The sun., 1873-09-29
TIE JOKER ATTHE SEASIDE
THE GEOGRAPHY. HTSIORT. AND
WINNERS or NEHPORT.
The wutert HOME of Idr Lewis rhr Bath
crs oi the Bsach -Ih,dr I.IaIds CAPITALS
The Liz that NHp1iron BouUpHrtc Told.

NEWPORT. r. L., sept. l-,3.-I have this
moment paid sixv cents fur piece of hau
smullar than the ncsMie, Photograph "t "a dnv
old Crotou bug, and now / u tell you something
about Newport.
Ida Lewis lives here. She's a heroine. and
You can pronounce hcrulmp dare lcwi-. II yuu
wish, for slp dncsD'' got frightened Vt ANYTHING
salt witcr candu. she lives ont IN th1talt water
In 4 hru-e built on n stouc. With the vettc.t
hack yard lnl garden IN this country AMI ans
man who could get to her house without boat
ought To- he named after hen WADE. Her name
isn't Lewis any more. ono day she gave her
heart away to- n fellow to Keep for her; and then
she presented him with her hand. ana he took
her name ava, and then hc tuoa tlc rc-t II her,
and that, too, the very day they were married.
Newport is full Of cottages and folks. The
drl live, here WIN va. uucd $50. gold, for call
inx Mr.. Jones hi-h--ulritcd citizen. bu the
trial she svore that he wa a high-spir,ted c,tl-
zen. heoaus, h. drank $c0hraudy; bat the Court
didn't see IT, and she lost her case.
Some people here are ecccnrirMly queer.
was pas ,iu- cottage this morning and stopped
10y the gate t. tie up my shoe Newport tics,
when | saw Young Indy huncly enough I"
have been born back of the cooking stove On
canal boat. aud soft enough t. ride down town
in the cpncaye end Of a spoon. she was dia-
Logging II with an a<ed femaie.
NEWPORT OPINIONS.
saws She, Aunt. are there many reformed
| DutchWcn in thi- c'uutrv ?"
Auuty, " Why, child, not as know of never
hoard Of such hing ~ arcformcd Dutthman.
says she, - Well thcu. auntv. what makes
them build Dutch Reformed churches 70
Arntv, nv dear, it, the church that's Dutch
reformed, not the lo,ks in u.' .,....
says she. Well. do declare. auuty, aiwaNs
Thought That pc ,lr who ~ 60 m Dutrh re
formed church we're reformed Dutchmen Who
had let' oU drukiu1 lager beer.
couldn't hold In any LONGER. says !. say
young woman. did Nuu think that ai CalNiuis'-
were calScsr AMI tlcn cut and run. .
T. Rhode Island has .-ia zen rapitN. and
This b. one uf EN-. They say hyrc. luc INST
crooked neck squashcs ercw In Rhode Island ;
the :, ate l. ~ small that thcir naCks had to-
curl &C. keep out of VI N's>achurctts ana gueS- %
Providence From the actions 20 the ucolhc /
should iud-e thcrv has sOt to nc Lrra. change
N,w""rI, is nyc ' miles FROM The ocean. and the
ocean Is ave miles from Newport, la form II +
au irrcrgl r semi circle, - Is tIs hrn.r. II
War which George W. ut into. it had rWr
people, cLed iphabitants; During the war 1t
tn.y lad nairi'd. sbot. kiilcd. aud driven away
800 many That tu,rv we're only Bon lett and tlcv
hui .upcd % 30 many u EN-. Some were
p.nr,l IL with suns and some by pu?ping tue
srwrorr Nvvrus.
+',7p ~ SNOW ,vn''ru- niar'. nd pcQpic
come here Goo set wet with -aIt w"t.r. SNVo;
angelic t'Iu-. iut of vd liN,r oh Tor weak
Iin--, rau uc seen lAtng ou tn,r o. -'a.l m
tuy btiuN ~uad. tluu,-i NTH th, IS .dtlc p. Ur.-
uf thc H.'4p. tu,lr fares mellow with -au"-
tuo.s iudulscu'ics, and waists r duy,I : t.c
-ilc y le9 ".u4,g- y heuSe ot 9Nyd.ed "Mt.
t"ft 80 a. iiir, fnr,ns and '" rl 1, lIS
barrels uf coricd beef away M To the ed-, Il
WA,re ~ .ra.s crows. and leave EN- There iu
fh, san ,rt nerIf,aids saited and r.lloI t,i, il,
.nrtrd hrnvonw,rd dreamiu. Of tle.r Niredt.
and the other tail NJ eund. they draw iu their
breath, walk back, ANA walt Tor hlnow number
billow. are made u salt aqua. Tho tips Of en-,
are made " soda water and hlptpcr MIXED.
and some f'lks caii en- surf ,De hr-c-t p4ri
asain. A. IL goes back It Is called the under
TOW. Some men have under toes.
