New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-19
A NEW-ENGLAND SUMNER
PLYMOUTH,


THE PILGRIM FATHERS AND THEIR HISTORIC
RoCK-RHMIyIsCFNCEs or THE DIVINE DANIEL.
frRoa an pcc AsIoSAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRipUNE
PIyNouru Mass, July 14.-This right
ancient and honorable town is growing every year. 10 he
moro and more n Summer resort IL is annually visited
nv from 900 10 persons Apart from Its history
its situation renders pleasant and the temperature ia
tr. eanieular days certainly bracing and delightful
II Ia claimed the an is cooler clearer pnEer more
inyicoratns than here else in the State or t
an any place south wet of Cape Cod Tie Seiehllhe
ervoy made this vicinity OF recent years would seem
70 establish claim and also account for many local
pheno,ncua during the hot months.
Long observation shows n remarkable absence IN 'he
Plymouth. of fogs and violent thunder
storms which. coming from the south and west are
usually arrested within twelve to fifteen miles OF the
faons piI.rim landing Those fogs ana stOrne appear
70 he detained be held in steady cheeky contact WIN
the cold air radiang from the adjacent waters OF Cape
Cod. from 900 10 800 cooler than the surrounding
atmosphere Ii is thought that the projection OF the arm
of the Cape into Atlantic ntcrcep,s branch OF the
great Arctic Current descending along the coast from
Bain's Bay, and yields constant supply OF uniformly
cold water throughout the year The heated SURFACE
water Is supposed TO he steadily dspele by regular
local cnrrent running onchalf to one mc an hour
which sweeps and round the Cape into tue ocean
thus turning the Bay what may he termed vast
refrigcYating basin. The fact assuIcy haimonzcs WnA
tie theory Whenever have been here have iOund the
air delcionsly cool To-day for example, have been
feeling the slightest discomfort, and nobody Is more
rersltive 10 heat, even Of the most moderate
Kind. The mean temperature OF Pynoi'h III
Ju,y and August is about GEO TO 6J0' ana
frcm 50 10 100 lower tl'nn 1t Is in Boston,
This alone is The strongest recommendation the place can
have n "A Gather Haunt for the one object OF an
urbanst III Summer is to 90 where he may Keep cool
hut however rude, with tie Dcreury below 'O'' Is III
fnly preferable the most sunptuouS palace wherein
tie thermometer marks 9Oo.
TIE MAYTIOvTE MADNrSs.
cannot imagine how any one can have renamed long
m p,a,on without feeling aprCf0und interest IN Plymouth
aud its ls rock. The Hub for many generations mas
been suffering from what The average re "ouo NC
TOO Lappy 10 call lspideous ideazaii0n I'd noW Rock
has he its unvaryng object cf selfconplaceni WORSHIP
Your true IosOnian has but two sources OF descent
nc c,uc not from ri grim father lin Boston the Pilgrim
mother is computed at small value albeit u Il hio 10
Understand how BOStOLan could SGT himself DOM
without maternal assistance, he comes n"vitay n"m
ono Of the defenders Of Bunker Hill wonderfully pro
Igc r. cc the Pilgrim and Bunker Hill fellows must nave
,en Pint for Them the TIi Mountain City could not have
existed: IN TRUTH would have considered existence
worse than worthless. They were not many according
IL history, yet their progeny is mlunelaNo pe!ohu
rcckouiue To be able az pretend to be able TO trace
your lineage to Winthrop. a standi'h, Biadioru Z"
WinsIow IA Alden. even brown OF an AlieitoH-loan
one indeed Of the immortal ~ Mayhowercr>-S better
than To- have % house in BeacOnst and to have giadu-
ated at Harvard
Tic sturdy and conscientious men VINO sfllcu ioHh
Delft Haven TO Plymouth are deserving OF Distinguished
consideration Ono might bc glad, under ordinary CIT
cumsanccs to had at least ono OF item lot an an
costor Eat has all of them They are not oh|
forefa,hcrs they are az fathers, wmch IL quc
too many for clcarncss or c'h'ehen.e'
Won wish 20 he radically cured OF any
inclination yOH may originally have had to he OF May
flower Stock spend Il mosd or two IN the best Ciolet-
tehoe, soc ety OF the You shall hear 50 much OF
Che PIl aims that the Hlrieit viii ID complete
once knew a charming young woman who would have
bcca Absolutely irresistible 10 any masculLe IarDa-
rim outside Of Boston, Size had not been Ulcrc wa no
dodbt about IT, alasD hiea descendant OF Pcregrle
White the first child born 10 the noble Adventures That
WAS the faw in the otherwise reffec statue SheheNr
would she never could the fact. iiut, on the
whole. II fortunate. without der rerneatms Pee-
CRIME WI telsn tragedies might have been enacted 10y
rival tors. AS il WIS, sic Was married kc thc heroine
Of comedy; her husband previous to the nnltialS'
sianng n solemn paper guaranteeing to her the priv
lege talking six hours day Oh her Na! Hover OISn'
After hs late let us not inquire.
