New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-05
SHARON SPRINGS.

A superb yIEw-THE MoRALrIIEs OF EAvEs- DROP
Il pry1-. fGossIpING OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN
THE MINORITY ItA u.
trRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRfBusEi
SHARON SPRINGS, N. Y, Aug. L." There amt
nothing to do up there" said the Intelligent ana com
municative driver who brought US over Hom iho
BridGen There amt amusements; nothing 10 DO
but cat and Sleep up there to sharon And be was not
far from right To be sure there is tho view. aud that Is
superb You can sit the broad piazza In the morning
aud watch the mist rise, where miles away he Mo"A
winds over tho PLAIN You can cit at noon ana see pref
~ pictures in light and shade as the clouds noat over
tho green meadows, aud You can walt until
the shadows creep down over the distant A4i
rondacks aud the moon rises-be sure II Is over
your right shoulder Tie view stretches before you
in sunshine In fact you become saturdteu
with IT, for really must cease TO absorb even |ie
most glorious view in the world There are pretty wan"
through the woods Lere, but light muslin dresses "nu
kid boots are not comfortable costumes IN "nieh "
tramp over stony roads and scramble up damp maeSnF
brooksides where wild flowers and blackoerres grow"
so We prefer find cosy corner on the plaE]'o
seat under the tree shady side OF tho mousse anu
there with books and our work, 10 pass our uo q
respectable people at Summer resort sno"p''
This morning tho spirit OF drowslness was 'npon
US, 80 the books closes, the Yosk folded
up we shook ourselves and went of for
siesta Poor luuoceptst siould have known better
oar room Are over the piazza aud our corner Is tine Ia
y0rite resort OF the children OF tue bote one can ge
accustomed to good steady noise, like saw-nin' OF
Niagara for instance but this IL different sort o
thing; Il is MT to be depended upon Just as you are
soothed by tue clatter Of 20 little feet az they tramp W
with sodisy tread, the troop sweeps round the cor
ner and Won are reused by the silence In I've minutes
back they come with a screech like whole menagere
OF monkeys And so 1t goes. "What SNAIL we oof
| plaintiyely asks the sleepy.head from the other
side OF the room. "wring their peeks,"
the savage answer When this cheerful huoouD
subsidies We strive compose minds and tempers
but droniug sound in very ears causes us 10
prick them up Two amiabe young persons have estaO
Iished themselves directly under window, and are
endeavorng each other. He makes pie'ense
OF reading book and she OF embroidering Out unaef
this innocent shelter great deal OF nonsense Is De"H
said We consclentiousy make CHATTER, which Is not
needed What then, can we do, injurious aud modest
though VIC be 7what do but lie and ggge at al
this tender talk that never Intended for
our earss 1t IS strange how speecnes WHICH
We have made TO some bushing damsel, ana thouRne
very clever aud impressive, sound nat and inslpiu
when we hear some other lamb repeat them 10 some
other bud. We appreciative 1t Is needless 10
state that did get nap that morning. Our
honest and aborous efforts sleep at night are really
peous. Late promenaders on the piazza merry par
ties who go singing and laughing through the hAs ali
make their little contribution to our bedam IL IS worse
than en- urchyard cats At the first screech Of dawn the
a. ia ght all the children in the vicinity howl. and arc
oueted by the louder howls of their nurses We are not
worthy Of marty rdom but 1t has come to US OF It's own
accord.
The people here the franhest and most connflng
way OF discussing their family affairs they sit In tue
public parlor or lean from their Window, utterly ig-
oring presence OF any ears but those orSn9In
their remarks intended We have become interested
in several Of neghbOTs having heard their very re-
markablc family histories sharon 10 capital place TO
develop all ones faculties for intellectual conversation
Having so much time to talk, ones stock OF ideas nat
urally becomes diluted and to put 1t mildly great deal
OF gossping ia done. quite sympathized yesterday,
with pretty girl Nm she is from Boston,, whose
| jolly face aud hearty laugh suggest that life Is
for good while her friend expatiaPd on the beau
ties OF SOMEBODY'S gown went into rapture abused
the owners several other AT last raising her
eyes from her embroidery. she said quietly Are
YOU for Free Trade Protection % Hor friend stared,
and she burst out: "Sae do let's talk politics or met
apbyscs, art, something else. Actually, am Tor
getting how be charitable or aniabte 10 any body my
happy and peaceful temper quite ruined Bot her
friend stopped in the midst OF story, was Sulky ana
| would not talk politics anything else.
We have baseball tphes aud tonpins In the morn
ncs and we have dancing in the evenings not solemn
ouadrlles but rOhcing Virginia reels aud merry-gO
rounds when we get enough youths who have at
ained the mature OF 10 or more The dnlenlty is
that most of sin cutting their hrstteeth
understand that there mineral springs here
but small boy who tasted them reports that the waters
arc not pleasant to drink.