The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-26
WATERING PLACE NOTES.


vice President Wilson remains at Lynn, Mass,
and is improving in health.
Hon. Wilder D. Foster. Member of Congress from
the Fifth district Of Michigan, is at the Columbia
Hotel, Saratoga.
Rev. DR.. Buddington. Health Commissioner Hut
Crimson and P. H. Jones and their wives Of Brook
lyn, are at the Twin Mountains House, White
Mountains.
There are no colored gentlemen at any Of the
hotels at Saratoga who claim the first table advan.
tages awarded to them by the amendments to the
constitution.
The Superintendent OF the New Jersey Southern
Railroad says the season at Long Branch is broken
and visitors are returning home. He deems 1t the
poorest season Long Branch has experienced for O
number Of years.
The waters OF the Minnequa Springs are said to be
ecacious In oil diseases OF the kidneys, dyspepsia
and general debility. They are located on the
Northern Central Railroad, about thirty miles north
Of Winiamsport Pa.
The ocean Waue says II Cape May ever loses its
prestige as fashionable watering place, it Will be
because It is written down by o lot Of Bohemian
scribblers who are fUstered and deadheaded BY the
hotel keepers.
Southern Summer visitors that accept the stu
alton, prefer the Greenbriar White Sulphur
Springs OF West Virginia, but the unrecon-
structed and unrepentant rebels 60 to the Mont
gomery White sulphur Springs in Old Virginia.
The exodus from Saratoga Springs has com.
menced, but many Of the sojourners have changed
to tourists, and are taking the White Mountains,
Lake George, Canada and the thousand islands OF
the st. Lawrence on their route
Aaron Burr Harrison, DR.. William Pierson, Ira
Harrison, James E. Smith ana Daniel D. Reynolds,
belonging to the "Old Heads and Young Hearts
A nfo< Mr., of 7 hoxo tact
from trip to Niagara Falls, Boston and the White
Mountains of New Hampshire. The youngest Of
the party is over seventy years old.
The new United States HOTEL which II In course
OF construction at Saratoga Springs, viii be kept
next season by J. M. Marvin d CO. It win contain
Liz rooms, Of which 7es are lodging rooms; pr.
vate parlors Is; public parlors Q, with IL halls on
the first moor, ladies' grand parlor, Sex62 gen.
tlemen's parlor, 4oxS2; grand dining hal, 2l2x54;
grand saloon. 62x4o; reception room. soxS2.
The Twin Mountains House, in the White Noun.
tains Of New Hampshire, has succeeded in captur.
ing Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and he proves q
big card for the establishments. Next season there
will be rush made by watering place hotel pro-
prietors for noted indivlduals. George Francis
Train, the Indian chiefs Satanic and Big Tree,
who are now In the Texas Penitentiary; Daniel
Pratt Jr., the Great American Traveller Jen Davis,
Brigham Young, and whatever remnant Of the Mo-
docs General Jefr G. Davis leaves unhanged will be
sought after.
At the Twin Mountains House, New Hampshire,
Henry Ward Beecher, o performing bear and
white donkey are the attractions On Tuesday
evening, Health Commissioner Hutchinson bautered
o Brooklyn merchant to ride the ass for $3.50.
Mr.. Beecher held the merchants hat while he
rode twice around the hotel piazza and went Oh
over the donkey's head into the dirt. The money
was paid over to Mr.. Beecher, who devoted it to a
subscription to relieve Baptist minister's farm
from mortgage. Sundays Mr.. Beecher breaches,
and week days plays with tine chicken, the bear
and donkey. o tsur Id rf