, 1870-08-29
the WATERlka.PlAcEs.
Newport
The Town and the Tayerna
"The Best People,"

"The Best People,"
Cottage Life.
Sketches Of Vanderbilt, Belmont, Etc.
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.SKwroar, August e
NlooEs to be nics thing to 10 vary rich |
and bare summer cottage 1t Newport. !
There y refinement n tho air, the scenery,
the Shade, the architecture. the side salks, the
shops ah arc IN su:h wsl-brel repose, all
haruonlze, everything seems to come home to
sta and to hAvc stayed long already; nothing
is n'isv OF fusey; tho houses all create the
impression OF being Of one hue, and that 4
drab bufl; the gardens aad lawns are nn-
merous even in the heart of the pl.ce the
Sea il an ar7stocratic sea hardly TT for poor
people to be washed in it; tas ooats and
bontmen and tunkeys and ho1aea appear
| to belons t. somehody who was always
used to them. In s-y.., there il nothing in
Newport ont Of ensemble but the hotels, and
they arc doleful looking indeed "a : Tray
knew they we're parpenuss and were ashamed
| Of their dodgers. Newport has tho prond dis
'inetlon Of having the worst inns at the sea
| side, and, fancy, the worst sustained. The
| carpets and cileloths are old and worn the
scFssnta are frowsy; the bod linen ia not
| Thtt IL should be; I am told that The only
I way you can gel attendance At the Ocean
House is - CIV Justify At tho top OF the
/ stairs:
Huzza for Prussia! n b1s Napo,eon
| To tophet With tho Pope!''
At this al the Irish waitcra pour up stairs
to give you threshing, and you entrap them
into an er14nd.
KNo11sH-ArPEAn1Sa NEWPORT.
/ Any traveller who has visited aome of the
English seaside toWns, as Southport, Has,
tipgs, or Cowea, will be surprised to
fud them near1y reproduced in this compact
little city and its charming euvlrona Old
| walls, lvy-coverod. old graveyxrl1s in the heart
OF the place. quay with bo1ts and yachts.
short, circtitous streets winding up hill,
tasteful millinery, lace, and fruit shops, and
female clerks. strong sea-coast scenesy OF
heAd'auds, 1nlets, caves, and precipices, all
well-entisled, and BY such English te11ns rs
Forley Steps. puzgatory, Bishop Rock, the
Dumplingt, Cattle Hill; and many OF these
Abrupt bits of landscape are crowned with old
ruins Of batteries and wipdmills, which touch
the scene with feudal anG military suggestions
80 strlingly English. The cottages cl4mber
aver the hirh. rockv ridrea nd ,roa,, ,,no,
like l;rd-hnuse. for t1,e aaa-cnlls ali saa,,;n.,
diminished in this strong, salt air and thc,e
far ocean prospects,. Better than all
there is a public greon, like An Eng
ltsh common, in the heart OF tho place,
which they cali Tour Park, an absolutely nm
feuc.d and real green SPOT. not son.re.
either. a. X measured on Tor tho rita ~ ;, IN
tnre meet;nc-louse Int cat-..cornorad md
naturally irregular, AZ il it fornad its own
character, and was independent about it,
How naive! How green! How un-Yankee.
like! Surely this cannot be in tue State OF
; Rhode island, aud left iu these circumstances
| by the oversight Of Roger Tilliataa? It il
. now quite compreheneible how the Hon.
James Brooks was led to select such an uu.
usual spot for an experience meeting AZ III,
: aoor Of Congress 10 rejoice tha. he WAS o,
/ BAPTIST extraction. He had been to Toure
t Park, the solitary place th4t has had its owu
WY east OF the Connecticut River.
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