New-York tribune., 1879-09-02

thc IititS Ncli uiltu ulo-b VI WV 'i'"'' -
does not seem, though. to have been good season
for the protty girls and handsome womeu who used
to adorn the Peguot piazzas. They have either
grown old and ugly or gone somewhere else.
haven't seen but one there this Summer. (Iher@s
an apple of discord. but never mind.) In their
places a good many old buffers, few females,
and some vacant young men. The gayety or the
place has been mostly confined to lawn parties ana
indoor festivities the boatmen at the wharf who
take parties out at a dollar an hour complain that
there never such dull season, and the yacht
fleet was only here for day, drzzling in drearily
one morning. and fitting away the next.
The Pequot should have been buit on the op-
posito side of the river, and New-London should
have done IN this she did with the Navy
Yard given up TO Groton "what was meant for
mankind" All the advantages of location are with
the Edgcomb House, just the river. Here
come the south and southwest breezes. which the
land shuts off from the PequOt, and here are
wide extended views, reaching above New
London on the north and stretching ont across the
Sound and out on either hand to Mystic Island and
the Race or away, round Bartletfs Reef aud across
the land far as New-LOndon lighthouse throws its
beams The management of the house is not per-
feet In all respects. but it includes good nature and
n spirit of accommodation that 20 great way in
compensation for slight shortcomings. and the
guests are mostly pleasant and agreeable people,
who get on well with each other and not fussy.
Just beyond the hotel on the shore, is a colony OF
handsome cottages, owned and occupied principally
by Norwich people. The land is high, and the air
cool, wholesome and nvigoratng The highest
range of the thermometer during the season is 7so.
Ihen too it dull here there Is always s0me-
thing to interest in the unccasing movements of
oil sorts of water craft in the River and ont the
Ioa flfi, ha-
ing a trile slowand stupid. but w-London Harbor
is always active and alive. Yachts flying IN and
ont, vessels of all sorts making harbor bringing
cargoes to port, scholarships at anchor with their
crews pulling about in small boats putting tugs
with long tows of laden barges coming in and gong
OFT, smac s and fishing steamers skittering about,
and passenger boats going and coming by
night and by day, present scene of
constant interest and activity. Take it all
in all, Eastern Point" 1t is called,
" here the EdgcoInb House is located, seems to me
to be, next to Watch IIill-and, in some respects
1t is superior to Watch llill-the most attractive
Summer resort on the Southern New-Englan nd coast
At Watch Hill all the hotels have done a fair
business. The Watch Hill House, probably the BEST
being full constantly and turning people away for
lack of room almost every day. Here they connt
the lighthouses as usual, watch the buoy off tho
in the surf AT IL in the morning, drink gentian Bit
ers after the bath. play cr5baGe all the afternoon
and Whist all the evening. and wonder at each
hotel how anyb body can possibly live at the other
The only event of Importance during the season was
n discovery of signals Of distress late one night by
a young gentleman from the interior Of New-YOrk
state, who sat communing with himself on the
piazza. Come out here, quick! he shouted TO
Deacon Wallace, who was doing In the office
" here's vessel in distress, throwing uD rocketsw
The Deacon started up. and hurried out In the ex-
pectaton of seeing another Metis shipwreck
"Wherc, where is it 7" he exclaimed. Right out
there they'll fire another rocket In aminute-there
it goes-see il 7" The Deacon looked. then turned
slowly around to the excited youth, anG said, You
fool, you're drunk don't you know tho difference
between Montaull Light and sky-rocketf You'd
better go to bedD and he turned away disgusted
Across from Watch Hill you can see on fair day
the shores Of Block Island. They have Summer
hotels and igh prices and distinguished people over
there now. Mr. Henry Watterson has been there
part of the Summer, and so have two three JUS
tices of the Supreme Court and Miss Ada CaNcndish
and Mr. Hendricks, and they had hopes at one time
of Mr. Tilden. SO their season may be reckoned q
success. 1t is a sloppy way over in some weathers
but the steamer Ella, from Norwich. runsover there
pretty regularly twice week. The Ella Is the
boat that ma kes Sunday EXCURSIONS ana mas Deen 30
much written about and preached about AS bold,
bad boat l suppose some time she will 40 20 Block
Island once too much, get caught gale aud dis
solve, and have her Ilemory embalmed in Sunday
school book as an awful warning. have been told
that that's what becomes of such boats.
The weather for the past two days has been
charming, and suspect that many of the fdgitives
from the shore resorts have begun TO wish them
selves back. But the easteriy winds have done the
business the season is pretty much over. LII. D.