New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-19

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THE MASSACHUSETTS, COAST.
yxCENrRIC NAMING OF TOwNs-HAliwAY TRAVEL
ING UNDER. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lis
SURROUNDINGS, ANTECtDENTS, AND NtAENLsS
TO POPULAR REsORTs-dEORGE VIII EFiELD AND
HIS POWER As \ PREACIiLi.-A Gil TED CALVIN
Isl BORN Too LA1E.
IFkoM An OCCASIONAL CoKHEsroSDrST OF TIE TRIBUNE
NEwBuRYpoKr, Mass, July 15.-Ihe nomen-
catge oil Ne@-lnsa and is peculiar as 1t Is pcii'A'hs'
10 account for lis stcrility We mas. suppose IL 10 nave
sruus from the soil The native settlers may nave
been Ieasts t.cy could not have been NoinaiiSis.
more bankrupt vi poor devils in respect 10 names
L,,e never truGl tbs Planet In sucn ne is th'y
never could nave been able 10 pay more IMAM one mill
not Il cotton NH, tLe hundred dollars BEFORE 'Ao9
bern the blsaess OF setung they must have been the
tc-lcst poGigis IA applications, and The country mas
suffered ever since from tneii imiroNidcnce
Tor example, | want to 20 TO Newton Center lt"Ae
M se.. in tno Gals md due time the conductor calls
am. Nevtu North Newton, South Newt II, East sew
TIM West Newton, NVrthE.st Newton, Southwest New
tom EoItA NorW est Newton, south S1ut.-" est Ne"t "
Up,cr Newton, Lower Newton, Newton Center Oehie'
Newton Newton -Four Corners, Newton Ihicc toihcl7
Newton TWO Corners, Newton one Corner, No""h NJ
Conner. NtM-NemtoI, Old Newton, NeN-Oh Newton
N,rs ton-Ou-thc IIJ Newton inioriciil, ana an uoA
haustiolc number other Nswtons OF course al near
l. q unified sound OF Newton, and each time 1t out
only 10 Ind that INC Newton is not tic Newton tH.t
want At last. When By din; Oh an~ioHs Inquiry
r,pcitcd ge,tings OH ard geiungs on, VITA h"ch
waste Of patience. time, and strength, fe&ch tHc
Newton am ~ search Of, learn that my baggage hS
been left at another Newton which was not IN search OIL
ViuI had il checked SAID distinctly wton C,nt,r ;
b the bag sag, MASTER hay my 40 OF 90 Ncwons hcap
up in his n!n Naturally save me check i"r tAe N'"'oh
that was on top, and that proved 10 be Newton Two
ComeIs. Consequently l am forced to telegraph anu
Naii TN. NY ba-.dlo comes up ON the next tram /.
comes up; hut M happily, having become enidhsiCd III
thu II twork of NrNtono, 1t isn't pui or ]. s"' on 20
Newton No Corner and | an compelled to follow
it. The conductor carries ne to NcwtOnOnthc-lIin.
Then aain get OF; again Telegraph; again walt Tor my
;riluk IAis time 1t does Mt come nj. III ms
been lett by mistake ~ Ncw-Scwton. Another
tliai goto it to Old Newton iy which tine LarI sur
l. re all hope "l 70 II ig me trunk "a lcHS t u3 /
re.ire o tie nearest nH with degree OF amiDHy lht
"'I' I,t Want 10 stay a Newton Center ran -
home ana yc ti.e end OF -, Cn GAIN n0 tcihs al
Ia, baggage. IIcnln'd there three day tcirgfiphhg
and tIrl 1g for The timk meanwhile II is lihhh~ Il O.
-, i,', ii, b.tW,tu NrnitiIaud N,Nl.u
,,ur Cotlcts. IL ban certainly fpi Tue ohi aWcli e.
M OLD Newton ani ,ct - corners al TIE "thr NV -.
yiat ui.idn iiccq ~ baggage Il j.. New wien l,
L.iuc IN now ready Ia tai pieces, and n0 ""e ~,
Since II Aas b. lllowH aud thrown IL at every Ao"-
Ton on tuc read
TIE ] EVITABLE CoNsrQU. NC"s.
