, 1879-08-10
LONG BRANCH.
d City by the Ssa, with a Miscellane-
ou3 Assortment OF Weather,
Quear Cottages, aud Their Occupants
summer-aomes Of Oh1ds, Hosy,
and Others.
Improbable Stories Of Nary Anderson and leE
''Pa"--.Weil- -itehayed Jews.

Improbable Stories Of Nary Anderson and IeE
| "Pa"-..Weil- Behaved Jews.
| Sr-etal CorTespondencc Of 1'he Tribune
LONG BRANCH n. j., Aug. 6.-Lone Branch
is revised and improved edition Of ConeY ISL
and. There is more weather at the Branch than
there is at the Island, or, in fact, at any olher
place ever saw. When it Is hot here. 1t is hot
ter than the double distiation OF Henry Wat
terson's favortc brand Of Kentucky whisky.
When it is cold at Long Branch, it is more chill
ing than Charles Francis Adams. When 1t Is
damp, your boots almost mfldcw while you
wear them, aud when it Is dry you get "done "
on one side before you have been in the sun
light thirty seconds. These various phases OF
climate, you see, afford rather wide range from
which to choose; and as it is nor unusual for
the whole lot to get around in d single day, no
body can complain about monotony in the
! weather department.
/ The hotel people down hero nre proud Of
] their weather. They SOY there is more OF it ev-
err year than there was the previous season, aud
| guess they are right. Bat there is enough for
me as it is. Old Probabilities would be in his
element at Long Branch. Still, am willing to
| give reasonable odds that he couldn't tell what
| the next meteorological change was going to oe
| ten minutes ahead of time. once in week. 1
! have got some Of the Long Branch weather bot
| tied up, and am going to send 1t to Washlhs-
! ton for analysis.
| 1t doesn't take one long to 60 the rounds
down here. I did it In half day, aud had lots
of time to spare. The way it's accomplished is
very simple. You buy carriage and pair or
horses, and ride along the beach from one end
| Of New JERSEY to the other. That is all there is
| about it. Hcreabouts they cali it hiring car
! riaee and horses, but anywhere else you would
! buY them at the same price. The dust along
| the road is Of bright red color, and when the
| waterlng~cart is'of duty you come back looking
] like Sittiug-Buil's favorite son-or worse The
| principal amusement ut the Branch is holding
| chairs down. And, from the tired expression
which most of the inhabitants have, one Instant
" comnrehcnds the difficulty Of the work.
started out yesterday afternoon to see the
sights, having previously mortgagcd my house
In Hobokcn so as to
RAISE SUFFICIENT MONEY TO PAT FOR A CAR
RIAGE.
Along down the red-dusted highways, past the
Ocean House, the Mansion, the Atlantic, How
lands, and the West End, the horses spun at q
reckless gait, which was somewhere between
walking and crawling. Just around the corner
from the West End, q local church society was
holding fair under an old circus-tent, and
few Of the guests Of the various hotels,
clothed in summers gayest garb, were patron
ling the concern. That is how it looked when
1 went by the first time. when came oacS
later there had been big shower, which had
soaked through the tent, turned the glneer-
bread dolls into dough, melted atl the candy,
made the oysters more than usually lonesome,
and sent everybody away in condition Of dis
gust which pordered uoon profanity. Just
down beyond the tent was square building
with blue posts and dull yellow sides, Sitting
lar back from the road. The large lot surround
ing it was kept in careful order, and bloomed
9Th many ~. @nq aoovs " tnf
vania Club" Che driver relaxed from hls
stern dignity long enough to inform me that
this spot was cousecrated to tile uses OF 9 1ot
OF ''bloods" from philadelphia, who were c.ven
to poker and the various other pastimcs OF Club
men. At the corner occupied by the fcnusyi-
vania fraternity, the road swings into a long
and straight avenue, SEQ or 400 yards back
from the beach, and running along parallel With
it. Between the road and the waters edge
there is a string of cottages OF various coiors,
dimensions, and grades OF ugliness. On the
opposite side OF the avenue there IS q Similar
row Of houses which are good ueat IKE the
others, only not so homcly. Tile principal oh
ject OF the Long Branch architects seems to
have been the indulgence Of passion for
frigh1ful designs, atro:lous cotor4ngs, hnd lnta-
nous constructions. Some OF the chaps who
laid out the cottages which arc strung along the
sea-shore south Of the principal hotels must
have done their Work right after bad attacks OF
nightmare. Atoadstool, compared to many OF
these structures, is o model Of beauty a1ld
have been employed in painting these marvels
OF constructive silence vary from dead white
to the most aggravated form Of brown.
SUCH uSnoLr REvELs
in hue were never seen before, and it is to be
profoundly hoped that they will never be
dreamed OF again.
George ". Chilas, Of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, has place which Is about the only
tasteful one in its linc. The house lies between
the boulevard and the sea, and is not ungrace-
full. Its colorlng is Of neutral, blush tint,
and the grounds surrounding the cottage are
elaborately laid out Over the main piazza Is
broad balcony. the outer edge of which is
thicky set with the Tarest Of imported plants.
Behind this heavy fringe OF rch-hued foliage ]
outside Il is delightful retreat. Aid all
about the place are to be observed the best MP
pliances OF luxurious comfort. saw Gen.
Grants two houses, one each side Of the road. |
They are both Inhabited this year, but By whom |
/ conldn't get my freezing driver to tell. Close |
at hand is the square, cigar-5oX huuse where ]
lives Tom Murphy, Grants bosom friend and |
the ex-Collector of the Port OF New York. Back |
from the boulevard, hidden by cluup Of trees, !
nestles the house which belonged to James " |
Walack. remembered still as the most famous |
Tuqiu of the stage. Three handsome cottages
in line. owned by the man who makes airs. !
Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Indicate That
is widely inlulgcd III. For Mr.. Curtis owes his
large fortune to the happy influence of sugar
and opium-at IS cents bottle-upon teethtng
infants.
The road led us past scores of otner houses,
and then turned inland. This driveway, which
branches away from the sea, is marked BY wide