New-York tribune., 1867-08-05
NAHANT
A INSERTED WATERING PLACE-REMINIsCENCEs
THE COTTAGES-LYNN.


crowd of its dogday business, ever find room Ior e
fers from deserted places where they wafer IeSnS
or salty no longer and where the gentlen'ly clIIA
of the ,otel is a ghOsti As place Oh laSnionaOio
midsummer merriment and madness, NananV is ho
more The long, barrack-like but elegant ta'eihf
where no smaller man than Mr Paran stevens 'u0
Jpniter of carayanseries, both urban ana htloid'
dispensed hosptaltes and the bills for IT, anu VI
oanized dances and dinners, and housed beauty am
braverv-tha Nahant Hotel-one Winter hsl' -
wrapped in what have heard called ths u1 " ~
element Fortunately, it was empty anu .iolo
M holocaust As everybody mas I
who had ato nSa strscfnre the relieved stockholders
put putiIv uaI declined TO promote the miracle OI tlo
phonx. and the PSbSsr@SS Pbes o there is no entertain
nent f0rman just in that place now DI teIe @ - 1e ,1
entertainment for beast Tor the lnOCet JU% ib Mr
VaTisonht and sent kilograms 10 her miner IN Nem @
York The gay Gothamites who, so many ycis I osY'
SVnee6 their easy chariOts upon Mt ud9r SNGol ;
it road NAV be interested to hear OF TINS usoatlo
which the present writer, having tired pom poieS
eons'uo % onte imDossble to burn the rocks and the
vlGeTs %" and the venerable Atlantic, which rolls
and tumbes in and retreats as r bV f beonfv
nsif the green Earth now tempted nun 3y lts oeGS
md now provoked his contempt py Us nasin'S @ y:
The first time | saw Nansn1 nan 4" frosS %SS and nd
merry as-well suppose. to nse a II IIesn S t1af duf
altogether unbackneyed slmlle suppose we say IiU %
IL was as merry as marriage Oell tellot'p3pa t3
talking With WITH !nE m the cigar Of fraternity and
S,sc aud laughter came through the open windows,
and the forms of life and ght fitted downto the bath
ing places and the gong sounded, and we hld an u
Cxceptionable dinner, and all was lh9uol1aolS s1 Ne
Then went two months alter, III 'uG uTIS Stb iS the
Vember and saw the yellow grass streWi WIN IIS s
cnrI noner of departed damseis. 1hen III Ia oI
oity heard of the conilagaration and yesteIuay G
Dlayed Caius MaTius .Or StephenSsthe lfaNSSI, anu
sns3,tated and explored among the ruins. The fes-
Wvities were private the ocean and myself were the
only company WSeTs Prssco 9 TT wrote his noble his
tories, do you think that A i, lacked i.e1i
food for moralies and reflections anu 1o SU9
Mav not even journalist keep IN one corner OF MS
soul locker labeled Private" TO Wlnch no lp4s R
do1't wish Won to weep either with me or over me-
Prithee let us all be grgs while the world I'sIs
10 come directly from what may be rhe pseudo
noeficai TO the thoroughly practical if you look yQh
Ger over the trees yOu will see bOsomed IN Wealth
of frocont beauty the cottage once lived IN by the
men Who first sent ice to cool the burning bodies OF
fhe East India nab0DS. L never saw Ihe IdIo WI. .
