The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-06-18
CHARMS OF THE SEA. SHORE.
ArLASrc CRY, N. j.,

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VERMONT HOUSE, june T. 1852. |
1t is scarcely probable that the poet had a |
prophetic View OF the one bright spot tn weary De-
pattment clerks life when he sang Z" Leaves have |
their time TO fall. ." However that may be- mine fell
prematurcly this year, and being without that golden
tnge that ueautines the brief usually II became
necessary In seeking health aud rest and absence OF
care, to find place within ones limitations, and yet
ootdng the strong sea. breegc home like comforts
and suiicient and uourishing table which should
strengthen tired nerves and rebuild q taggcd.out
brain. Perhaps II chance but from the result
am more inclined to say Providence, which brought
fourteen year old Fiit2 and myself here, and landed
usffom the little sort OF iaunting cats, which run
up and down Atlantic avenue, aud take YOU anywhere
for ton ccnson the broad and Inviting piazza, bright
with cHsy willow chairs on " hospitablc thought
intent, IS Of the Vermont House. The genial pro.
prcttess Is too well known In Washington to make 1t
necessary to more than mention the cutdlallty with
which were made welcome aud given at once y
homc feeling which It IS rare to possess I'm large
house. which does not claim to I've q hotel and yet Is
not y cottage. Flty-two sleeping rooms none very
small, mons with ctawrcd windows Nnd slopng
Getting against which to knock ones head unes'
rectedly and all looking ont on the ocean Not look
ing afar of at = blnc something nccked with white,
which uur fond yearnlng says with some doubt In
The saying "That the sca; at least must be- N 1t
isn'tsky - Nutat all. But looking from my window
q little patch Of green, where SOME benches under
Meath tree on which blue bird sings all day. sug
gest gracious draughs Of strong air without the
trouble Of walking Ear as the little gate close
at hand which opens out upon the beath Itself, and
Just a the very gate the shifting silver sand, here
swlrng in little drifts the land breeze strikes IT,
Only n few feet OF this aud trcid 1rn, smooth
beach, easy to walk ON and MS little fttigung as
concrete; and as we GO saunerlnC on, picking up
golden and nucd shells TO put In my basket for the
| Sc pf Or pII nd
shnug beetles to dicuf nsphyNa In the wide mouthed
bottle Fritz cariics with him for specimens, sud-
| denly are startled Mt the ace-ke foam which
| up to cndiuger our new Shoes aud upon the
very edge, the laundering waves of the great Atlantic
| breaking at our feet. such little way from the
warm shelter VI the house, with Its large aud cheer
ful rarors aud broad riazzas, and stand Oh tho
verge of ocean, franically holding on our hats aud
pushing refractory Curls out " eyes, the breeze
which IS TO give us health and strength (and already
has made us ravenous for most excellent table and
too sleepy TO hc half conscious OF good beds) con-
| vinces us that puny creatures at the best.
It's too early to 10 In bathing, but sailing vessels
are taking parties to island not far distant,
and other parties are driving on this tcn-mc stretch
OF beach, hrm as floor, while sundry lads are burn
ing their brown faces sitting on tho edge of the Gov
Urnmcnt hrcakwater pier at Uu' left trying their skin
Mt fishing; aud underneath the pier, on the slimy
stones from which the tide reccdcs two or three
/
mones and chipping Of harn,cles from the wooden
posts to cram into their bags. At the right Of
the Vermont rises the lighthouse, visited daily by
the curious and close beside 1t the long, low, barn
like red building of the Lifesavlng Service In front
of II two tall poles from which float the signal flags.
plank walk leads hence to the edge of little lake
dotted with row. boats-which lies to the right, he
tween aud the ocean, and divided from the latter
by narrow strip OF sand where watch little chill
| a n 4
This walk disappears fiom sight, for the point of
Land on which the light house and the Vermont and a
few other houses stand h bounded by the ocean on
two sides, and the walk turns sharp ard fo'-
lows the other line of beach for two miles and
halr down to the excursion houses aud the points
where SUNDAY visitors who want good time COngre-
gate This plank walk Is burdercl on one side by the
sands, on which ale gtcurs Of ohlldren busy with
9 pats and shoyels, auh The usual white
, | capped, white apruncd French nurse, from
. | Cork aud on the other hy lines OF
bath. .huu or less dillpdated neat aul
attractive, and duly labeled being the property O
the rn,tage or hotel back Of them The front many
/ nr these bath houses Is porch with nicely shaded
seats, and they alternate the greater part Of the way
with ravilions where may enjoy rest, and ba-
Of shells and corlls well Us inland treasures
one passes two strings of livery phaotons with mild
lcoting horses tor one dollar an hour amd Mge
carriages for parties aud nnallY fluids oneself bcyunt
bath Houses AMI raNitOus Anl smell stores ana name
. of hotels with hand pointing to the rear, and in
I part oi tho city where lager beer m0nOppzes th'
signs, aud turns oil willingly iutn Pacific or Atlantic
avenue interrupted by their many stores to catch On
Of the tencent vehicles and ride home, happy In tn
n prospect Of excellent dnnCr, and the dellcou
nap after It, which this sen air. with all its restfu
- | tonic properties, makes such charming certainty
q Aud so with the souul Of the surf ulling one and
gentle breeze stealing In at the window, aud the blu
bird's song joining In the lullaby, one Is only con
sCiuus of thinking, " here indeed is peace and quite
# aud restand the thought has driftci into reain
c.. W.
e P.s.--It may I've added In the words of anothe
ii correspondents
Is new feature this season, which will undoubtcdl
= prove bonanza for the hlCkmrn, Is the elephant
hc lower end OF the beach, further than most pe0pl
To walk yet standing ont In the distance In sue
~ way that II entices nearly every one tn see 1t at niue
~ shorter range. The elephant notwithstanding
y, lEarnum claims, Is much larger than Jumbo. bein
T. sixty feet highs but then II Is not alive II IL In fac
~ building for public Use. made In the exact imta
~ tiun of elephant the starways being up the legs