The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-07
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, July 4, 1S4S.

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| SARATOGA SPRINGS, July 4, IS4S.
Life at Saratoga.
BY the mitres of Plus and his bishops and by
st. George, would not exchange places-wthout
odds-wlth the plenpotentiary of any government
on earth. am the apostle of fashion-the cor
responding secretary of kingdom of lovely wo-
men, who live upon the eloquence of my PEN But.
dropping humor, l will declare, very solempIv.
that 1t is difficult and delicate task to write
comprehensive criticism upon American fashions
and manners, as they are developed at the Ameri-
can watering places But shall endeavor to do it
shortly.
The arrivals here have been, so far, nconsidera-
| Bile; but they are constantly increasing | have
observed great number OF invalds here .thay are
hapless looking creatures who. having found no
| virtue III medicines as they are prepared by men,
have come here to take them as they are prepared
by that great Being who implanted the vital princ-
| PIE IN the human frame, and who has also fixed
limit to It's duration; the intermediate preservation
| OF this principle is best secured, am persuaded
by SIMPLE mode OF life, which shall give vigor to
nature and which shall not obstruct her operations
| and not by those vile medicaments which are miy
| ed and often administered, without any accurate
| knowledge OF their properties or their powers:
though the system of allopathy is said to have been
the result q profound study and enlarged expert
ence, and though doctors Of medicine have contri-
buted largely TO the depopulatton of the world vet
have DETERMINED with great Difference TO them,
to give nature, so far / am concerned, the most
unbounded freedom; Some of the lnvads at Sa-
ratoga are 30 completely Frustrated that | have
caught myself suspectIng several times that they
were the relies OF a course or two of allopahc
treatment.
You, madam, who are dong me the honor to read
this letter, have read novel called "The Count of
] Monte Christie, said to;have beenlvntten by Alex
| ander Dumas a talented mulatto of Paris. We see
| the Count as he appeared in the sequel--a brave
| nor Il r
money and whlskers; with a magnificent mus
tnche, and with an imperial so heavy and SO glossy
that nobody, ever dreamed that it was ''dyed in
| the wool - his appearance was remark ably dis
| tingu6 and remarkably brilliant he was an edu
Gated man he was travelled, courted. fcted and
booted; he was linguist, poet, prisoner and
refugees ne was mysoginist, and yet he was
doX-a very strange animal. In the society of
elegant women he was the most polished brute
imaginable he was frigId, icy and imperturbable;
he had heart OF iron, which never felt an emo
ton OF any kind. Well, madam, this is enough
we have here, at Saratoga, the type of the Count
of Monte Christie, and he will stay during The sea-
son come and see the vampire.
| Preparations have been made at the United
States Hotel, and at the other leading hotels to
entertain the whole fashionable world. | am
anxious to see how the republican aristocracy will
behave when they are all huddled together in a
very compact huddle. am certain they will look
very curious, and am making arrangements to
present you with bold pen and ink sketches of
| them at proper intervals
I For several days the mercury has not reached a
point above seventy degrees the air has been clear
and braclng.
Some OF the artists will arrive here shortly; in
TACT, every luxury that 1t is possible to have out
side OF heaven, can be bought at Saratoga. You
may even live here hermit, as d. if you please
Saratoga is just good, and no better than a re-
tired country residence; and 1t is just as good
and no better, than some of the corrupt European
Courts of the eighteenth century. You NAV dine
alone, or IN company, and you may live alone in
chalet until It Pleases you to look into the crowd
ed paIiors OF the hotels Pope wrote that " the
noblest study OF mankind Is man." and in all the
world, you cannot find better opportunity for this
interesting employment than at Saratoga We
see here men and women of all dyes and qualities.
from SO much OF the globe as is called civilized;
our opportunities for observation are amplifed
because these propretors of pork and butter esab-
lsbments-these planters, and these LAWYERS
these duennas and madens are piled up in a sort
OF heap, which you take in on all sides at one
glance.
This is the. fourth of July, and it was celebrated
here IN spirited manner.
OCEANIC House, Coney Island July g.
Diacte Tufute! A thousand thanks for the Oh.
perfume visit OF Saturday. 1t decided the day-lt
settled the question-t brought to favorable issue
a contest which, for while, seemed doubtful.
Maniully we held our own at the So Oceanic" de-
spite the hordes of outside barbarians which, by
numbers, threatened to overwhem us. But, even
as felt Wellington at Waterloo, when resoute, yet
almost Departing, the fortunes the day appeared
nearly balanccd-even as he felt when he first per-
celved, amid the noise, and the confusion and the
carnage, the standard of old Butcher advancing
steadily to the rescue mon ami, felt We on see
ing Thy insignia, (the sure precursors of thyselO
advancing to our rescue. As / have said, 1t dec-
ded at once, and forever the fate and the fortunes
of the Oceanic.
Concurritur, aut cita mors, aut Victoria lasta!
The result was electrical-your promised aid,
the enemy had laughed to scorn but nothing could
equal the effect which your real presence inspired
| Peace was at once concuded-and although ne-
ther Trst nor Pillow was here to help us exchange
Publications., yet the prellminarIes were hand
somey got through without them. Our bounda-
RES were agreed upon-the lines marked out-our
share OF the beach apportoned; and yesterday
morning our valiant friend, Dr. Clark, assembled to
the fiag-staf and in the presence of the contend
ing armies, read the Declaration of the Indepen-
dence OF Coney Island, now and henceforth, free
from the thraldrom OF Gil Davis and clam soup -
ESQ pe7petna! HANDY.
BRANDYwINE SPRINGS, July 3, 1913.
We have company here, Of about one bundled,
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