The New York herald., 1868-08-20
SUMNER RESORTS.
THE JERSEY COAST HIGHLANDS.
Summing Up Of the Seasonal Good Run Of
Shad, but Reduced Surplus Of Stamps.
HIGHLANDS OF NAvEsINK, NEW JERSEY

~. Because # y you n must , learn,
The seasons at high water mark,
But close upon the turn
So sings LongfellOw, or some other fellow, Of the
summer season in the country In view Of the coming
OF the katydds and the conventions, Of the swallows
on the telegraph wires debating the "impendlng
criss OF their departure for another summer In the
far South. The season may be recorded great sue
cess in Jersey inland and coastwise, with consider
able reduction of stamps In the way Of extras CON-
pared with the flush times of the war-shoddy and
petroleum, Jersey was the great peach region, but
is no more Her climate has changed the trees have
died and disappeared and Delaware and Maryland
have taken her place. The apple crop, too this year
is dead failure In Jersey, and hereabouts she is
supplied from Washington market. Moreover, those
hitherto never failing Indigenous staples Of Mon
mouth county, "huckleberries" and blackberries,
have fallen short this year, but her melons
and potatoes promise o fair dividend. Her
"tollers of the deep" complain of q def
cheney in blue fish, black fish, weak fish
and mossb unkers, but say that the eels and clans
hold out remarkably well. The operations, stills,
&C.. in contraband whiskey and applejack have
nearly ceased since the reduction OF the tax from
two dollars to fifty cents a gallon; and the pains
and penalties inflicted upon Callicott & Co. have
likewise mad depressing effect upon the business
But still there has been no visible reduction in the
barkeepeIs OF these summer seaside and inland
caravansaries The coming guest calls for his room
pays his bill and stamps it With Che seal Of apple
jack. Be 1t picnic, grabbing, fishing or sailing
expedition, ride over the hills q stroll in the
woods, bath or game Of ten pins, Old Whiskey-
skinski is not forgotten and as for such thin pota
ions Us lager beer, they are only tolerated at clam
bake.
Bound for these highlands direct we take the
steamer Seablrd at the foot of Chambers street. Sew
erAl hundred passengers are aboard, including
large INFUSION Of the fixed population of these ro-
mantle hills and along these INLAND waters. Nearly
hucksters from the profits Of the washington Mar.
ket, that inexhaustible placer of greenbacks TO
truckers and traders: That young girl is an heress
Sandy Hook by the clam rake. There's man who
makes his thousands every year in "huckeberries'
who lives in pretty cottage Of her own, and
she has nearly paid for 1t. They are slow,
Sns ds people sn 0o' Like Ry .Ss ss soss4n S
ers they have not cultivated "the Yankeesn
on their go-ahead notions put nke & the chinese with
that iolly for even the Yankee cranberry is super
sediug the "huckleberry" IN The Jersey swamps.
Branch" to-day, and on their return, when asked
how they liked It, the answer was:-"roo last. Moth
ing there but fashion and dress and nirtatons and
rest no shade but the piazzas, nothing but rest
less running up and down stairs or listless oung
ing In the parors and gossip and the rush Of comers
and goers and the clatter OF glasses, with the single
relief OF jolly halfhour in the breakers. We are
walks In these shady groves, and for run up these
inland waters on our little river steamer with sing
ing party under the light Of the stars dropping in at
the Neptune Club by the way, for cooling draught
OF their Incompatible claret punch, under the light
Of those Chinese lanterns In that lovely grove
Courteous and hospitabe sons OF Neptune are they
of that club and you don't believe 1t ask Van Tine,
OF Fair Haven the Viking OF Navesink river, whose
enterprise In our river yacht races has made him 50.
A health TO these sons Of Neptune,
And to Van, their man Van Tine
Ten years hence, predict you, this nest Of pretty
little wooded mountains looking down upon the sea,
and almost surrounded by bays and nlets Will be
the most beautiful park Of summer resorts on the
face OF the globe. Ast is we have found nothing
to match It along the coast from the Bay Of Fundy to
Watering Place Notes.
Barney Williams has the finest pair Of bay horses
on the south side Of Long Island. He frequently
astonishes the guests at the Bath Hotel by the
easy manner In which his team throw up the dust.
The Inauguration hop at the Rutherfurd Park
Hotel VIII take place ON Thursday evening" Au-
gust 27.
Lester wallack drives at Long Branch "four-in.
hand pair chestnut and pair of sorrel very
fine. Also pair Of bays, travelling in three min
utes and saddle horse, remarked as the finest In
America, besides other horses. Mr.. wallack has 0
specimen Of the true English Drag" built for Leon.
ard Jerome at q cost Of about $4,000, one Of about
The most elegant and successful Juvenile fancy
dress ball ever witnessed on Long Branch took
place on Tuesday evening, meath the hosptable roof
| tree OF the old Mansion House.
Croquet matches between the different hotels are
feature Of Cape May dissipation.
rather fast young lady gathered crowd Of eight
gentlemen around the plano the other day. at Long
Branch, by singing captain Jinks Of the Horse
Marines"
No estate In Newport is said to be superior to that
Of Samuel c. Ward, to the artistic eve and cultivated
mind. Everything upon his grounds wears an air Of
classic refinement; nothing extravagant no osten-
tation and each particular object In IN harmony with
the and with the general character OF the place.
A party OF leading railroad men went up Mount
washington, N H., last Friday, to be present at the
formal opening Of the steam railway as far COM
pleted.
Tourists at Cape May are compelled to keep the
| Sabbath.
Long Branch was so filled to overnowing on satur-
day night and Sunday that lampposts were at pre-
MUM Just for lean.
Joseph s. Leavt, who has been so long and favor
| ably known In connection with the Essex House,
Salem, Mass, a. landlord and proprietor, died on
Monday at the advanced age OF seventy-one years
and six months. Mr. Leavtt has been In the hotel
business for over half century.
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