The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-08-13

Wo. copy tho following extracts!
from the Saratoga correspondence 0!
tho News and Courier.
THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT SARATOGA
are generally the rich, and here is the
place to see rich men when they ara
untrammelled by business, and arc
submissive to the charms of social life.
There are moro than half dozen here!
whose individual wealth in each case
would be under. estimated at $50, ,0OO,.
600. Intellectual men, stylish men,
the beauX.of society, men Of the
world, and occasionlly fast men, are
TO be seen in Saratoga. Women
blondes and brunettes of either cx>
treme-thc huttering bee of fashion,
the gentler bird of beauty, the lady Of
social rank who has enjoyed preroga
tives that w6ald' have wrecked more
than one cooling pair, and her less
rotund maiden sister who, with the
wisdom of q warrior, resides behind
artificial breas tworks-4these make up
some of the people, foGhd in this ,sa IN :
plc-room of American society flour
ishing at Saratoga, and throughout
lmost the whole there runs the por~
vading lcaven of wealth. OF maiden
ladies who still struggle and twist to
look enchanting in spite of Times
cffacing fingers, and of wid VS., dam
gcrous and desperate as they cndeav-
or to recall their early charms, there
arc not Il few. Offuture heart
girls less than thirteen, there arc many
of dazzling beauty; Of present heart.
breakers, there is fair proportion :;
but where are the young men, boaux
for all these ? Where, Oh Where
IL tho answers, "No where" The ab.
sence Of young men has been COM
monted upon for several seasons.
The women here are generally large,
it being raro thing t. sec a woman
under one hundred and forty pounds.
saw woman in the ballroom OF Che
Grand Central last night, in regular
costume, that would lot weigh less
than four hundred and ffty pounds,
and do not suppose she had exhibit
cd upon her person leas than fifteen
| or twenty thousand dollars worth of
silks, diamonds, &c., ScveDty-Gve
yards of silk would be low estimate.
THE rnlEclrAr. rorELs
/ are tho Grand Union. Congress Hall,
the Grand Central and tho Clarcn don,
hut besides these there are innunera-
bic expcllent boarding. houses. ::
one ct thesc'-the Manor IIousc- 60.
journ myself, and | 1nhesitatingly
recommend IT to all iny friends as the
incest, most comfortable and delight
full clearinghouse in all this region
Of hotels. The United States Hotel
is being rebuilt, and will probably be
ready for tho admission Of guests by
next season. It will be a mammoth
affair. Tho lot on which it is being
erected cost $3.50, ,0OO,and the csti-
mated cost of the hotel is ST ,0OO,O
The Grand Union Hotel is located on
the west side of Broadway, aid with
its magnificent grounds embraces
space Of seven acres in extent, cover.
ing nearly an entire square. 1t is a
! splendid brick structure, with street
frontage Of 1861 feet. Tho Office,
parlor, dining room and dancing hall
arc unequalled for size, graceful mr.
chitccturc and splendid equipments
and finish--tbe former exhibiting a
lavish display of white and colored
marbles, while series of colonnades
rise from the ocntre to the dome. \
vertical railway, COMPRISING the latest
improyomcnts, renders the six stories
so easy Of access as to be equally de-
sirable to guests. There arc three
chandeliers in tho parlor which cost
$4,000 apiece. The whole belpngs
to A. #. Stewart, of New York, and
cost him $SOo,00o. The capacity Of
this hoiise is grodtor thah that of any
other in the %orla. Some idoa may
be formed from the following statis-
tics: Length of piazzas, one mile;
halls, two miles; carpeting, twelve
acres; marble. .tiling, one acre; number
ofyooms, 824; doors, l47'l; windows,
1891. Tie dining room is $50 fcet
by So feet and 20 feet high. and will
accommodate at one sitting 1900 peo-
pie. The following statement gives
the average daily consumption of Ger.
tain articles at this grand hotol: Milk,
over 1900 quarts; beef, 1900 pounds;
chickens, 500; berries, $50 quarts
These figures wore furnished by tile
steward Of the hotel. TO prepare and
serve up this daily pabulum requires
| 35 cooks and 200 walters.
Professor W. j: Rivers bas been
offered, and has accepted, tho position
of principal of Washington College,
10 Maryland, and has resigned his
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