New-York tribune., 1871-08-02
LEISURE HOURS.
FROM BOSTON TO NEWPORT.

PoMFRET, Conn.,, July 24.-I am tasting to
the full the charms which sages have seen In the face OF
solitude in this lonely, lovely town, where the hills,
being left 20 themselves rise higher and the undisturbed
trees grow larger than elsewhere, There are streams
lere which babble over thirsty rocks and thinks
OF making them turn mill-whoes. There is not fac
tory in the whole town. To be sure, Putnam our next
door neghbor is full Of factories; swarms OF French
Canadians and noisy Mesians have settled there ike
locusts. But let Putnam make cloth; we In POM
fret will do nothing but wear it, Nature performs
most OF work for She feeds the grasses with her
Jews and them with her sunshine and II Is ho'
much to gather themloads OF fragrance-nto our gar
ners We are by no means without great men, who
come here TO taste the sweets OF welearned ease We
hear from onr tllo country pulpit, snch voices as Dr'
Alex vintons and that Of the Rev. Phillip BrooKs' tho
glory Of Boston; listening thus, without money ana "i
out price TO eiOQuence which charms you eseWhere ~
cost of 500 or 500 year II you take chief seat IN the
synagogue Henry James comes here TO thhK unuei
these great trees his subtle thoughts and receive u
nnaton from these sunrisngs. They say the sun rs'
marvellous well here but have not seen him. lo MS
setting testify. He goes down In olaSe oi sois
For ourselves, wo are not glorious. The lilies OF Tue
field are fine but VIC wear our old gowns. We weIcoWe
gladly an occasional gigantic dssipauon-a sewing SO
cety or a reading club-at which we can figure III purple
and fine linen. One fair and blessed woman mas Jus'
returned from Europe and she dazZes u.s. on teso oo
sons with toilets which it Is all we can 40 10 Dehoi
without envy But these reyels are only OCCASIONAL anu
for the most part the cambria and seersuckers OF every
day life prevail We play croQuet with the chldren wo
swing in hammocks, and we sit out on plaEzas' with
dreamy books ia idle hands.
Ten DAYS ago fitted away 70 Boston and Newport. L
went TO Boston for your sake gentle TRIBUNE. Thought
some breeze OF interest might have rued the calm OF
the publishing houses but found them all asleep in
the sury noon-day. j. r. osgOOd out Of town, at
swamscott Loring had just published "zerub Throop's
Experiment" and resting from his labors Mr.
Niles sat serene in the Temple Of the Muses. and read
me letters from his brother in London telling OF the
hearty appreciation with which Joaquin Miller Is
welcomed into literary circles there. Think OF this rude
woodsman dining with Browning walking down Regent
with ROsett matching couplets with Swinburne ana
all because the spirit Of song touched his lips in his
cradle. He will soon be on this side the water and we
shall soc the splendid savage let hope red shirt high
boots, and ALL Meantime he IS revising in our behaI
the English edition Of his poems. -"Pink and White
Tyranny" s out at last and the publishers are out OF H.
almost as soon as their Shelves Finding no new
thing to see or to hear shook from feet the dust OF
broling Boston, and the a:3O train to Newport
There breeZes soft and skies were fair. inc
Happy Island was in allis glory. Tue hotels were FULL
the equpages numerous and as fantasc as ever
frations and hounces unlimited the usual num-
Der of dscOnentedlookng people were on the avenue
and the shops hrongod by fair whose scores OF
trunks did not hold quite enough fnery TO suit them
All this was the restless busng, exotic life Of the
place. and behind and beyond it was another Newport
which fashion cannot spoil. The oveliest spot my eyes
behed Is this same happy island and no amount or
idle pleasureseeIers destroy its charm Firt and
Autter as they WILL they change to waltz music
the majestic rhythm Of the sea breaking forever
upon its rocks-the passionate all-embracing, des-
pairing sea. The shadows OF Summer clouds fit across
these rocks in the afternoon ght the gus scream lone
somey; the fogs rise dense and white and break away
in sittering gory and those who have eyes
rTnIav IaA an1G SIR
Crosus and Sir Pandarus were hundred miles away.
went to the Point, usual. Give the Cliffs, and
che Avenue, the Ocean Road, and the Beach, and all
the other dear delights of the peasureseeker by day;
but let go back at night to the Baysde where the
sets a food Of crimson glory where the little
ss moored and put to sleep like children and then
the lighthouses kndle their soeiabe beacons and the
waves pulse pash without breaking, and all is
peace
Every year the deputation which literature sends to
Newport becomes more numerous Whoever is brightest
and best very drift there In the OF the
Mrs Howe keeps house there and is building to
large addition-promise of future hosptali
ties which knows better how to make delightfuk
Bret Hartes ghoshauRted mansion is in Newport but
not Of IT, being distance of pleasant drive from the
HgginsOn passes his All the Year Round" there, vary
ing only 5y making the gayest months of the Summer
whon society likes deputation of professors
aid their wives are at the Point, where sense Of
and and makes It more foggy, than usual Mrs:
-Ames models and her husband pants there ana
anchor in Newport for the Summer Boxer is a man
better known in one exclusive set than 70 the general
~ family rch thorough bTed. Phadelphan TO the
backbone Gis early passion foF literature shocked the
family c0nnecpOn; III Winning MS way TO hear |
ing. he encountered many difficulties though OF an
9dd dslent Khd' as any poor 9g1opp p WIN
family conscious OF the honOBTeected on them by this
lar nd cana
&c & en- not at seven subsied into commonplace
meas He is handsome stll, IN large ana manly
Already have wandered away from Newport in my
letter as did wander away in reality after one happy
dylic week. LETT the pleasureeekes Glsporng then
bam met daily Charlotte Cushnans strong true face
among them, but not Of them as was many another
ga9 fnS Sey qSas TaTe isIS Sas @ d left them
there uncertain What stdn TSev St I 8te thev
tbey dine they drive they dress again, they dance,
Ind rst % Ssere s the lilies Only are fine and the
wear home pun, and recall the shifting SHOW alI say
over to myself verse OF TWO from n""""e Il" Mar
Quise :"
Well she drives afternoon then'5 the tine 70 behold her
With her far face hall bid ke re pecilRS TO ,,,
Meath that vaoer tie yelyets and lace winch ehioid
Leaning back with a qucenly reposc-
As she lidcs mp sunlight You'd She was made
To Oli back IN q carriage, all day, WIN snliei
OF soft lamps, and be wooed for awhile
iud her hc9rt tiO tNat FelNcl ana ldcci
Can IL beat without rUffng her sumptuOus drcss1
She will show her shoulder her bosom, her face;
But what the hearts like mast guess.
With live women and men 10 b, found in the world
Gave with sorrow and sih-liye with PAIN aud Win
Who could live With o doll though its locks shord he
CURED,
And its pettlcoats trimmed il the fisLionl
IT. 30 fair would my bs:e II Mt it, craw blood
VIII IL CRY il hurt ~ or sco!d 4 hi,sl
I, t made, with its heauty, Of wax or Il wood
-...Is 1t crth while 10 guess 81 al thsi
OUT OF MASSACHUSETTS EITO CANADA.
A CHARMING RIDE ALONG THE CONNECTICUT