-Churches.- + Bar Harbor might almost be called the " Village of Churches." for, small as it is, it contains no less than six sacred edifices. Of these but four are open all the year round: the Baptist, Congregational, Episcopal and Methodist the Roman Catholic and Unitarian are summer places of worship. The Baptist Church on Ledge Lawn Avenue is a handsome wooden structure built in 1887. It has a tall tower at its southwest corner with the main entrance in its base. In the front is the vestry room, and above this a parlor which is used for church sociables The main body of the church will seat about three hundred people comfortably The windows are of stained glass. In the eastern end of the auditorium is an arched recess in which the pulpit stands: and to the left is the choir loft. The partition separating the vestry from the body of the church is made of panel-work in sections, and SO hung with cords and weights that it can be slid up into the walls above. making the whole floor into one large auditorium. The interior finish is very handsome. The pews are of ash and the floor is carpeted. The whole floor, when the partition is raised will accommodate about five hundred people. St. Silvia's Roman Catholic Church is situated on Kebo Street, in the midst of beautiful trees and in the neighborhood of many handsome cottages. It is a pretty wooden edifice and corresponds well with its surroundings. The building has a seating capacity of nearly tive hundred. The pews are of ash. handsomely finished with black walnut. The altar is a mag- niticent piece of workmanship. delicately carved and tastefully 67 decorated. It has three niches, the center one containing a beautiful cross carved by Joseph Mavr of Oberammergau, the man who took the role of Christus in the Passion Play at that village. The cross was a gift from Dr. Derby, one of the sum- mer cottagers, to the church. The altar is flanked by beauti- ful stained glass windows with doves as center pieces. This church is only open during the summer season. when Rev. T. F. Butler of Ellsworth officiates. Several distinguished Roman ST. SILVIA, CATHOLIC CHURCH, KEBO STREET. Catholic clergymen have recently visited the village and took part in the services: among them Cardinal Gibbons and Arch- bishop Rvan. The Congregational Church is situated on Mount Desert Street, nearly opposite the head of School Street. I ntil 1888 its site was occupied by the old White Church." a union meeting-house, and the first built in the town of Eden. The present building is of the Old English Gothic style of archi- tecture. and was designed by II. R. Emerson of Boston. It is 68 built of the native red granite, is cruciform and has a massive stone tower, with battlement top and a sharp shingled spire, on the southwestern corner. On the street front is a heavy gran- ite porch. with two large handsome arches supported by but- tresses with carved caps. This forms the main entrance to the church. The interior is lighted by a number of memorial windows. The rafters and trusses are finished in old oak, and the sheathing is of cherry. The arches spring from handsome- ly carved cluster-columns: and the wainscotting is of ash in elaborate designs. The birch floor is carpeted in the aisles. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. MOUNT DESERT STREET. and the pews of ash are handsomely upholstered. The pulpit and choir loft are in arched recesses in the northern end of the church. On the northeastern corner is a chapel OF lecture- room. finished in elegant style, and connected with the main church. The latter will accommodate about tour hundred and G 000 1 St Saviour - Church, Bar Harbor, M 70 sixty worshipers the chapel has a seating capacity of one hundred and twenty-five. The church was dedicated two years ago. Rev. Mr. Freeman is pastor. The Episcopal Church of St. Saviour is situated on the north side of Mount Desert Street, a few rods west of the Congrega- tional Church. Between them lies the village church-yard. St. Savjour's when first built in 1879. was a small church capa able of seating about two hundred people. The present editice was erected a few years ago. It is cruciform. and its walls are of red. untrimmed island granite, finished in the rough both inside and out. In the center rises a large. square tower with hip roof surmounted by a cross. The rafters and all the interior wood-work are stained a rich brown. forming a pleas- ing contrast with the lighter tint of the masonry. The hand- some Italian marble altar was donated by Mrs. Ogden of New York. in memory of her husband the late Gouverneur Mor ris Ogden. a vestryman of Old Trinity, New York City, and the treasurer of the committee in charge of St. Saviour's Mr. Ogden's remains are buried under a brass plate in the nave of the church. There are several