x\s the forenoon wears on it shifts its 8 IN FAIR AROOSTOOK. position in relation to the niovins^ cars successively to thenorthwest and the west until at noon, seen from AshlandJunction, it towers, in lonely grandeur to the south of we^ NO BARNS TOO (iUEAT FDR THE HARVEST; At the sidings along the line are piled great heaps of hnn])erand pulp wood and hemlock bark awaiting transportation tothe south. Sometimes a sawmill is passed, and its pungentodors of freshly sawed spruce and pine mingle pleasantly withthe forest fragrance that attends the wa>- ; more often the exist-ence of the mill is indicated only b\- the lumber piles at astation and a wagon road leading into the woods. AtMillinocket Station, from which trainloads of paper are dailysent to feed the printing presses of America, a spur of trackleads to the Wonder Town of pulp and paper hidden some-where behind the rolling hills. But these, even Millinocket,are sidetrack , so to speak, compared with the pro-ductiveness of the land beyond from which come the long freighttrains passed on the way bringing Aroostook lumber and IX KAIK AROOSTOOK. 9 p
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