, 1877-06-17
NEWDURYpORT.
Drives, Beautiful Scenery, and In
teresting Associations.
Tho J.lurets" nnst Its Old-frime
IIctilcs---A Sud Story.
Ben Pcrley Poore.-.Caieb Cushing
The Rev. Or. Wilmington.
Tho River anil lts Lorcliness-.-Tent.
Lifo OH Salisbury Beach.

Spertaf Cnrrtspondenee n rae Tribune
NEwnunYFDRr, Nass.. June 13.-Drlye which
way yni may, you cnnnot fall to find sccnery ri
tlle most ptcas1ntly picturesque description.
It ID trio ron In mt sec nny mountains; hut
sllo cares for mountains wien they know that
a1must At any moment they can look upon tho
seal Tho roals arc
xEAnI.Y rsnracr.
They wind hbout in lovely curvcs-now through
tic w0uls; now around Tic hase uf Btccp htlt;
now oycr ita summit, from wilirIt yol enn acc
village after village nnd forest alter forest, with
perpetual glimpscs Of tho aucia',!c river, antl
the living, t,cekonEhg Atlantic. Wlscter tho
drive i,o long or sllort, there Il no tattcty or
satncnuss. II 5ou gorp the river, through West
Ncwttlsr; through Hrovcantl. wI!l,ts continual
surprises nnd unexpected views Of exquisite
beauty; through Bradford, anil then cross tho
bridge at llagcrt,ill; or cross tho Grlige al
ufovctasll, shortening tho drive, anil ttsen rr-
turn through East 1aycrllll, going ly the l,olse
where Whittier wns horn and had his cxpcrl-
ences OF life "a given in ''Snowbounl''i throug1,
Amcsburg and Salisbury, aud coming hack
by the long bridge at tho latter dfapE1atct-
looking ptace, You will have tIad charming
drive Of twenty miles. Even II you arc con.
lc,nncl to 60 alohe, this excursion could never
bo forcuttcn. Hut, II you Ind with you sotnc
oho lllnt could mention from tho gotal old
town, It would be day to he marked NTH
wh,sa stoi,c+
Yotl would DO shown
THE tLAuRELs,H
where for forty years q phl1anthropic family
invited to nh annual picnic tho fcrvent sptnpa~
thfzcrs with all tho advanced movements Ut tho
time. Here, on Tho chosen August day, tic
genial host and hosteas wero wont to welcome
their timc-honorcd guests from Doston, ca'n-
bridge, Concord. Salem, Portsmouth. Exeter, anti
sy s eE? tes wt saix ae!s eppgo's a y ossv s,s St
1 anil Theodore Pnrker hare been hcrc,-oftef
accompanied BY distinguished Ecforracrs from
abroad. Almost always Whittier blessed the
took s Of : araea. % "uali" WA often there, will
her tur!c laughtcr, md lser vigorous, fresh talk.
Ipswich wo1 IL scnd her distinguished tcacher,
| whose feminine why's aud thcIsivc intellect, and
elevated Thoughts laye nodded @ h9n'l,s,ls !
| examples af iii tint il purn and woman
u. Pleasant, conversation, yarc.! wIth n
t'ocm from Whittier, or sllnrt ,s spseecf, FROM drom
thr day until too SOON tho shadows lcngtlcnc,
anu tho adIcux to friends anu hostsf'nudt grate:
fully .bo said, ana tho. day 50 looked
ow ssw" H. = ars sg Pattes a u" arc ssssa oys An s
vated and most a!''iahlc Ashtys 10 forego these
| long-indnfget! delights.
do llttlc farther, snd, overlooking tue water
tho Island, aud tue wide landscape you will SIC
turrclc,l structure which tho British Minister
at Washington, simmer after summer, l,as OF
cuptcd. ....---
Across tho river, htlctt atnlott bY the pines.
Is tho rnof beautiful dwelling, hntlt nllly faw
years ago by one WHO was most Influential
.nrs NsM FYok * aS fs 1faz g. fe'i's a s s
married tho daughter Ut dis
| tiaguishcd Frcncl,tras, in uencvu, Switzerland.
She was.briiant and beautiful, AM! with dill
Guilty took to tho statd New England waiys. r.
s''iik xho iikc:, aiso to s'isit ihls daughter
@ @r VII FL aI + 4 s ai oas ss aas sf sr
than tho husband a'nl tho father Of lcr ehl,.
trcn. SO now she bears anotalcr t1anio, anu
III thu sight Of men, IL tho wife 0f
i,irypors home. When tima ilas added tts
messy fcs to this had picture, which ID not lin
isl.cd yet, autno ucw Harriet Prescott Spacord
cnn tcfc find materials fresh 10 her latd for a
Turn a littlo aside. and your fricnsl will drive
you past "inIlan Ill.," tbs residence Ut
MAI. Hen rEnf.Ef IO0NE,
who for years las been tic noted HasInEton
hc Glad to welrome you 10 tl,o rare oil place,
where. in many ol lta roona, everything IL
Espt In tic style Of 10, while IN
others modern comforts arD, nut desplsch.
You eau eot1c buck by another road, anil ste tho
place whcrU they arc lggtnE nut sofnu silver
every dry; hut thus far, | believe, no 1nD las
t,ccn eut{chcl BY tho discovery Of that yc!t, cx-
ccpt tic one WHO owned tbs lund alA sold It 10
tho eAEer pirclIaecra. ....... ........
is y!n approacl, the town. yoti Eos very MARY
co,nti,rtablc homes. hut lew cnni.t bo taiic't
elegant, although owned b. peopfu Of !afKu
wealth. Eoultort all are aceklnG, 4Hd tho lcMl-
ers uf soiety have never inaulgctl III ayf*lI dis
play, Tho old families rale III matters Of s,tc1I
i nsturu, a,.d they liars not lost THUR forc'
iatI,rrs' quiet tastca and strong gootl-senbc.
The l,lso uf
Caleb EAnng Is very tinostcnatto,ts, hchtn'l
tho magnificent Gins. Here thu politician, tl.a
riatcst1lan thu larsi, tho dis! ugnssiet fnfelgtl
Msnster, has AAd hts hu!Au fur lt!unv
| ycars,-pnpulAr nInutiE lily fellow
| rilxci,s even Wien they tisf1kcd hia
| ro..t.cs; esteemed fer Ills great 9aaltttcs IT
hratl anil lleatt, atlsl as urrctcntnx mud G.ias-
stl,uttE ~ thu lcast kHuwu a.nDnE tlIen al!. !nY
say thai, tstlc tat ct1lunl-xcxetl huusc 0f hLr,
thsrn nrv paintings u tlts yasest McEt and ol
untnld vallse; hut don't knu,s.
Itgh street, wlcll strctclscs caat AMI west foE
miles, Ia tlhtxl With e!s.s, that Hnl4t have been
oil before tho iscvolutl0i, aud tll'se good t,ays
when q Nst!a "pI.attnX" was quito III vogue,
| Az this street l,AS lung clltYes, Il