New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-08-02
CAZENOYIA.
COMMON SENSE IN SUMMER.


CAzENovIA, n. Y, July 2S.-As the Newly York
newspapers up to from time to time, telling us
frivolous sisters and than frivolous bro
TIERS crushing il" at the fashionable watering
places this Summer settle ourselves in easy chairs
with a most comfortable pity, and bemoan their de-
pravity OF the most Of them not fools and
do not seek these places for enjoyment They long
ing 10 be somebody" to have their daughters some-
body" and where else are there draWingrooms which
welcome alike the cultivated and the vulgar, and accord
highest positions to Notwithstanding pursesi Beside.
there sometimes is found at these resorts that hidden
treasure, alrsband-alas! that many, after making
diligent search must this season, home Borrowing.
But while they following their own sweet wills we
have followed ours and it has brought into the big
happy heart Of the Empire State, among peaceful hills,
and by great sparkling lake. An OldfashOned stage
coach ride of IA miles brings here from Chttenango
Station on the New-YOr Central Railroad, and when he
leaves the coach be TO have left all the ugly rea
ties Of life Kindly, cultivated faces greet him. After
hearty wholesome meal sauntered down TO the lake
There everybody has his boat which is decorated bow
and STERN with flags At sunset they out" habitu-
ally, we city folks take evening stroll They skim
over the water until the boat of friend neared and
then they float side by SIDE sometimes three four to-
gether until the rings with voices sweeened and
softened by the distance The bright, uttering flags
beautfy the scene; crimson clouds into softest
grey; the out and where wei Certainly
not IN the world IN when yesterday lIOu
heated payements, and met worn, weary faces.
In the morning drive is always in order. The cir Is
clear and refreshing Cottages along the road tidy
and well kept up. No breaches in the fences,
no halfhinged doors. Hop fields common grain,
and they prove very profitable, told. The coun-
try is undulating and green, though good rain has
fallen since the went. Al Quarry Hill we climb
the fence obtain Of the choicest views in the sta
Oneida Lake the island, the cOsey village towering hill
around about il make IL picture In which everything X
wayy and fresh. On the road 10 Sullivan Hill, as we
drive toward big. angular barn. the beautiful, varying
view out, panOTama-ke, from behind H. Flist Is
seen the wooded hill and gentle slope, then natural,
silycry point of water, gradually the village jewel en-
tire, with all its cuIiously carved setting We ucon-
sciously give vent to purely Fourth OF July "Oh!"
surprise and delight.
Another point OF interest Is the cemetery As drive
through the entrance sign is discOverable of the
ever beautifully carved they may he We pass through
thick hedge and arbor Of trees which eectuay screen
us and preach little about the JOY OF quiet
rest.
We are already acquainted Musicians and ministers
are here and noble and true such II refreshes
ones soul TO meet What pity sometimes seems that
we cannot make these private characters, who have
genius for affection" public But then, suppose that
they would then loose much OF their charm. Here IN
CazenOVia Of these choicest spirits but or only
have liberty here 10 speak. She through force OF
circumstances, and irresistible inward force too am
sure, broken through the bonds, and stands out
before the world one of the acknOwedg queens Of con
tralto sOng-Miss Nette Sterling! All who come within
her influence feel the thrill OF that magnetic nature one
of her choicest praises for others is that they have the
ring az the true metal" IT'S most expressive Of what
she is herself, true, sterling metal.