The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-07-24
Letter from Nanta.l,or beach Mass.
On the t0ing. Hon our Washington corre.
Spondent takes things generally. From
Nc,0 York TO Boston aud NdntaSket Beach,
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FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
NANTAsRET BEACH, July Is.
BY the Pennsylvania Railroad, from Phil
adelphia to New York the ride was perfect
ly delightful. The air was cool and bracing,
which after the excessive heat of the previ-
Gus day acted like the balm Of Gilead on our
system and braced us up amazingly. There
was scarcely a suspicion of dust and although
we sat at an open window not cinder irri-
tated our optics during the whole ride. The
complshed by the magnificent steamer
Rhode Island, of the Providence line, which
landed us at five in the morning, after re-
freshing nights sleep on the sound. The
cars were in waiting to take US to Boston,
distant 40 miles, through very pleasant
section of the country.
From Cape May, N. j., where our last let
ter was written, to Nantasket beach the
transition as regards climate is something
marvellous. Last night, would you believe
it, we slept under two blankets and a coun-
terpane, with partially closed windows.
Nantasket beach is about three miles in
length, extending in a northwesterly 6i-
rection, and is the north side of peninsu-
lar which separates Boston harbor from
NJ massachusetts, bay. 1t might be demonstra-
ted the Coney Island of this section. Every
thing about it is of mushroom growth, and
it is anticipated before another summer has
passed, especially as a beach railroad has
been constructed, that numerous additions
will be made to the stock of hotels to accom-.
modate the immense crowds of people who
flock not merely from Boston but the adia-
cent country. The great attraction is the
bathing, which is perfectly safe owing to the
peculiar formation OF the shore. Unlike any
other of the great bathing localities the beach
deepens very gradually, and at high tide
the bathers can wade off some hundred feet
without striking deep water. The breakers
consequently are not very high as a rule
and the surf is not boisterous, compared to
Newport or Long Branch. To the east and
south of the beach is a lofty, rocky promi-
nence upon which is perched hotel with
out the shadow of tree to protect it from
the rays of the sun, while still further on is
a collection Of summer residences known as
the New Jerusalem Roads name to say the
least of it, somewhat peculiar.
To the westward the Boston light house
is visible, while far away to the north stretch
the hazy shores of Beverly, Marblehead and
Cape Ann. Boston harbor is filed with
islands of various magnitudes devoid as a
whole of trees, and singularly lacking in
verdure. In looking back upon the city oi
Boston, as the boat is speeding on its way
one is surprised to find how the outline o
the city has been changed of late. Former
ly the State House with its gilded dome
crowned the apex of an eminence which
slipped graduallyupon either side. Now the
new post office and court house, and the lof-
ty towers of the new life insurance buildings
have altered the whole confguration, So il
might be said of the entire city of Boston
which is enlargng with a rapidty which
reminds us Of new cities of the west.
AT our hotel at Nantasket extensive ac.
commodations have been made for transient
guests in the form of spacious yerandas
| from which fine view is obtained Of the
old ocean, with its surface dotted here and
there with white winged coasters, and while
we are writing a large four masted steamer
with cream and black smoke stack is in the
ofling, its long, black hull, with a streamel
of dense, voluminous smoke mile away in
| its rear.
We feel little inclined to leave this spot sc
cool and bracing is the air, but perpetual
motion seems to be the doom of your faith.
lul and obedient servant, AUGUST.