Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-08
FROM ANTIQUE sCONsET.
Notes Of . Sojourner at This Charming
Spot.

| Special Correspondents of The EVENING SrAA
ScoSsEr, NANTUCKET, MASS, Aug. ., 1889.
Until last year it was impossible TO purchase
spool Of thread, paper Of pins or darning
needle without going distance Of eight miles,
or asking friend who was going 70 add your
wants to an already crowded list.
The Wayside art room was opened during the
summer by two young ladies who thought there
was Q good opening. They rented one Of the
old cottages on the bluff, and soon had rugged
counters and shelves In the ''living room"
Their stock embraced all the small necessaries
and many beautiful and artistic wares for deco
ration. So great was their success that they
| have reopened their establishment this sum-
mer, and others have followed their example,
Opposite the Wayside art room is the Sconset
exchange. This 70 also in an old cottage, and TO
add TO its charm and picturesqueness there 10
an old fire place, in which hang the crane and
kettle. Near by is warming pan and also the
She has larger range Of goods, embracing avn
ing cloths, old blue china, tennis and base ball
outnts, and 1t Is also an exchange in the true
meaning OF the word. for here can be found the
results OF the needle and brush. Some Of the
people who send work are selling for charity,
others for themselves.
THE TOWN puxp
still lives and thrives. Every summer the water
10 analysed and found pure. 1t is the place the
bill poster stops and all advertisements are
tackled on it. One not long ago read: Found
small black lady's bag, which the owner can
nave by applying at the post Office"
THE Pooh LITTLE RAILROAD
was almost demolished by the storms and high
WINDS during the winter. 1t has again given
the passengers the privilege Of being swell
shaken after taking" The engineer still loees
his nut, and stops the train to recover it.
Il, Bands come over every week and play before
the Ocean View annex: II is such a novelty
that the very cows and dogs stand around with
the listening humanity. Nothing brings out
band.
Tho town crier has honored us but once, and
that time to proclaim fine cottages at Wan
winet The Taunton band arrived at the same
time, and some Of the members thought they
would assist his crier in the news of cottages
They may have been surprised when, after
ringing his bell loudly, his next announcement
escaped convicts In your midst today from
Taunton. Look out for them"
THE DAILY DIP.
At II O'Clock the bathers begin to make their
toilet, or rather to unmake their toilet, for the
sea. The water has been delightfully."- warm,
and is soon floating mass of heads and heels.
there are those who swim miles and those who
thlnk they swim while on the sand with barely
enough water to cover them. but all are good
natured and are benefited. Timid and fear
less OF all ages, girls with curly bangs and girls
with long, straight locks, cling TO the rope and
grab each other when thigh one" comes
The vegetation man. drives to the door any
time between and 10, and brings you the
crop he has taken from Mother Earth in the
early morning. He also serves liberal amount
OF Ma and the girls" with each purchase.
OLD SALTS.
There are very few old sea captains left, but
every one knows the familiar faces of Capt. Geo.
Coffin, Capt. John Pitman, who roams about in
a many colored dressing gown, is ninety years
old, and always ready to spin you a good old
sea yarn, and Capt Valentine Aldrich, who,
although eighty-six, is still active in work
bringing in the hay and riding on the load as If
he were sixteen.
Our chapel has been newly painted both out
and in and is vastly improved. Services are
regularly held there every Sunday.
THE SERVANT QUESTION
seems to be the problem here as well as else
where. In one family where there are Scotch
and an Irish girl the battles Of Scotland and
Ireland are fought out while the family wait
for viands. One of the most thrilling topics of
conversation among the cottagers is their do
nestle experience. 1t comes up in the best
regulated assemblies like the fogs that rise
hom VIC posom oi tne Atiantc, cioud1ng the
sunshine. But the really inexhaustible sub
ject 10
THE VARIETY OF WILD YIowERs.
In afternoon strolls one frequently meets
with dozen rare and beautiful kinds, orchids
among them The wild roses have gone, but
the swamps are fragrant with azalea and
clethra. Moors are gay with red lilies, rud-
beckia, indigo plant. arnica, and here and there
patches Of golden-rod, and on the pond is tho
water lily. A.W.