The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-15
SU NJ MERING.
THE CROWDS AND ANNOYANCES Oh
FASHIONABLE RESORTS.
How to spend the summer-EIfs on a
Farm-Iis Economy, Pleasures
mnM Remeffa

FaTm-Its Economy. Pleasures
ana Benefits.
Especial Correspondence Of tho DeIooerat,l
NECK -CF- WoOr&, July 9. 1878,
Ihis IS the slime when every body Of quality
fs out Of town or supposed to ne. Those whQ
am draw their checks OF negotiate thefT notes
for few hundred hic them to some
FASHIONABLE REsOmT
wberg the pleasures of summer consist Of u
room pl the fifth floor Of big hotel whose
bilis are higher tran the g0oms, end the "at-
fractions Of which are Chictiy in the nature
Of ngpra vatiOn OF the evils to escape which
one presumably tiies tho town. / have rad
my day at the big watering places. Saratoga,
Long Branch, Cape May and NewEDrt haze
ali beheld nay melancholy linen duster and my
frugal gripsaCk deposited upcn the luxurious
marble counter Og thepalatiaI grand hotel Of
the place assd the resfstIess clerk of that ik
has Surveyed me superniliously over the top
.of bis bigdtRmonh pin. But, as said, have
5ret0TmeG aneb turned my back upon all these
yHnities Cf the flesh 1t IL not pleasant after
leaving comfortable quarters in town, to rpaCh
ahe objective p@int Of yolr Bumfaer trip only
10 be overp0weped by % hotel clerk, and de-
yHmred by lesser, more numerous end equally
unanimous mosquitoes. | think have snf-
fGred more rom the beat ard beer bcdev bed
worse by th9 huGaan mob in
SARATOGA
than anywhere else in the wOrlG1 | have
been more n9arly asphyXlated with siust ana
more utterly bore@Jby pnrpen1s and chamber
maids on the retired list at Loag BraDch than
| yEyoc sy,G
New York.
1t is always we'll TO note exceptions to the
rule, however ,. wherefore | remark tbat there
is ut Least one public summer resort on this
continent whore q real good Hirne not Only
but even some 5hing like respite md neprnthe
yea, even SurC8aSe OF sorrow, Is possible /
tefor to the Canadian side Of Niagara, at
CLIFTON.
There are Also features of JOY about some
OF the Virginia Sulphurs- such Of them at
least a3 are new and anxious to make repu-
tHtiOn But as for me, give ms liberty or
give me back my p0eket-bOOk i3 the ery Of
the skilled tourist That sort Of SummpTing
which Involves morning dress and evening
dress, and 50 50 o, week laundry bill VITA din
ners q Ia tnbtC d'tOte, and morning Germans
and prOmenades and stately drives on dusty
streets and ballS-tll u. m. and al that sort
Df thing, is no summering for me- In my
bright lexicon nothing Can properly come
under the head Of summering that involves O.
collar and regulation white tie at
any stage Of the proceedings whatsoever
For these reasons / have forswOr1 the fash
ions forever and
TAKEN TO THE FARM.
The Eeck-Of- Woods whence | writs to Won
is not down In any Of the flaring pamphlets
put out by the railroad companies, nor is it
advertised as Offering any tunrivaIsd advan-
tages." On the contrary it Is shy, modest
place, with woods all round it and big mill
pond blinking under the summer sun or
its cool face in the breeze of the
twilight, all unknown to fame and unvexed
by the keels Of rowing clubs. II there is any
thing l despise it is boat race. And shall
patrol that mill-pond with a double -barrelled
shotgun at least once day to make sure that
no gang Of college youths, with more biceps
than brain, prOfanes its placid bosom with an
0utrigger shell and set Of snoon-oars.
Speaking of
TILE DOLCE FAR NIENTE,
here's where you find it in pristine glory, il 1 |
may be allowed the term. There is said to be |
no rest for the wicked but / venture to saw
Jhatif there is one spot on earth where the |
sinful man may find at least breathing spell |
that spot is a breezy old pasture full OF shade |
5rees and springs bubblng out of the side, hill |
and feStOOned with white clover; pasture |
where you can go at noon and lie down in the |
shade and be ltllled to sleep by the murmnr |
1f the grazing kline and the twitter of the |
birds, with trem0IO attachment in the eternal |
lIsGn OF the busy bees. The poet who sang Of |
THE dark pines on the Ramoth HILL"
Or, to go back a few years, Old Horace, when |
ne wrote "Beatus exClamO," must have |
evolved the divine af1latus lying on the fiat OF |
heir backs under just such shade tree In
similar pasture and under the Inspiration of |
the orchestra OF nature, as hereinbefOre de-
3cribed. The music Of thespheres mightsur-
pass it, bat do not recolect hearing that;
Ind will cheerfully back my orchestra Of 1
nature against the Marine Bard or Dan God i
'rey's sixty pieces OF the Grenadier Guards. L
However, | am told that the possibilities of Il
enjoyment in such surroundings as / have /
described depend mainly upon the resources !
If the pleasure seeker; that while perhapsI
me man or one woman in q hundreGmay be |
Lble to find soiace in the society of bees, birds
ind cattle, and relaxation in the sleepy quiet |
II the woodlands, the pastures and. the inilR- |
ponds of the extreme rural districts, the other
ninety and nine demand the occasions and
he ct ceteras of good society $50 called which |
ire to be found only at regulation watering
llaces. II 50, so be 1t. For my part, how
,ver, will take my chances in
THE RURAL DISTRICTS
Turing the swelter of July, and let those. who
prefer 1t jump out OF the fryiag pan OF the
;ity into the fire of fashionable resorts. One
If these days l will compare notes with my
riends, and we will see who has the longest |
ife, the best preserved, constitution and the }
most carefully husbanded stock of good 4
And If l ever have the honor to. entertain |
ny co-labOrer, the editor of the DEMOCRAT;
or month In Midsummer | shall in |
ute him to leave his standing |
collars, swallow tall coats and stock of so. |
,iety small talk behind him in town and come |
with me to my farm, which is, at the least |
i've miles from any place that |
;an be found on any Of tae latest maps. aim
10 avoid taking the readers Of the DEMOCRAT |
into my personal confidence as general |
hing But il you will listen attentfYely |
will put my hand to the side Of my mouth |
and remark in an undertone that these are
hard times, and my plan Of
SUMMERFNG
involves not to exceed an expense Of s. a
week, not Including the expenses Of travel to
get here Very truly, A. G. B.
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The naUd d0iO.
The Dandolo> sister ship of the Duilo, here
tofore the most powerful iron-clad in the
world, was launched at La Spezzia, Italy, and
will add her formidable strength to the