Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-15
LONG BRANCH.
The Appeals Special Correspondent at
the summer Capital of the Ma
tiOn-IntercstlHg Letter.
From our Special Correspondent

After many wandsrings through cities,
villages and watering places, in every
kind and character Of Westher, rainr
thunder, lightning and sunshine, iu
search Of health and pleasure, repre-
sentative of the APPEAL finds himself
quietly sOj0urning and enjoying the
"second. fashionable teJmn with PFesi-
dent GIANT, and many other notRbiii-
ties, atShis, the summer capital of the
nation. The present tenn began, 80 II
speak, on the first Of the present month,
the orthodox wCu,d-be aTist ICracy ell
taking tHAiF departure the instant Au-
gust closed. 'Tis true that 'desr, de-
lightful August was snything but
dear, or even delightful this fessOn.
For tle first three weeks, aimOst with
-Out exception, the rain came literally
down in torrents, and was seldom re-
Iieved by even the slightest "blink OF
bonny suushine.n Such weather was
most miserable anywhere, but here ii
was terribly 30. Your representa-
tive came, saw, and decamped in
forty.eight hours. The mornings were
cold, misty ana miserable, and q thick
fOg hung over old ocean ike a pail,
whi le the rain trickled down in man
ner that would have compelled a
"ScOtch mist" to dry up in perfect de-
spSir. There was water, water every
where, and people of every age and sex
crowded the Veraudahs Of ths man,
moth hotels, and locked SIS If each beard
the most dismal of newa. The advent
of peddler OF the Jewish persuasion,
was hailed as a G0d-send and an ex-
celleDt recipe for the ernaii from which
every ore of the female sex, Old and
young, were suffering. The bulky pack
was promptly cast from the shoulders Of
the bearer, and its varied wares display
ed to wondering eyes and the sublime
luxury Of shopping" indUlged in.
Mean While the lords Of creation, as they
are called, thronged The billiard rooms,
oar, or smoked cigars, id the
westhar and yawningly wondered when
lunch would be ready. such was life in
the three first weeks of August at the
Ocean and West Fad hotels. Now
and then, as il for variety, the sun
would shine forth and then the
turn,ou.s On the sple1did drive which
fronts the beach, would be there in all
their glory, and the celebrated " ladies'
traiiP," Of Hyde PARK, could hardly
compare in point OF style and fashion
with the grand display on the beach
at Long Branch" On tine afternoon.
But in the evening. efger The parlors were
lit up with their hundreds Of gss-jets
in the grand hotels, the sceue ep-
preached perfection rs the curled ,dar-
Iings OF GsshiOD," reclining, for that is
the real word, In the arms Of light and
heavy awel!s, enjoyed all the delights OF
the galOD or Udlse deUT 'eR1l1S, to the |
very inspiTiCing strains OF most al |
mirably selected orchestral band. Pres |
to, change! The last day Of August has |
arrived, and all who have any pr6ten- |
sions to belong to that moneyed, fash
ionable circle, yclept the upper ten"
thousand, must take their departure. |
" The season." par erceLLence, has |
closed, and to remain another day would |
be nothing short of sacrilege, It's moth
ing that for a week past the weather
has been balmy, pleasant and sunny in
the extreme, with 8 fine promise for /
September, which up to the present |
time has been fulfilled, 60 they must, |
and away they went by the hundred, |
leaving only the good old steady, re-
spectacle bOarderg, AID the exclusive |
cOttageTs, who looked down the entire /
season on the fiauntings and fiCuting5 Of |
the wOuld-be fGshiODables, the Rosa |
Pearls, and those never referred to except |
in police reports, but who are followed |
by fools, fancy men and fau-tai.ed gam |
blers, q class far too numerous to suit |
the taste Of those who wish to live quiet |
and respectable They managed, how |
ever, to make things go lively at the |
principal hotels while they roamed |
around the spacious corridors and with |
drawing rooms of every shape, size and |
finish. Now q change most remarkable
L, oil .frtk Of I1aI
ease. The kaleidoscope has taken 8
curious turn, and where oil was hustle,
geiety and almost apparent confusion,
there is new quiet, sOlidity and respect
ability. The Haunting flag has been
tom down and some Of mora tangible
kind has taken its place. The hotel
keepers, one and al, have reduced their
ratss, and substantial-looking people
come here now to spend a week or so in
peace and quietude. Toe fine orchestral
ua1 ds have departed to New York, and
some sundry little delicacies have disap-
geared from the bills Of fare, but still no
o ouS the mos fastid oCs gourmet could
quarrel with either or attendance at any
table on the beach line so far as the
writer has ever heard. During these
fine afternoons the drive is ell alive,
and although many "high steppers''
and loud equipages are among the miss
ing, still there are enough here Of both
TO give things a lively look. The old
fashionable family cOacnman is the
special delight of your representative.
He does look so grand, so imposing, as
he handles the ribbons Of 8 pair Of
handsome bays, and looks down with
sinister smile on the feeting show
around him from his hammer-clOth est
Of the substantial family carriage. He
is the perfect picture of good living, i'll
not of good nature-a genuine beet-eat-
er, who enjoys the "hale, although you
know, me boy, you hav'nt got the 'Ops,
you know" Then John Thomas, who
sits behind in the rumble, with his arms
akimbo, the fashion with 6uDkies from
time immemOriai, what shall be said of
him? There he sits, monarch as it were,
Of all be surveys, proud of his calves,
his figure, and "Missey, the pet of the
family when he hands her out of the |
carriage. From his lofty perch he looks |
down on the passing buggies, cabriOlets,
basket phatOns and barOuches, with his |
left eye half closed, as he cynically says, |
soto U0ce, "Vewy knOmmon, you know
not our stwyle Of things at all, you1
know" strangers here for a day or
two only are very apt to imagine that
every other body here has q carriage and |
livery servants. But they soon learn |
the ropes, and find that by hiring pri- |
vat9 carriage (Murphy's hack, at the
hotel stable, one of the host |
lers will, for the nOnce, sport
a pair OF black uumentionables, al
English brown heavy-lappeled, big
brass buttoned livery coat, and plug |
hat With phiz stuck on the left side OF
it, if necessary. All this and much |
more can be seen any day at Long
Branch by any one, especially il they
should have the good fortune to meet
an old friend Of the turf, as the under
signed has been lucky enough to do,
ard has had the pleasure several times
of ratlling along the drive behind bay
who, by IL little pushing, can come
within the threes. President Grant and
some mem bers of his family are occa-
sionally to be seen on the "drive," but
ali the leading politicians, the Hastings,
the Murphys, etc, have gone to sara
tops to attend the Republican cOnVeD-
lion. Comparatively speaking, very
little surf bathing is done here, and II
one wishes to see 8 thousand persons,
old and young, male and female, "WoI-
I1nning'i in old ocean, for that is the
onIv word to express the sight, a II he
has to do is to pay visit to
ROCKAwAY BEACH
nm q fine Sunday, and he will be graft
fed 10 the top OF his bent. Rockawey
ia the great and grand resort OF the
Snbstantial well tO-dO mechanic and the
industTious trader. Here they come
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