The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-08-09
Letters from Watering PIaces.--No. 1.

Fashionable toater,ng places What hey are
| Who there What III ey eat, drink and gear--
What they da here-New bath house Great
| preparation for storing a,oay children, nurses
| and single genttemen--Ihe horses and car
| rtages-Fresh food and miik-Cha, aeters
met-Do the ladies paint ?--Hgh prices of
| AR, 9c.-1he acrtfers for the dulles out Her.
| aided. Hurrah Hurrahi!
DUsTY Hollow, mile from Sand Hill, !
| New Jersey, July, 1856. !
As per arrangements made with you, I
write from this fashionable watering place,
that you may be posted up in the doiugs Of
the fashionable world in summer, as we'll as
the dailies-but, believe me, ,rembe when
| assume the task, knowing as do, that the
writer's for the dailies have used all the Po.
etry and the Dictionary up in describing the
favorile resorts, but as you pay me- and not
The landlords, am in duty bound 10 give you
truthful picture, if nothing else.
arrived here per boat, and notwithstand-
iEg the kind offers oil dozen seedy genlle-
men met on the wharf to carry my port TO-
| lilo, declined all attention for fear should
commit myself to the place or people, and
scatked off TO the hotel. On my arrival there,
called aloud for the book, and having writ
ten my name, John Crankey, Esq. and the
name OF your valuable sheet as large as
possible, and having tipped the book-keeper
The " ink upon giving it The finishing touch,
expected of course that the freedom OF the
house would at once be presented 10 me in
tho Ian1IordtS hoy h,I ,Ir &c
ksurprise and indignation, when the stupid
ellow returned vacant stare as much as to
Say, Well. vot of it, who are you 2" / i'm
medately, upon discovering this cool treat
ment, demanded room and com menced
this thrilling letter.
The season cannot be said to be fairly
opened yet as the house is only half full of
folks, butthe absence of the other half is
fully made up by the plenildde of bed-bugs,
so that after all the house may be considered
full. Great preparations are being made for
the crowd daily expected two small six by
twelve, and ore four. r.panes-of-ela elass-windowed
room, over the oven and cook-house, are
being white-washed for single gentlemen.-
The wood-shed has been cleaned up and
bedded week ago for children and nurses,
and 10 fact, we may be said 10 be almost
ready for rush of visitors. All The old hor-
ses that could be bought on time, together
with those turned out TO die upon the com.
mon, are in the stable living on half rations
until the iasbionables arrive. All the old
worn out city hacks too, that could be colec.
ted at small outlay, are under the shed,
loftily designated the carriage house. Well,
some of Them look 6ne, being newly lined
with chintz and newly lamp-blacked, but then
very little profit accrues to the stable keep.
ers, as they only ask from three TO five dol
lars for The use of team two hours. Cheap
you would say on beholding the turnout.
The excellent advantages for bathing, so
modesily mentioned in the "card" of this
house, have also been looked to. The broken
glass that had been thrown INTO the stream
on the bathing ground" this spring, is sup
posed to have sunk, as the bottom is a soft
mud, and hence no danger 10 the feet may
be anticipated. The little fellow who lacer.
ated his foot yesterday while bathing, did it
when he fooIishly wadsd off the ground
The bath-house is nesr any one could tell
that by The hair being still on the boards just
as they come from the sawmill
The table is very good--chery and pine
but | can't say much for what they put on it
TO eat have been green enough to suppose
(you know that this is my 6rst season at these
fashionable resors) that the boarders at fash
ionable watering places lived upon fresh veg.
etables and fruits, and good meats and fresh
fish--may be they do 4 but every time the
boat arrives at Dusty Hollow baskets OF stale
vegetables, and meats, and even fish, and
cans of city distilled milk, arrive from New
York. ,z.z.a = !
Well, a change of die
valid who seeks conn1
shattered health, ar
the city we get stan
but here they are stall
yon expect for only =
considering the high
first cost at Wasbinglon
the rooms are stiff ingly hol,
with clam shells and corn sialkss
care for all this, il 10 slow they g
We have ii here If you don't bel
come down every day for week In Ill
temoon and seethe ladies promenade-I guess |
= q see something in the way of busts and
The bellies are missed all the morn
- md for the first day or two | supposed |
they were IN their rooms, but did them in
justice they spend their mornings in ram
bling over the hills, else where do they get |
lhst extraordinary red Iosz lin. on their cheeks