Tudor but have an idea that ne must naso p91n q
f the undamted species with line natural ulsDeI tSl
In imposhilities His geld argosies TO the East sum
cientIy attest his enterprises but Nahant when ne ne
i sSe no more with earthly eye is full OF evidences
nj his taste his kindness, and his patence ne VA
not content with establishing for hlmself pe3utu
little domain creating suppose az ieaI d tTs SJn
ior he never spared his money, gardens anu PdSti i
lands and groves but he nned Ilg tou &
sides should think for a mile with treeS DlslIhnH
fhe soil or the salt air, something, tue utes an an
died The Hamadryads were peEveiise, ~ Put a Inea
were no match for Sir Tudor lie 1orth"ltn PS PuSSs
nm the dead trees and planted new ones the nylpns
at last consented to abide in them; ana now W. You you
NAV have long walk under their shade close Dy Ie
harTen shore aud within eaT-shot OF the COM
piaininp sea- The same good genius Kept the IG1u
In excellent order for all manner OF wheels lie
ieced benches under the trees for weary pedestrians
He set apart portion OF his grounds 1or t1S us % Vi
the public, permitting refreshments 10 DC S4i 'n' IL
and tempting picnic parties from all quarters to
seemed to think il a moral duty, did TINS eXtfaOnl-
nary millionaire, to coax people TO come 70 Nahat'
fba Iafe lanes FenimOre Cooper was TO drive them
SWAY He was aristOcratic by birth and alliance
hut he had democratic heart, and he IS now reap
inc no doubt the reward of bis enlightened beneEo-
lence Here where most men, women slu l; ciliuIe
are firm believers in what Is called m tuaas md
superiRtending his roads. 80 49,,
The shoemaking little city of Lynn, which Is cost
nv Nabant so that its churchill bells may be heard
there softly meodious is like the halfdrowned llp
tan Rumsey Meals charcoal sketchrit ~ mas a ny t
sea of beng dddled out of the sweets OF lts interest
Sng situationn To organize parties for that beacl
and then to enjoy them seems to be the mann ouin
mar business. They go OIL, men ana mems WiNe'
levers and their madens whole schools OF children
entire churches, engine companies, temperance so
eeties all manner of associations, private iamliles
Sbey 90 in the chaise the buggy the hack, the omni
bus the barouche, and the 9apaclous Vai MN WI oaa
o%r connfTv Streaming over them. They have fnt
beach of their Own and now and then know stnu
thew admit that Nahant is better 1t is quite cheer
nYg1oS;t;ons mon their way bent upon bathing and
fislinC upon dancing and wOoing, and all manner OF
delights Their tastes are unequiyocaIy marine
They like the rocks aud do not much AFFECT groves
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seem in the least weary wien they come back.
suppose il must be the salt IN the air.
Nahant. as | suppose you know, Is full OF the cot
tages of the Boston aIistocracy-phin, substantial
buildings with ample verandas, built in a kind Oi
Boston taste ruralized. They are constructed for
comfort and convenience and as If IN the presence Of
the great sea, humility best became the architect
There is one large Tuscan front, little weather
stained perched alOft and for the life of me. could
not get il out of my head that it a Tenn
pie of Venus and that the sailors went up there
when safe back from their cruises, to hang
their vOtive offerings; whereas beEeye 1t is a sim
pie New England home, with tea and toast for break
last with the newspapers taken IN regularly, anC
with its ful assortment of the other orthodox dOmes
tcities At the foot chates and mOans the sea,
never beginning, neveT-ending antiquity, gnawinl
the rocky shore casting up drift wood and tangled
grass from strange regions, sometimes " gray anC
melancholy waste and sometimes smiling witt
treacheTOus invitation. To stand at twilight upOI
tho shore and the ships sailing away into The
darkness 10 watch for the kindling OF the light
house lamps upon the lonely Egg Rock TO listen tC
the dreary monotone Of the breakers: to mark tht
long waves twisting and' gliding like snOw-wbitt
serpents; to grow serious ana iuH OF tender memo
Iies as the winds whistle and the sca-brds scream
over your head is enough of pleasure O
pleasant pain for the shore One cannot help feeling
that these megatherium tayeTns with their lights
and company and ceaseleSS merriment and noisy
festivities should not be permitted TO spoil all
coasts but that here and there should be left choice
places like Nahant easy OF access yet still isolated
10 whieh.a plain man may away from the fashions
aud folies of his excellent fellow beings, not loving
them less, but TeveTentia silence more. Now almost
every fine beach in ssachussettS has an enormous
hotel. full of women and dandies, full. which is
worse, of creatures cockDeyhed out OF all manhood,
nt large for holiday, and with very confused
notions of the art of making one. 1t tempts a
man TO abscOnd 10 a marine farmhouse, there TO
sleep between heavy cotton Sheets and to live most
ly upon parsneps and the safest of pork to listen to
the thrilling details of last years hay and the pros
pect Of the contemporary grass. At present, how
ever Nahant celebrated as i is throughout the land