The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-21
JERSEY HIGHLANDS.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or THE HERALD.
Brief Screcd About the Jersey Highlands.
Their Beauties and Attractions, nnd Our
sumner Diversions md Enioyments There.
HfcuASps oy NKyrsrSK JERsry SFaco,srD ,

\ Brief Screcd About the Jersey Highlands.
Their Beauties and Attractions, and Our
sumner Diversions md Enioyments There.
HiGmASps oF NEvEsISK, JERsry sFAco,sT,
July -. 1867
The mountains look on Marathon,
I.ad so these Highland heights ans lights
Look down on the shrcw-bos-ree
And truly have here, fronting the gli:tenng A.
isuiic on the East. the Golden Horn OF imperial
city and its pretty surroundings in tho North these up
pareny boundess Highland forests 10 the westward,
and inland lakes and wndinss OF this shrcwsberry
inct with its nsnking villages and green champagne
country down TO Long Branch, combination OF land
aud water which In It's refreshing contrasts and vars-
lions is the most charming region along the whole A.
Ianiic coast from Nova Scotia down Mexico. That's
30 ASK tao old coasiing skipper WHO knows the ms
and outs OF the seaboard from Halifax TO the RIO
Grande. and he will say chats so." From the crest OF
the ridge where stand these Highland lights are
sometimes puzzled to coun, the nwardi and outward
bound sailing craft and steamers bearing the flags OF all
nations and the products OF every cline,
From Greenland '-y mountains
Ito midas coral strand
nsa wonder tha. these beautiful aud saiutrious hills
ana valleys and coscy hooks and corners no; as
thickly sprnklcd with villas and villages Washington
Heights More remarkable still is the fact that whereas
near this highland dock there ten years ago
large hotels and all filled from July 20 September tho
number reduced several years ago by ere 20
~ this day. Hotel specu ators have found greater
Inducements at tho Branch" from the advantages OF
the railroad snd the Port Monmouth line, and
because there although slth tho fashions you have
nothing ba tho SUM- tue surf and the sand and fashion
prices, you have the fashions.
sensible people, who prefer substantial eujoymens
and the fan benefits OF a summers furough In The
country when they drop In here NJ these Highlands,
sock no furthcr.n Nor limited here TO the
humdrum vegetable existence OF country farm house.
We have our pionics the woods. our rides sud ram
bites these beautiful hills, sailing, crabbng and
fishing excursions these picturesque inland waters,
ana the river end the ovid ng ribbon OF sand,
our morning deyoions In the surf 10 Old Neptune and
ve have our singing parties, with moonight sailing
excursions, aud every saturday night we have hop.
And among our present aud recent guests some have
come from Missouri and Montsns, Tho Caroinss ard
Georgia New Orleans aud Chicago and from Europe and
south America Many who come for days remain
for weeks and some who drop In TO spend tie night
remain tili Scptembar We have house nearly full.
and in few days 10 will bo overn0wne being handy
20 town. We have communication with the city, two
bours' sail four i've times dS, nrs' ~ tue
shore railway, across The river TO the boat at
the Hook aud next by three river steamers direc,
the Sea Bird new elegant and swift. the Meta good
aud reliable and the Helen cid fashioned and sios but
sure ana chcap at ten cents for the tp TO or from
any point up 20 Red Bank, distance OF thirty miles
from New York which s three miles for cent IN cur
fency This results from opposton but as opposition
Is the LIE Of trade, the more the merrisr
fbs fancy sksschcr and ths hstoIap, tRese Hg1anas
and delicious water 60 delcsisy dlstlsd n these fsp-
by hills that one would suspect u 70 DO so highly
charged with iron ns II s and yet In this respect may
be classsd among the mineral waters TO the geocgst
ehet somethine especially interesting In the formston
n thsss Hishlsnas restips, - they DO, uPon thiek