The following appeared in the June 5, 1906, edition of the MAINE WOODSMAN newspaper and shares a regular column by the famous Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby known as FLY ROD’S NOTE BOOK. Spring has sprung, so get outside and make some great outdoor history of your own! (Contemporary commentary shared in Italics). Fly Rod’s Note Book There are many attractions at the Mountain View House, and one which the guests enjoy is taking a walk up to the large stable where Landlord Bowley has some of the finest horses in this part of the state.
You will most always find George Church who handles the reins with much skill as he drives parties over the hills. George has just added a Rambler, we mean a rambling automobile, to his possessions, and if he can drive that with the same skill he does the horses, automobiling will be quite a fad at the Mountain View. (By 1906, Rambler was a major brand and produced around 2,500 autos a year from one of the best-equipped automobile factories in the world).
Not only do the fine horses receive much admiration, but there is a pair of handsome yellow cats, Punch and Judy, who for five years have made the stable their home and they never have been to the piazza of the hotel. These cats are quite jealous of a beautiful Scotch collie “Pete,” the new dog that everybody has a good word for. Yes, it is the old story not always the expensive tackle skillfully handled by the expert city fisherman takes the biggest fish, for even a maiden can “catch �.
