, 1870-09-04
Beach Birds.
IFRoN QEH OWN CORRESPONDENT

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Even the men miss their daily newspaper aud
their political talk in the country. What would
become Of ua but for the great migrating
farmer-el:s". foreign and New England, which
Is eqra1 to solitude, and no: enslaEei in the
luxurious bands Of city life
This revived city OF Newpost-the cottage
part Of it's manifestation Of the nesds Of
city people, who must not swelter in tho towns,
but dare not do without society. Innocent,
tasteful, often admirable as thus life is, it Is
the eoci.l cord which holds 1t together, and
there are scores Of cottage-holders here who
mentally and privately aenounee tho expense
and the incoaveuiencs under which they Ia
tor, and ~ho cu:se tho charms Of nature with
downright bitterness.
To buy a..d keep cottage hors IL to be at
The hazard md cost OF supporting two housea.
II both ta furnished, person or persons
must he paid to guard the cottags in the win
the other, there viii be Two moyingu In three
months, with their attendant hnrFors. The
existence Of the cottage, moreover, ID \ re-
shiction upon frssdom Of action; for there it
stands and wsita in the summer; you dnre
not 60 to Europe, and thus add third estab-
lishmeRt TO the other TWO; to travel and run
two houses viii trouble you with hideous
Anticipation Of deserved poverty; 30 you
must needs 20 to the vineyard you hRys plAnt-
cd, chain yourself to -FOUR beautiful cage, and
appreciate tho 81 society" which has infatuated
with only wealth, without pursuit, aud with
ous "bcst society" Lore in . cottage soon
Ec:s old il the c,ttage stand at Eswpo
or courte this is written about Americans-
that Eaton OF commercial PaIistans, that un-
easy social race nh,ch has no lcre for bit ot
rH i n mn fn51 ri
absolute refinement from business
of doing is faii duty unlsss i hss a
home somorhere. To be respected 1t must
have residecce, hut to be ta:iedeif It pines
for The unasusiylng ig1ts tataus Of cottage.
hictsng thing Of bsauty; even fishing pole
or slot gun comes between some men and
their Prayersi bus = cottage At Newport is
Paradise With 4 snake and 4 woman it they
bears sort Of unlawful rel,tioa to the city
home; it is the unwedded, unrecognized
thing. int its demands fer money upon him
who yielded to its =eductsons nrc incs5sant and
remorteless.
Oh! The pIessure aud tic pain!
The lie to iEs in this country has not ret
bee1 truly learned 4 complete reorsarizx-
Gon OF the social f"rces is imperative to make
us Lsriy. Democracy In tho lousehold il the
need Of US all; to e1ru lesa about the "aoci-
city tid: lies alfhouk us, 0nd more for our
selves who live within.
E::uLIsn * ASIDE LIFE BETTY. THAN ouR1.
When real u the Newport Mercury that
I1a. Ssrauci Colt has just paid SG2, 900 fo1
sever naked acres overlooking the OCEAN, and
th:t Ek-senator Morgan haa Just purchased
ing At the original way in which our people
Troposo to create society and modal their own
'tse-Eon." There ars but two natilna af men
beside ouzselres with any rsal love for tho
esft watsr-te EnE1iahman and the Hol-
lander. 1hczs z5c not only two Or thtec first
cl1es seaside pl4ces in Holland, Ika Sohsven-
frgcp, pear tbs Hague. but every we1l-to~do
Dutchnzn pitches 4 sotnc1;st1is or smoking
taieony IN sotno put OF his ground, oontigq;
the bracEiHii or ..:gnxnt e1halatiouH, hear ths
frogs chirp, aud get his gil Of the saturated
nix Hi4 pipe drives away the mosquitoes
and he c.teams it = luxury to own : lot OF
the eege Of hi. city, to which be walks ever ever
thoughtful WY, broo1,ng Atovo the dikes AMI
bitches from his siry perch
In tia mGTn cxDau%lye country Of England
where den.e populations adj join the ssAeoasts
tho tiahinE md ssiloss' villages insens,bl
grow 10 te tue watering places. and This ID &c
Hor of the town; ! half dozen good inn
spring up; the cottages OF the res
don't .r.cesmen and adppers re.olv
to "lcdElnes" in tho saason; th
cook ships serve ErsAkfast in ooo's apar'
ment-, and lie goes to I cl'op house Tor dir
ner- None, Or few, 80 70 tae seA with til
sco~e OF Satx.cyk trunea Indispensable to a
American family. Tho women wear thic
shoea. sergs or alnsea clothes, t,ack stocl
ingr. AID straw Lat.; the man .lteas con
fnt clothes like thn salt air. Thus thern
nothing unusceFsasy on anybo5vs mind {
hatl1s-& listle baggage, moderate expense
no excessive and selt.imposed duties, I
4 F1- A$--- H.. -
prc=ert.L'e At the nights hop, sai1ing .
