, 1870-08-21
the SEASIDE.
Tour Of the Baths.
Narragansett = Watch Hill = pequot
House -Stonington-Newport.

Narragansett = Watch Hill = paQuot
Neutrality-suspicious..
Romance OF Ftsh-Eating.
Characters Along Shore.
{FRoN oUA Own CORRESPONDENT
WATCH Hill. Rhode 1sand, Auy. IL.
ibis il one of the two ]l+knnwn and grow
ing seaside resorts which are popular with
Western people; the other being Narragansett
Tier, about thirty miles northeast Of this, aud
10th ase in the State Of K4ods Island.
WATCH HILL POINT.
Watch Hill ia the most sou.har1y and wes-
terly spit or cape OF thus quaint Yankee State,
and it is probably the coolest place on the At
1aAtic coast. The Pancatuck Bay, shallow
estuary Of the river which separates Rhode
Island from Connecticut, makes still lake five
miles wide between Watch uill ard the old
Town Of Stonington, and this bay is protected
from the ocean only by narrow bar Of sand
and salt grtss, not much wider than one OF your
Chicago avenues, but about seven milca in
length. Where the tpit joins the solid ground
thort, tull-head cape points toward the
tip Of Long Island, twenty miles opposite, aud
tAis capo il series u rocly..and grassy bill
locks, the highest hfty-tve feet above the
| surf. People bsthe between the cape and the
spit. The third side Of the cape is open
ocean, with Point Judith and Block Island in
plain view on that eide. The hillocks are
le ID amongrt them. There il accommodation
| ior al cut /, 500 persons without cspwding, but
tai~ year lhs been 60 great, as season.
| taat eytIy farmhouse, tiahetmau's cottage
burn and outhuuse is filled with lod;ars. the
l4ndlcrds say to the cott.gesa: t'Yon sleep
them and well eat them" Hero arc tho
| homes and numbers Ut tho guests at Watch
| Hill ut present; Plmp.on House, l30: L.rkin
House, 500; Atlantic, $50 Watch Hill House,
| $50; Ocean House, $50, Sarragansett, 13O; !;
Dickens House, 20; cottages, 100: Dixon
House, $50; WaddawannocE, $50; Lottery
Cottages. 60. Total. 1880 persons.
Watch Hill ls said to have been 50 named
| during the war Of 1912, wLeu the people OF the
neighboring town OF Stonington sent scouts
here to spy out the movements Of the British
cruisers. Soon after tbs war people cana
| out 10 this cool point, where = mo-qntIo has
never been seen and even house ay ia rare,
ard pitched tents to pass the hot mouths iu
lighthouse Of tho third class WAS placed on tho
cat'e. and the lighthouse keeper took in some
| boatdefs. Finally q hotel WIS established. but
lhe poor character Ut its food dll dlsparage-
ment to the place. and SO little By little W.tca
Hill grew Into importance, until at present
there are seven large hotels here, with aggre-
gate accommodations greater than those 1T
the acts accessible place ot Narragansest Pier.
| Three years ago, Plimptnr, tho landlord Of the
American Hotel At Hartford. opened house
on the " Hill, and he was tie tirst profession-
a. publican 10 give it reputation. Non Watch
watering places on the coast, and it IL
ove1rnn with good class Of p1easurc-seekers
from Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pitts
huIgh, Buffalo, Auburn, Syracuse, Albany
these furnishing. perhaps, the bu1k Of the
guests, while there are also many from Wor-
certer, Hartford. Norwich, Springfield, New
York, Philsdelphia- and Washington. Amongst
tie annual visitors hero arc Governor Bullock,
of Massachusetts; Governor buckingham. Of
Connecticut; John Jay Knox, Comptrollor Of
the Treasury: Commissioner Of Patents Fish,
er; Marshal PARSONS, Of tic Supreme Court !:
tho KhclH Island PUBLIC men generally, aud
maty officials Of New York and Connecticut.
David 4. Wells, Samuel Bowlcs, etc.. etc.
Az seaelte resorts. theae are the priccipal
onts iii their order. considering the numb ,r
n their ri.itors: Cars May. Newport, Long
Branch. Martha's Vineyard, R:e Beach. Ma.
liant, Watch Hill, Nurragansett Pier, Mount
Dcreat Island. Rockaway Eescl,, Atlantic Ci,y,
Fire 1sla,s,i, Greenport. To bo with crowd,
one OF there places .nu.t be your c!,oicc.
Three steamboa:e ply to Watch IIiil-one frum
Wehterly. Il. l., one from Stoning;o.,, Conn.,,
meeting every train, AID one from
Norafcil and New London. Tic great
steamer @ Of the stonington ltEe lease
/ frft AT
o'rlmk: tl'e Shore limo Of raj. prosidca trains
to Westerly, four miles distant, and sailing
ycsse!s Leave here every other day for 1'lock
Island. which stands out in the oocn ATLANTIC,
tic hing between it and tho Azores.
