CHAPTER II.

AWAY DOWN EAST.

The good old state of Maine — Its latchstring always out — The Granite State modestly on top — Old John Hutch-
inson still sings — The commonwealth that gave us the hero of Ticonderoga— Massachusetts and its colonial
structure — Many historic treasures — Relics innumerable — Little Rhody to the front — Clams, spindles, prints
and Corliss engines represented — The Connecticut state building— Dutch mantels, colonial architecture
and dormer windows — An abundance of pretty girls but no wooden nutmegs . . . . . .459