New-York tribune., 1867-07-31
TIE WATERING PLACES.
TIE SEASON AT SARATOGA.

Inc oversome the first shock which the waters give
bhe nervous system, ] consider myself good Tor the
pntre season. The question arises, Do people ever
aie here's If they do, the trustees certainly bury
them without headstones-an economical arrange
ment which saves time, trouble, and truth IN ue
way of cpitaphs. Even those whom the gods most mos
Love attain astonishing longevity at Saratoga. VIII
hess Dick McAiichael for instance. That octogena,
tan is Still able to drag himself around by the ad Oh
crutch and cane feebly inquiring if the NeW-iorA
rapers have arrived and at what time in the evening
The $50 train starts But it must be confessed % tnae
The climate is eneTvsting, and the waters III Aioii
Mast,n@ n Young lady at the Congress Spring yes
tsrday inquired how many glasses she had drunk
"One-and your
"Ah. win not detain you good morning, Sir"
We did not again meet until evening, when the
Iamps were lit, and the moon was sitting down her
yellow beams through the elm bOughs Oh, daylight
niay do for the gay, but pensiye spirit, nke mhe'
prefers the beautiful night. But OF that anon.
There is no use in denying one faet-Saratoga has
changed It is longer the great resort for beauty
fashion and wealth that It once was am mere IL
Is trtle but there are many other representatives.
fbsent. Do you remember the palmy-or ialneI In
elmy-days, when Congress Hall stood opposite the
Union and the two houses hanked by the United
States and Clarendon, nodded to each other, and
hobnObbed togetherf Then the guests were cen;
tered and mingled and flowed together In SOCIAL
current which knew no ebb. Now they are scat
tered fire has done Its work OF devastation, tne
hotels which remain stand unsoGaiy aRa[. SesSed an
nrowds and cav eouipages. Formerly it was esti-
mated that Saratoga had annually h0atlng popuqIA
ton of about 600; now not more than nan in1t
number can be mustered. As before remarked, THESE
are distributed all over town, IN private DOaIungi,
hoUses and cottages no longer cOncehtereu , anu
forming a village by themselves. On coming
into ths village cheeTless cOrner-that where the
United States stood-greets the stranger ana Degets
feeling of lugubTiOusness in advance. In lNu OF the
sights and sounds of busy life which once obtained
on that memorable site. you now nave only an acre
ofbnrned ground covered with broken bricks, bottles,
and 9TH
they have'ndeed built house, big enough III all con-
science but to my thinking as ugly ana unattraStYe
as il big Its great staring brick walls stand pump
On tho street unsheltered by single tree unIeleVed
by 40 much as one blade of green sward Rrick IN
the country at its best estate Is an s9onlnaeCa
it's rednCSs is vulgar; We leave the city TO escape s
eternal blazon why fOst It on us here Ola congress
Hau too. is gone and in its stead an immense nTlGS
structure is rapidly rising. Here perhaps should
beeome enthusiastic and dllate the lnslgnlhcance
of the building TO be, but in cit kindles no more
1nncb' perhaps Div heart is with the old building
rambling in its architecture, aboundng win an an
cient incOnveniences-but folding Its hospltaDlss
some of the best souls that Sufnmered
So far. the season has not been very lively one,
though much is expected of August. On Monday last
a little excitement was produced by circus company
which drove through the town, terrible with BAN
fers and spotted horses, and blowing vlllalnous
Ynusie out from wrecked flies and asthmatio from.
bones So you we have our pGnen e. oineeRSSII,,I
that phrase may be literally Translated eodnSh Dals
and crcuses" The circus, however, is only an occa-
eiOnal amusement by way of steady diversion guests
NO down to Congress Spring at regular intervals and
Eli their tanks with that beverage, wlcn neatner
Cheers nor inebriates. | don't patronize 1t much.
Strangely enough, l find that claret and champagne
agrees with my constitution better than tne sIpohg ~
town lately, on a cOnvivial excursion ana the day
of their arrival drank the spring nearly dry. "A
word right here about Congress Spring lest III may
be Thought that in the foregoing statement l exag-
gerate. The supply Ofwater Is by no means
fle creyioe in the rock through which III bubbles Is
scarcely larger than your thumb Io e cGS m 5 n1m
incfr f5s .simsd amn Sat oDd hind baTe
been down; the day that the Sons arrived they did
not bottle at all. II is estimated that more than
5000 glasses daily drunk at the spring, the season
throagh-tbe principal consumption being by ladies'
Think Of that, fair Florime and arabesque Ara;
BELLA Are you not fearful that some day you VIII
suddenly turn into pillars of salt, and stand 10
az edys exGsPs %oSs StseT y6a4 Se be
caOd in question. 1t is contemplated at no distant
timo to abandon the present system OF free drinks
aud compel the multitude TO pay Tor their horrible Die
inhibition to be 5000 day. this would give $50 q
woek AS at present conducted It is only the dipping
boys who are benefited, and they not much-the
four at Congress Spring only dividing 500 among
tem during the season. 1t is worthy of remark that
those who drink most pay least.
Prom the fact that thus far the ladies have not
dressed much infer that they think 1t scarce worth
% & as ye 70 @ TRSa DebW gr bn ff So 10S 0S ssna
pally If the afternoon tram comes freighted with a
few good catches" When women are on the war
n path. with their paint and feathers on notice that
81 they don't like to waste their ammunition small
deer. The study which has most interested of
the thing stuck the back of the head like door
knob; Others wear it on top like ninepn. There is
a"baup" lO0kab0ut this latter style, but scarcely
think il becoming to most figures and faces short
girl rigged looks not unlike tea-bel though the
temptation to ring her does not assaii with ire
sitTble strength.
The Operations built at an expense of some
$4,000. stands as monument OF unrewarded and
Observation-Disclosures. No manager was found suf
fciently sangune to undertake II this season, and
I've idea that it will eventually be turned into
sleeping rooms match factory, or a tanneTy. MAJ
Strakosh promises to open it for a brief operate
SEASON of two nights only the 18th of August, anC
the subscription books are now open. That his sue
cess will DO eminently encouraging I've not th'
slightest idea. People do not come up here to dis
trees themselves with indifferent Italian music anC
the necessaries of life positively expensive
that they have little desire to indulge in question
able luxuries. Indeed. the most of them remind m'
of John Gpn his lslingtOn excursion; for though
on pleasure they bent they all have frugal minds
The hops at the Union well attended-crowded-
Simply because no admission fee is required. The
soul Of the yOung man says to the maiden:
Will ron 10 the bop that is ready for
and xe n dsEce teupS without paving Sour'
Enact tariff of % cents per cdpnt for capeI1ng, and
depend upon it that Augustus would lind II " toe
warm to Dance" and propose TO sit in the co0nnadt
and listen to the dialect tones of the accOrdeoD
PLAYED by little girl who is too diffdent TO pass
round her ragged hat for contributions. The hops
by the way are under the direct supervision OF Ma
jOr Geo Leland, who beams forth Baabe dc ddnse
rose In his bntton-hole and propriety in his face
reuii ading one very much of that 0ld-time Beau
Mash. who so long presided at Bath.
TIRE-EXCITEMENT AT THE HOTELS
Fro~ Our Special Correspondent
SARATOGA SPRINGS, July 29 1867.