New-York tribune., 1875-07-24
JOHN PAUL'S VACATION.


NATURE. POETRY. AND FINANCE.
DOMESTIC nABIIs OF THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF THE AIR AND THE BRANCH-rIErY OF TIE
sA,fE-rur YOUNG wOMAS AND HER sIIIP-Two
CAPITALISTS ON INFLATION-sECRETs or HOTEL
MANAGEMENT Al Lone BRANCH.
lr1oM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT on TrE TRIBUNE
LoxG RR,xcu. July I4.-This is the fish-hawk:
He roos,s HIN not upon the sands.
= ahevr fbeu grasping hands
Your jersey man he undcrsiauhr.
The solGier-.rab beneath him sprawls.
Rut him my wise bird ids-
For breakfast he prefers fsh-baIss
He's born Br3ncher Perched on high and dry
limb you nav see him. the ears whlrl you over the
wild sands the reckless speed Of seven miles OF 10
an hour. He seems 10 be male aud brooder.
That nest of his hv the way, is wonderful CREATION
II was built by days work, not by contract, aud
long before the war. Material was lower then than
it i- now all that driftwood and corlare, which 20
to make il mp, was never before so high. lis rait
up tree hut rafters II has not. Neither has II many
rooms and here yOu wise provision OF ProVi-
dcuce. The head of this family is never tempted to
20 spOokng round from one apartment to another
looking for a soft spot whereon be may lay his head
Neither, in such event, could the female bird he
moved to follow him -olictousy with pillow; the
readest thing ~ hand j. q sharp stick, and with
that she'd be after him ii with anything. Another
good thing about the Hawk House is that there are
no stairs 10 ~ up on a similar plan of arrhitect-re
| intend 10 construct my cottage. II shall all he
down stairs. with vestibule aud hall door On the
roof: no ceiiar-kitchen, no dumb waiter, FOR me- /
don't see how dumb waiter can ever answer; II IN
the wilr wide world there be enc that does, let rs
hear from il.
The fi~h-hawk j. not an eagle. Mountain iights
and clouds be never scales fish are more III ms way,
lie scales thcm-pcraps regarding them a. -ealy-
t-tTtf.l .l~nFt -
he OF the public morals Last Sunday frivolous fish
waa plaving not far from the beach and Or. Hawk
went our and stopped him. 'Tis fun to watch him
at that sort of work-stoppng play-thoush some
how il does MI seem to amuse the fish much. 10 IN
the air he po.e- penivoly, hanging on hushe'l wings
as though listening for sOunds-lnay be hsfs. By
and by h. hears q hcrrng-is he hard OF herring
Il ink your Then down he drops soon and has Il
Herring Safe. Send me something, manufacturers,
i,nmediatey.l Does be tear his prey limb from iinb'
No. he merely sails away through the blue ether-how
happy can ne he with ethertill the limb wherein
his own nest il buiit j. cached. Does the herring
enjoy that sort OF riding, think you' Quite a much.
should say rs one does hack-driying: the hawk IS
but the hackman Of the air. sympathze with the
hsh? Not much. Nor woud you if you heard the
pitiful cry the hawk sets up the moment he finds
that his claws are tan. .led ia isbs back Home he
flies 70 seek domestic consolation, uttering The while
the veeping crv Of gTieved child; there are tears
in his voice 80 You know the fish pust bc hurting
him. TIE idea that hawk can't ly over the water
of an afternoon without malicious iish jumping
up ard try lDg H. bite him.
If fish wants to cross The water saf,y lct him
take Fulton feIryboat for il. There he viii find
sign reading "No Peddlmg or Hawking allowed
in this cabin" Strange that hawking should he 80
serlv prohibited nn these boats, when every Brook
1. .loJ a
Why did they not have the regatta here at Pleas
ure l5av "a sort Of tender 10 the Branch, instead
Of at Saratoga 'Ts the most famous place for
catching crabs in the universe, and that's about
all the young Oar'men seem 10 do when they " r.
gat' The row, too, that they made over TIE each
inc Was the apple of discord crab apple,
wondcrl
Besides Pleasure Bay there are numbers of other
pleasant places within easy driving, almost within
comfortable walking distance Of the Branch.
know Red Bank where the wild thyme grows,
and thher young lady and myself walked yester-
day morning. not FOR the purpose Of having a
Wild time at all, but merely for the walk. The
bank where the widest time can be had Il a faro
bank fancy. When hazard this hypothesis how
ever, do not think that belong to the Fancy
Al the Branch it IS he'd that TO walk is human, 70
drive about divine IF disposed for drive all you
have 10 do IS 70 cali DdchNili ana 'tii ~
actly how much money yon have-ail the rest is
easy. After passing over your p0cket-Dook, un-
hooking your gold watch and chain, and giving
bond and mortgage on your property ar Metuciln,
n. j.. the rest OF it is PLAN sailing you can r.
without further let hinderance Ia Eatonvile,
Braucbport RunleOn Neck-which s neck- to tOther
place-Tinton Falls. Deal Or, you can hnd 4
deal nearer to the West End-whether or not II Is
square deal. can't tell you. Thirst you for the
tigers There il the Jungle. The leopard may not
change his spots but that your ten-spots Will change
hands If you tempt the lay0ut of his lair, Is more
than likely. If You lose, 20 for sympathy to the
same nan with whom you would have divided the
pot" had you Glanced to win. But scarce funk
the first letters of that mans name would speA out
any human initials
Oh p golden comb for golden hair.
And MIX wLlte pearls Tor neck ~ fair,
And silver chains and all for me,
The day my snip culez home nom sea
So sang the maiden. sitting the shore. and
watching the coming and going OF the tide, the sea-
foam as it blew like uifs of wool. across The beach
At her feet strewn by the lavish sea, lay shells and
shining pebbles. Weird wrinkles on the beach
showed where each successive wave, amhItIousiy
climbing to reach higher than his fellow had spent
itself. Here yOu the spllntered end oil spar
protruding-part of mast, perhaps, that had danced
some brave Tag high aloft, lying prone and all
but buried in the sand. There lay piece OF oaken
bulwaIk, fragment to which mother with babe
may have cune. tom from some stout ships sldes.
Bnt few feet ont from the shore the gaunt RIBS OF
wreck loomed black in the moonlight bobbing up
and down in the black water Ike gaosiiy bathers'
Yet still the maiden sat and sang OF her snip to A.
rve and with the lilht fingers OF fancy strung her
neck and hlleted her forehead with the pearls ana
gold with which fond hope promised her II cane