. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . Small Harbor, between Mananna and Monhegan the tiny harbor his first thought canbe none other than, What a fasci-nating spot, for now he sees Mon-hegan Island. Stepping from the boat to the oldwooden wharf the visitor will seewhat he would call a two wheeleddump cart to which is attached theonly horse on Monhegan takes the mail, the supplies andbaggage to the proper places. Thissame cart does all the necessaryteaming on the island. There are afew cows and plenty of hens on theislan
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . Small Harbor, between Mananna and Monhegan the tiny harbor his first thought canbe none other than, What a fasci-nating spot, for now he sees Mon-hegan Island. Stepping from the boat to the oldwooden wharf the visitor will seewhat he would call a two wheeleddump cart to which is attached theonly horse on Monhegan takes the mail, the supplies andbaggage to the proper places. Thissame cart does all the necessaryteaming on the island. There are afew cows and plenty of hens on theisland. Walking up the road path from thewharf one sees first an old carpentershop, then the Post Office. This is inthe ell part of a quaint old house of 148 The Granite Monthly nearly a century of years old. Thereare several old houses upon thisisland, for its history dates backnearly as far as that of Plymouth,Massachusetts. Some of the island-. A Bit of Interior Scenery ers insist that it had been visited beforethat place, even. There is only one road throughMonhegan, but many a path windsabout in the woods, fields and on topof the cliffs. Scattered along thisroad are the homes of the fishermen,the one little store that the islandboasts of, a small school house, a littlechurch, a very few summer residentscottages, a few artists bungalowsand two small hotels. This roadwinds along rather irregularly withplenty of rocks to stumble over. There is one house on the islandthat draws attention at once. It iscalled the Influence and is of a verydifferent type from the others. Vari-ous romantic stories hover over thisquaint and mysterious looking housewhich was built by other hands thanthat of fishermen evidently, for it isthe style of architecture one finds inother countries. All these romances have for theirfoundation that an Italian noblemancame and had built this mansion yearsand years ago and that he broughta beautiful bride ther
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