1be cfisr1ns OF Watrl. Hill are these: No
eAsctione in the way Of fs-l,ion or dresa
no gossio; cool weather always: M
liquors re,ailcd anywhere within four miles
r'ltecily safe bathing aud faiz rurf; board in
gcLerai not exceeuiaS thrce doliuts a day;
nor federation for saot i. The people who
hare b en- annually comlng here have huiit nl
the social civilization Ut the place, aad it is
little republic, without vices, and set witho,l.
proyincis!isms. The landlords are generally
dtc clle aud p1ero-tessing i'en, who give ali
| fatten and take delight here Ike the tdnn5
trlte,-of which. it n1urt 10 confcs -ed. they
| Ect more than their quantity on tho bill ol
fs1c. Eoats can 10 hired for three or tive
hours at twenty-tive ceIts per head, and
scEac Of tho loatuen are old Whaling
. and merchant CAY tane-teGuscd by tho decline
Of cur commerce 10 answering tho question.
nf 1liesea III III. II teens, and taking alyice
from bealdless young gentlemen.-who ono:
fought fnr the oil cf rea-liors ut tie sou:l
poie ard laa the tlocka,aes Of the allied po Xc1:
to succot The Russian bear.
SaEEaGAssETT.
i Tho Iearest rival to the place is Narr7gau
| lad hr In %fHfn frfL- W
QaEsett Tier. This il also IN RLoie island
mar the mouth Of Nar1agansett Lay, Ni:h thI
OF en- Atlent,c ocean in frott OF 1t, and the lit,
of Newport nearly opposite, At = Listancc q
Eeshal fifteen miles. Il is eight miles frau
the nea.est railway stati"n Of Kingston, where
au abundance Ut lacks alti carriages atssu,
for PASSENGER, all while It Is inferior Il
Watch Hii1ss 10 points of coolaes4, Of view. Vi
! Communication. aud OF larry. hutals, it III.
better driving, and perhaps nure Fashions
gnests. SOHO few years ago the restless Sen
ator and Governor S7r:gue built . outage
divers eesside places. and having married til.
popular daughter Of the Chief Justice, she sa!.
the little spot tie benefit Of her extensive &c
quai1tance and the glimor Of her namn aud
trcial fame. The unstable asis:o:r.tic pas.
eionr, always working in tho bosom OF tuf
secession to the rcores OF unostentatiou:
felix's who had already llked Sarraganeets, i1
the persons Of many people OF ambition
..st.1e." aud the other parcen,4e passions
Sartagansett, consequently, il now mike;
plsce, partly eense and comfort and mad
1t has arcfutatio1, And is ! good place to-
soune open AIR qualification. Tho Spragues have
tied before the monster OF Their creation, IN;
the place stands alone. like \ suit OF criaolint
with nobody in particular lit i: Il ,s. how
: ever. temperate pla:e. like Watch Hill.
l 81 HfuH trt.h sf~it.
road On tue sea side, and = f3ir beach, and the
: tanc people conc and go there yearly. Mont
Of tue landlords have made the town tilt
| | visitors have characterized it and EivaE i
, significance.
oEaEn 6r3;MEc PLACES.
Above Sar1aganse,t, snsi uear Providence
, 4here is another place called Rocky Point
tht Copey Island Of Providence, also fouudes
ty Sprsgue, famous for lis motley e1curaiot
. parties and its clsrn-takes, and supporting
. vtsy size able hotel, Which il kept on tho Euro
, | lean plan.
, The rcxt rlace in Rhode Island in geogra
, rlr. and the foremost in conse lnence. i
S,wrort, the American Dieppa. = real city b
} the tea, ~ith IN aiclent origin, stable popu
la.ion, beauties OF ar; and uature. aud \ luae
, the place just now, for shall write epeci1li
) ulnnit.
, The bay Of Nrragsnse:t and Long Ialao
: Sound. two OF the most uo5le sheeta of wate
in the No. th, AID in rome respects comp.rab,
aitl, the Baltic Sea ani the Gulf Of Finland
New icrk anewer:ug to Copenhagen. an
Providence to st. Petersburg, arc dotted Wit
: many llsser places Of public quest. Ill Q
( ~hich. sooner or later, aIe oye1ru
with the motocrlc~ Of fashion
: dragged from simplicity to be notorious
+ duptd, and again deserted, sad yet, in ti1n
I Gizlrg pleasure, experience, aud desperation
! 10 Der.
Near by The place where 1 write are two G,
len+ive and celebrated places. called til