New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-27
OUR SUMMER RESORTS.
SARATOGA AND THE COUNTRY ROUND
ABOUT.

expectancy and curiosity which soon dies away only 10
be succeeded by another of the same kind The leading
question Of the day at Saratoga is Who mas arrVeu
The butterflies fashion gorgeousy attred as is their
won't are fitting in by or in little groups 10 SIP
the sweets of society Saratoga and the bitter waters
Of her springs The saratogans themselves all in
nutter Of excement the Summer stores are opened on
Broadway and filed with costly and attractive goods at
exravagant prices, although considerably cheaper thah
those Of last year. The private houses are preparing O
Summer boarers the landlords of the hotels are chuek
ling i'm their sleeves at the prospect OF brilliant season.
and the sable waters nduging in large visions OF
forthcoming fees. The Indians are displaying their
particoored wares in what they choose TO den0lnnate
the woods" and are busiy at work making arrows fOr
young snobbydom TO display its awkwardness WIN
There are plenty of arrOwmakers but have looked IN
vain among the swarthy tribe, for Hawathas or Mime
hahas.
The hotels are not crowded yet there just enough
people to make pleasant fol those who dislike 10 ninge
in crowd and who enjoy quiet meals and quiet prem
enades social chats the broad pazzas in the even
ing The great beauty OF Saratoga consists in her grand
old trees which afford the most delightful shade They
stand taunch and firm, resisting the tempests ana the
waves Of time which have rolled over Them and bringing
back to mind those heroic days Of our counrys early
history when Washington visited Saratoga andI con
templated purchasing the Springs.
OF course everybody knows that several new springs
have been discovered, and the tagging hopes OF many
an invalid have revived, with the thoughts that per
chance these newydiscovered fountain lies buried
the Jewel Of health In the oden time there was tabled
fountain whose waters said to imprt eternal youth
to those who drank of them, and one would almost
believe as he cOntemplates the motley throng which
gathers from every quarter Of the globe around
the Springs Saratoga that this famous fountain bub
bled The young and the old, the grave and the
gay, the serious divine, and the bTainess coXcomD-
doctors and lawyers the keen eager specuat ana inc
allaA God arah
dame and the gddy belle of seventeen walk side by side
the authoress the strongminded woman and the tmid
unasprng miss who finds the sphere of her own resde
sufficiently hard for her tiny feet the vertabe bds be1
and the OF fashion, whose whole world OF
thought revolves around some Glove Of bonnet some
marvellous chGnOn. the latest importation from Paris
all of these many beside may be each morning
gathering around the various springs And is amusing
to notice the different phases of physiognomy developed
by those individuals the glasses Of sparkling water are
lifted up tasted. There is the old hd6 who dashes
off five six glasses in trice, while the newcomer sips
few mOuthfuls cautiously makes vry faces, and puts
| down the tumbler but half empted
The love Of spring-water is evidently an acquired
TASTE And as the virtue of healing that there is in
the springs, many might probably well stay comfor-
tably at home and drink daily certain quantity Of salt
and water with equal benefit But faith worketh won
ders and imaginary ailments often cured by magn-
airy causes.
Saratoga has surroundings which should not pass I'M
noticed In every direction beautiful drives which
| lead you out into the open cOuntry-past fields
| which gay with yellow butter-cups, and the
red and white clover; past old farm-houses en-
powered In trees and weeping vines; long hills from
whence you looked down upon uxuTian green meadows
vast fields of argeyed daisies, which nod their heads
ceaselessly and fro In the Summer wind. And then
you TO little villages primitive their appear
and customs though they lived far FROM and had
never heard fashionable world Saratoga Visited
places yesterday The people evidently OF
an economical turn. They build houses bur they
paint them. Houses and fences indebted solely to
Mother Nature for their colOrng And So we may also
add the faces of those matrons and madens whom
we Glanced 10 meet. Perhaps the same could not be
conntry hotel upon one corner OF the road where in
the summer time, the farmers gather from arouhd 70
smoke their pipes and tax over the crops When tne Gay
work is done. And here the young folks enjoy them
Hops and Sores unknown u them by these names
all such festivities being styled dongs This Is also
toga among the actual residents there. just opposite
the country hotel il the village PostOce, which Ii also
and abode Here the bellies Of the neigh
borhoOd purchase the gay attire the rinkts and bright
the susceptible hearts Of the country youth The prnci
pal characteristics which noticed among these country
gum! This latter accomplishment ~ have become
quite an among them for it is surprising to observe
faster they talk the faster they chewi
There are TO dongs" at the hotel upon the coming
but shall hardly venture 10 do This little place. how
ever boast of its patriotism for in its ehurchyard
during the last war One remarkable circumstance
which noticed in this churchyard was that there were
whole families each member which had
attained the ripe of 20 or ~ years. Indeei the ma
jory OF the dead Were elderly persons inns iaet speaks
the churehyard, paused Few minutes at farm
bonse wcn st1ou nea b e be anu s d
rich sweet milk. When we CHANGED to speak OF the
arph An har
son. who buried there. How he had joined the army
and confined in the Richmond prison; how, when he
released, she had gone south To- nurse NM ana mad at
last brought him home to die IL was touching story,
simply told, but full OF pathos-fu Of mothers hove
Not far of was the old buryng ground high up the
top of HILL where graves made in the last century
this lonely place, where the dead sleep so quietly
far above the busy dweers below, can look ahead
over the surrounding country; you see the blue
waters Of Saratoga Lake and the tall spires Of the vii
when you remember the throng have left there,
dead beside you strikes you painfully; These graves
were made 80 very, very long ago These dead have
while them have auttered heedlessy generation
after generation OF eaSth's frivolous The wind
keep their lonely watch their snnken graves and
tsing tombstones. Perhaps pilgrimage TO the old
churehyard upon the hill would not be ass for the fair
and hOughtess ones who reign 80 oyousy through the
brief Summer at Saratoga.
utmost capacity and after that the whrl of fashionable
am1sements will fairly set in, and there viii be balls
The aabsOrbing object of interest among the young
ladies here is who Will carry of the palm OF beauty
this Summer, the Northern Southern beauties, the
Eastern Western bellies From the liberal display Of
elegant toilets already made It. easily be seen that
each has resolved to appear her best and To sail
with flying coOrs. Young gentlemen of course
equally interested in this Domentous question As for
me- an enthusiastic spectator, cry, VtUa! youth and
beauty fOreverl
MEETING IN A QUIET NEW-ENGLAND TOWN.
EXETER, n. H., June 16.-The Summer vaca-
ton 80 welcome those pent up in cities ten
months of the twelve at hand and weary workers.
and those anxious for change, must soon look for