Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-10-24
New York, Oct. l7th, 1850.

prised at the ignorance existing among
the proiessed plcasure-seekcrs of this
city, regarding scenes and places, situat-
ed but a few hours ride from their own
frcsides.
Our Fashionables will leave their cool
and comfortable domicils, during the
very hottest Of hot weather, for months
visit to Newport, Saratoga, or Niagara,
which they are pleased to denominatc,
Country there they will submit to be
squeezed into an ill-ventilated little room,
to which, in their own homes, they
would not condemn chambcrmaid, EN-
durc, with martyr.llke iortitude, the
numberless miscries incident to resi-
dence in crowded and fashionable ho-
tel, bearing, with becoming patience.
the Claimants insolence, the Walters
contumely, and the Landlords unblush-
ing cxtortions, and all for the ostensible
purpose Of a sea-bath, or a few tumblcrs
Of remarkably disagreeable water, tast-
ing, to use Sam Welcr's similc, like
warm fat-irons." After month or
six weeks spent in suffering every spc-
ccs Of discomfort, they return home, to
find their houses rihed Of everything
portable, even to the door knobs and
bell handles, or should they, by retain
ing their servants on board wages,
avoid that catastrophe, the good lady has
the satisfaction of ascertaining that dur
ing her absence the cook and chamber
maid have held nightly levees in her
front parlour, and that few days previ-
Gus to her return, a grand ball was CIV
en-, to which every servant in the block,
and all the unmarried policemen Of the
district were invited. After the Cover
nor has ascertained the extent of his
loss, TO remedy which, he establishes a
species of sinking fund, created by low
ering the wages of his employees, and
limiting the amount Of pin money,-or
his spouse has dismissed the delinquent
serviiors, without warning, or character,
the family sit down, and talk over their
summer pilgrimage they can describe
their rides at Saratoga, they were so
very expensive, they can dwell upon the
periIs of the ferry, at Niagara, for there
Mama ruined her pet dress, they can ex-
patiate largely on the magnifccnce of
the scene that bursts upon the eye from
the piazza Of the Catskill mountain
house, for il is all written in the tourists
guide, but they never talk of the
grandeur Of the Passaic falls, of the in
vigorating influence of the cool sea,
breeze of Nevcrsink, of the glorious view
at sunset. from the wooded heights of
Staten Island, off these they know moth
ing they are not fashionable. How
strongly such ignorance illustrates the
truth Of the very trite remarks that man
kind never appreciate the common blcs-
sings and advantages by which they are
surrounded
Why, sir, there are villages within
thirty miles of this city, which have new
er yet been invaded by the sacrilegious
hand ofimprovement, whose echoes have
never rung to the laundering tramp OF
the iron horse, whose inhabitants still he
leive that Jackson is President, and who
ascribe all financial cmbarrassmcnts to
Nick. Biddlc. and the United States
Bank who have no faith in the utility of
steamboats,, and cschcw the telegraph,
as diabolical invention. To the tired
cit, who chances TO stumble within their
precincts, these out of the way hooks
and corners, must seem perfect dream
land and when, after weeks residence,
he finds himself reclining on the velvet
turf whistling from lack ofthought,
"And gazing in the summer sky,
Where the sailing clouds 60 by
Like ships upon sea-"
he is far from being astonished at his
situation: for so pervadng is the quiet
influence Of the scene that his conduct
appears TO be the most natural thing
possible, and he fully realizes the idea
of being in the world but not Of it.
| was led to the foregoing reflections
by a visit that made yesterday to Pas
sale Falls. 1t was one Of those glorious
Autumnal mornings that belong cxclu-
sivcly to our climate thin haze was
spread over the distant landscape, which,
like veil on the face of Beauty, served
but to increase the charms it partially !
concealed F; a light breeze sighed in fit
iuI gusts through the chasm, where the
waters, crested with tawny foam, came
tumbIing down, the, BAH
| always fail in description, so you must
fill up the picture, by imagining every
thing that is beautiful as accessories TO
the scene. fingered around the Fall for |
hours, undsturbed by the presence of n
single individual, and this was within
fifteen miles Of the city, almost within
hearing of the pulsatons Of its mighty
heart.
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