, 1877-07-22
One Of the Routes BY Which Vaca-
tion-Takers Leave It.
An Island with Which Progress
Has Little Concern.
The Successful Rival Found IN Shelter
Island, Over the Bay.
prosnect Village, Prospect Tower, and
the Prospect Generally.


the Prospect Generally.
SUMMER RESORTS.
FINN Our O4rn Correspondent
NEw YORK. July 19.-The ride from one end
o3 Long Island to the other by rail is about as
uuiptcrcstiug as any of equal length in the land.
For little time after leaving Hunters Point,
East River, the train gl;des 'oEer steel rails
through rich and cultivated farming tract, and
hslts at uninyiting depots in uninEiting hamlcts.
Then Of sudden it plunges into wild and ur-
tanned country, occupied mostly by brush or
forest On the north rises the low ridge o1
woodland known as the backbone OF the island.
Nothing breaks the monotony sase now and
then the appearance Of q small settlement,
thoroughly backwoods in style and almost as
1ifeless Is the bush-laud bcyondit- Three hours
Of this. and the terminus is reached at Green
port A single view Of the Peconic Bay, with
the hills of Shelter Island Tor back
rround, and you are at once repaid
for having come through SO much
barreppess. The latter, indeed, has but pre-
pared you to appreciate the beauties now pres
ent tot the eve. The dust and jolting, the per
sistcpt ny, and the ross-cYed brakeman, arc
alike forgotten. Almost at your feet, as you
step from the car, the waters are gently surg
inr to aud fro on the sands 4 fleet OF sail
boats lies at anchor ready for commands to take
you ont to ocean or down the sound. Darling
a,onc the water comes black fly OF ferry
1oat from Shelter Island, seeking passengers
and mail. While long avenue Of naples
whose branches inrertwine, and several lu1l-
mouthed porters, who outdo lovers IN their
rivalry. invite you to the eager hostelries OF
rural Grecnport- Here arc
VISIONS OF QUIET AND REST,
found in the swinging hammock and the shaded
lawn; visions also through open windows OF
pretty walters, Whiting to wait on hungry tray
elers. Quick comes to mind that line OF
Gocthe's:
LES ist INNER gut ctwas zu essen =;
or is it, "zu wissen''l No matter; the senti-
mcpt will find response in either case. Then,
for the other side, the g1sls' side there IS that
most fitting thought, "They also serve who pa
tient stand and waltz By the way, it is worth
something to be able to quote largely aud reck~
iessly when out on an excursion. Some mem-
bcr OF the party will be pretty sure to offer to pay
vo1,r fare back. or hire separate boat for YOU
to fish in, OF do something fine to bribe you to
stop. This is an argument, at the same time,
as to the utility OF q liberal education. As al
old professor, inyeterate in the habit, used to
say. at takes h1ghlY-educated man, young
gentleman, to quote wisely and wcll.'
While summer resorts and modern Improve
mepts have developed ut various points on the
coast, and while cultivation has won over con-
siderable portions OF Queens County, it IS
remarkable how little change has taken place IN
the character OF Suffolk since Cooper wrote OF
it in ssThc Sea Lions,'' near thirty years ago
sSuffolk, u lie says, (which contains nearly, it
not quito, rwo-thirds OF the surface OF the
whole island, Is and ever has been in possession
Of people derived originally from the Purltans
of New England. In consequence Of these two
towns {Brooklyn and WillamsbuEg) Kings
County has lost all it ever had OF peculiar
pr local character. The same is true OF Queens,
though IN diminished degree; but
SUFFOLK REMAINS SUFFOLK
uul.n And has remained to this day, to such
In extent that the novelist might have spared
:. himself the painful thought that the rustic viz
tues were to be rudc1y thrown aside by the in
.rusion OF what arc termed Improvements,
meaning the then iust-comp1ctel railroad, Of
which he speaks elsewhere. If the rustic rir-
tues have been thrown aside the fact is aston
fshingly we'll concealed. In 1870 it was not
deemed seerly for q s'member Of the meeting u
to be seen walkin. out on the Sabbath. In the
present year OF this Christian era an effort was
made to arrest the newsboys who came down
from New York on special train for no other
purpose than to furnish Grcenportcrs and Other
people with the boon Of Sunday papers. The
pu1itans accordingly appear TO be alive and i've
ly yet. One rather more cheerful trait is notably
still to be met In those good old days, il yo1
look at them that way, ''thc New En1tan'
practice Of commencing the Sabbath OF satur