New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-06

weather took passage with one from StoniDgton
to Watch Hill the other day, and he made explosive
remarks about the weather all the way over And
perhaps if he hadn't should For there really
more than we had aUy use for. aud It scooped
up the turbulent sea and swasbed u over
me, till felt like the man who was taken by
pirates and dashed TO the maiumast and whipped
on his bare back till he was perfectly disguised
One Of his remarks / remember, as barrel OF so
Of uneommOnly wet water fell on my night leg Was
that the weather was "a little heavy" IL didn't
seem to need any answer, and there was no room LOT
argument. One other remark Of his was that II
would he two dollars Everything was IN keep
ing. The wind was high aud so was the water, and
the price high as both, and he slid the u
bill INTO his pocket with the same lndlhelehce
with which he saw cuffed with salt water by
the bueketfull. He a very calm man; much
ealmer than the weather.
HuCKLKBEBRRIEs. THE BEACH, THE PINT.
But you needn't pay 81 ordinarily to get to
Watch Hill from Stonington. A small steamer the
Edith Peck makes frequent trips at charge OF only
% cents for the round trip, if you return the same
day. And you go to StOningtOn, you are liable TO
return the same day, and if possible, by the next
boat. Speaking of steamboats, reminds me that L
ought to tell you how TO get to Watch Hill am
determined you see, to cram this letter with ntor
nation of the most practical character. You may
take the Shore Line Road, the stOnington boat
to Stonington and come over in the Edith Peck. or
You may 90 by boat, or sail to New-LOndon and
take from thence pleasant tripin the steamer Ella,
which lands you at the wharf here. Or you may
well, 1 don't want TO satiate you with routes
and, in fact / don't know of any other, I'M
less You come afoot, a privilege which is always
open, and not hampered by complicated time
tables or uncertain connections. III You come
afoOt as far as StOningtOn, you ought to have
saved enough money by that time TO be able
to come over in q sail-boat; or you can walk up to
Westerly and come down by land. You'll find the
road lined with huckleberry bushes and ocea-
sionally q huckleberry. And when you get here
you are # not in land where 1t is always after
noOn" in one at least where the breeze blows al
ways, and you may watch the steamers, and the
stately ships and the white sails of low-lying
yachts, and the fishing fleets with their boats and
nets and all the still moving panorama OF the
sea You may SIT and look at the great sea waves
as they come charging IN upon the land, ana listen
to the roar with which they hammer down tine
shifting sands OF the swish with which they hing
their foam along the beach. Or you may watch the
Kaleidoscope clouds and delight your soul with the
gorgeous hues of indescTbably beautiful sunsets or
you can play cribbage. They play II very well here
The only drawback TO the game Is the eHoit re-
quired in peggIng."
Upon reflection fear / have not made this letter
sufficiently descriptive. Let me say, then, for the
benefit Of the geographically disposed, that watch
Hill is promOntory, and helps constitute the State
of Rhode Island. The Hill proper IS south OF the
Watch Hill House. 10 is thirty or forty feet high,
and surrounded by cOnlcal boulder about as hlgh
as q mans head In talr weather woman with an
umbrella usually sits the top of the rock which
adds to the picturesqueuess OF the view IRON the
rear and lures the passing mariner so near the shore
that he can easily be made out with glass by the
guests at the hotels. On the eastern slope Of THIS emil
nence-seaward it is a bluii-yOuDg men and
vOuug women sit where they can look out
TO sea n great distance, and don't look
IN that direction at all, but gaze in
sort of idiotc way at each other and say sea sick
things that they can't hear account of the surf
and are a great deal better of for not hearing
don't know what they call TINS exercise. West OF
tne bill Napatrer beach starts on with long mar
row stretCh of sand and an apparent purpose 10
compete with Long Island After a mile or so It
gets Glsgusted and turns q snort corner toward
stOnlngton, ending at what everybody calls
"Sandy Pint -" pint" has such a taTy KIND OF
sound people from the interior delight ia giving it
Thai pronunciation. Napatrer beach Is pretty much
barren. There's a house on It where they
have clam bakes But let me not descend
10 the mere details of geography. Nnen
add 10 these particulars that speculative person
has recently erected SWING Just south OF
the Watch fill House, where anybody can SWING
tl! he gets tired Tor cents, think have done all
that the most fauatical deYOtee OF geography can
ask After careful study OF this letter, believe
the most ordinary wayiarlng man can ind hls way
ali over the hill There are many distinguished per
sons here, among whOm-Well there are 30 many II
i hardly worth while 90 begin a catalogue OF them
az this point. j AN aware that any letter ron a
wateriiig-place which does not give the names OF
distinguished guests is incomplete, but upon look
ing over what have already written, am satisfied
thar the only thing can do 10 add tOthc interest Oi
il IS TO leave it incomplete. IL D.