The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-10
cur SUMNER RESORTS
The Mountains, the Lakes, the Springs anJ
the Ssa---North, South, East and West.
CLOSING OF THE SEASON.
THE JERSEY HIGHLANDS AND LON
BRANCH.

THE JERSEY HNjhLANUo Anu LON
BRANCH. HF.
TsoMsos's, HiGaIAyps OF NEvAssK, y. ia
September 3, 1855
Cyosi,g Of ne Sason-7he BoD,eca'd Characterization
and Obserrd,ion,s Of Trip to Long Braa.h--TTe ~
houls the scallosus, the Neptune Club, de-
Our short, cold, cloudy, stormy, windy summer
ended Yet, though We have had but short season 70
the Jersey seaboard, it has been merry one The tw
little steamboats, the Ocean Wave and the James chri
opher, which between the foot Of Jay street a.
these waters, and the various landings from this
Long Branch and Red Bank, have never done a bet.
business than during the last six weeks in passenfl
and freight including huckleberries backberries, p
toes melons, corn, peaches, fish, crabs and cav
and other products OF the land and water Of the imp
sor Meriam's cheated TERMS" and finding Last ~
that instead of heat there was stech Of jack Frs
the visiers here and oil along shore began to paci
and pack off-the rear guard from Long Branch c.
turday consisting Of large detachment OF colered
guests at This house have been diminished to less tina,
hundred; but all the fishermen, boatmen, Land
lords and elderly ladies from Sandy Hook down
to Sauan village do positively assert that 1.-The sumner
can't and won't be wound up without another spell Of
rppin hot weather. so among our own fithful HUNDRED
awaiting the result for We hear the most avfui
with which the residents of Gotham are stu ahc
cd Strange it may SEEM there are very few moqs-
toes here and for nights past fire in the panr
would have been positively charming. :.
The other day, by invitation of Mr.. Vandyke, ofthe
all that had heard about that place SURPRISED to
find ii Of the most beautiful beaches in the ni
ted States, with the rich aluvia fields green with ter
sea- Talk Of sand it Is the only shore resort hye
seem that IS off from the beach, absolutely free rom sand
Furthermore, excepting, perhaps, the Mount vernon
Hotel nj Cape May, know Of public house at any -
bathing place equal in its comfortable and spacious &C
commodations to the Metropolitan; an am told nat
one or two other houses there the scale in
regard to good rooms broad piazzas and has &c. ,nt
only remained to dinner, We had no time TO vit
fin t1a fray
the of the fish hawks In the Of The old tres
scattered about in the fields. One Of these NETS
would make a cart lead of rubbish and thy
are appropriated by the family from year TO yer,
they gradually increase in size, from the annual addtbns
eye1Y sn a aa bird was sitting with her mate n
instances perched close by the sentine! OF the cam,
This Hshhawk is Of the eagle tribe the osprey ,f
cage) and very fine specimen he is too with MS
white head breast and TAIL and his broad and beati-
fully notified wings line of telegraph poles runsau
along here close by the main shore and
rage driver informs US that at the Of tse
poles the bones Of fish may 70 found the re
mains Of the victims eaten by the hawks while perchd
upon those commanding points Of observation. IA %
passed along, there hawk upon almost very PIP
for the distance Of mile, and in cases they al
bass fresh from the water ogivcy in his ancicn. natd
raj history Of America gives an amusing account
these ish-hawks. \
At another Place the wire for distance OF five tex
graph poles, filed with those pretty BANK swallow
almost as thick as beads upon string, while man
bushes in the water They were holding q CONVERSE
ton preparatory to their light TO the Ear distau
South. This was but the other day, aud even nov
those swift winged birds of summer may be ep@elint
their happy journey st southwark, across the sugar
plantations OF tchaiala or the stormy gull OF Mexi
where long summer just opening, will welcome tafr
return.
At the Ocean House, over the river, as we camQjRak
met gay party Of two hundred young people rm
the city, who had been spending the day with the Mp
tune club at their inviting summer retreat under wo
ed hi mile above this and close upon the broad rier
sde They had had merry day, and we're stsn keeping
IL up in brisk dance the upper deck Of the boat TO
the tune Of "A life on the ocean wave. Bat tie ho1
for the surf at hand, the boat Is coming md my letg
must be cut short Al the last al the will ID
dulge in the renaSk, finally that while We live =
shall remember these and the thousands Of nrrecord
incidents which have made up pleasant summers o.
ourn for two seasons, at these and cagntry h
lands = the Jerseys. VICTORIA.