Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-23
EVENING STAR.
A Model Tourist Letter

A Model Tourist Letter.
We left The city by the 70. m. boa. o.,
MoLSay, ana arrived al the mountains a.
aoout SIX O'Clock. Ii was Just tea time, aai
iTCSh sea breeze rolled IN over the beach
while the carrieC es or the gentry and nobility
were rolling in over the land. Il was
graId sight 10 sec the ladies aud gentlemen
get out OF their carriages. pre- June there
were bunorei people on the wharf ~ see
IS n atighi and am told that il is cnnsii-
tfei one OF the Dcbhy paStimeS OF the season.
certainly Nobody seemed 20 have anything
else 70 Go al that moment. or any oth1., mo.
neht, that could discover, except to tell
stories 10 and about one another. me hote.
Stands or blum overlooking the broad e,-
pence OF the ocean, while nothing but hills
anC mountains Scn be seen on either side II
l. seven Story hotel with wings az tta
shoulders. piazza on top and cupOla all
round II. You go up stairs on al alleviat or
ard cone down by sliding on the bsllusters.
saw y done. They set an elegant table
am told, though 10 vas 50 completely COW
cred with dishes, / couldn't see 10. Here was
Ilate witd Jew slices OF bre3 AMI another
with few pickles-tIore were lots Of dishes
WIN very Mt IN Them. They made q grand
snow, inner than any ! have seen IN ANY
cTockery store. The waitars were all cler-y-
men. ! was told tie place was surround 4
~ moran az eleNatlu- influence, but ! was
men OF ire Cleth.
! need not say how We spent our first
night though l think have ar irnporfan.
discovery, ana one which will be- OF gr,at in
tsreSt 70 natural SIS. The r. zion in wh.cl
me Ocean Mountain house is situate lis the
bre' dlug place III all the mo 9uitOes. Ihags
no doubt Of =. They brIl In my room -Ia'
nlSht, ana though 4 had excluded every
.Iess, i ..Sca StcScr before I went 10 be-,
std smut Inc WlIuOafS, The ar was thick with
them long before inoruiu =.
As our vacation was 10 be short 4 was no
SyssaIy l. MAKE u Is sweet a possible, 50
N'cse et dawn AMI procured 2 pole and I'm "a
and went ont af1er trout. The CORY was MOI
sound one. Iweeds b0ndsmen caulgn't
nave oa'iSI il on. Yet by Gint OF battling
Win css hard aaI fishing with tl.e other ~,
ulal' ecu 70 10y u. I don't boast OF tylaE
much OF a tTOgtiSt, out did well ON iniS pr-
caslOu. Many OF The trout I caught won't.
nave weighed n pound. They were hand
some black fellows with horns, and mouths
mat wonld have done credit 20 a shark. They
hstd 10 reluctance 10 taking the bait-i.i
iact IN almost every case, l was compete e
away from them.
S,ooiing il Que OF the pasttmes OF which 7
! am very fond aud there was plenty o. il
Hall niCkle plated, six chambers. self CO.,
lhg reVolycrs with ne and the way brou y, q
Gown The p!Over, and partridgeS. AMI rlh-
S.ts, an. peeps vas caution, also brought
| Gown ;el-o" who was just going In bathing
Out he dpOioglEet Tor being IN the WAY and
good natCrcdly daSiSfei from b9vinv birs,
/ arrested. l know of nothing more auroyi,.g.
Wien on are aiming al rabbit o. a woo l.
chCck, than 20 shoot "A man or a boy. or q.
J!!e right or lett OF you. But such ihingS arr
among The chances. You take good aim :
4 =.
~ NS,il i,cs DC zoe IDI The direction
| your bullet takes. On Tuesday we climbed
| 20 iAe Top OF Tie Ocean mOun,aI-. ana a
sIander prospect than we should .-r soon
uEuer suitable conditions, cannot he nag
lnel. ON the right OF Us lay the Green
mountains stretching away I'm the distance
te'Cre rs was OLD Ocean studded with t.ou-
SAND Isles, aiar 10 the LETT was the glide
dome OF The state house with Boston Com
mon spread out beneath IT, ari beb,ut M;
We're iLtcr.Ginable forests, dotted here au I
there with lakes and gTiIIroned with rivers
anu streams, rum ING IN al directions. Thu
only ora gDac& 10 ali al Is scenery was tina.
Wecouldnt see IL. a thick cloul shut as in
lust as We arrived at the top. The next best
t-4nS Vas 10 IA he p bath, aud as nobody could
possibly see Us, We dontd our integImcats
aLc struck cut into the fog, AMI swan abou
w! we heard the f0g-horn OF NJ: Desert.
our clothcs.
Perhaps after all. the chief attraction at the
ocean -IoGntaIn house is the society one
ILough l am not partial TO bitter drinks
IGey had = sOtrC d,Jsls.rc'e one evening that 1
was there, but coul int get q .r.lpse of in.
., ne people ere dancing so closely arouD /
III. was ;n'd by young lady that il was
perfectly splendid. 4 have 10 doubt il was
a. she was quite out OF brea IN with adnira-
tlon. MI and Mrs. Budd Doble, Judge Full
,eltCN. Flora Temple and Mambrino Prince.
lave rooms at the Ocean Mountain for M !,
season. Also had the pleasure of meeting
the lev. +. A. RlrDum, Rev. Mr. Bergh,
VI TIC AOF the prevention of
C.uelty 10 animals, the Hon. b. Z. Butler,
JUST elected member o. Congress from Ire,
i.i;d, ana tie lion. Three Sixty-iive Kelley
% iehaSy wanna. The latter is a nan OF very
,nrfted ideas. TO which he hopes 10 give uu-
bounce 1 currency. The social reunions in
me parlors OF the hotel are very entertaining,
! ca learn so much about your fellow men!
But must not protract the story OF nv
nderings too far. The cars landed in safety
at Central wharf, after a very pleasant vow
age, ana mere We are again.-''Si mon Pure" "a
BFoctOa GCLeGife.