The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-10
The Cossip-Mongers of a
Country Village.
The Responsibility of a Member of
the Jones Family.
GLENADA CASTLE AND lAURELT0N HALL.
A Spicy Bit Of Romance-A Mysterious
Italian Beauty, Two Mad
Lovers and Duel.

HUNTINGTON, l. L. August Q, 1878.
Two hours ride by rail from Hunters Point
brought me to one of the iairest spots in Long,
lslsnd-the village of Huntington, with its horse
shoe shaped harbOr where small craft drift about
dreamily, and Its cheerful, elegant Summer resi-
dences nesting costly among the densey grown
trees that line the Shore The village proper bears
no very distinguishing mark from the average
rural place, for however much nature has done for
1t, art has been very sparng, as manifested In the
plain dwellings Of its inhabitants and its still
palmer public edinces. Gossps are proverbially
abundant in villages, but Huntington has more
than the usual share of them.
THE VILLAGE CANpoRs AND SNEERwELLs.
And they do not lack food for talk. Besides
the Kelsy mystery, which still keeps many tongues
wagging the gosspmonger whom 1t Is your good
fortune to meet will retail choice stories about
almost every prominent resident Of the village,
tell you who Is who, how he or she began life and
Is likely to end 1t, and expatiate with zest upon
every one who owns skeleton in the closet. In
this may say that speak by the card, having
been acquainted In less than an hour after my
arrival with
THE CHRON1QUB' sCANDALEUsE
OF the place. My informant, young rustic OF
about fourteen who drove me in o dilaptdated
vehicle, in the heat Of noon and amid clouds OF
dust, to the house Of friend few miles beyond
the village, beguled the otherwise unpleasant hour
which the ride lasted with choice stories about the
eltte Of the place--stories that would make lively
reading in the HERALD, but which must forbear
nom narrating, not being able to vouch for his
strict veracity But If walk or drive In the dusty
roads Of the village may scarcely be considered
profitable investment Of time
VISIT TO THE SURROUNDINGS
aiu a mil or fwO how m tha
Sound win be found ample compensation even for
q dusty ride in the Summer heat Of noon. The
view obtained is one OF the finest that eye
can wish to owen upon, presenting the grand
expanse Of sea which has gained popularity for
Long Branch and Cape May, without its dreary,
uninterrupted sameness; for the picturesque. IN
dulating shores on both sides and situated at
various distances cheer the eye and break the
Neck, while away to the eastward is visible hay
blue strip Of land, the shore of Connecticut. The
pleasure yachts and other Gran drifting about or
cutting at furious pace through the waters.
Amsng the Summer residences that AS overlook the
erts, OF your city, situated upon an elevation and
surrounded BY stately trees, with the grounds
acquired, by purchase this fine property, cOmpris
ing about nfty-Mx acres, large part OF which u
water front. Colonel Roberts has become
He devotes all his energies TO farming: intending
to quit the paths OF political life after the ex-
has himself moved the grass IN mont Of his cot.
ssssin, i Il she c roe Of farmer g II TN. that
OF the late lamented Horace Greeley It used
to be said that every turnip he raised cost
sfse1 RopePs win anu not md 1t 0e quite 50 cos Rs
At little distance from Mr.. Roberts cottage Is the
spacious Summer residence Sa n Of Mr. Muisan
rately and at large outlay. Admiral Paulding,
am told, has splendid property in this vicinity
Of the latter is quite large, and lies opposite
that Of Colonel Roberts. There are SO many
others Of equal pretenslons tina: 1t would occupy
q more favorable place than the sound could not
be chosen. At high or low tide II Is equally enjoy
Nav. one is IN not bnfeted about. BY the rude
wild surf, but enjoys q quiet, refreshing plunge in
the briny without 30 much danger OF being carried
About four miles drive from this village lies'
COLD SPRING HARBOR
SO named rom the iact that thereaoous are to be
all around, sometimes in the queerest and most I'M
expected spots. Thus you find, when the tide Is
though Uttered through icebergs, bubbng up from
the bed OF the river. When the tide Is I'm you can
notice them actually bubbng up through the mass
OF superincumbent, or rather circumjacent salt
water, SO that II you dip cup you can obtain
draught Of pure cold spring water without trace
statement no doubt. You win say Impossible"
"stun and nonsense" and other expressions OF
inc a but my answer 70 all the sceptics is
WHAT COLD sPRINGRRs RESEMBLE
Cold Spring itsefthat is, the village SO called-is
iazlness. Its residents, even the young men and
young women, have an antediluvian aspect about
them. They seem as though they had not changed
their ways or appearance materially since the
time OF Noah and his interesting ark OF safety.
Perhaps IL is not their fault II they 90 about dream
ily like spectres OF the past. without ambition
prO0Tpssiyp ideas of TODAY. ppODlp who here
to Summer and interest themselves in tracing
effects to their cause say IL is
ALL THE FAULT OF JONES.
The name OF Jones Itself is very ancient-too
distant In ts origin to make II worth while to
and was born and bred in the primitive regions OF
the Cimbri The modern Jones who presides over
the destinies OF Cold Spring is said to be the STUN
resident why they don't have better bread he viii
tell you 1t is Jones' iault. II you interrogate him
or cows, or FISH, or clans or oysters or docks or
spond "5ones." Zones, ' ajones;" "Joneso Al.
matrimony, Jones prevents building, Jones opposes
strange intruders OF a progressive turn OF mind,
ana se woun Se @h n to
opinion here IL that Jones In a kind OF dog in the
manger. He WON'T improve nor let any one else
improve. He is lord OF the village, owns the best
part Of il, the river front, and holds on TO 1t for
grand rise at some future day.
However, In spite OF Jones,
COLD SPRING IS LOVELY.
A charming place is 1t for people to come, who
enjoy pure air, delightful and safe bathing good
boating and some slight attraction in the way OF
fishing (mind you, don't brag OF the fishing, for
can't go into ecstacies over porgies and founders
and such Ike Charming for those who revel in
the abandon OF unfashionabe life and care more
for solid comfort than frigid fOrmality and dressl
ness. For my part never could understand the
healthfulness OF merely transferring the extrava.
gance and debauchery OF city Winter life to rural
Summer life; and yet this is exactly what the bulk
OF people do. They rush from the towns when the
ardent Summer heat begins to get health and vigor
after the debauch and dissipation OF Winter, and,
instead OF living like natuval beings they keep up
the pernicious habits OF the town. What hnmbuRi
What criminal folly for 1t is crime TO society to
erect In the purity OF the country the
temple OF fashion and dissipation. Give
me the place where I can roll over
the green nelds, In common duster or shirt
sleeves; where can dress as like consistent with
ordinary propriety; where ! can get plenty OF good
fresh mix and vegetables and meats, cooked In
homey, country style; where the exactions OF
fashion and form are OF no account; where people
90 TO bed honestly at nine or ten, and rise with
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