handsome memorial windows in the chancel and transcept. presented by some of the summer visitors and Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt and Mr. J. Montgomery Sears have been generous donors. St. Saviour's will accom- date about eight hundred worshipers. It has an fine pipe or- gan : and the choir singing. in summer especially. is excellent. There are five services each Sunday during the summer, at which a great many visiting clergymen officiate. Rev. Chris- topher S. Leffingwell has been rector of St. Saviour's since its institution. Connected with the church is a large chapel just recently completed. in which the Sunday-School will be held in future. The Methodist Church, on School Street, is a handsome brick edifice. built in 1888. It is slate roof. and has a square tower. ninety-six feet in height. on its northeastern corner. The main entrance to the church is in the base of this tower. 71 On the street front is the lecture room. which will ac- commodate about two hundred people. This room is con- nected with the main church by large folding doors, which when folded back practically throw the two rooms into one. The main body of the church is sixty feet square, add will seat about four hundred people. In the western end is a semi-cir- cular platform on which the pulpit stands, and behind this is the organ and choir loft. The ceiling is beautifully finished, the spaces between the exposed rafters being sealed with matched pine. The wood work is all light colored : and light tint- ed plaster walls give a bright tone to the interior. The large memorial windows of colored cathedral glass, are very hand- some. The seating accommodation consists of assembly chairs arranged in nearly semi-circular rows, with receptacles for THE UNITARIAN CHURCH ON LEDGE LAWN AVENUE. books. hats and umbrellas. A pretty woolen carpet covers the floor. The church is a notable addition to the many archi- tectural triumphs in the village. Rev. G.G. Winslow is pastor. The Unitarian Church on Ledge Lawn Avenue was built two years ago. It is a quaint but pretty little wooden edifice. with a two-storied tower, surmounted by a bell-shaped dome, 72 on one corner. The extension of the hip-roof is supported by massive granite posts. and covers a driveway fourteen feet wide. extending along the front of the building. Along one side of this driveway is a raised platform from which three large double doors, with wrought iron hinges, lead to the body of the church. The building is lighted by six windows. three on the north and three on the south. It has a seating capacity of two hundred and fifty. The plaster of the walls and ceil- ing is tinted in water color. and the wainscot consists of diag- onal sheathing. In the ell are the organ and the choir loft. and the pulpit and pastor's room. The ceiling is arched on the North and south sides. and the plaster work is pancled. Many distinguished preachers have occupied the pulpit of this church. among whom were the following: Revs. Edward Everett Hale. ( harles Carrol Everett. Brooke Herford. Samuel Longfellow and Francis Peabody the latter. one of our summer cottagers. Public * Conveniences. C The village of Bar Harbor is illuminated with the electric light. Sixteen powerful arc lights are set on high poles dis- tributed through the principal streets. The shops. hotels and churches are lighted with the incandescent light. and many of the houses are also furnished with them. During the summer season the are street-lights burn till one in the morning. and the incandescent lights are kept going till daylight. The electric light station is situated on Edgewood Street, between Main and School Streets. The post-office is located on the north side of Cottage Street, near Main Street. Bar Harbor office belongs to the third-class of post-offices. The present office is provided with about four hundred lock-boxes and one hundred and fifty call-bexes. The mail service during the summer is excellent. comprising three general mails per day each way. and several local distri- butions. The office does both domestic and foreign money order business, and of course registry business. An iron letter box is placed on the steamboat wharf. where letters will be collected until five minutes from train time. The Western Union and Commercial Union Telegraph Companies have offices on Main Street, which offer all the fa- cilities of the usual telegraph offices. The Hancock County Telephone Company has its central office in Mount Desert Block, Main Street, and branches in all the principal towns in the county. It also exchanges with Bangor. Belfast and Rock- land, Maine. The American express and the New England Dispatch com- panies, have offices on the west side of Main, below Cottage Street. They have express messengers on nearly all the boats