, 1879-08-24
NEWPORT,

| The Work Of the Standardization ans
G1ory-The Yellow~Fever Scare-Outwlt
ted by Wo1nan-Anerica's Great Fr1ent
and EnEland's Great Exponent Of Fro,
Trade Sits at q Newport Tablo-The Hun
in tho Rain, and the Lost Fox-The New
port Club Expels an EnRlishman.
From Our Osvn Correspondent
NEWPORT, Aug. 2L-The, last event OF thl
season, which has carried everything before It
and in fact fully deserves the name that ha:
been given it, OF "a the biggest blowout of thu
| year." or indeed for many years, is the recent
storm. The elements had 1t all their oWu way
for awhile, and made a pretty mess OF it. Thirty
small saiI-boats were damaged and sunk, and
numerous yachts owned BY the New York
Yacht-Club were badly injured. The steamer
bound for New York was SO badly disabled at
the wharf, just On the point OF starting, that
most Of her passengers returned to the Ocean
House. And on the land what a com-
motion! The streets everywhere were flood
ed, signs torn down, and shutters
and awnings dancing about on little separate
sprees OF. their own, Down near what is called
The Neck, the lovely lawns and elaborately laid
out grounds Of some Of the summer residents
we're pretty well ploWed up. In the orchards
it is said that
TIE DAMAGE Is PITHUL7
thousands Of bushels OF fine fruit strewing the
ground. All the corn, too, has been besten
down, and other losses sdd up sum total that
is disheartening. And whlle this havoc was go
ing on, such big show as Neptune gave at the
beaches to those who were lucky enough to be
50 situated as to command sight OF i'll a
front seat upon the cliH-rocks would hardly have
been comfortable or safe; but. snugly housed
in house overlooking the cliffs, or at other
vantage points above the bath-road. and the
show WAS one never to forget. Wavesl Those
who have only been on the beaches when the
sky was fair and the sun shining, or even when
there Was comm otion from coming storm,
or the swell Of by-gone one,
don't know what waves can do
here. Walls Of black spar, now
changing into cleaning steel, NOW great towers
Of marble touched suddenly into pillars OF fire
by the blaze OF lightning. The lightning, how
ever, in this last storm Was very infrequent,
that part Of the programme being decidedly
failure; but the rest of It, the wild rage Of wind
and flooding rain which lashed the ocean into
splendid fury, was never more successful
Long after the fury Of the storm was spent,
and the rain had ceased to fall, and the lower
LIZ SAo4ua Ao0 ucsuA ~ &1fC ctSUo " OASahlA53
the great wares rose and fell like charging
squadrons upon the approaching enemy. 1t was
during This storm that aschooner, through stress
Of weather, put into Dutch Island, which is a
lonely, almost un1nbabited spot ten miles from
Newport: :uad I'LL at once there is q whisper
which is like trumpet tone that this schooner
is from St. Domingo, and that it has brought
TELLow-FEvER ON BOARD.
Very few persons, however, heard this until
the swift official action was prepared to tell
them that no danger need be apprehended; that,
the wife OF the Captain and the TWO satlors-
lving, the wife at Hayti, the sailors at sea,
and :. the vessel since that time having !
been thoroughly cleansed and showing |
10 signs Of the fever, there Was consequently |
40 cause to suspect any further trouble. But, |
aud statements In the daily papers, |
draws long breath Of relief when |
The schooner takes its denarture for Boston, |
where it will quarantine without, let us hope, !
say, heard anything about it until the state |
nent appeared in the papers, accompanied BY !
the official .'All's we'll" But Que Of this |
sfew," sitting waiting in a carriage, received !
he news In this manner: a pleasant, rather |
unusually bcaming face Of an acquaintance !
ooks in upon the waiting lady. Greetings are
exchanged. chat about the weather,--it vas in
lull Of storm,-and then, from the gentleman |
acquaintance Of the beamiDg face:
- You wouldn't take an excursion up around
he coast just now, suppose2"
II don't know. WhyS"
Swell turning over the bonbshell morsel,
the sensation), they've got yellow
ever vessel at Dutch 1sland IN
"Haye theys (qdiffeicntly> Where is Dutch
Gentleman Of the beanng eountenance, still
hopefully" Ten miles from Newportl"
Nc. really? Look here, did you go to the
don't Know, I've forgotten what he Of the
'eaming lace answered. and it does not signify. |
nyway. [ only know that for once, at least, |
hat tall, superior creature, man, founua woman |
aore than match for him. But the fun oil it |
II is, that this same tall, superior creature goes
bout no" saying, :. What frivolous, fnconsist-
Mt creatures even the brightest of women can
e! When told Miss Maud MaripoBa of the
ellow-feVer vessel at Dutch Island it made NJ
IMPRESSION on her whatcver,--she Was so taken
p With the hunt, you know.o
And Miss Maud Mariposa says to her friend |
nd conGdante: s'My dear, was
SCARED TO DEATH
the nasty news. but as he expected I would
G. and was gloatlnsly waiting for an exhibition !
my feminine fears, WAS determined to dis
ppoint himi ~
Speaking OF the hunt-there have been two
eets since the first that I chronicled in
y previous letter; the second, the first Of the
70, took place at the second beach and along ,
1dian aVenue; the third and last on the rainy
.onday OF this week, at One-Mlle corner That !
: the second beach had bright day and the |
lvantage Of beautiful section OF the country, !
} faT as the show OF 1t vent to lookcrs-on aud J :
Iere was goodly nutnber Of these, as ut the >
81 oEe descrtbed,-oDe meet really being SO | !
ke another to the uuinitlated that one descrip- !
On answers very we'll for each. Tile fox on the | )
st OCCASION. however. made gallant ruu,-so | =
lllaut that it finally escaped, leaving the dis |
ntitsd huntsmen to D1od home through the | {
in as cheerfully as they could. The attend: =
ice, OF course. on Monday was not what it n
ID been On the bright days Of the two pre- | s
ding weeks; and, also OF course, there were |
} ladies, and little or no following Of mere
.ht-seers. :
Just now one of the most notable--aud bv | \
at mean really noteworthy in the best +
nse-of arrivals Is that Of the member OF the +
itish Parliament, Mr. Thomas Barley Potter. :
!, is the guest OF Mr. Cyrus II. Field, Of New y
'rk; and after the number OF very unuote- -
'rthy British youth that have this summer h
Tdled about the pfaZzas and polo grounds: r
nng swe}s Of the "International Episode u :.
ttern, it is refreshing to know that there is q
melody behind the swells-a backbone that +
$ made England what it is in the moral and u
|itical world. Mr.. Potter is the mcuber ;,
~ kochdale, England, which was formerly =.
oorongh-1 believe they call it--which the r.
Richard Golden ropreseotea; and Mr. ! -,
tier is not only a follower Of Mr. Golden aa =;
ra n