The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-20

Paquauket Mountain, the Echo Lake. the Crystal
Falls and Daras Bath, ali tempt the tourist 10 stop NJ
from North Conway is Bartlett at very loot Of tue
mountains, ana eight miles further on Is the Mount
crawford aos:e lew miles 'ur.n sn ars anG nv m a
cent OF which itself worth the whole pharmacopo,a
Of the doctors The journey is repetition OF the as.
cent OF mountain pcaks-Mount Clinton, the nrst
summit 10 DO attained; Mount Pleasant with us gentle
slopes ut the top; Noun, Franklin. with Red Pond az
the bottom and Mount Monroe, which leads 20 tho
foot Of Mount Washington, aud tue "Lake OF The
Clouds When the Journey Is continued further on
is Franconia Notch near which are Mount Lafayet
or the Great Haystack, Mount Jackson, on which
- 'the Ola Man OF the Mountain" tho Basin and tho
Fiume. From the White Mountains 1t would DO nat
ura Tor the tourist 10 seek Mount kalahdln and tho
Mousehcad Lake, but most Of them 20 at once 10 the
New England coast, stretching themselves s the way
don. ali tho visitor here cannot sketch tho bold
rocky clins, says one OF the guide books speaking OF
sa,c book Of Reference he cam ees"c the asn 70 his
hearts content" IL may be assumed that artists only
sock this outoi-theway place, which is so hidden
away from the eyes OF Ordinary morals that II would
puzzle Philadelphia lawyer TO decide whether II Is on
the sea coast or not Persons OF literary turn Of
mind seek the Isle OF Shoals but ordinary people 20
10 Rye and Salisbury beaches Nahant Nantucket and
Swampscoit, and ut camp meeting times. TO Martha's
Vineyard. IL Is thus that many OF us spend our sum-
mers but after all tho real season rs Confined 10 three
localitics-l.ong Branch, Saratoga and Newport
WATERING PLACES.
II Is only ton years since Long Branch began TO take
any rank as watering place, and yet we are told even
tins duli season that cottages are held at very high
account tho dulncss oil trade. 1--WE know hard
times here, sir" In week two most Of the hotels
Will DO open but II remains to be soon whether the
hard times VIII not extend to Long Branch before
the close OF the season Saratoga just now rs in the
possession OF carpenter, painters, plastcrers anu
PLUMBERS and all tho great hotels getting ready tor
the opening There Is some Difficulty about prices, II
seems the hotels seesawing between IS 30 and S. 80
per day, there Is talk OF OF hotel
keepers TO determine schedule Of rates. Tho ruling
prices probably will BIO S2l per week Tor June ana
september SIS Tor July aud S2S for August A good
many cottages 10 DO let. and the
Windsor Hotel Is for rent, furnished. Saratoga has
long lost It's old time charactcristica. First
II was tho resort OF people who went to drink "tho
waters Then u became the scat OF fashion, Irritation,
love making marriage. In the days o the ring II was
the political headauaitcrs oil the agnates OF The State.
Later still II has been sporting centre, especially Tor
horse and boat racing, anu now II seems to combine all
every day. Newport, on the other hanu, has grad
ually lost It's character mere watering place and
become Tho ''aummcr home" OF people who wish TO
comb ne seaside ana city, rest and amusement Little
said about the hotels, but there Is great deal Of
gossip in regard TO tho cottages The building OF a
new house or the alteration or Improvement
the news" OF the place is all like tnis:--
Rhode Island avenue, from Beach street to Bath
road, has boon macadamizcd; moro omnibuscs 10
be placed on the avenue this year; the Rev. Dr. Pot
ter, OF New YORK, has greatly improved his house,
breaking up It's rigid lines, &c. Mr.. Edward CnshmrD
has maze extensive alterations in the Charlotte Cush
cottage; Mr.. A. A. Lewis new cottage Is on Cas-
tie Hill, across the mouth OF the barhor from Fort
Adams; ex Governor swami OF Maryland, has bought
two cottages near the beach, ana the Hon. George IL
PcndIeton's summer villa cost him only ST., 900 TO
bud, while Mrs. General Cu.lum's quiet rs mex
pensive Most OF the Newport .cottngcrs so earlier
To their summer homes ana stay later than other las
ionabcs ana already Tho season may be said To have
begun there although II Will DO al least crtngh,
week or two later before they will have fairly beg
the summer OF 1877.