New-York tribune., 1875-07-13
John PAULS VACATION.


xvw np,wR,CKs-lIE HOTEL CIKRa MASTER |
OF THE LoDGER
ryEon An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE ThIhtNk
LONG BRANCH. July 10-l did not know tha' tue
gentleman who called my attention to the iact 'ha'
the conductor of the wagon which wheeled MS from
the station to the West End was shouting in my |
deaf ear for his fare happened TO be Russell Sage |
Had recognized my Dcighh0r, 1t is probable
should have hesitatcd before ntrusting tho change
TO his care 10 pass along. As il is, I've been wonder
ing ever since whether not the conductor got that
quarter. If he did. the chances are more than even
that corner was pinched of.
But did not mean to he personal Few things !
are in worse taste than being personal. did want
TO say by way of explaining my absence from the
CITY, that not until had seen the President OF Kock
Island safely booked for Saratoga did dare to
leave New-York for ono week. but that on finding
that ex President of Milwaukee and IT. Paul at
Long Branch. i made MP my mind that could
safely stay away two. The thought, however, mat
il maht seem personal restrained me. And Tor luli
half An hour I've been puzzling to contflve now
that might convey to my city friends the sweet as
smrance that for little while TO come their spoons
and things are comparatively safe, without mention
ing Names II l have failed Of my good intent be-
cause of characteristic delcacy, attribute it, please
60 the true cause and doa't magn that have not
now, as ever. the public wea at heart
Frequently have asked of myself las well ~ OF
4, her personal friendsl what makes Long Branch so
favorite watering place. Ease of access, all reply
Now I do not see that this explains il at all. The
Pit calld Bottomess is proyerbally easy OF access
but have never heard it claimed that this makes IL
good watering place On the contrary, does it not
stand garngly and nakcdly forth ~ perhaps Ihe
worst Watering place to be found IN the world or out
ofit-if We except, possibly Coney Island. In both
nlaccs 10 which lnSion has Incidentally been made
it. is said that you apt to find scant vegetation
and plentiful lack Of shade, and this peculiarly
seeins common to Long Branch as WELL But do not
for a moment imagine that / dcsirous OF
drawing a parallel between Long Branch AMI
either of the popular resorts above Tefcrred' '
to- Shades of similarity exist, of course. but
can point you to sOin0 very WIDE dlnerchces
when it comes to narrowing the thing down
fine For instance President Grant is here and he
isn't there am sorry to say. Sorry to say say,
because the facilities for smoking on the sandy
reaches of Coney Island far exceed any which this
world-elsewh wherc-can offer. Again. they charge
moro here and do not really give one much better
accommodations for the money. Where it is so hot
that greenbacks would burn, a hotel proprietor Is
less intent on getting ones last dollar, | fancy.
I,y the way, did / say President Grant was here
HId did, lied He's at Cape May. And may it not
he that tlither he has gone to indicate that under
certain circumstances he might-may might. Who
knows 2 But may he not find doubling that cape
very different sort of thing fOm trebling terinI
POLITICAL sPECULATlONS.
Now all OF that preceding paragraph Is ill-naturcd,
nor am sure that it is wise. The President has
never said or done anything to offend me-in fact
looking hastily back his career III the char,
ain unable TO call to mind that he has ever said or
done much of anything all As for this third term
l,usiness docs not the divine Williams as the
French name him. assure positively that " tan
ner will last you nino yea" =" Surely then one
has TO stretch the skin Of his imagination but very
little to let him last you twelve. so far as per-
sonal concern enters into the matter had rs lief "a
not see tho Presidential pantaloonS glued to the
Presidential chair il not fOr the serious npe'l-
ment this would be to rising in the world. And ill.,
somuch as men may rise on the steppinG-stoncs OF
their dead selves TO higher things, might he not
aspire very properly TO tie Vatican d! Nart0riS Re
snrfus | have spoken And am not aversc 10 IA
foreign consulate post office appointment. clerk
ship in drugstore or the Treasury Department, or
any other honorable and lucrative office that may be
lying round loose within the governmental gift.
But somehow it seems | have branchcd away from
the uhjcct; to return now to the Branch
One of the most delightful things about Long
Branch is the getting to 1.-THE most delightful. l
should say if we excep; the getting away from it.
Tie sail down the bay is lust lovely as young
lady remarked on the boat last evening. The
"loVely" however admits Of qualification. 1t is
not inst lovely unless yOu have lovely day f0r II,
and lovely companions and take a boat earlier than
the o'clock one OF Saturday afternoons, far that i'll
variaby comes laden with all sc.tS of humanity TO
say nothing OF Wall-St. b.okcrsl. rolling gunneis
under with it's freight Of capitalists and blnmcrs
and gentlemen with hooked noses and wearing alt-
toring rings dirty fingers, who confirm by loud
oaths their most trivial assertions, smoking d0ncS-
tic cigars fIIiously the while.
Think not that / dislike the jew. For the jew,
pure and simple have a reverence and respect that
goes not forth similarly TO embrace any other people
on earth: but for the greasy creature with tawdiy
jewery strung over eXccTable linen, and deeper /
edge of black round his fiug r-nas than that winch
borders a widows cards M her first mOnrniDG-for |
this incxprcssiblo spccter which no adjective can
adequately describe. no adycrb properly qualify |
and no process short of cremation decently purify
for this nauscating wretch who is neither jew nor
gentleman, have only horror and disgust.
Now let them surround me on my next trip down |
the bay poisoning the air with the fumes OF their |
vile weeds. and shouting their infamous transac-
tions in gold and stocks to each other un
willing ears and they'll lie reveDgcd enough For !
I'll lump overheard if can't 90 get shut" of them !
any other way.
Soil blow the spicy brcezes,
From Hackwc's blessed isle;
Where every PROSPECT pleases,
And only man Is vie
III ia not Blackwers Island but Governors. that |
we pass in sailing down the Bay, but Governors |
filled out the rhythm of the line little too well.
and the class which people Blackwels really |
our governors after all)
If | owned a steam yacht think I'd spend the |
Summer months cruising between the city and Sandy |
Hook. Given good weather, good company, a store