Show QUAINT EASTPORT the far east town that wag the scene of a episode eastport East port the scene of the recent seizure of american fishing boats by a dominion cruiser is nt as is popularly supposed the moa sterly town in the united states art of lubec extends about 1 aurther toward the sunrise but is far enough east to be commonly kr mi as the jumping ait oit place and it is an old and interest ing town eastport East port says the new york sun occupies the whole of moose island which is connected with tha mainland by a bridge twelve hundred feet in length and separated from the queens dominions by picturesque Ps bay moose island is about two miles wide by five miles long and eastport East port village is situated at its southeastern extremity upon a harbor which is open the year round never having been closed by ice eastport East port has suffered more from disastrous fires than any other town in maine having been practically wiped out times within the past half century in 1839 the business st action was swept away by the flames and this was repeated in 1804 when two hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of property was burned ap again in the town was visited by n conflagration which one hundred and sixty two bildings mil dings causing a loss of eight hun ired thousand dollars the people soon rebuilt their town this time in i mor lUb manner than before chun nearly nil the buildings vere of vod eastport East port is today to day a land awn of something over five inhabitants the greater part if whom are connected in one way or nether v ith the fishing industry and 11 of whom cm to prosper better than he amerigo of mankind this is the center of that interesting indus ry who product is little fishes ailed n ile the sardine business here an iu guilly illy ci illions of small herring are killed spiced and packed in oil in little in bows covered all over with artistic berench Er ench inscriptions and they are just is good as any sardines if you only want to think so and ninety nine peole in one hundred dont know the dlf t if fine scenery could be boxed ip and sold like little herring eastport East port could soon be as rich as new york lie whole place seems designed by latura for a summer residence and alion gen littler was down there he eliat if the people who built harbor could leave seen eastport East port arst the great resort of the nabors nabobs bould have been located at boddy instead of on frenchmans French mans bay |