New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-21
NANTUCKET IN WINTER.
ACCORDING TO JOHN PAUL,
ira CHEERFUL LONE1INBss-nOw BRANr POM
LOOKS IN observation-disclosures IN GENERA
AND ONE ~ PARTICULAR.

AND ONE ~ PARTICULAR.
NANTUCKET, Dec S.-The summer visitors
and the summer guls are gone. The term wiser
than the tourists fingered later Through September and
into October, late ~ November their white
wings waved about the wharves. Guls and other
vld'ors That went with Augrat mada mistakes we had
llttle seasonahe weather before September AMI the
later months have been pleasant as The summer ones
wore all unovely tus dtftle and rain, and alnce
Then weather that could not have been hettefed hHa u
been made ~ order rn The dya ~ December nave 90
ar hroh brmmng win hotnff int IN ,nh ynn lpotei
ot Ia those ~ iulr nut only tho wntaf sill pro win
ia now vsr, sfttshetiai old luiiiwa, se mfseli VIA
khpw shat Is what ai opntflya 81 have good line Va
quiet way without etahits about H. t. fof ono, n NOT
rnii that tbs sun urrofs are gone lhrit Nueea Wrt"
oh"oifnl aud their pllntso was gay bat they were
al~1- around picking ap tanss, and they ddl like To
be- shot A.
Tho beauty OF The island inst now r. Ia its loneness
what spells mos, place. Is people am always disconr-
aged when The oldest mh lbant starts In on mo VITA the
Inevitable; You should have seen this place thirty or
forty years ago, The wharves when are now tun-
bling % pieces then insufficient 10 accommodate tho
shipping which lag IN the harD,r. What with teams ana
days, YOU could hardly get through the lower part OF
Miin-st. We hal TWENTY-FIVE or thirty oil AMI candle
factories going then, and ropewals and cooper shops;
bakeries for shin bread bicksmths shops forging har-
p0ons Tor doubloon- don't remember which, aud there
was brass foundry too" But lad rather than not be
able 20 get through Manst when want to. At present
have no need OF rope wa'k-One get all the rope
he wants TO hang himself with by walk into William
llosiers. And can get along pnoh without brass
foundry. To OF quiet and respectable turn OF mind
Nantucket must have been rather an unpleasant resi-
dence in what called is palny days o." why pauy
do not know since sperm oil and not palm was then the
popular product. Nantucket has ever been famous,
several miles around. tor the honesty OF It's population
bat fancy that n the days OF IL, greatest prosperity one
would have found few cheating owners sen!!n+ conhl
Ing landsmen % ia Impoverished aud not TOO
stanch ships for rather insufficient lay" Ana the
sailors dance hOuse.-Ehch Well a, Quaker meeting
holres hal then cydly Of prosperity-with drunken
sailors streaming hroI- IN the streets and the dFug OF
hoops AMI the pounding on anyi' TOre than the SeE-
bIrne Drum Corr. with the smell Of oil ana burned
crackers and pies IN the air would never hdyo made the
Nantucket Of that day attractive 10 me or to Martin
Luther. before remarked, have use Tor candle
factory rope-wah. cooper shop nor bakery most
| especially not for a brass foundry.
The other evening we walkeI to Brant Point
about ten minutes from Tie real town." the san hal
scarcely set but alreld the Lighthouse Wis setting up e
feeble opposition. The NantucRo,i nsw hotel opened
there last -ummer-nOw shat up ald des'rtel, ay low
and squat the Ike stranded o1ulrr The e'i-
a closed tnd sorr of them board II mp ana lh
lfr barns. II iii not mean lifo That o. iharo" Noel
Darnc. who has fortified his charming Ilttic 'ei-vlla
against possible attack during BIZ absence IN EHio"
hut since tlo thng like the boys wIistins M dono
.clL let 10 standj Tho only LIVING thing 90 Dos 'oci save
the Hight YEA. loon. That br ot solitude bad gotten BOZ
near to the shore h. solo performances hpd punNnF'
that he cod not escape by dyns thI 80 hd to c 'oF
10. How he dd swui-'wa- vrgy Ike htlns' IN" u't u
sail VIA % be- socn ON thc bay TIE white cottages on
Tho cun, ~ tho westward ccmo1 cllldrcaa piynou'e'
sct on a shelf Tho icy thi' mt'rminahle 'ono vail
which tho Government is buluE 'or no other ollrt h'
can Soc but that Harry Breed AMI NY ac may el "n
the wrnug eide of &C. fog-forueI limo to- the n"ful-
wlrl cottuc opposite cHtendnd long naked hrm ana
soota lony fiat lu onr faces as tvere skeleton OoNE
No use now To seek that shore in qesi Of steimed clam
anil other dciIcacies Of summer Asa small closed hi'
door. month or two ago. AMI You now hnI hlm SIT
ting round the stowe in Henry Padlo'Es paint 7Hop
clamiur no inst al reason. that the goney ANA the a
hafr..s are not tha bird Looking mp the harh'
not au inch OF cluv1s whitenaI tho long -tr'ifh q"
,,e~. Tho boats nl n tho basin aud their shippers
I'm cluain Adlms's UnierlilIs Point and po'omo ir'l
showed ont PLAINLY. unt principally In the gray oil u
! aioamlns lorin.I mp that mt 'tari)u' c'-.' "n-,H
cashier Chauirk IA erecting FOR some =hadovy person
! age "on the t-'arl."--a bulin-. ~ the vny. wnel
c,uses as mnch wondcrnen an ~ erpiepn a' n waf
Oil. ulneo ~ on cuellltcr AMI nli around mae. n mf
foot. flowed tue 4.a patient and Bong elln'in- Il i
strange that tlrs. BrfTnnEs l1ss cn no into mind
ANA smiled to taint 70" r. -iellne''
Tnvel rrr1ll pur me1W' .r1n'a-
UNuI oui lfl"sine7s W q a.
