The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-30
attracts from the Letters o.
North Carolina Young Lady
In New York.

500 that the Art Interchange
- that the rage for the natural
. ,ntinues to flourish in London and
and that a London beauty recently
,ed IN public with a hat on which
neither more nor less than a great
- spider and its web-the web OF
,nr.e forming the brim.' This reminds
q Of the Professor at the University
ormal School this summer, who having
! his hair clipped to the bone, de5lred
f. 70 paint a spider on the top OF MS
e,d. to Keep the flies off.
#There's nothing like simplicity, or a re-
I'm TO first principles. They say carrots
q radishes are DOW regarded as artistic
fcorations for ladies' bonnets. They are
natural" A cluster (say) of tiny
,b;te and red turpip radishes behind
he's ear. How sweet
Il Wouldn't a cabbage head be more
~ rue To Nature ?'-ED. +. 4 VI
v-sIT TO CONEY ISLAND.
Tha steep Shores of Long Island cover
IA w.th country houses, villages. asylums,
- .ublIc buildings-the shores of New
.Lr,tv and Staten Island OF the other
band-theI >lanu IoitS thc eny ditioo' d
kiue as that Of North Carolina, and by
the time we reached the Narrows, the
ind blowing almost a gale and giving all
hands or board enough to do TO keep our
has on our heads. We have by this
lopn since forgotten that there is such an
oven a. New York city.
New York Bay is incomparably mag
nifccnt. As we pass the Narrows the
oolor Of the water changes distinctly, and
Il. air grows still cooler ard fresher
0ur boat passes round the west (unfash-
fopable) end Of Concy Island and lands us
e one of the great lron piers. zeal the
middle. lust below Manhattan Beach,
vhere you and [ were last summer.
81 MY eyes. They are near each other
d run out luto the water twelve and
feen hundred feet. The lower parts
e filled up with bathing-houses, the
ocond and third stories have balconies,
eautltul restaurants. long promenades,
Bbles placed all around. seats, &c, &c.
be faclngs and balustraaeS are all made
] Georgia piue, handsomely carved, un-
6ainted and vanished. These piers are
ft with electric light-,he windows in the
upper stories are of stained glass.
the effect. We surolled along
be beach watching the bathers. !fthere
y anything in the world more hideous
a man arrayed In bathing costume,
It is a more especially When they
emerge dripping.
So the men dive and float, and the wo-
grasp the ropes Practically, and rise,
md Jump, and dodge the great white
waves as they come rolling In.
The children sit on the sand and let the
raves break over them, busy digging in
De and with their little spades, building
fcrts and frog-houses. ! envy the chill
dren.
Then we walk away amoug the great
hotels, pavilions for lunch. for soda wa
ten, for champagne, for dime-shows, for
anuSements and refreshments of all sorts
II made me think Of the picture Of Nani-
" Fair In our old copy OF the Pilgrims
Progress. The vast crowds Of people.
the incessant movement. the coming and
departing trains and boats, twas a mag
nliccut moving panorama. L or children,
Gery amusement was provided. Under
One great awning we're fifteen or twenty
swingS going at the greatest rate with no
apparent motive power. When | had
gazed at this phenomenon awhile, ven
Buried to ask for an explanation, and bless
you, it was all done by steam Uuder
smother pavilion was a huge bronze, OF
maybe wooden COW from whose bag was
being continually MIXED iced milt-ten
cents a glass.-From the N. G. Presby-
fer1dA.