The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-16

SHARON SPRINGS, July IL, 1855.
The First Hop Of The Seasoa-Sno,oery on Slts-An IN
mistakeable Bore DC, dc.
The first hop OF the came of last night at the
Pavilion, and dull affair II The Goldfish element
prcdomnated and usual where that the case there
was good deal Of shyncss, and general unwllingncss
TO face the music. There Is such large proportion or
retired dry goods and Wholesale grocers present at
this house. that the component parts thereof natu
rally afraid TO compromise their position by mixing freely
together. This arsocrac reserve SO moved the ire Of
the phcgmstc old Commodore, who Is the grea, gun OF
the place. that he swore he'd lead OIL himself In Japa
sarabund unless Of the beaux set the
pie. THIS had the effect Of shamng the young dough
faces into effort and taking heart Of grace the All.
spices and Taeas TO be mnslng In tho
buttons Of the coon and schosche touching the ends OF
each others fingers II they dehed with PITCH and
contemptuously snufhng the air, II rcdolent
OF the perfumes Of their fathers stores II really
pabe TO zee how these foolish people marred their own
enjoyment Had their minds been less occupied with the
fear Of endangerng position which they never had and
never can attain, they would have amused thomscves
heartily and raised themselves IN the estimation Of those
TO whose level they aspire A was, they spoiled their
fun and offered most Iamentabe spectacle OF nidts
one Of the characteristic features OF such disjonted
state OF so;ey as this The nvarable intrusion Of some
Ill bred an brazeu laced fellow, who, unconscious Of the
rdcue Of his role continually forcing his attentions
the sensitive aspirants TO fashionable distinction aud
males Of their position The Friday night
rendered delciously pquant by the active buoonery Of
fellow OF this sort Looking like q German tailor ont
q holiday. and blessed with the FLUSHING cont
dence and drl NIB of the Tcutonic Schneider he
managed to break up clique after clique Of our
would be hshonables they ensconsed themselves In
corners o. snecr nj pass judgment the company
The effect of his presence electrical Terrified at the
ie of being taken for his party, no did he APP
piuach than The cODcave dissolved itself Unabas she'd
ad, indeed, apparently unconscious OF the rebuff.
Marplot passed TO the next gathering and exercised
Tho ann enlv ffnNu 4 mad Tho
fellow had had mission 10 cmbarrass and torture the
timd and excited sensibies OF all the newly neiged
frrr,7ysS In the room. IL was scene for dramata
and In the hand OF Burton would have formed ini
mtAble tableau Of the social life OF New York.
From what have said II will be seen that the society
Of what Il called the FIRST hotel In the place Is somewhat
composite In It's character aud does bot quite correspond
with the prctensions which It's inmates arrogate to
II. As regards the house ITSELF no establishment
be better ordered comfortable In point OF
II fashionable pre.eminencc, when u really has
ground for such distinction The best society OF the
Place not 20 be found at this house. Those who
ucuar In this respect must go 10 the establishments which
are requened by the Southern and Eastern people, and
which have attractions for the natives OF Gotham.
OF this class The dridge the Union and the spring
houses. The FIRST named Is capacious and admirably
arranged establishment accommodating about $50 guests
with table equal TO that Of any OF the first class hotels
IN New York. Here are some OF the best families In the
Union, and here consequently, people may ENJOY them
selves without any ~ the FUSS emulation or trouble OF
what Il called fashionable hotel The Union u also an
excellent house. quiet and comfortable In ts details and
especially In ayer with Quakers Tho Spring House
charges somewhat lower rates than either &c these but
has nevertheless good accommodations In fact, alt the
principle. Nowhere does the visiicr get such full value
for his