New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-29
NEWPORT PICTURES.
AN OLD COLONIAL TOWN IN 1878.

[FRon A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
NEWPORT Aug. 25.-There is a singular
pcturesqueness about Newport, which 1t perhaps I'M
possible to describe. 1t easy TO say that II is place
quaint and Old for il a eOurshng port in the lays
when the Admiral ROchambezsu sailed away from Vt
with his gay Young FrenchmeH leaving scores OF broken
Puritan hearts behind him. An odor Of ancient re-
spectapity cngs ia perfum. Of the past az 500
| tie yet unufstakable the ghost q a rose L0Ds
Branch bOasts IKE Chicago her rapid srOwth-NewPort
sits down like Boston among her relics, too content 10
care whether she Slows or no. Up on the avenues
where the great palaces up from rtsne 70 time u Is
comparatively new; but Oh how old it IL down here In
the strange little city where all the DTrow,
and irregular. and OF BRcertain minds They began 10
! go somewhere, and then concluded 10 90 somewhere
else; and lanes and by-pathA and no
| thOroughfares innumeraba
How they lavished tiles md carving the o.f colo
NAL houses, whose back lawns slope down 70 the shin
ing busy bustlng bay, that wOsld make think Of
Venice II had thercaBd II il we're not IN II
self lovely that there need 70 think OF any ff on
beauty, with these purple waters at hand all pcpu
loas with skfs aud yachts and fishing smacks. People
down the Bay keep their yachts other people do
their carriages and make neighborly calls in them
tying up at each others piers. and running in at the
back doors opening hayward Their Tsndfathers lived
here and their great gaDdfathers and the children.
, out the lawn now, will grow up 20 be grand
fathers and great grandIthers In their turn and still
home. There ~ such denghtful nrimluYeneSs
about the life down here in old part OF the town.
Marketmen gray wooden irocks drive UP with long.
wagons fun Of vegetables your front door,
and fishermen come sailin' In from sea" with baskets
OF blue fish fresh from the They
cook you odd. delicious, od-fashioned dishes
they make better preserves than the worlds people
do. How good their camrtters are, and their peach
pes and the little warm. round, soft cream-cakes,
which TO common eream-cakes caulihower Is TO
cabbage In this salt air nothing is without its SAVIOR
and the whtestfaced invalid at develops appe
tite which astOnshes himself and delights his hospita
BILE landlady. For here the hospitality is 81 genuine
that you reminded that you pay for it by the
week. One neighbor brings up your letters another
lends you the latest NewYork paper, another in
breahess 20 tell you the spouing horn slot up 30 feet
this morning, and II you go 70 the end OF the ocean
and climb the rocks you can 40 doubt see it
again this afternoon since 1t 10 be rise II
your aches there plenty to offer cologne and
sympathy you take cOd-but you never do take cold
in Newport you escape the wholesome brew OF bitter
herbs winch in that would await you
You want something Al store-your newspaper per
haps or a basket Of fruit. They the place,
and there also cecreams for u cents apiece. and
soda This brings 20 a scientific discovery Of which
an illustrative picture hangs in this Omnum gath
crum Hall and Kane have sailed and searched for the
North Pole Bradford and Church have painted the gilt
terng and fantastic iceDeres that beset their but
to others reserved to discover the Pole ITSELF and
find there, m fuii play, arctic soda fountain An
artist named F0wle has made picture Of II, sketched
on the spot IT'S If You il all. The pole scars up
into the sky sad and solemn. in what would be lonely
grandeur for the and sverOpped soda foun
tain which dZzes and struggles beside IT, have always
wondered the bears did that kept them contened
in so cold a climate. know, now-they tend the soda
fountain one Of them, sitting convenient peak is
reaching over and Offering cup OF tins frozen nectar
happy man who swarnin the POLE and pausing half
way thus cooy enjoy his reward OF merit Another
bear himself been mbbing AT the aspiring fountain
and is now calmly seated neghhOring berg, with
tranquil delight upon his ursne features. equaled by
nothing save the sentimental decentralization OF
Thorwaldsens lion IN love. little deet Of ships have
discharged their thirty pilgrims the shore Of
the Open sea. and they are hurrying emulousy on,
every man OF them, toward the wOODg fountain. one
earnest has chartered by way Of balloon an eagle
who holds gently Dy the seat Of his trowser with
the legend IN going for it," floating from his open,
expectant mouth. 1t Is Of pastoral simplicity
which Fowe should have been as proud TO paint as an
70 describe.
Down the narrow OF the old town rumble great
heavy carts and light little pony phaet0ns with youth
and beauty in them. and funny donkey wagons and
there is small space that you could reach from one 10
another of them. and shake hands Sometimes your
wheels lock- and then there goOdnatured pause for
dlseutaneement and then all goes on again smoothly
never heard any one In Newport; whether II s
because OF the majesty OF the waves, or the majesty Of
the seldom police force. or that the bad people all
90 of In the boats New York In the cars TO Proy
dence II something Arcadan TO shop here, they are
all 40 honest Your grocer tells you that his nei-hbOr
has nicer tea than himself and your satoner considers
your purse. and recommends cheap article that Is
good instead OF q that is no better. Eou buy
such thoroughly made boots here that they never wear
out-he Wandering Jew would have delighted IN them
and the very turbaned Turks and japanese people on
the avenue become so innoculated with the general
Hfrafrf fgH arf
eggshen china al profit Of not more than hundred
per cent on the original cost.
BY way OF Avenue you come to the haunts OF fashion
the region Of pomps and vanities Here are the simple
Cottages" that anywhere from hfty thousand dol
lars 70 two hundred thousand Snoddy Is rot happy IN
the salt saubritv OF this The people wh0 build the
ape ualaces are quite able build and them. AID TO
furnish them harmOnouslytO hang pictures on their
walls and to set ups gods OF marble IN their shadowy
inches Externally these residences are OF great variety
and very beautiful. There are charming gray stone
Gothic cottages, stately, easteated viias ana atey
there seems to been such passion FOR SWISS arch
lecture in the houses that you would fancy al
,hr owners had made 4 tour IN the land Of Alps and
glaciers and come back moved by one general enthus
as Of remembrance reproduce at least the style Of
the dwellings
The houses almost all stand quite Far bark from the
street in the of lawns that are As fresh and
bright as the coseshaven lawns OF an English DOMAIN
Nnort is characterized by Of the barrunness Of
the ordinary waterin gpace. Winds and waves seem to
have been more friendly here. Trees do not refuse 10
orou,. and some Of them are large enough and old
enough 70 have sheltered the odtme the trystings OF
me gallant French officers and their pretty sweethears
For they say the we're pretty here, then as now
The soft warm wInd and the perpetual damp and the
soothing fog all elements Of beauty ana the ehAhse
t rhtDes of the the OF these same sea
Drba-the flush Of the rosy dawn is Cd their cheeks
mt was talking lawns and trees and not Of the falr
| women who play intermInaole croquet among them.
| ,-..,hi,- crows here There never was such luxur