SEwPoRT CLIMATE.
Ncwpori Is so cold In winter tine hnnda a. the
I clocks wear wooden tniiten-. Ia SI,g.iIcr tuc
rl.uI.tr f. sslutrious enough 30 suit ,ii %
.tinus herself ana people cuuIe here VITO ar,
thinner than secondhand postage stamp, N-
ius - though thel nad never eaten any thing more
hearty than the second Joint of .tewed inter
rlrAIuu point and when they have been here
D snort time, they can digest Toe riO pieces ot a
Il'tt rh-iHiths anvil sNer W.i."ut nn"
-Irah 60 tac.r voices, and looh a- iAi a- a Dri
UHl $500. 4-lInu.
+. N"h.. w,u sometimes come hc.c. ! cam,
j remember un un. occasion nay scho"iuis-tc
. ca.l'vl nut ia me IN .tenturun vo,~'. John
G.d been John. Cunt sixty. wou al. n.,,
e made splUrsc oh, nJ guc-s not.
~ SERIOUS OBJECT ~ TnE ENGLtsu tASo''ACr.
came extremely near being wealthy once
!, too. omiv . slice of thn iricorrisib, Eu:-h .ai
/ .ua.e prevented H. There is a ulot u ground
= in my n,tiv, place now worth SI.g,tes,,tt with
p ~ many more us 1s YOU can spare h,tchcd On I,
/ the hind end. 1hat Mot Il ground could one,
u have been bought tor ten shi.itnss. Nv uncle
q a WAS ms sole heir guess. for ne booted IN,
a pretty often heard II could be bought cheap
ana one day
p Then he left town and was gone whole weel
/ with two sundays H.. When he came bach.
y sa,s /. Purchasef No ddn t."
says he, " told you TO-.
a say i. lOu did ~ such thing
\ Say- |. Wcll, did"
o say he, " Did wnat -
!, Saw I, " went b., it."
:. lie gave me eleven, cents worL - strap g..
? with hucflc iu h. iuet that Ittlc disrroptur
i IN the dt1lrot made NE poor boy. iur q vi. e.,
= late, abs, too late, to tuN 10. fatuIs uf H.,
Il fauil! VII conlcr a favor by passing round IN
WALL srRIEr rISAhCrtuIAu.
r was an embryo Vanderbilt once. too. wa
. % hru.er 4 commenced at an early age, and lri
j. grandmother and embarked ia business, 90
= I Il changed mo two dIu,- and hyc pennies
then won't into store, and says |, " cur min
iSter wants - know VIII You be Kind enough q
=. ,i,,- INN "a shilling piece for this dime ami tw
Hcnn,.,r n OF course got II. Nhod ~ bac
pn a nunisteTf Then went into another .tOr
, and did the same thing rhcn | took the tvY
shilling pieces into another store and chanss
n them for another quarter, ana Mas one cent b
gold m pocket. lh,s was grocery. and | lett
" with heavenly suIile on NV face anu piece IL
A. dried beef In my mouth. | kept up these Do
10 Ius- until got found out and pe0pl" began I
l' like our deflulting banh officers, t. Te uru tn
lc money stolen. but | forgot IL. Graudmothe
NJ / found mo uut, and was shut up In a hen coo
- ten dtJa hccnIse couldn't get twenty iN
~ cents bail, 4Ad We cacHcd ever since. such
ld u'c, and m.r too.
p, Tins is tie only letter ever written from New
- port without saying something about the ul
y stone mill.
Al Before leaving Newport asccrtnined that NJ
- poleOn lied when he said "that Providence wo
" ON the side 0f the heaviest artillery - Tor b
'd heaviest artillery il at Fort Adam, and Prov
~ dence II ON the other side. JOuA.
Wv A British War Vessel Forcing the Release
Imprisoned Iugii.hmtu,
id KINGSTON, ia, sept, %.-Ihe British stcli
", soop Niobe arrived here today FROM oulda. ondur
%. / buttHr the following intelligence Gcn. Estrada
no troops after asslssuIug IA, detachment of ralacis,
h. toco Ehch under dag Of truce approached ur toi
me- sHuH"d OuIt aud Imprisoned an tlc British ru Ct
H. rIftI m" .uFuAIcs ut America, gland, Span,
ne luilu- L tore tc Aiu cau tl- tu pttt1, and s.Dk
r, the lufcnluis' tud satct. The Nioty
~ H4rt aryri, aul dean. .dgi The sl renter 40 tUc U
"' snnrl foreigners aud explanations for the ou rt-
Ih autturNrs Nrrc obstinate, alt refused 10 ,,vt
ru .otu. Irl.s of Oh uUl.a.irr NJ ha Nlubc Wu f
r. h'u bon inct fol owed unt ttf OF truce wsh
1T lN' per- "'- we're then rDrr udUfru, tnu CON "u-tt
,1 was susl autDel.