New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-29
petd them TO the advertisement After which a
vast bazaar or tavern is erected on the spot, and
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mend them 10 the advertisement After which
vast bazaar or tavern 10 erected on the spot, and
operations are commenced.
AZ before said, Il has become customary for al
who are able, 20 leave at this season the comforts
OF home for ebode Of some two months al one
or the other OF these places. A fer very verdsn'
and lopg. cared individuals 60 10 the pursuit Of
health; a great many more adventure there 70 ID
smused; and the stili larger ms Drity go because
tits fashionable All are the victims OF spopdla'
delusion. A well kept country house with m Dai'
tsin air would, doubtless, aff'fd an agreeaoe
chsnee TO those who have been viRs me long
year in brick wall and walking on heated pave
ents But these are not well kept country )1ses'
Through ten months Of the year they are des ia'e
and deserted Daring the present season they
have slVays about 600 people In them Tor WHO'LL
by no possible arrangement, can deoeu' soooHni,
dstion be procured for at leas' three Gays s'e1
their arrival lie then, that leaves the AIRY oed
,oo,rs ,he clean sheets. the wholesome food. the
selfobosep hours. and the quiet OF his nome, "
setk heath in the superior comforts OF rne
sor;posU NAV nationally expect 20 spend seVera
niehts on the floor OF parior over Nncu SUM
thousand footsteps have passed during 'ne Gay
Here he will fail into q doze about Two c,oca III
the morppe. TO be walked up at halfpat tour ny
,be neeroes, who come TO arrange the room -
ne will be lucky indeed il he is permitted TO enter
. donble bedded chamber and pass night In tue
DOS DAYS by the side of very fat man on very
hin mattress When the period OF probation Is
passe6. the ultimatum Of comfort that can unoer
ihe n,ost favorable circumstances be obtained 10
what thew term a cabin. This is small wooden
edfce. generally one story high and always hot as
Hadjes the furniture of witch consists OF oneWin.
sor chair; one pine table, inGct OF psint bat well
coated with the filth OF several Summers; awhsh
basin minus a slop bucket; pitcher OF water,
which will be sometimes mistaken for shaving
mug; one towel about the size OF lsdys pocket
l. IL - ali aPNaO
larry we'll stocked with the fat and luxurious
cbnch, and sometimes sprinkled with an additional
supply of lively Aeas. By long patience, loud cal
line and careful watching. servant may perhaps
be caught very early in the morning. who will afford
the use of Hooking glass about the size OF
breakfast plate, and apparently nodded by the
surface of one, for few minutes but neither brides,
nor threats, nor entreaties, will ever procure
enough water, or a sOfhciency OF towels.
The man OF pleasure having torn himself from
the caresses of his odorerous cdmp0HiOHS de Hun,
wiped off their bloody traces, and made the best
use Of bis allowance Of water, will next seek the
delights Of the table In badly lighted room he
will sit down with GOO persons on benches OF pine
plank, with DO backs to them II ne ia discreet,
he will frat draw bis knife aud fork some half
dozen times through the table cloth. They will
blacken that necessary cotton fabric TO copsdera-
BILE extent but il ia better before his eyes than
down bis throat Ifhe can grapple one OF the large
negroes homie will discover plunging frantieallyin
the oaen space behind bis chair, he may procure a
cup full Of q dark and unknown decoction, called
in tho vocabulary OF such places, GREEN TEA
WI alter" then SEXES a sugar dish on tue other
side OF the table by Inserting his foreinger in the
dscolored a y corr powder whichitcontains,
and pumps il before the guests cate. The cream
pot be invariably craps by the spout, between his
thumb snd useful fo-e6nger, so - to present the
handle conveniently turned to the person who Is 10
use it. This done, TO disappears with great leap.
and can be caught % more. Bat at dinner he will
repeat all the pecu iarsies OF bis performance ia
presenting the e aker Of superior Pleasures with
rancid bacon, fragrant mutton, fowls that have
evidently expired from long chronic complaints,
assisted by deprivatops of hod and water for
several days, and in tbst state OF extreme emacis'
ton usually denoted by the bore sticking through
the skim" with old beans dressed with butter of
several borse power and pies composed of few
black berries and many dead flies IL the guest
would solace himself with wine, he may get com.
pound of vinegar and British brandy labelled Ma.
6eira Sherry, he may choose, for the moderate
price Of four dollars a bottle These things, i'm
bibed and mas ticsted amid the roaring clouds OF
living flies, who come to attend the funerals OF
their myriad dead companions who are dished up
in the various via nds amid the noise of the
wants and the shouting; amid the odor, the fecQ-
lence, and the savagary Of what Mr.. Feather.
stonaueh very properly characterized as "a grand
boiling operation by 600 American performers -
constitute the means by which weak constitutions
are renovated at the Springs" and the selfindul.
gent Sybsrite made acquainted with Injuries
which bis homo Goes not furnish
Beyond the occupation Of devouring filth and
being devoured by bed. bugs the amusements of
these places consist in solking and selterirg 10
the cabins all the morning, In listening to the
weariett and most insane Of all small talk, 10 pa
rsdipg up and down dull gravel walks, in paying
largely for the privilege OF bowling Ia alleys which
are diversified by all those declivities of bill and
dale in which Nature delights, and in dozing on
the benches to make up for the tormena Of the
preceding night. 30 passes the evening. OFF the
lines Of travel and shut out from the thOroughfares
OF life, no books, no news ever wanders there
nothing bat gossip. The grand event of the day ia
the dance at night An empty room, liz with can
dies, and "band, consisting of two French horns
and fiddle, constitute the elements and materials
OF a ball" Here, at least, portion of the com.
pspy can recompense themselves for the Aeas,
the filth, the heat and the ennui Of the previous
"a hours, by The Supplying phir OF the monosonoua
waltz, or the exciting friction OF the lascivious
Polba; while the rest may stand in dense crowds
around the walls pointing out the awkwardness
and the ridiculous BEHAVIOR OF their assemble &C.
quaintsnces in the other end OF the room or gggle
and litter over those little pattudes which furnish
the best because the most harmless staple Of con-
vepstion at the Springs"
The company which collects at these pacet,
necessarily constitutes a most extraordinary med.
ley. The most refined and intellectual OF both
sexes may be met with there, close to the most
disgustiDg species OF the rowdy, the tomboy and
the natural and irretrievable vugarian of ali ranks
and ages. But as every body can go there who
can pay hia board, and ss there ia very large ma.
Ority OF the latter class 10 the world Of course its
delegation a. the Springs is much greater than the
former; and as all barriers Of social If, are very
thoroughly demolished, the good and the evil are
so jumbled 70 make one homogeneous mass for
the time being Of course then the majority gives
the prevailing tone To the society which exists ut
such places. In consequence the moral traits OF
the watering places are rot less nasty and odious
than their sulphur scented water, aud their dishes
OF dead flea.
A few Individuals can give rational excuses for
submitting to ali these things One Is the class
that have been habiusted from their birth 20 div