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d to as No Man's Land. If you look for it on the map you will find it marked as Muscongus. It is also kn

rom the seaboard, between the Muscongus and Penobscot rivers, for a certain distance inland, but made no mention of the island

me, Englishmen!" He had picked up a few words from the fishermen who made their headquarters at Monhegan, an island ten miles farther out to sea. Samoset was acc

n to save the monarch's head. Such lese majesté was sure to bring serious consequences to the peppery old salt, so he hurriedly sailed for Boston on his brig. While coasting the province of Maine, he came upon Muscongus, and was so charmed that he s

an attractive appearance from every direction. No steamer ever stops there, and it is rather ticklish

es to the township of Bristol on the mainland two miles away. Every year the tax collector sailed or rowed over to Muscongus and marked in

lector showed legal authority for his assessment. The chalk marks were rubbed off the doors and after some spirited scenes the collector withdrew, since, as has been shown, he had no

pular, but the vote of Muscongus was cast for and elected him. The canvassers, however, threw out the vote because of the refusal to pay taxes. This

d the authorities that any attempt to enforce the draft would cause bloodshed. Some of them, however, were alarmed at the thought of fighting the national government. At a mass meeting the community voted to do

eling potatoes. A few minutes later the major's companions awaiting him at the shore saw him dash through the door and run at his highest speed for the boat. A few paces behind him, holding the pan of potatoes against her side with one hand, and snatching them out with the other, she bombarded the t

iment of women like her I'd c

e rickety landing on the southern side of Muscongus. The boys stepped out upon the rocks, leaping and climbing to the wabbling support over which they picked their way to the solid earth. A few rods distant a goodl

sting facts learned by the youthful callers was that nearly all the people were blue-eyed, and the men straight, tall, rugged and with a physique superior to that of their neighbors on the mainland. Several descendants of the Loud and other pioneers were met, one or two of whom were approaching the century mark. Contentment was everywhere, and all were proud of their independent lives with not the s

is never seen. Should any fall in need of charity it is given cheerfully. Years ago there was an aged couple whose five sons were

public building on the island. The presiding officer is chosen by acclamation, and is always the school agent and superintendent of business of t

ich does not pay so well. Every family owns a little farm, the soil is good, and all live in modest comfort. The neat, tidy house

y the clergyman at Friendship, near Bristol, comes over to preach, and the faithful coast missionary who works among remote islanders and lighthouse keepers brings reading m

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buting his part to a joke which has been fashionable for years in that section