Fouild III. ecliu'ic Of N1terius placca. With a
the truaka carried on esey trip, ard Thus sui
s'i.nting .wnrry. anxiety, debt, and dlscontc1
for health, euioy1ne,t. rest Nei'hes do Il
Ensli.E Put up p.lsc.a under the f.lss nan
Of cottages. paving sixty tloasaud dollArs Il
q lot, s-izing the nWecteat hooks l,y the &c
wrestling them from tho poor, aud plautil
the pehuons Of faahioo 4ud vanity on Il
i, Lr,nk Of n.ture'a sublimest manifettatio
Brighton. although great city. is more der
oct4tic than Newport Few Eugifsh poop
own their summer Eabitationt, but hi
tLcu, or = part Of them, from the WIDOW
ansient maid4 and trtdsspeople, who inh2b
them tho rest Of the yeaI. Jhe expenae
scasiGo living in the sunme,, IN America
positlrelt uneudurable. Ono hundred a,
fifty dollars week for man and wife is as
tie Ar ii can he doEe tor, with anythipg Il
Eenezons living: Five dollars each day,
bottle for sai,Io cl.ret7 cigar 25 cents q.
per hour FOR carriage h1ro every handling
your trunk Il: every change Of watoran
pIace Ss15; perpetual purchases 1nder /
ioar Of Mn. Q.undy. Ono recoils in
1nidHt Of tia delights. And feels the ache
forcboding in his hreecbes pockets. Yet
submit to this every {ear: do I again !
again: fondle the landlords sud the varl
who feecs us, and reply to ourselves ths
reform Of living IL without our reach, - MI
as 4 reform of YoIitie1- Where arc tho
.i.1 science conventions On these topics
not horita,e to say that the city or Ncwp.
in its eatravagans dav velopm.nt OF ~ cottass
architecture. the example it sets to t1e i'm
i've de%oes.cy nslow .; IL II: the tatss, With
IRON home, and for tocicty more e1clus
than tbal OF real life, il another false ligh
land which IL not ret prepared to Ascert
znd fix ita own proper Relations, nor to Tess
upon logical couxbe OF summer living.
StiIl. Newport is little marvel in wha
has become. It contains series Of eur
cdiGces, reared, for the most PIT. BY pa,
who live Oh the interest Of their tnve
mouc5-capttalists, bankers, folka who
on mortgages, people with approvod ITO
- Iou viii never be 1ele to hold these
penhiTs cottages" said to q group Of cot
. folks; " they arc all right Il resent, with
six kinds of currency: our t.xcsns Of ps
and the ease with which certain kinds OF =
,ila.ion succesd upon N uncertain rned!
thou: AID dolla1s for zach sunamcs, and
lave from thirty to eighty Thousand DO
apiece tied rp in these ptnpetdca which
case Of genefsl ;'anle would not bring n.
the Sheriff e hammer moro than ~ per cef
euut iLyeesEuent back"
'tIuu forget that none Of Us are 10 af
bus;1tse," saij enc Of the hsteners7
nlr,l.l,<1 that nothing earns money like mo
and that we 4te all doing thia out Of our
te1ests. II We trsded, apecnlkted. OF M
factu1el. We should neyer t1y to carry t
cottages ~ It II, ths1 spare " from G
ing many other shingn- Here they IT
herc our fs.-l;i+- rnust come: tho chill
get rid VI tbu ui.ce1laueo:ts society Of ho
NC make Lut Que s1ip il the year; Aaa /
appear to be eeu,ewaat e1clusise
i, ne. is .o,:ss,e s'sp'y ,hs sss4a:s :s..,,soss ~
fz1slion which atteod ths tsvorna- We ,
recognize jim Fisk, aur any Of the fna
and medical quscIs who want to s1ss Ne,
for m advertisement and q spsee- It hA,
us To,,d deal OF n,oIey 70 got away fl
crowd, aal We don't N can t. be crowded
II c1u T.. -sia Of Newport that it Is \
town in its Murzlq, il il ii AFRO severe
!, so.,al code Ii is alleged taat y hro.1
!; gaE.,ng-acr~%;, and race Hack have
! Lad Il change. s.ete The very balls arc
& susly 4s,sarl..i, aud one Of tie most woa-b,
:. g.c4s lave:.en llis summer We I
!: YORK reporter who lad exercised his lea
atsumtH:s in Sain 10 get adEuittance 70
! Lol. lre, - 0d for the most elect
!! 1uE LITTLE BOP RE.okTH-
Here aesi':s .fnn.,t1 T. ~ toportins !Gsss
/! sDouc rrc.t ssss, sa.elipg aE pl.ce,Iit n
no: xl.erc,-there ii published
paper. which r. ports all tho Arrivals, qn
=, Win :Ae org1ns Of all the othe1 W
= pl7cea, and gets the a:,vettistns ot the u
=. aud tr@,espeople. rms eanos %. - tu.s !.
= T. nbaa. Pan? ,he ns world of fsshias is bis
I'd Lp las - much cntespti IN selstu
:, ill., new improvements, in ci,sAing up