Smyrna times., 1878-07-24

REHoBoTH.-THe Tfavc2-the Clnap Meet
ing-the HOteLs-the GayetieS, &C., ,cc.-Very
much depends upon the mood in which
you go to Rehoboth. If with q company of
congenial spirits where there are pleasan-
tries, wit, repartee, &c, RehOboth is one of
the most delightful resorts in the country,
but where one goes stranger, solitary and
moody, depending for all the entertain
ments to come from without rather than
from within, he will not find it a Newport
or a Saratoga. But there is this to be said:
Rehoboth is in its infancy--still in its swad-
ling clothes. 1t has its charms which
nature gives it. Along its whole front,
stretching out like a limitless eternity, is
"old ocean," everchanging as the sun, the
winds and the tides play upon its bosom,
sometimes lashed with the fury of the tenn
pest with huge breakers dashing at your
feet, and then there is but the slight undu.
lation as if in obedience to a command of
"peace, be still" But these mighty waters
are never in q state of rest. There is never
time that the roar of the surf is not
heard dashing against the beach, some
times for several miles inland. To many
minds this view is particularly impressive
they sit and watch and contemplate it by
the hour, as if some how, in its vastness, it
was a connection between time and eter-
nifty.
Rehoboth will answer TO Benton's DIES.
cription of Washington, when he designa-
ted it u "city of magnificent distances" :"
The camp meeting Tin fine woods of hc
ory and oak) is mile from the beach on
which the hotels, the "Surf" and Bright"
houses, are built, and they are a half mile
apart. The Douglass House is two miles
further down the beach and there is no place
one, especially lady, can go Except from
the Surf to the Bright house, without the
cost of hack ride. The cottages also
mostly seem dropped down so wide apart
as to give the appearance of solitariness.
But the occupants look the personifcation
of happiness as they swing in their ham
mocks, rock in their chairs or sport in the
breakers. This is, after all, the true COM
mentary of the place-the perfect enjoy
ment everything gives. In going down,
the long detentions of the trains, the back
ing and humping of the cars, and the
clouds of dust, makes one feel like declar-
ing this the last trip, but before you are at
the "Surf House" ten minutes, the feeling
of discomfort is all gone. The almost uni
versal expression is, " | am glad am here.
When the railroad accommodations are
improved and when the building lots sur.
veyed and marked off by the Association
are built up, (which we suppose will be the
case in century or two) Rehoboth will be
place of renown as well as a place of
| health seeking comfort.
The campmeeting, (which has been in
session since the l2th) and intended as an
integral part ofthe annual seaside gathering
it is very observant, has not the attraction
of the surf. There is a charm about the
ocean that does, and will, in spite of all
| effort, predominant over that of the woods
especially with those who come long dis
tance and have only this opportunity tc
bathe in its refreshing waters and breath it;
health inyigorating air.
And here arises difficulty that is jus
now giving the association trouble. The
original proprietors sought out this place
and secured charter for it in accordance
with the Discipline of the NJ. f. Church
intending to have all the benefits withou
the frivolities of the other watering places
but "worldings' have been encroaching OF
their "rules and regulations" until the,
have complete control of the "Brigh
House" where they most do congregate
and have instituted card playing, dancing
&C., and there is nothing to designate tn
rolicking crowd from similar house a
Cape May or Newport, The Association
decided to use authority, and notified tn
proprietors to this effect, and got in repl
"that the Association might pass what rule
they pleased regulating the camp and the
(the proprietors) would do the same il
regulating their house.
A large number of the young peopl
unquestionably enjoy the feversh excite
ments attendant upon agay watering place
. but while they have the Douglass Hous
and can have others not in the limits of tn
campmeeting Association, they should nc
force themselves and habits where the
know, from the very first conception
? things were intended to be different.
the Associations charter is worth anything
it would seem they have the right I
govern the grounds in accordance with i
provisions, and those who don't like
have only to step across the line and the
o can have what they want without let {
r hindrance.
The Sunday School Convention, hel
three days last week, called together
:, large number of ministers, and on We
= nesday and Thursday large excursions, I'll
latter day being in numbers the "biggesi
day Rehoboth has ever had. For the fir
d time in two weeks the breeze was from I'll
. land, and hot, and the visitors failed
y find in Rehoboth those cooling breez
+ they sought. We need a good waterir
e place in our State, and we hope the star
Rehoboth is in the ascendent, The a
parent incompleteness of everything vi
doubtless be corrected in time. The e
Ie tension of.the Railroad to the ground
s. must eventually 60 to the beach) is b
q, step forward, and when the hotels have {
in the needed appliances in full quantity al
the r. X. ride from Harrington is renders
more direct and agreeable, the "hegir
at from our cities and towns to Rehobo
ID during the heated terms will be more thI