The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-03

fTt6ueuL, OOTutnu5 v. MaTtlnudle, SeCTeVbiyJ
Albert H. McGsrran, Treasurer Their system is
that Of colony OF bachelors and Of sailors In their
hunks. But they have always place at their
table for their visiting friends and yacht i0r
their visitors to take sail in. They live upon the
best that the market and the sea can aIord, and
hops in the beautiful grove Of oaks and chestnuts
which they occupy, with the trees iestooned with
Chinese lanterns or different colors, and the tables
brilliant with lamps, and fruits, and melons, and
bouquets and the walks gay with pretty women
and brave men, will think he has been enjoying IN
reality an entertainment OF the Arabian Nights.
August brings with 1t here the browning glories
Of the summer season In oil these things and IN
our boat races sail boats and row boats our black
berry parties, and picnics, and grabbing exped1.
tions and camp meetings. But the vocation or
the old river DOatmen has been sadly cut up by
these railroads and river bridges. Still we have
frequent picnic excursions from the regions round
about and what with hops. concerts and lectures
readings, conurors and spiritualsts at the hotels,
Too swiftly pass awaI
SUNDAY ON THESE JERSEY HIGHLANDS AND Low
LANDS,
At all the landings on the river, from TINS
to Red Bank and at all the railway stations on the
sea shore, from ''the H0okn to "thc Branch" Ii O
day Of recreation rns river i gay
nymphs; tho woods ring with CHEEKY voices and
sweet faces and among the nve or SIX hundred
Sunday Shrewsbury passengers by the sea BRO
are husbands and sons and friends, over Whom
there is merry meeting all round and 9 genera
Rock and the sea-beach railway hundreds more
way down to "the Branch" for q breath Of fresh air
and dash and splash Of salt water nom the Jolly
Ss %us WAY Ss Ses ss Sapp
ness around him, and MIS- laborious .'ltfe on the
ocean wave" Ia, at least for brief season for.
gotten. And, speaking OF nshermen' we must tel
BIG SCHOOL OF BLUE FISH.
e9 sne HooG the attention Of ali
was drawn to q gathering OF sea gulls and fish
hawks lowering over and diving into the rolling
beach as the eye could pierce. The captain quietly
remarked, "A big school Of blue fish," while the
wn WV was tSere Soon conf IN the river We came
near enough the ocean beach to get an mixing Of
what there was going on. Hundreds Of men and
OF them across the sand bank they were lighting
grand battle with the blue hsh. Landing and going
over to the beach we found the surf ,t awe e MIN
and squids and with sticks, or with their hands
and feet, were bringing the splendid dsh ashore by
bankers, and had run them into the surf; but the
fierce blue fish also had their followers IN school
q and ws the s9s
choice bits OF the general least. We sometimes
have down here scene like this, and compared
with the fun OF 1t circus Is nowhere.
Talk OF President Grant and Colonel Childs, and
Mr.. Murphy and John Hoey, and oil those nabOos
in these SHADY and breezy Nils by this beautu
river" cannot understand how people can worry
through broilng Summer day, where they nave
nothing but the sun, the surf and the sand and
where the country all arouno is as nat as pancake
AN ANCIENT MARINERS VIEWS
In conversation with an old river man the other
evening to the remark that great changes had
taken place In these parts within the last twenty
years, he answered with sigh =
"Ah those Old times are gone when we had the
river here full 0f sail boats and plenty to do, and no
railroads to break up the business. There, where
view House, where eI the Donnelly murder was com
mitted, and the very night you know, OF the day
when DonnelIy was hung at Freehold that very
December night the Sea View House took ire and
was burned down. And up yonder across from
Rocky Point stood the Old Ocean House, Captain
rom town used to have there. But that house
was also burned down one dreadful Winters
night. All those Old times But you remember
that strange thing of yacht going down there one
Saturday afternoon, and how on Sunday evening
lords dark two men got out from 1t with some
buried It ID the sand, then sailed away and"
"Oh yes, Captain never mind about that poor
woman. What do you think Will be the result OF
the crowds these railroads are bringing down
every summer, more and more, to this Jersey sea-
board 20
hank between the river and the sea win be built
up down to Uncle sans property at the Hook, and
cSiselled ont Of that Long Branch win get to be
a business town and the fashionable folks Will
move further down the coast. Bound TO De 30.
Before the pressure OF the crowd your big Bugs
will have TO vamose the ranch, and they Will move
further down the coast. These Highlands like the
upper euO Of new rOTk dTOuuu roTt VdSiIukoou,
will be occupied by country residences, and then
the river bOatmen win be in ali their glory again"
And the probabilities are all In favor OF these
predictions. And there Is one thing In these High
lands which will make them
A GREAT RESORT HEREAFTER FOR HEALTH SEEKERS,
and that Is the water. In some former age OF the
world these nils OF pebbles and sand, full Of iron
upon base OF mari, were thrown up by the sea-
The rains and melted SHOWS upon them are
filtered through the sandy soil, and in the inside
OF the Horseshoe and on the seaside or outside OF
the hills near their bases the water comes forth in
hundreds OF sparkling springs cool aud delicious.
It Ia sweet and has no mineral TASTE and yet II Is
sufficiently impregnated with iron to be health
giving tonic But enough for the present. You
should have been here the other night to realize
the truthfulness OF Byrons description OF thun-
der storm In the Alps. heavy darkness settles
around us, the Ightnings fash, the thunder
opens
Not from one lone cloud
But every mountain now hath found tongue,
And Jura answers from her misty Shroud
Back to the Joyous Alps who call to her aloud.
And so each discharge of the heavy artillery OF
the skies rolled around these hills till they fairly
trembled from its deep vibrations But the ladies
are In solemn cOunc. discussing the project OF q
clam bake, and when the ladies command 1t Is the
Jaw Of the Modes and Persians even to
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