The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-23


us is snaenable" entities him to get just as much
Off as he can. and for my part nave no objection
finding h% yss Se Water CAP This
of thing grows on one. When man has once
reached hundred there Is no saying what ne may
not do Centenarians are misers OF vitality, and
the more years you ascribe to them the more they
will take They have got possession OF SO much
eter n t Now, why man should put on airs for
having acquired large quantity OF what, without
committing crime ne could not o. nave ~ prevented
Not that Mr.. La Bar belongs to thissclass. He
seems to be q sensible, quiet, unassuming, cente-
who have the misfortune to be seventy or eighty
years younger. should like to take DR.. Hall or \
n R SS sn ssi h That s p II
men would view the subject one might say that \
Mr. La Bar is a triumphant instance Of the beauty Y
youth. Tobacco came as natural to HIM ast
early piety: He never refuses q ! friendly \
ase kns wSch INDUCES %a 10
enemy into his mouth. Don't talk to me OF wheaton
grits and total abstinence alter this. l don't
NOW before breakfast or what kind Of print he can
read without glasses. One feels delicacy In ask
So many many centenarisas in the United States who
can NOW so many matuttnal acres and read the
Iliad In nutshell with the naked eye, that the
marian before, and one feels longing to touch the
hand that has touched the hand Of Washington:
san Of tine Of s
backbone. There is that hereditary favor In 1t
which characterizes the laying on OF hands In the
STYLE OF PEOPLE AT THE GAP.
The inquiry as to what kind OF people visit the
q way Of answering 1t without wounding any ones
feelings 1t Is no crime not to De OF the nrst fashion
Which s' the majority Of the present visitors here
have h0peessly committed. But which Is the bet
ter, to hobnob with crowd composed Of princes
honest and hOmely souls, whose lives, In the MAN,
are as honest as they are cheerful The creme De
S.s sns &c creme not as 70 creme me s w sp
people who are q thousand times worse
than the Water Gappers repair. Ill. l. plain ain
little inland town where she resides, puts her
knife her mouth her conduct is not quite SO bad
as that Of the beautiful Miss Bellaston, the New
York belle, who has finger In everybOdy's social
PIE; Plenty Of good solid Sou9try families h take up
ae se Of Who prce %
tropolitan society and yet there are some sprin-
kings Of them, too large enough to make them
doree does not obtain. The brilliant scapegrace,
the foreign count the titled adventurer plies Ills
talst would, that the breath OF the mountains is
too pure Tor him, for that would be nothing but
drop OF poetic milk and water put ne don't 10, ana
| Count Deadly Darke would find no chance with
girl who believes that her father and mother are
the best people that ever lived, and who goes into
| raptures over collection OF Indian arrow heads
You observe that there is no excitement here. Yes
i
telligent gentleman on the subject, who gave me
| abundant Information.
9on lead ID very Ss tsa life here said
.The peace Of nature lies upon all things"
ventured to say, pointing to the sphnx-llke clouds
arms Of fleece. This poetic similitude, however, l
did net give uJterance to there and them but gar
oh assure you lead quite an exciting te
replied the gentleman.
"The calmness OF those grand old woods, the re-
of Inn uo fora ~ fnra IN I'M
Comprehensive generalization.
AS the gentleman had lived among them for
sixty years perhaps he could not appreciate my
young and unnedged enthusiasm.
he % other day ven ha
terrible time here-a regular sensation.n
"ndeedS saw nothing OF IT IN the HERALD"
replied, anxious to learn the particulars of the
"No. But the place was one scene Of Wild ex-
| element. The house was divided into factions,
and for some time there was no telling what would
be the result" and the speaker paused. evidently
ask ne nature Of the Calamity in
quired, feeling delicacy At encroaching on the
"Weil, sir, do assure you the excitement was
most Intense pursued the gentleman. II have
seldom seen anything like It at the Water Gap
aroused aroused and for some time we didn't know
| whether he would live or die"
asked, my mind reverting to the Characteristic
tragedies OF the day.
| "Oh 1t was no murder-Only case or wh00ping'
cough, and as 1t was the first we had ever had We
| were naturally alarmed"
GOoDBY, AND COME AGAIN.
| After that took long boating, and felt better
on my return.
Those who are fond OF dancing and music may
| enjoy themselves on alternate nights at the two
principal hotels at the Water Gap, and those who
| are fond OF having subject OF abuse may join in
| OF those trains OF the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad which stop at this place, and
which display charming capriciousness IN their
moments OF arrival and departure. Naturally
am one VI the most aniable OF men, as we all are,
! but l have tive grievances In connection with
the Delaware Water Gap. One is the un-
punctuality OF the trains above alluded to
and the other is the evil genius known as
the 'gum drop boy who haunts not one line OF
travel particularly, but all. No doubt he Is an ex-
cellent creature in his domestic relations, supports
disabled relatives, puts his money IN the savings
bank and does all sorts OF other dsinterested acts
But Ged made humanity and the railroad corpora
ton made the gum drop boy-which is quite as true
as what Cowper SAYS. when he declares that God
made the country and man made the town. DO not
tell me that the gum drop boy Is like other boys
tell you he ia not He was born on the engine
tine almond candy with his mothers milk
and chewed gum drops all the way up to ado
lescence. Pop corn furnished his side dishes
and fig paste was his piece De resistance. He went
cation on the railway editions. He never grows
old, and when he reaches certain age some
other youth, reared In q manner equally mysteri
Gus, takes his place. lie has fatal eye and 9
| rapid tongue, and II ever you buy OF him you are
lost forever. He lies in wait for you The or one o.
his lcllows). and after the lapse OF years. mag
! spirit you find yourself stil madly buying gun
drops and dime novels and bewailing the ignOmin
ious thraldom. II there are many such open ali
| places as the Water Gap where one may occasion
ally take deep inspirations and relieve the spirit
| let US look up and be glad.