New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-19
SUMMER NOTES OF A HOWADJI
Saratoga.

Co..,ond.hos 81 The NegYork Tribune
"WEDNESDAY. August 10, 1851.
NV Drhe EpIToR Why does the TO-
nance of watering place always seen past
when YOU are there Here at Saratoga, when
the last polka is polked, and the last light IN me
ballroom Is ex,lnguished, you saunteI slowly
along the great piazza, with he good nighs" OF
Beauty We, trembling upon your lips, and meet
some old habitut, or even group, silently
smoking IN solitary arm.chans, and meditaung
the days departed. The great court IS dark and
stIl The waning moon is nslng beyond the
trees bui does not vet draw their shadows,
moonlight mo.aIcs upon the lawn. There are
no mysterious couples moving IN the garden, not
d solitary football upon the piazza. few Ian
terms burn dinly about the doors, and The light
vet lingering in lofty chamber reminds you that
some graceful form, whose Waiting this even
iur has made Memory festival, IS roblng Itself
Tor dreams You. too, light your cigar and SIT
down in your solitary armchair, and your rev
tres harmonic with the melancholy minor OF
the old habtufs m,dtations.
You speak, a, length, from sympathy Oh
vas, he responds, she Is very pretty but you
should have seen Saratoga IN her mothers days !"
And while the moon rldes higher and paler from
the yellow of her rising INTO a watery lus.rc, YOU
hear stories Of blooming bellies who are grand
mothers now, and OF brilliant beaux, bald now
and equity These mdngh, gossips are very
moumful They will not suffer you 10 leave the
beautiful ones, whose iarewells yet thrill your
heart, IN the present perfection OF youth and
bloom, but compel YOU TO draw sad and strange
outlines upon the iuture-to paint pictures OF
aye wrinkles ochre veIncd hands and mob
taps-unt your Saratoga episode OF pleasure
ha. sombred INTO an Egyptian banquet, with
your old. silently smoking, and medltatlye han'
,tu,. for the death head.
H. fact after a lew such mdnghts even the
morning sunshine cannot melt away tins Egyp-
van character from the old habltuts. As YOU
cross the court after breakfast, 10 the bowling
alley, with a bevy of lovely ladies, SO young and
80 lovely, that age and mob-caps seem only fan
,ast,c visions OF dyspepsia and of hearts that
wer, never young, YOU will see them sitting,
solemn reality, along the Western Piazza lean
mr. tack IN arm chairs, smoking, perhaps chat
ting of stocks, possibly, little rounded IN the
shoulders, holding canes which are no longer
toppish switches. bu; substantial and serious
suppors-and they are the suh-bass IN the varl-
ous.volced song the prosalc notes 10 the lovely
l,ric OF Saratoga life.
They are not really thinking of stocks, nor are
they very conscious of the flavor OF their cigars,
tut they watch the scene they would dream
dream As the sound OF pleasant voices pulses
toward them on the morning air, as they watch
A ,ha
glad gush OF youth overlooking the sunny and
shady paths OF the garden, they are OLD habltueS
no longer they are gentlemen gallan, and gay
dancing IN the warm hight OF brigh, eyes toward
"a future gorgeous as 4 sunset, gosslpinc humor-
ously or seriously, according as the hight OF eyes
IL sunshine OF moonlight, az cowaH' OF whole
history of no,hlngS, mixing words INTO sweet
syllabuh OF nonsense, and 1t Is they, As they
were, with their own parties, their own loves.
jealousies and scandal, moving gayly across the
garden 10 the bowlmg-alley
We pass. we butterflies OF this Summer, and
the vision fades upon their eyes. |, was only
the image OF dead days only the Fsta Morgana
If the enchanted island they shall see no more,
only the ghosts OF grace and seau,y that wltched
the world Tor their youth
The messy marbles rest
On The bps that they have pressed
In their bloom,
And The names they loved 10 hear
Have been carved for many syeM
On the tomb
We stroll down the street 20 Congress Hall,
VT make pilgrimage to the piazza, which was
Saratoga the Saratoga OF our reading and no.
mancc-,o Congress Hall, across whose smooth.
columned piazza We pass. 10 pay the tribute OF
our homage To the spo, here 50 much love beat
N h,sh hearts and blushed IN beautiful cheeks,
&c indulge an emotion and to SIP one OF those ex'
traol5lnagy claret c06hlegs
am very sorry for the catastrophe, but every
lining ends IN cobhler at Saratoga. Rides,
crives, dances promenades, tilrtations, the yea
anc The nav, al eliminate IN coboleI' And II
II IN this polyglot pleasure ths; the charm OF
Sara,oca HE resides lfyou observe. while I'VE
yor,h," as FaiSiaff hath II, are grleving that the
romance is gone and are regretting It's gong In
sentsntlous OF sentimental sentences, 10 the
companion Of oug promenade. and are sitting.
meci,a,ive and melancholy, with the habliutS At
midnight, We are all the while and therein
tasting quite as sparkling draught OF romance
as ever our reVered grandparents Quafled. And
nc sccner have the doors of the United States "
changed awful upon our departure than sad and
.wee, faces of remembrance look from all the
windows and IN the Young, feminine fancy. The
rr.a: hotel stands shining hAe ,lanshgersa
palace q fairy.