TIL TOWN.
Plymouth duh and sleepy as you would expect ITO
be lis population il little COCO and lis business
close ai,rcx TO nothing The placeanl its environ
nents are pleasant, pictorial but severe and sterile The
resid n;s are extraordinarily poor few OF them hav-
fng TN. s,n Ter conveteuce that marks considerable
part OF tho people of the old aud sianant Ne'-lnsind
towns.
There are two hetcls tho SamOset naned AFTER the
first friendly lndiIL), IN tie hcit OF me 'ONh ana 'c
Clifford House. three miles down tie haro"r road Bo'h
nj tcs inns are pa nly tnousn comfortably Kept, and
reasonable in the ta3 day for transient encsiS
with very liberal reduction by the week or month"; a.
10 make Yorker doubt their ability to afford sati
faction Thlc Likewise private boSIding-A"uscs o.
rather houses where guests may board al IiiceS
which must so,in very small tnoIn but very consider
alle Ia tlos, to whom they paid such hous are
not 10 many would lie thoutit from the general
p.very If tie inhabitants New nsi'hd h Us P'o"u .S
i, is poor aud they WHO poor have earned so to
speak. tho right 10 be W"uG. if they have
canned nothing else. This section. too, has
a sense of the family relation, Of domestic exclusive
ne-s that prevents the admission of strangers MIC It's
sancuari,s merely for he sake Of gain Nolwiistand-
ng tho barren scmblance OF the neborhCcd. an alIe-
tizing liable readily supplied lhc a'y%oeht aihs Ii-
ns abundance of fresh butter, eggs, Vegetables Der
RIGS and fruits. While thc waters heeabout yea cod
perch. tautoS, SOUP clans losers' ana siclhSh gen
orally of tie very best hind. Trout are also plenty III
tle pond. FIVE should call them lakes Of the vicinity so
fat tin who lave weaiie Of French cooking and res
tanraIt living may find in Plymouth wholesome and
grateful change Of diet. The water oil lhe toWh Cd
tanned from Ellington Sea- is regarded as particularly
pute and pronounced elective in all fcbiile and kidney
complaints.
In addition sailing and fishing. the neighboring
woods are rc;utcd special temptations 10 sports
men in Tie shape OF quail partridge, Rabbits even feAcs
And deer small steamer in the Ia Dor makes regular
tri,- during tho season to Duxbury, Clarks island
prsyincctown and other points of interest There IA no
lack OF pleasant drives along the shore 10 Rochy Ill.,
Pine IIis Manomet Highlands. Kingston Duxbury, and
Aarshnold
THE SIGHTS.
Among the sights of Fly mouth is the Pilgrim Hail. in
Cpuit-st "a portion OF the original Foreiathers Rock
being ncosed In an railing in front Of The buldng
n.lics NJ and large and familiar