Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-08-17
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MONDAY. AUGUST II. 1857.
Editorial Correspondence,
THE Souri, SHORE, Aug. Is, Il

part Of " The South Shore, uansiton is faplu
and easy. By any of the trains from Worcester
10 Boston, connection is made, after very little
delay, with the neat little steamer Nantasket,
which plies three times a day each way, between
the metropolis and bingham, touching at Hull
upon all the trips, both going and returning; and
the seeker after health, pleasure, or novelty, may
thus, in few hours, exchange the sight of ia
miliar objects for scenes as new and strange to
him. as if he had journeyed to a far off country;
especially if, after landing at the town so famous
for water buckets and hucklebeIies, he should
follow the directions Of a man he will see upon
the wharf. upon whose hat is badge, marked
with large letter., 81 RRUsALEM ROAD and PLEAS
ANT BEACH" 1t would seem to follow, as log
ical inference, that the Jerusalem road would
take one to Jerusalem hut so far as my explora.
tions have extended, no town. village, or hamlet
as yet settled in these parts, bears the name of
that ancient city of Palestine. A portion of the
road is level and in good condition, but as he
approaches the n OK bound shore, that skirts il
for considerable distance the traveller is strong
ly impressed with the idea that the aforesaid Je-
rusalem road, like t" Jordan" is very /" hard
road to travel" However. he has, here and there,
as it winds around some overhanging crag, or
passes over some granite rooted eminence, most
magnificent views of the ocean, stretching far
away until it seems to meet the sky in the dis
tance and there is that delicious smell of the sea,
which, 70 landsman and sailor acts as tonic up.
on the digestive organs, and makes them "hun
CRY as a shark," long before the regular hour ar
rves for their meals and at every house you pass,
aud with every group of people that you meet
upon the way, you realise the truth Of the adage,
that " one half of the world don't know how the
other half live"
From the head of Nantasket beach, all along
shore, 10 the termination of the road we have be-
fore allnded to, at some jumping off place, where
you may stand upon the shore and fish for cod,
there are numerous hotels both of large and
small pretensions which seem to serve the double
purpose Of larders and rerigerators, for over hum
gered and over-hested humanity. Here, upon
the beach, scores of bsthers, breasting the
foam-crested pillows, as they break upon the
sands; yonder is party of amateur fishermen,
Of both sexes, who have come from some of the
back towns, each with lively hope OF making
fast to mammoth cod, preparing to take their
departure under the guidance OF a rough looking
old sea dog, for the lodges outside" which
that species of fish in the habit of using for
their pasture grounds; while, upon almost every
rock and promontOry up and down the coast, the
more cautious disciples OF Isaak Walton, with
hook, line, and bamboo pole, are doing their best
to entice, BY tempting display of clans or small
crabs, the sea perch and tautog to the points of
their hooks
At the houses upon the shore, and upon the
granite hills that overlook the sea- whether large
or small there is at this present time of writing,
good degree of hustle and activity. You see
baskets Of cod, perch, and Holsters, "lying round
loose " in all directions, and men and boys, who
look as If they born on purpose to clean fish,
who appear as if they had never done any less
scaty business all their lives, and whom you would
judge, could not be happy at any other vocation,
industriously engaged III the preliminary opera.
tons Of preparing the fnny and crustaceous pro-
ducts Of the sea, for the frying pan and chowder-
pot If the savory smell If fried potatoes and
pork. " cracking from the open windows of the
kitchen, excite your curiosity enough to tempt
you to visit to that department, you may walk
in without ceremony, and you will not be consid-
cred rude or i'll bred, in putting all tho questions
you can think of, to enable you to fix in your own
mind, the various ingredients necessary to get up
chowder, or the time necessary to prepare reg
ular fish dinner for FIVE or fifty. Every body seems
to be good natured, however busy he or she may
be- from the busting landlord to his humble st sub
ordinate, and to have sincere desire to make
every body else as happy as possible. If you
walk into the house, you will, as general thing,
find comfort without formality and neatness and
plenty, without any glitter or ostentation. So
far as have observed, there is very little drink
ing at any o. these watering places, and no row.
dyism.
During some days that l have been here, par
ties of from twenty to fifty would come to some
one or other of the houses in this locality, to
"spend the day." The matronly females, OBJ
serve, as general thing, bring their knitting
. work, the children gather shells and elittering
pebbles upon the beach, while the men and youth
of both sexes pass the time in fishing, boating,
and bowling, until dinner is announced, when all
fall TO, with voracity, that for want of fitting
type upon land, with which to compare it. we
should say is only equalled by that of a school
of mackeTel at throw of fresh ground "men-
haden." We Joined in one Of these sea. side pic.
mics, day or two since, at which A persons were
present, most of whom were members of one fami.
ly, and nearly remotely related, and shall long
remember it, as one Of the brightest days in our
calendar. Near the Atlantic House upon 'sNan-
tzsket head" we found, upon that oeca siou,
pleasant company Of half dozen young men
from Weymouth, who had "camped OUT in a
sheltered spot upon the cliff, with fine view of
the ocean before them, and only some six or
eight rods from the water at high tide. The
camp ground was admirably chosen, their tent
was neat and capaciOus, and, with guns, fishing
tackle, and cook stove, they had managed to
subsist abundantly upon the spontaneous pro-
auctions Of the earth, air and water, with the aid
Of some small stores, procured from the neighbor-
ing villages and farm houses, for the space Of a
fortnight.
They had some good books, with which to
while away a lazy hour, and also a journal in
which each member Of the party jotted down,
nom DAY to day, such thoughts and observations
as ne deea ed worthy Of remembrance at some fi-
ture time. thought it a very rational way
for young men to spend a summer vacation "a
great deal better than hotel life at fashionable
watering place, and was glad to recognize in one
Of the party an old friend and Acquaintance and
former resident Of Worcester. But must br;no
this letter to close, and will 'drop liue" IN
our readers again, after have dropped line for
something else in deeper water than COWS over