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ply of 2sew York and New England. As it was to its 

 interest, some years it would harvest no ice on the Peuob- 

 seot, and eonse(|uently many of those poor people 

 lost their homes. The iee haivester of tlie l^enobscot is 

 not Ihe only victim of monoi)olisiic tcnih-ncies in tliis coun- 

 try; there are like examples tlirouiiliout the oil rci^ions of 

 Pennsylvania and over tlu^ cattle ranges of the plains. 



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There is no more interestinii river rid(^ in lliis country 

 than down the Penobscot from l>anii()r to Rockland. The 

 boat makes many landiniis, Avhich, instead of causini»- an- 

 noyance, as sto])s generally do, add interest to th(^ tri^), 

 as the docks at the little towns are crowded with natives 

 and tourists, and the liustling freii;ht handleis cause many 

 amusing scenes. As we landed at Bucksport an'c imagined 

 we could see old Jed Prouty, still the quaint boniface of 

 the litth^ hotel on the hillside. The well-])uilt and hand- 



