The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-20

snatches, from some villa, some boating party re.
turning from their excursion, or some strollers
entertaining themselves anu others with happy
songs This out Of door life is charming In Its natu.
ralncss, so frank and free.
sUMMERzrYG
We leave our artificial life be hind us ana roam
about ike young children at play. forgetting the
cares ana vcxations OF business, the troubles that
annoy in the wearisome world OF Yesterday and the
etiquette aud ceremony tnat bind one at home 10 SUI
perfciai enJoyments. We swing 20 the ''poetry OF
motion" in hammock, and, glancing to the blue
sky ana the dancing, nickerng shadows tnat play
over Us, dream poems That never put into
words. We III out under the picturesque balconies
and listen TO moonlight serenades War6led by sweet
young voices that echo far through the forest pines.
We watch the surglng, restless multitude with Gu
riosity The variety OF faces, costumes, manners
where They constantly gong arriving First a
greeting, then parting oitener a smile, sometimes
ago perhaps we had never known. Friendship bud
and blossom so quickly AT such place. We wander
down the BLUFFS and walk to anu lro upon The long
esplanadc, or sat upon tue sands and hear
THE SAD SEA WAVES,
and wander what they can be saying TO us IN those
mysterious tones. 80 fun OF beauty ana solemn gran
deur ami the restless surf that comes Ia at our feet,
with foam and spray and tumble, while the sunlight
CLEANS upun the ocean, and the ceaseiesS murmur
INSPIRE shose witn melody who watch It's surges
from sunny harbor. we go boating, pleasure seek
ing, baGhng, fishing: ana what iun IL ~ To pun IN
steadily; 10 feel your treasure pull and with
and turn IN the waves 10 get free from tile bait mas
tempted HIM TO his own destruction, ana when you
have HIM safe at last throw out Tor another, whie
your comrades are hauling fast and thick and you
feel an0tAer bite ana begin TO get excited yourself,
ana the pleasure commences then.
THE FsBERMEs
tell us their quaint yarns OF tue seas they've sailed
over the ports they stopped AZ and the Islands,
where glorious sunsets STAN the heavens far lnt0
the night or sing rolickng song, learned lar out
on the deep. An we i've hours OF careless enjoy
ment that would never come To us elsewhere. There
Is dress and no dress, fashion and no fashion;
cnarmingy natural ana Unaffected people. cultured,
wealthy, yet kindly feeling social people THAT make
the island such pleasant resort. There u con.
siderable driving but no such splendid turnouts rs
at Newport or Long iranch.
NEXT SEASON.
Before next season a macadamiZed drive OF ten
miles win be finished between here and Engartown,
one OF the principal harbors on the coast also nne
hotel, one individual having offered BIS 900 toward
II. The island Is popular already and each year
grows more so. Crowds already thrOn9 the place;
but those two attractions viii be Oil that is needed
To advance 1t into favor with the class OF people who
like TO make show with their horses and carriages
and themselves. The Atlantic acht Club OF Book
Ign was here last week, ana numberles3 others have
touched here Tor day or so.
VISITORS.
Professor AgaSsfZ left uS saturday. The Fitch
burg Brass Band discourseS martial ana inspiring
airs upon the bluffs and about the grounds Halhing
and boat arrivals are the great events Of the day;
then the scene Is gay ami pleasing. The long line
or prolnenaders the ''nicn and women with beau
tful faces anu eyes OF tropical dusk" the beautifully
gotten up young ladies and similarly gotten up
young fellows, the music, the gay sea and blue sky
above, dotted with sails ana dotted with clouds;
the murmur OF the restless crowd, the new arrivals,
make passage out Of a Doem picture that VIII
l1nger long after the enchanting reality has faded
into gray nOthingneSs.
Vineyard rouge and vineyard breezes are good for
fnvallds, and The other attractions for the pleasure
seekers. Next week they 'fecrcate relglOusly,"
FOR camp meeting commences and holds one week,
and the multitude tarries.