u,nnt Point h,s way murh changed since s. "a meet
-, &c. t,. s,ri 7utnuna ainon 40 fn th stool There
onit no slthiaso an oil nitu tni cottage n'' nn'h
t,r4 than nif,s ,Ii.iri Sow you sos th' h1ial !
s,nau uf with - btAn hrliai anil ih"'n rnni'H.'i "h
tr extremity af tho pnn, hno ant n'"nt '"ift' 'o
lansing t. sic Vnlr or rhiai'pAi' th'' th' i4't-
Aui,si naAt our oi ua iH's. COM "it 'h' " Cottages
mul by Ma niufs. partly lr'h 'i 'hl h'H'' d''N-
century of So birs th,t he pll4it DO 'Fn anl m'' j
there. The r.ueli aai il 90. beams AMI uh IFS heius
bsit into the now don't know Vnuan ancestors th'y
we're BAT knpv whose thry a.e' svs the OH -'"'ia-
man Iu The Pirate, OF Penzifo+' Iheh comes tA1
Tiny Tim place before spoken OIL ns'n@in- % hr FL
wards; mkt little bat elective c1,'s' wht" tt arr W
rect OF The Point Mr.. Hammond evIael oa- oI ine o"
harm of former times; AMI then he paatiu residence oil
,o,.iolore Henry L. Breed, OF TInt1a Mass. ani the
noble yacht Iewii II has been remarked by tAe way
thi- II this redonbilbe navigator ran Ms mouse - h
doe his Yacht. keeping her OF tIe Whrh" "l- sea
threatens board him, those who 20 over IN tne CIR
fcf- will ind him som, hne morna- indu'trousy nHS
nj ,he uumps Brant Point, yOu may nave guessed 90
ia name from species OF geese that IRE Iuaaed II IN OH
times And the number OF newly married th"t uocA'
70 il, new hotel last simmer passes computation 'Hel
tell me.
Give me Nantucket stripped for the winter, ~ II nov
f.. The thirst Of greed IS not on the town ahi pe"'t
y,u stand and talk 10 you on corners The old windmill
, IN the hill has typicy settled down 10 s'e'iue9'
,obrety AMI daily grinding OF e'ru' h'eAi d. '@')
whirling ragged arms a. II does IN sl'' oi Nv
cents head swect',-where you generally 20 for
thing when YOU can't find It at C!l'bys still d'py
H. stuffed bird, why hot stuff cw Of the otheF sam
ner visitors and spare the innocent. much pree
and unite a, useless gulls D, and tlze' with hoi4l
goods. Everything exists simply oy comraT''o am ~
stores here nc Christmas time make "a Inloh sho"
their windows and indulge In As mlch CONF ''''n "'
@ i've You quite as much your money CONF Afiti'e.y
c ~ In New-YoEk or Boston.
Nantucket has charm for him that Is TOAD OF DeiA
! the water even now thai bDacns Is d'ne' IL Is H1
being on a ship especially az nisht Wl1h u. VI
wind blows when tle shingles shake you tAhA u
corluge rafting AMI yon are not very certain H'
J, finding yourself still at anchor ~hen You "'No W
- 80 ,r,.t.,ct which {, down "a best bower 1T ON
on, N the Island anl tho south -hJal SAich serves Us