Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-09-16
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HER-TuE LIGHTHOUSE AND OTHER BEACH LIONS
--RruoBoTn's FUTURE PROSPECT.
Correspondence rHs Commercial.
RFHoBorH BEACH, Sept, z.
The season here closed yesterday, though /
think that IL Mr.. Rider had advertised to con-
tinue open, his house would have had Il paying
number of guests throughout tho greater part
Of September. A lady calne by the LeWes stcam
or, yesterday, from Troy, n. y, not knowing the
house was closing. IN my judgment the cot
tagers also made Il mistake III leaving SO early
for this is really the pleasanteet part of the sea-
CON- The north wind has about dried mp the
mosquitoes, the weather is just warm enough,
and Just cool enough, and the rnrf is grand to
look at, and delightful to plunge into, for those
of an amphibious tuln, tho weather is clear and
perfectly delightful Many of tie ColtagerB
wished to stay longer but ihought it would ho
dull with the hotol closed, consequently the
| locking-up Of the Surf House front door was the
| signal for general exodus.
| Taken as a whole the season has beon pleas
ant ono to many, and we doubt not beneficial TO
most visitors.
We took drive, yesterday, at ,,w water, on
Eth ira ssAsi sse s,a s,.t All i1sss r,s%1I
tho sand hill to the base Of the Itkidias ada
witch the accommodating keeper OF the light
toilod mp that almost endless flight of stairs to
the cupola, and found it pretty severa tax up
on old limbs. This WAS our first ascent TO that
| point and we were somewhat surprised at tine
magnitude and costly finish of the lels or Ian
tern enclosing the light, it being OF hoayy plato
| glass in many pieces of peculiar construction,
| difficult 10 describe on paper, perfectly trans
parent, ten or twelve feet high, and large enough
| for small family to sit inside. 1t ID said to
| have cost for this wo,k alone, fourteen thou
| sand dollars. We had fine Wow from
| the top of the tower overlooking the
| ocean, To tho southwest We SEQ a
II n1,, ,.tpp pfnltt tiT
vas to make the Breakwator before dark, the
| white foam of the breakers on tho "hen and
| chickens admonishing them to keep at dis
| tance. little farther to the north Wo sec Cape
May in tho distance, and inst inside the uapes
| the large steamer of the Old Dominion Limo Is
| Just going to soa on her trip to New York laden
| with Delaware's luscious peaches for that mar
| ket, tho returns of which will 10 doubt make
| the faces of tile growers shine with increased
| longitude, and their hearts beat with greater
| sadness, learning tho same osson over every
| day, hoping for better prices. Hope on, hopo
ever; give the donizens of the great cities n
gorge of cheap fruit 1t will be the last for per-
| haps the next twenty years.
| Towards the northwest We see the BreakWa-
ter, behind whose protecting barriers forest Of
masts. amounting TO hundreds are safely riding,
| and many moro seeking its shelter. The view
| further to the westward is somewhat obatfucted
| by eanl hills which have been contending for
ages with the tops of the pines for precedence
in altitude, the pinos for many acres having to
ego under" At length We felt amply rewarded
for our toll up tho sand hills and to the top, of
the tower, and returned to our cottage IN older
If not wiser and better man.
Tho prospect for Rehoboth we think is fayora-
bio for a gradual aud healthy growth. Hotel ac-
commodations and rail road facilities are the
chief things wanting TO make the place grow ra-
pdy. Each Of them We have hope for IN the
near future, tho former G rough William Bright,
ESQ, of Wilmington, and the latter through the
Old Dominion Steamship Company. A gentle
man connected with the line informed the writer
that the road would be built, and the people
| brought here lust as soon as there were accom-
modatious for receiving them, Mr.. Bright, are
infc rmed designs providing accommodations fol
quite n number, AMI wo think we have sufficient
| ground to give All assurance that the thing vii
be done, for Mr.. Bright is not of the sort that are
all talk and no action. II he gets his building
started this Fall. shall not be surprised to see
the railroad built next Spring.
| Much has been said relative to the restriction
+ of anusemeuts. There are two sides TO thu
question. When these lots were offered, it wat
distinctly understood tafat the grounds were tt
be controlled in accordance with the usNgee o
, the Methodist Church. All persons who Enoy
lanything of the Methodist discipline know tina
lancpg is no part Of thor Religious servico an
lnot in accordcnce with the usages of the church
tznd a. at present coadflcted is moi calculAted
fIr1FrUve anls ia c2ItAinl
In many cases r,linous to health. ltwould there
h foro be better those who insist on tho PRIV
ledge of dancing at places under tie manage
> ment and control OF the Association for tlom
| go wherethey can epjoy itwiihout stint. Ihes
0 remarks l wish to be understood as only tn
: sentiments OF private member of the church
: and not by any authority of the Assoelatlon.)
: Games have also been advocated, and If TIN
! be kept as croqnst has been, they would b.
4 harmesL But the whole tendency of Samini
il to play for keeps as the boys say, an
3 many run from croquet to ten-pins, from ten
: pins to billiards, and then to cards ,horse racing
0 and / won't say where beyond There is II
Q harm in the game it is the base usos OF game
: that do the harm, and they all this time have
tendency to run into baBer uses.
We hope to SEQ RehobOth a success and ais
wish to see the visitors enjoy themselves Will
:. soiourning there, and believe that they WI
n have in year or two ample and leBltima'
u amusements wheu we get rUilroad from Lewt
;. so that we can ride to that place in few NH
- - utes at moderate cost, and Fpend II few hours
y 90 by the same rleans over to Rehoboth CIT
. and exchange ciytiGs with Tie citizens there
's go boating or fishing Oh tho heauhlfui la
- These atnusements we think wonld he hetter fl
Al both soul and boiy than either dancing, ba
7 ball, OF any Of the pmlsements above alluded