Having complained OF my experience to iew travellers
in , vic y IT, they Inform that have been Ia, kicr
imam Trey tha Glance Ora passenger and his
luggage to c pat ~ al The same place; that the only
WAY to manage il to bt OF your station eye you reach
T. 10 lump Oh in haste; run 10 tie Da-Sageca ana III
dure tie hagga gcHn to row out your basga; before
the train starts THIS gives you an opportunity for eXcr
cise AMI fair prospect Of breaking yoW meek besides,
which latter ought t. 10 appreciated since. in The event
O, dslocstion You would I've relieved from all
futher anxiety about stations hearing the same
name. 1t is curious to observe on these rah-
WAYS. what nervous agitation passengers heiray
rs they wlill 10y the places partially chisiened after
every point the compass: how iranticaly they pIn-e
ont 10 see if they have Nched or missed their dcStna-
ton how disturbed or wIfhu they are on H'ch$ hrlr
baggage standing the platform, while they sped on
understand that many Oi nc uatNts ENJOY tHs '--
centric designations because II enables Them Ia get great
deal Of riding for the.r money IIcy sy uc1et =" i
station twenty miles distant, AMI lh'y rIuf ii''c
mics before they really know they there. heard OF
rn old lady, tho other day, who iad necn raw ing TOT
the iact that conductor ndn0i breu ably 1" natc her
md sfand al what articner M1rsield she shout get
of 10 most persons however me - lo sh1r ana r,ii-
ways are too uncertain 10 r'hher ,hls norm 1
east, souih west. upper lover cohef ana e hef D'i-
moss either pleasant or rcmuncraIiNe.
ON the Eastern Railway hCtwcrp Boston and this town
=, cry station has name OF l's Owl" WHEN l. one fctsDi
that an here The distance 40 los' ea "o Ih|'v ~
an hour and half, while the same distance on DINER
roads where the ooccntie naming prevails mag NOT u" &c
c,plisicd Ia half day, Owns Ia tue "eiinlsh ua>
able misunderstanding and mistakes. ""musI ; MAJ
NcviiVport has not become large ciib Oh inns ne
count, sine people are hKey 10 Icdct mere WITCH iHe
mig at get nowhere else. go 90.
II "a -
he something OF Sunmcring pl"cr ana woud De lnnch
NOR. 80 were there me. c0ninOiOus hotel mere Iherc
has been some talk OF building one lut hswbyloft II
oW conservative ia lis ways, thai any sufh chiel
fhr NAV nu; be- c2rN expected THIS ~ an excel
ut ujuf u Tadi2te II dell til in itself ahOuids
~ excursions both by land and water sttH'i on tue
McIriinac, "a singuilry piciGIo~Iue river ONLY three
miles from the and IN the midst al Iolhn2 ana
rather fertile lciIbO!hoOd, FIJI Of landscape, sans
walks and drives may Dc taken III any ulrecuOn, ana
with Measurable results. This Is particularly tho aqueous
month Tkel> excursions publc and private, nearly
every day. Uaverhi Ia Deer leland, Eagle i-and,
Plum island the Blum, salisbury Beach, ampt0n Rye,
Isles Shoals aud other resorts Oh and nesf the COAST
AN OLD HISTORIC TOWN.
Newburyport is one OF the oldest towns in the State
having been settled in 1855. During the Revolution it
was noted for It's patriotic spirit The first tes destroyed
WAS DESTROYED here 1t taken from powder house
where il had bocn put for safe keeping, and burned by
the citizens in MaIkoi-squaTe. The expedition 70
Quebec sailed hence the frs; priyaeer fitted out in the
United States from this port the first volunteer
company 20 Join the Continental army raised here
as well as OF the first companies for the suppression
of the Rebellion. Vessels built early 1850,
aud in J7G6 there were rs vessels the stocks
al the same time In May, 1911, fire swept
over a large part OF the town, destroying
nearly 81 100000 worth ef property-equyalcnt TO
SlOOOOOOO to-day. The place has never recovered from
Inc calamity; II has been for years as dull, drOwsy
dreamy aud delightful any res!sceker could desire
The exact anripodes Of Newlo:k, II Offers the tDpia
cares aud pleasures. While IL has not mucA wealth. IL
has great deal Of comfort and pecualy independence
on a mDdcrne scale. Nearly resident the
house lives In id enjoys III quiet manner the easy,